Adam Plutko

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: October 3, 1991 in Upland, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Glendora HS (Glendora, CA) and the Cleveland Indians in the 11th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Glendora HS (Glendora, CA)

School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 24, 2016 (Age 24-357d, 21,302nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 14, 2021 (Age 29-315d)
vs. BOS 0.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

Agents: CAA Sports

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Adam Gregory Plutko

Nicknames: Pluto

Pronunciation: \PLET-ko\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

5.39

273.2

200

WHIP

1.381

Summary of 66 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 6 tying, 15 go ahead

2 Tms
CLE	49
BAL	17

Platoon
vs RHB	38
vs LHB	28

Home/Road
Home	41
Away	25

Outs
0	25
1	21
2	20

18 Opps
DET	11
KCR	7
CHW	7
TOR	7
TBR	6
NYY	6
MIN	5
BOS	3
CIN	2
BAL	2
WSN	2
CLE	2
OAK	1
TEX	1
LAA	1
SEA	1
NYM	1
MIA	1

58 Batters
Hunter Dozier	2
José Abreu	2
Randal Grichuk	2
Ryan O'Hearn	2
Jeimer Candelario	2
Miguel Cabrera	2
Gary Sánchez	2
Didi Gregorius	2
Willy Adames	1
Brandon Dixon	1
Sam Haggerty	1
Bobby Dalbec	1
Yolmer Sanchez	1
Kevin Kiermaier	1
Yoán Moncada	1
Billy McKinney	1
Dawel Lugo	1
Jesse Winker	1
Jordy Mercer	1
Trey Mancini	1
Bobby Bradley	1
Clint Frazier	1
Shohei Ohtani	1
Nathaniel Lowe	1
Eddie Rosario	1
Brian Anderson	1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1
Isaac Paredes	1
James McCann	1
Josh Donaldson	1
Josh Phegley	1
Brian Goodwin	1
Yu Chang	1
Rowdy Tellez	1
Jorge Bonifacio	1
Ryan Zimmerman	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Jorge Polanco	1
Asdrúbal Cabrera	1
Juan Soto	1
Jonathan Villar	1
Aledmys Díaz	1
Scooter Gennett	1
Avisaíl García	1
Yangervis Solarte	1
Justin Upton	1
Randy Arozarena	1
Max Kepler	1
Mookie Betts	1
Jonathan Schoop	1
Matt Skole	1
Willians Astudillo	1
Tommy Pham	1
Marwin González	1
J.D. Martinez	1
Tim Anderson	1
Whit Merrifield	1
Christin Stewart	1

15 Parks
Progressive (CLE)	32
Camden Yards (BAL)	10
Comerica Pk (DET)	4
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Target Field (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1
Sahlen Field (BUF)	1

Where Hit
9	22
7	16
78	12
8	8
89	8

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	17
4	12
5	11
6	10
3	7
1	6
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	30
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	4
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	10
12-	3
1-3	3
123	2
-2-	2
--3	1
-23	1

99 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	44
1 on	13
2 on	7
3 on	2
Any on	22

Inning
1	9
2	8
3	4
4	12
5	11
6	8
7	8
8	4
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	21
4-6	31
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	6
+2	6
+1	8
Tied	12
-1	5
-2	6
-3	2
-4..	13

Ahead	28
Tied	12
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-1	10
3-2	9
1-0	9
0-1	8
1-2	6
0-0	6
2-2	6
1-1	5
3-1	5
0-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	12
RF	10
3B	10
DH	9
LF	6
SS	6
2B	5
C	5
CF	3

OrderPos
4th	13
3rd	10
6th	10
5th	9
9th	7
1st	6
2nd	5
7th	4
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	38

