Eric Vaughn Show (May 19, 1956 - March 16, 1994) was a Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics. A native of Riverside, California, Show was the ace of the 1984 Padres team that won the National League pennant, and is the winningest pitcher in San Diego Padres history, but had his career and life cut short by drug abuse. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... See also: 1993 in sports, 1995 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Sterling Marlin won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt CART Racing - season championship won by Al Unser, Jr Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Jr. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... For the minor league franchise in the Pacific Coast League, see: San Diego Padres (PCL). ... The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. ... Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. ... See also: 1983 in sports, 1985 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 Richard Petty won the 200th (and final) race of his career on July 4. ... This article is actively undergoing a major edit. ...

Show made his debut in late September of 1981, and the following year went 10-6 while splitting time between the starting rotation and bullpen. In 1983 he won 15 games and established himself as the ace of the Padres' staff. In 1984 he followed with a 15-6 record. However, he struggled in the postseason, going a combined 0-2 with a 12.38 earned run average in three games. In 1985, Show gave up Pete Rose's record-breaking 4,192nd hit of his career. See also: 1980 in sports, 1982 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 CART Racing - Rick Mears won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser Formula One Champion - Brazil 24 hours of Le... In baseball or softball, a starting pitcher, often abbreviated as starter, is the pitcher who pitches the first pitch to the first batter of a game. ... While the game goes on, a relief pitcher warms up in the bullpen, beyond the outfield fence In baseball, the bullpen is the area where pitchers warm_up before entering a game. ... See also: 1982 in sports, 1984 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Bobby Allison Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 CART Racing - Al Unser won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Tom Sneva Formula One Championship - Brazil 24 hours of Le... In baseball statistics, earned run average (denoted by ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ... See also: 1984 in sports, 1986 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Ken Schrader enters NASCAR CART Racing - Al Unser Sr won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Danny Sullivan Formula One Championship... Personal Info Birth: April 14, 1941, Cincinnati, Ohio Professional Career Debut: April 8, 1963, Cincinnati Reds vs. ...

Show made his last appearance on the National League leaderboard in 1988, a season in which he went 16-11 with 13 complete games and pitched 234 2/3 innings. His effectiveness diminished significantly after that season, and by 1990, he had lost his regular spot in San Diego's rotation. He signed with Oakland as a free agent the following year but did not regain his old form and was cut the following season. See also: 1989 in sports, 1991 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Derrike Cope won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt CART Racing - Al Unser, Jr. ... In sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has run out and is now free to sign with another team. ...

An outspoken political conservative and a Christian, Show was also an accomplished jazz musician. Out of baseball at age 34, Show died at age 37 in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Dulzura, California, of a heart attack after taking a speedball. Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... This article is about the religious people known as Christians. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Speedball are a video game series composed by three games developed by Bitmap Brothers. ...

External links

• Baseball Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com//s/shower01.shtml)
• Obituary  (http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Show.Eric.Obit.html)

Reference

• Dravecky, Dave. Called Up. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Books, 2004.