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| Name | Team | Age |
| Dave Pless | Retired (1978, Age 34) | Died (2009, Age 66) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 17 (1963) |
CF | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Thurman Munson League | 0 | 10 years (134 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 12/6/1943 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (98.9 %) | (92.4 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1963 | Minors | 23.00 | 1 / 1 | 4 / 4 | 5 / 5 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 3 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 16 / 23 | |||
| 1964 | Minors | 33.00 | 4 / 4 | 6 / 6 | 3 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 8 / 11 | 3 / 4 | 25 / 33 | |||
| 1965 | Minors | 64.00 | 10 / 12 | 4 / 8 | 6 / 10 | 10 / 13 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 5 | 5 / 10 | 37 / 64 | |||
| 1966 | Minors | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 5 | |||
| 1966 | Majors | 43.68 | 3 / 4 | 2 / 4 | 3 / 3 | 4 / 10 | 2 / 5 | 2 / 7 | 8 / 10 | 24 / 43 | |||
| 1967 | Minors | 21.00 | 4 / 6 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 6 | 1 / 2 | 8 / 21 | |||
| 1967 | Majors | 4.25 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 4 | |||
| 1967 | Pos (LF) | 22.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 14 / 22 | |||
| 1968 | Minors | 2.00 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | |||
| 1968 | Majors | 25.93 | 2 / 5 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 5 | 3 / 6 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 10 / 25 | |||
| 1969 | Majors | 51.18 | 5 / 11 | 3 / 4 | 3 / 9 | 2 / 6 | 1 / 5 | 2 / 11 | 0 / 5 | 16 / 51 | |||
| 1970 | Majors | 48.36 | 2 / 6 | 2 / 9 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 8 | 1 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 4 | 7 / 48 | |||
| 1971 | Majors | 21.27 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 21 | |||
| 1972 | Majors | 19.39 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 19 | |||
| 1973 | Majors | 14.87 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 14 | |||
| 1974 | Majors | 16.80 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 16 | |||
| 1975 | Majors | 6.38 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 6 | |||
| 1976 | Majors | 4.16 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | |||
| 1977 | Majors | 13.48 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 13 |
| 1978 | Minors | 10.00 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 10 | |||
| 1978 | Majors | 0.31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
| Total | 52 | 0 | 0 | 34 / 64 | 28 / 54 | 22 / 63 | 24 / 65 | 6 / 47 | 22 / 69 | 20 / 60 | 170 / 444 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1978-11-01 | Dave Pless has retired from the Cleveland Grave-diggers |
| 1978-06-03 | The Cleveland Grave-diggers have acquired Dave Pless from the waiver wire. |
| 1978-04-14 | The Cincinnati Cubs have waived Dave Pless. |
| 1978-04-02 | The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Dave Pless for assignment. |
| 1972-07-22 | Dave Pless of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 15 days. |
| 1968-05-22 | The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. |
| 1968-04-30 | The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Gene Gossett to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Dave Pless to the minors. |
| 1968-04-01 | The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Gene Gossett for assignment. |
| 1967-10-03 | The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Dave Pless to the minors. The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Cliff Ramirez to the minors. |
| 1967-09-29 | The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dickie Linke to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Allan Gray to the major league team. |
| 1967-06-01 | The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Mike Curd to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Dave Pless to the minors. |
| 1967-05-12 | The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. |
| 1967-04-11 | A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Killers and the Cincinnati Cubs. The Cincinnati Cubs receive Mark Duran, Art Eichelberger, Allan Gray, Dave Pless, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 2 (CHN), Draft Pick - 1970 Round 2 (KC), Draft Pick - 1969 Round 1 (KC) from the Kansas City Killers in exchange for Jeff Brown. |
| 1967-03-25 | The Kansas City Killers have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Nick Hardgrove to the minors. |
| 1967-03-25 | The Kansas City Killers have promoted Tommy Johnson to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Dave Pless to the minors. |
| 1966-06-18 | A trade has been completed between the New York jaegerbombs and the Kansas City Killers. The Kansas City Killers receive Dave Pless from the New York jaegerbombs in exchange for Lindsay Dressen. |
| 1966-06-11 | The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The New York jaegerbombs have sent James Buttermilk to the minors. |
| 1966-05-16 | The New York jaegerbombs have sent Dave Pless to the minors. |
| 1966-04-01 | The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Les Marquardt to the major league team. The New York jaegerbombs have designated Pete Casey for assignment. The New York jaegerbombs have designated Hal Neidlinger for assignment. |
| 1965-04-01 | The New York jaegerbombs have sent Ike Talbot to the minors. The New York jaegerbombs have sent Dave Pless to the minors. |
| 1965-04-01 | The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. |