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Paul Erickson
Paul Walford Erickson (Li'L Abner)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut June 29, 1941
Final Game July 10, 1948
Born December 14, 1915 in Zion, IL
Died April 5, 2002 in Fond du Lac, WI

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1941 25 CHC NL   5   7  32  15   7   1   9  1  141.0  126   70   58   2   64   85   2   4   615       0  3.70  3.52   95 1.348
 1942 26 CHC NL   1   6  18   7   1   0   6  0   63.0   70   40   38   4   41   26   0   2   289       0  5.43  3.21   59 1.762
 1943 27 CHC NL   1   3  15   4   0   0   6  0   42.7   47   32   29   4   22   24   2   2   195       0  6.12  3.34   55 1.617
 1944 28 CHC NL   5   9  33  15   5   3   6  1  124.3  113   59   49   5   67   82   0   5   547       0  3.55  3.54  100 1.448
 1945 29 CHC NL   7   4  28   9   3   0   9  3  108.3   94   41   40   5   48   53   7   2   467       0  3.32  3.65  110 1.311
 1946 30 CHC NL   9   7  32  14   5   1   9  0  137.0  119   46   37   2   65   70   3   0   595       0  2.43  3.31  136 1.343
 1947 31 CHC NL   7  12  40  20   6   0  11  1  174.0  179   90   84  17   93   82   5   3   779       0  4.34  3.94   91 1.563
 1948 32 TOT NL   2   0   9   2   0   0   1  0   24.0   26   15   14   2   25   10   0   1   119       0  5.25  3.94   75 2.125
         CHC NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0    5.7    7    5    4   0    6    4   0   0    31       0  6.35  3.91   62 2.294
         PHI NL   2   0   4   2   0   0   0  0   17.3   19   10   10   2   17    5   0   1    83       0  5.19  3.95   76 2.077
         NYG NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    0    0    0   0    2    1   0   0     5       0  0.00  3.95  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .435  37  48 207  86  27   5  57  6  814.3  774  393  349  41  425  432  19  19  3606       0  3.86  3.58   93 1.472
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  11  48  19   6   1  13  1  188.7  179   91   80   9   98  100   4   4   836   0   0  3.86  3.58   93 1.472
 Career High      9  12  40  20   7   3  11  3  174.0  179   90   84  17   93   85   7   5   779   0   0  2.43  3.94  136 1.311

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 25 CHC NL  32   46    5    7   4  0   1    2   0      0  12  .152  .152  .304   29   14   1           0   2
 1942 26 CHC NL  18   21    0    3   0  0   0    1   0      0  11  .143  .143  .143  -15    3   0           0   0
 1943 27 CHC NL  15   15    0    3   0  0   0    3   0      1   6  .200  .250  .200   31    3   0           0   0
 1944 28 CHC NL  33   36    2    2   0  1   1    1   0      3  15  .056  .128  .194  -10    7   0           0   0
 1945 29 CHC NL  28   32    2    5   2  0   0    0   0      3   8  .156  .229  .219   26    7   4           0   0
 1946 30 CHC NL  32   40    1    2   1  0   0    0   0      0  16  .050  .050  .075  -64    3   6           0   2
 1947 31 CHC NL  40   60    2   15   2  0   1    3   0      0  19  .250  .250  .333   56   20   0           0   0
 1948 32 TOT NL   9    8    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .125  .125  .125  -32    1   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         PHI NL   4    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   2  .143  .143  .143  -22    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      207  258   12   38   9  1   3   11   0  0   7  89  .147  .170  .225   10   58  11   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        202    9   30   7  1   2    9   0  0   5  70  .147  .170  .225   10   45   9   0   0   0   3
 Career High     40   60    5   15   4  1   1    3   0  0   3  19                          20   6   0   0   0   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 25 CHC NL   47   42    2   1.3    91| .152  .261| .152  .331| .304  .368| .456  .699|  29  .104  -4.5  -0.5     
 1942 26 CHC NL   21   18    0   0.0    84| .143  .251| .143  .322| .143  .349| .286  .672| -15  .000  -3.1  -0.3     
 1943 27 CHC NL   16   12    1   2.2    89| .200  .264| .250  .332| .200  .358| .450  .690|  31  .263  -1.3  -0.1     
 1944 28 CHC NL   39   34    1   0.8    94| .056  .268| .128  .335| .194  .376| .322  .711| -10  .045  -5.7  -0.6     
 1945 29 CHC NL   39   31    2   1.7    95| .156  .271| .229  .340| .219  .374| .448  .714|  26  .160  -3.2  -0.3     
 1946 30 CHC NL   46   46    0   0.0    91| .050  .260| .050  .335| .075  .364| .125  .699| -64  .000  -8.7  -0.9     
 1947 31 CHC NL   60   45    5   3.0   102| .250  .269| .250  .344| .333  .399| .583  .743|  56  .305  -4.0  -0.4     
 1948 32 TOT NL    8    7    0   0.0   100| .125  .266| .125  .340| .125  .394| .250  .734| -32  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0    99| .000  .264| .000  .338| .000  .391| .000  .729|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
         PHI NL    7    6    0   0.0   100| .143  .267| .143  .341| .143  .394| .286  .735| -22  .000  -1.2  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       276  235   11   1.2    94| .147  .264| .170  .336| .225  .375| .395  .711|  10  .097 -31.8  -3.2     