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-09-27	Justin Upton	DET		CLE	ahead 6-0	b 7	1	12-	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	3	6	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Cabrera Scores; J. Martinez Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2018-05-03 (2)	Yangervis Solarte	TOR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(1-2) CFBFX	1	4	5	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	2	2	2018-05-03 (2)	Josh Donaldson	TOR	@	CLE	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	2	DH	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	3	3	2018-05-03 (2)	Aledmys Díaz	TOR	@	CLE	behind 2-13	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	9	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	2018-05-28	Matt Skole	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 3-1	t 4	1	---	5,(3-1) F>B.BBX	1	5	3	9%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
6	6	5	2	2018-05-28	Tim Anderson	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 4-1	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	6	7%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	6	1	2018-06-12	Yoán Moncada	CHW		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
8	8	7	2	2018-06-12	Yolmer Sanchez	CHW		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	5	9%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	8	1	2018-06-16	Eddie Rosario	MIN	@	CLE	ahead 8-3	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	9	1	2018-06-30	Josh Phegley	OAK		CLE	behind 0-2	b 6	0	-2-	5,(1-2) FFBFX	2	9	2	23%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Barreto Scores
11	11	10	1	2018-07-11	Scooter Gennett	CIN	@	CLE	behind 1-17	t 6	0	---	4,(1-2) .CBFX	1	4	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
12	12	11	2	2018-07-11	Jesse Winker	CIN	@	CLE	behind 2-19	t 8	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	6	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Gennett Scores
13	13	12	1	2018-08-18	Jonathan Villar	BAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 3	1	12-	6,(3-2) CBC*BBX	3	2	4	24%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Wynns Scores; C. Mullins Scores
14	14	13	1	2018-08-29	Willians Astudillo	MIN	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	10%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	14	1	2018-09-03	Jorge Bonifacio	KCR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	5	9	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	15	2	2018-09-03	Ryan O'Hearn	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	6,(3-2) CCBBBX	1	4	3	11%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
17	17	16	3	2018-09-03	Ryan O'Hearn	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) *BX	2	4	3	11%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Dozier Scores
18	18	17	1	2018-09-08	Randal Grichuk	TOR		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	5,(1-2) CFFBX	1	4	9	10%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
19	19	18	2	2018-09-08	Randal Grichuk	TOR		CLE	behind 3-8	b 5	2	---	6,(3-2) FBBBFX	1	4	9	4%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	19	3	2018-09-08	Rowdy Tellez	TOR		CLE	behind 4-8	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	3	6%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	20	1	2018-09-23	Mookie Betts	BOS	@	CLE	behind 2-3	t 5	0	---	6,(3-2) CCBBBX	1	1	9	14%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
22	22	21	1	2018-09-28	Brian Goodwin	KCR		CLE	behind 2-14	b 9	1	123	2,(1-0) .BX	4	7	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Pérez Scores; R. O'Hearn Scores; H. Dozier Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2019-05-18	Trey Mancini	BAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	DH	12%	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
24	24	2	1	2019-05-23	Tommy Pham	TBR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	7	9%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
25	25	3	2	2019-05-23	Avisaíl García	TBR	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	4	9	9%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	4	3	2019-05-23	Willy Adames	TBR	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	6	8%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
27	27	5	4	2019-05-23	Kevin Kiermaier	TBR	@	CLE	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	-23	4,(2-1) F*BBX	3	7	8	5%	97%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); B. Lowe Scores; W. Adames Scores
28	28	6	1	2019-06-08	Didi Gregorius	NYY	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	6	17%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. LeMahieu Scores
29	29	7	1	2019-06-14	Miguel Cabrera	DET		CLE	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	6,(3-2) CSBBBX	1	4	DH	10%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
30	30	8	2	2019-06-14	Brandon Dixon	DET		CLE	behind 1-2	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	3	10%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
31	31	9	1	2019-06-19	Asdrúbal Cabrera	TEX		CLE	behind 0-5	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	5	5%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	10	1	2019-06-24	Whit Merrifield	KCR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	11	1	2019-07-15	Christin Stewart	DET	@	CLE	behind 1-2	t 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) *BSX	2	6	7	20%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Castellanos Scores
