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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
B  B  A 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ C  A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ A- D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B+ D- C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
F  C  C 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 12/6/1943
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.9 %) A+ (92.4 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1966 LHP 63 123 34 11 2 3 22 10 21 .807 .336 .472 .276
1966 RHP 98 294 59 8 4 6 46 26 72 .585 .269 .316 .201
1967 LHP 5 12 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 .774 .357 .417 .250
1967 RHP 12 30 4 0 0 1 4 2 10 .421 .188 .233 .133
1968 LHP 33 74 14 4 0 1 10 5 17 .524 .241 .284 .189
1968 RHP 55 168 50 9 0 4 19 9 28 .756 .333 .423 .298
1969 LHP 60 132 27 5 1 7 23 7 33 .665 .248 .417 .205
1969 RHP 115 338 81 16 6 9 41 25 72 .692 .290 .402 .240
1970 LHP 59 121 28 5 1 5 16 7 19 .687 .273 .413 .231
1970 RHP 115 324 68 10 3 8 30 26 70 .605 .271 .333 .210
1971 LHP 33 54 11 0 0 1 7 4 9 .505 .246 .259 .204
1971 RHP 61 127 29 6 1 4 17 16 32 .710 .324 .386 .228
1972 LHP 27 62 20 3 0 4 9 3 18 .918 .354 .565 .323
1972 RHP 44 123 39 7 0 6 25 5 20 .861 .341 .520 .317
1973 LHP 22 45 17 1 1 3 9 2 8 1.053 .408 .644 .378
1973 RHP 43 92 21 5 0 1 6 7 20 .595 .280 .315 .228
1974 LHP 23 50 16 4 1 2 8 4 12 .942 .382 .560 .320
1974 RHP 43 103 30 5 2 5 18 10 22 .878 .354 .524 .291
1975 LHP 22 24 7 0 1 0 2 0 5 .667 .292 .375 .292
1975 RHP 37 35 10 2 2 3 10 5 8 1.089 .375 .714 .286
1976 LHP 19 18 2 0 0 0 2 4 4 .384 .273 .111 .111
1976 RHP 15 17 6 2 0 0 4 2 1 .871 .400 .471 .353
1977 LHP 12 10 3 1 0 2 3 2 3 1.385 .385 1.000 .300
1977 RHP 61 57 14 2 1 2 12 3 9 .700 .279 .421 .246
1978 RHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total LHP 378 725 182 36 7 28 112 50 149 .736 .301 .436 .251
Total RHP 700 1709 411 72 19 49 232 136 364 .688 .297 .391 .240
Total 946 2434 593 108 26 77 344 186 513 .702 .298 .404 .244
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Dave Pless has retired from the Cleveland Grave-diggers
1978-06-03The Cleveland Grave-diggers have acquired Dave Pless from the waiver wire.
1978-04-14The Cincinnati Cubs have waived Dave Pless.
1978-04-02The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Dave Pless for assignment.
1972-07-22Dave Pless of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1968-05-22The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team.
1968-04-30The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Gene Gossett to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1968-04-01The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Gene Gossett for assignment.
1967-10-03The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Dave Pless to the minors. The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Cliff Ramirez to the minors.
1967-09-29The 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.
1967-06-01The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Mike Curd to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1967-05-12The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team.
1967-04-11A 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.
1967-03-25The Kansas City Killers have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Nick Hardgrove to the minors.
1967-03-25The Kansas City Killers have promoted Tommy Johnson to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1966-06-18A 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.
1966-06-11The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The New York jaegerbombs have sent James Buttermilk to the minors.
1966-05-16The New York jaegerbombs have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1966-04-01The 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.
1965-04-01The New York jaegerbombs have sent Ike Talbot to the minors. The New York jaegerbombs have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1965-04-01The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team.