Eric Show
| Eric Show | |||
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Topps baseball card, 1983 series no. 68, autographed by Show
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: May 19, 1956 Riverside, California |
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Died: March 16, 1994 (aged 37) Dulzura, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 2, 1981, for the San Diego Padres | |||
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| September 30, 1991, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 101–89 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.66 | ||
| Strikeouts | 971 | ||
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Eric Vaughn Show (/ˈʃaʊ/; May 19, 1956 – March 16, 1994) was a Major League Baseball player who played for most of his career with the San Diego Padres. The pitcher holds the Padres record for most career wins, and he was a member of the first Padres team to play in the World Series. On September 11, 1985, he surrendered Pete Rose's record-breaking 4,192nd career hit. Show's later life was affected by drug abuse. He was found dead in his room at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in 1994.
Eric Show was born in Riverside, California. He attended the University of California, Riverside, where he majored in physics and played college baseball for the Highlanders from 1976–1978. In 1977, Show won a Division II College World Series with the team.
Show made his debut in late September 1981, and the following year went 10–6 while splitting time between the starting rotation and bullpen. In 1983 he won 15 games. In 1984, he followed with a 15–9 record. However, he struggled in the postseason, going a combined 0–2 with a 12.38 earned run average in three games.
On September 11, 1985, Show became famous for giving up Pete Rose's 4,192nd hit, which surpassed the all-time career hits record that had long been held by Ty Cobb. During the delay to honor Rose, Show sat on the mound with his arms folded. In The Ballplayers: Baseball's Ultimate Biographical Reference, Mike Shatzkin wrote that Show was "disgruntled (perhaps rightly so) at the lengthy interruption of the contest." Padre Garry Templeton later called Show's actions "bush." Then Show got into a dugout shoving match with left fielder Carmelo Martínez over a ball that fell for a single and led to the game-winning run. Finally, Show refused to stay to answer the post-game questions, leaving his teammates to criticize him in his absence. "I'm tired of hearing about his unlucky luck," said Tim Flannery. "That's been at the root of the problem all year. If something goes wrong, he quits. That's why runs aren't scored for him. Guys don't want to play for him. One guy got tired of hearing it."
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