34	34	12	2	2019-07-15	Jordy Mercer	DET	@	CLE	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	6	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	13	3	2019-07-15	Jeimer Candelario	DET	@	CLE	ahead 4-3	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	5	5	12%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
36	36	14	1	2019-07-20	Hunter Dozier	KCR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	3	5	9%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
37	37	15	1	2019-07-25	Hunter Dozier	KCR		CLE	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	5	17%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Gordon Scores
38	38	16	1	2019-08-10	Max Kepler	MIN		CLE	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	7%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
39	39	17	2	2019-08-10	Marwin González	MIN		CLE	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	9	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
40	40	18	1	2019-08-15	Didi Gregorius	NYY		CLE	behind 1-12	b 5	2	---	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	1	3	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
41	41	19	2	2019-08-15	Gary Sánchez	NYY		CLE	behind 2-12	b 6	0	---	8,(3-2) BCBBCFFX	1	5	2	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
42	42	20	1	2019-09-01	Nathaniel Lowe	TBR		CLE	tied 1-1	b 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	DH	23%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Kiermaier Scores
43	43	21	1	2019-09-11	Shohei Ohtani	LAA		CLE	behind 1-4	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	DH	9%	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
44	44	22	1	2019-09-17	Dawel Lugo	DET	@	CLE	behind 1-6	t 5	0	---	8,(3-2) BBFSFBFX	1	7	5	4%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2020-07-28 (2)	James McCann	CHW	@	CLE	behind 0-3	t 2	1	---	6,(2-2) CBCBFX	1	6	2	8%	28%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
46	46	2	2	2020-07-28 (2)	José Abreu	CHW	@	CLE	behind 1-5	t 6	1	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	3	3	5%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
47	47	3	1	2020-08-21	Jonathan Schoop	DET	@	CLE	behind 0-5	t 4	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	4	8%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Cabrera Scores
48	48	4	2	2020-08-21	Isaac Paredes	DET	@	CLE	behind 3-5	t 4	1	123	5,(1-2) BCFFX	4	9	5	31%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Jones Scores; J. Bonifacio Scores; A. Romine Scores
49	49	5	1	2020-09-22	José Abreu	CHW	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	6,(3-2) CSBBBX	1	3	3	16%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2021-04-13 (2)	Sam Haggerty	SEA	@	BAL	behind 4-6	t 7	0	1--	5,(3-1) 1BF1BBX	2	9	7	35%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Crawford Scores
51	51	2	1	2021-05-16	Gary Sánchez	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	5	2	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Judge Scores
52	52	3	2	2021-05-16	Clint Frazier	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	9	7%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
53	53	4	1	2021-05-19	Randy Arozarena	TBR	@	BAL	behind 4-6	t 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	7	27%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Choi Scores
54	54	5	1	2021-05-22	Ryan Zimmerman	WSN		BAL	tied 6-6	b 4	0	1-3	3,(1-1) CBX	3	3	3	16%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Turner Scores; J. Soto Scores
55	55	6	1	2021-05-31	Jorge Polanco	MIN	@	BAL	ahead 2-1	t 10	2	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	1	4	22%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
56	56	7	1	2021-06-05	Yu Chang	CLE	@	BAL	ahead 4-1	t 3	2	12-	5,(3-1) BBBFX	3	7	3	14%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); H. Ramírez Scores; E. Rosario Scores
57	57	8	1	2021-06-09	Billy McKinney	NYM	@	BAL	ahead 7-1	t 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	9	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
58	58	9	1	2021-06-15	Bobby Bradley	CLE		BAL	ahead 6-2	b 7	0	---	5,(2-2) BBCCX	1	5	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	10	1	2021-06-24	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR		BAL	ahead 6-0	b 2	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	3	DH	2%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
60	60	11	1	2021-07-24	Juan Soto	WSN	@	BAL	behind 0-5	t 7	1	---	5,(2-2) CBBFX	1	3	9	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	12	1	2021-07-27	Brian Anderson	MIA	@	BAL	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	6%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
62	62	13	1	2021-07-29	Miguel Cabrera	DET		BAL	ahead 4-1	b 7	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
63	63	14	1	2021-08-03	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY		BAL	ahead 6-0	b 4	2	1-3	7,(2-2) FSFBF1BX	3	4	DH	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. LeMahieu Scores; A. Rizzo Scores
64	64	15	1	2021-08-10	Jeimer Candelario	DET	@	BAL	ahead 6-4	t 8	0	1--	6,(2-2) .CF11BB1F1X	2	4	5	8%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); V. Reyes Scores
65	65	16	1	2021-08-14	Bobby Dalbec	BOS		BAL	ahead 8-2	b 5	1	--3	3,(2-0) BBX	2	9	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Duran Scores
66	66	17	2	2021-08-14	J.D. Martinez	BOS		BAL	ahead 11-2	b 5	2	1-3	4,(2-1) BSBX	3	5	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Verdugo Scores; X. Bogaerts Scores