* 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 ------+
1941 25 CHC NL P 32 2 21 1 1 .958 .966 0.72 1.09 1.47 2.23 15 141.0 1942 26 CHC NL P 18 5 12 0 2 1.000 .966 0.94 1.17 2.43 2.36 7 63.0 1943 27 CHC NL P 15 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.47 1.16 1.48 2.28 4 42.7 1944 28 CHC NL P 33 7 30 2 1 .949 .961 1.12 1.09 2.68 2.14 15 124.3 1945 29 CHC NL P 28 2 19 0 0 1.000 .963 0.75 1.06 1.75 2.18 9 108.3 1946 30 CHC NL P 32 5 22 0 0 1.000 .961 0.84 1.01 1.77 2.24 14 137.0 1947 31 CHC NL P 40 8 33 1 3 .976 .967 1.02 0.91 2.12 2.12 20 174.0 1948 32 TOT NL P 9 3 5 0 0 1.000 .964 0.89 0.90 3.00 2.10 2 24.0 CHC NL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.90 3.16 2.05 0 5.7 PHI NL P 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 0.90 3.12 2.13 2 17.3 NYG NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 25 CHC NL P 32 2 21 1 1 .958 .966 0.72 1.09 1.47 2.23 15 141.0 1942 26 CHC NL P 18 5 12 0 2 1.000 .966 0.94 1.17 2.43 2.36 7 63.0 1943 27 CHC NL P 15 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.47 1.16 1.48 2.28 4 42.7 1944 28 CHC NL P 33 7 30 2 1 .949 .961 1.12 1.09 2.68 2.14 15 124.3 1945 29 CHC NL P 28 2 19 0 0 1.000 .963 0.75 1.06 1.75 2.18 9 108.3 1946 30 CHC NL P 32 5 22 0 0 1.000 .961 0.84 1.01 1.77 2.24 14 137.0 1947 31 CHC NL P 40 8 33 1 3 .976 .967 1.02 0.91 2.12 2.12 20 174.0 1948 32 TOT NL P 9 3 5 0 0 1.000 .964 0.89 0.90 3.00 2.10 2 24.0 CHC NL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.90 3.16 2.05 0 5.7 PHI NL P 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 0.90 3.12 2.13 2 17.3 NYG NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 207 33 148 4 7 .978 .964 0.87 1.04 2.00 2.20 86 814.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 207 33 148 4 7 .978 .964 0.87 1.04 2.00 2.20 86 814
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    CHC DET     L   4   0   3.86  0  0  0  0   7     8   3   3   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    CHC DET     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Strikeouts/9IP
1947 NL-4.24-7

Saves
1945 NL-3-9

Strikeouts
1941 NL-85-9

Shutouts
1944 NL-3-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1947 NL-93-5

Losses
1947 NL-12-8

Wild Pitches
1944 NL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1945 NL-7-3
1947 NL-5-2

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1574) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

May 18, 1948: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.

June 21, 1948: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 30, 1948: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Giants.


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