Playing career Eric Show

1 playing career

1.1 1981–1984
1.2 hit
1.3 later career

playing career
1981–1984

show made debut in late september 1981, , following year went 10–6 while splitting time between starting rotation , bullpen. in 1983 won 15 games. in 1984, followed 15–9 record. however, struggled in postseason, going combined 0–2 12.38 earned run average in 3 games.

hit

on september 11, 1985, show became famous giving pete rose s 4,192nd hit, surpassed all-time career hits record had long been held ty cobb. during delay honor rose, show sat on mound arms folded. in ballplayers: baseball s ultimate biographical reference, mike shatzkin wrote show disgruntled (perhaps rightly so) @ lengthy interruption of contest. padre garry templeton later called show s actions bush. show got dugout shoving match left fielder carmelo martínez on ball fell single , led game-winning run. finally, show refused stay answer post-game questions, leaving teammates criticize him in absence. m tired of hearing unlucky luck, said tim flannery. s been @ root of problem year. if goes wrong, quits. s why runs aren t scored him. guys don t want play him. 1 guy got tired of hearing it.

before game, when show had been asked possibility of giving hit , responded: guess doesn t mean me other baseball enthusiasts. mean, in eternal scope of things, how matter? don t this, don t care. ... don t me wrong. m not putting down pete. s fantastic accomplishment. gosh, felt bad after that, , didn t know how articulate it, said teammate dave dravecky. when re brilliant was, simplest of things hardest of things express. show later offered, have choice – think or not think – , ve come conclusion of these guys don t want think baseball, , m kind of ostracized that.

later career

on july 7, 1987, show hit year s eventual national league mvp, andre dawson of chicago cubs, in left cheekbone fastball during game. dawson had homered in 3 of last 5 plate appearances @ point, , cubs reacted bench-clearing brawl. show , manager (and former cub), larry bowa, later denied pitch purposeful, while bowa acknowledged understand why cubs think was.

show made last appearance on national league leaderboard in 1988, season in went 16–11 13 complete games , pitched 234 ⁄3 innings. in june 1989, show underwent surgery , received cortisone injections ongoing discomfort. show showed signs of drug addiction in later career, , of teammates suspected issues had started show attempted relieve pain.

by 1990, show had lost regular spot in san diego s rotation. padres did not pick option , bought out contract $250,000. though show had become known tardiness , confrontations teammates , management in san diego, oakland athletics had taken risks on troubled players before. signed show free agent in 1990. show played in 1990–91 mayaguez indians of puerto rican winter league.

show s episodes of erratic behavior began involve law enforcement 1991. arrested police in downtown san diego while yelling trying kill him. placed inside police car, kicked out window , fled on foot. apprehended later day, , admitted having used crystal methamphetamine. show showed later year @ oakland s training camp bandaged hands; reports had been made of acting oddly inside adult bookstore, , show tried flee police, cutting hands on barbed wire fence. oakland released show after 1991, , never appeared in professional baseball again.