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Eric Erickson
Eric George Adolph Erickson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut October 6, 1914
Final Game September 29, 1922
Born March 13, 1895 in Goteborg, Sweden
Died May 19, 1965 in Jamestown, NY

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1914 19 NYG NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    5.0    8    7    0   0    3    3   0   0    28       0  0.00  2.65  inf 2.200
 1916 21 DET AL   0   0   8   0   0   0   4  0   16.0   13    6    5   0    8    7   1   0    68       0  2.81  2.85  101 1.313
 1918 23 DET AL   4   5  12   9   8   0   2  1   94.3   81   32   26   2   29   48   3   0   375       1  2.48  2.66  107 1.166
 1919 24 TOT AL   6  13  23  17   7   1   6  0  146.7  147   86   69   7   73   90   8   8   650       1  4.23  3.19   75 1.500
         DET AL   0   2   3   2   0   0   1  0   14.7   17   17   11   0   10    4   1   3    69       0  6.75  3.19   47 1.841
         WSH AL   6  11  20  15   7   1   5  0  132.0  130   69   58   7   63   86   7   5   581       1  3.95  3.19   81 1.462
 1920 25 WSH AL  12  16  39  27  12   0   7  1  239.3  231  142  102  13  128   87  11   3  1026       0  3.84  3.71   97 1.500
 1921 26 WSH AL   8  10  32  22   9   3   4  0  179.0  181   90   72   7   65   71   9   4   773       1  3.62  4.11  114 1.374
 1922 27 WSH AL   4  12  30  17   6   2  10  2  141.7  144   95   78   8   73   61   3   3   622       1  4.96  3.87   78 1.532
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .374  34  57 145  93  42   6  33  4  822.0  805  458  352  37  379  367  35  18  3542       4  3.85  3.59   93 1.440
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  16  41  26  12   1   9  1  234.7  230  130  100  10  108  104  10   5  1012   0   1  3.85  3.59   93 1.440
 Career High     12  16  39  27  12   3  10  2  239.3  231  142  102  13  128   90  11   8  1026   0   1  2.48  4.11  114 1.166

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 19 NYG NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1916 21 DET AL   8    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1918 23 DET AL  12   33    1    4   0  0   0    0   0      0   9  .121  .121  .121  -26    4   1           0    
 1919 24 TOT AL  23   53    4    8   2  0   0    5   0      3  24  .151  .196  .189    9   10   4           0    
         DET AL   3    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   2  .200  .200  .200   13    1   0           0    
         WSH AL  20   48    4    7   2  0   0    4   0      3  22  .146  .196  .188    8    9   4           0    
 1920 25 WSH AL  39   83    7   23   4  0   1   13   0  0   3  22  .277  .302  .361   78   30   8           0    
 1921 26 WSH AL  32   60    3    9   1  0   0    1   0  0   4  16  .150  .203  .167   -3   10   3           0    
 1922 27 WSH AL  30   45    1    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   3  18  .133  .188  .156   -8    7   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      145  279   16   50   8  0   1   21   0  0  13  92  .179  .216  .219   19   61  17   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        312   18   56   9  0   1   23   0  0  15 103  .179  .216  .219   19   68  19   0   0   0   0
 Career High     39   83    7   23   4  0   1   13   0  0   4  24                          30   8   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 19 NYG NL    1    1    0   0.0    82| .000  .255| .000  .323| .000  .342| .000  .665|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1916 21 DET AL    4    4    0   0.0    86| .000  .261| .000  .336| .000  .341| .000  .677|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
 1918 23 DET AL   34   30    0   0.0    79| .121  .256| .121  .326| .121  .326| .242  .652| -26  .000  -5.1  -0.6     
 1919 24 TOT AL   60   49    2   1.1    94| .151  .275| .196  .341| .189  .369| .385  .710|   9  .084  -6.5  -0.7     
         DET AL    5    4    0   0.0    93| .200  .274| .200  .340| .200  .368| .400  .708|  13  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
         WSH AL   55   45    2   1.2    94| .146  .275| .196  .341| .188  .370| .384  .710|   8  .097  -5.9  -0.6     
 1920 25 WSH AL   94   68    9   3.6   104| .277  .287| .302  .352| .361  .395| .663  .746|  78  .385  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1921 26 WSH AL   67   54    2   1.0   110| .150  .293| .203  .358| .167  .412| .370  .770|  -3  .048  -9.3  -0.9   0%
 1922 27 WSH AL   49   40    1   0.7   105| .133  .286| .188  .351| .156  .402| .344  .753|  -8  .027  -7.1  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       309  246   14   1.5   100| .179  .282| .216  .348| .219  .386| .435  .733|  19  .122 -32.0  -3.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1914 19 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.70 1 5.0 1916 21 DET AL P 8 0 3 3 0 .500 .938 0.38 1.69 1.69 2.93 0 16.0 1918 23 DET AL P 12 0 13 1 0 .929 .949 1.08 1.85 1.24 2.82 9 94.3 1919 24 TOT AL P 23 3 25 1 0 .966 .949 1.22 1.76 1.72 2.83 17 146.7 DET AL P 3 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 2.00 1.77 3.67 2.82 2 14.7 WSH AL P 20 3 19 0 0 1.000 .948 1.10 1.76 1.50 2.83 15 132.0 1920 25 WSH AL P 39 9 44 4 0 .930 .950 1.36 1.66 1.99 2.70 27 239.3 1921 26 WSH AL P 32 4 31 2 0 .946 .956 1.09 1.56 1.76 2.70 22 179.0 1922 27 WSH AL P 30 6 23 4 2 .879 .963 0.97 1.48 1.84 2.60 17 141.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 19 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.70 1 5.0 1916 21 DET AL P 8 0 3 3 0 .500 .938 0.38 1.69 1.69 2.93 0 16.0 1918 23 DET AL P 12 0 13 1 0 .929 .949 1.08 1.85 1.24 2.82 9 94.3 1919 24 TOT AL P 23 3 25 1 0 .966 .949 1.22 1.76 1.72 2.83 17 146.7 DET AL P 3 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 2.00 1.77 3.67 2.82 2 14.7 WSH AL P 20 3 19 0 0 1.000 .948 1.10 1.76 1.50 2.83 15 132.0 1920 25 WSH AL P 39 9 44 4 0 .930 .950 1.36 1.66 1.99 2.70 27 239.3 1921 26 WSH AL P 32 4 31 2 0 .946 .956 1.09 1.56 1.76 2.70 22 179.0 1922 27 WSH AL P 30 6 23 4 2 .879 .963 0.97 1.48 1.84 2.60 17 141.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 145 22 139 15 2 .915 .953 1.11 1.63 1.76 2.72 93 822.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 145 22 139 15 2 .915 .953 1.11 1.63 1.76 2.72 93 822
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1921 AL-3.62-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1920 AL-8.69-8
1921 AL-9.10-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1919 AL-5.52-1
1921 AL-3.57-10

Shutouts
1921 AL-3-5

Home Runs Allow.
1919 AL-7-7
1920 AL-13-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1920 AL-128-2

Losses
1920 AL-16-7

Wild Pitches
1919 AL-8-3

Hit Batsmen
1919 AL-8-6
1920 AL-11-3
1921 AL-9-8

Youngest Player
1914 NL-19-2

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1500) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

July 5, 1919: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Washington Senators for Doc Ayers.


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