In 34 innings, he has 49 K’s and just three base on balls. Through his first seven mound appearances (six starts) with the CornDogs, the 2022 Northern League East All-Star is 1-0 with a 2.11 ERA.

In the summer of 2021, he got reps with a local men’s team called the Raw Dogs. The youngest of union carpenter Ron and Registered Nurse Jeannie Plesac’s children, Frank played on the Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth fields in Crown Point then went into travel ball with Morris Baseball and the South Shore Bears. “He impacted the way I viewed baseball and the way I play baseball now.” “He’s a character and a great coach,” says Plesac of Strayer. His coach at Crown Point High School was IHSBCA Hall of Famer Steve Strayer. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Plesac is pitching this summer for the wood bat Northern League’s Justin Huisman-managed Lake County CornDogs, which play at Legacy Fields in Plesac’s hometown of Crown Point. “(Coach Boynton and I) talk a lot about pitching. “I’m glad he gave me the opportunity to really experience that. “He introduced the family aspect of the team, which I never really understood before that,” says Plesac of Zartman, who has been head coach at Bethel since the 2004 season. “I feel like it’s my game and I’m in-control.” In 2022, those marks were 6-5 with a 3.24 ERA, 83 strikeouts and 13 walks in 86 innings which led to an all- Crossroads League first team selection.Īll but two of his outings fro Bethel have been in a starting role. Lefty Dan Plesac won 65 games and saved 158 from 1986-2003 and is in the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and is a regular on MLB Network.įrank Plesac is coming off his second season at Bethel University in Mishawaka, Ind., where he is 8-12 with a 4.28 earned run average, 129 strikeouts and 31 walks in 138 2/3 innings. Righty Zach Plesac is a starter for the Cleveland Guardians and made his MLB debut in 2019. “I’d rather have the expectations high with pressure on myself. “There are definitely a lot of expectations,” says Frank of being the brother of a current big league hurler ( Zach Plesac) and the nephew of one who spent 18 seasons in Major League Baseball ( Dan Plesac).

The right-handed pitcher from Crown Point, Ind., enjoys facing hitters and the promise that comes with his famous baseball last name.

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