Eric Show Baseball player

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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Show Eric Vaughn
Birth dateMay 19, 1956
Date of deathMarch 16, 1994

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 02, 1981
Career endSeptember 30, 1991
batting sideRight
former teams
Oakland Athletics
San Diego Padres
position
Pitcher
teams
Oakland Athletics
San Diego Padres
throwing sideRight

Eric Show on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://sports-library.com/index.php/Cubs_1987_Season-Game_83
  2. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=5543839
  3. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122387/index.htm
  4. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pshowe001.htm