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John Ericks
John Edward Ericks

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 220 lb.
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debut June 24, 1995
  vs. MON 3.7 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L
Final Game April 28, 1997
Born June 16, 1967 in Tinley Park, IL

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1995 28 PIT NL   3   9  19  18   1   0   0  0  106.0  108   59   54   7   50   80   2  11   472   4   1  4.58  4.31   94 1.491
 1996 29 PIT NL   4   5  28   4   0   0  13  8   46.7   56   35   30  11   19   46   0   2   213   2   0  5.79  4.39   76 1.607
 1997 30 PIT NL   1   0  10   0   0   0  10  6    9.3    7    3    2   1    4    6   0   0    39   0   0  1.93  4.33  225 1.179
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .364   8  14  57  22   1   0  23 14  162.0  171   97   86  19   73  132   2  13   724   6   1  4.78  4.33   91 1.506
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  12  49  18   0   0  19 12  139.3  147   83   74  16   62  113   1  11   623   5   0  4.78  4.33   91 1.506
 Career High      4   9  28  18   1   0  13  8  106.0  108   59   54  11   50   80   2  11   472   4   1  4.58  4.39   94 1.491

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 28 PIT NL  19   31    2    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  12  .097  .097  .129  -41    4   6   0   0   0   0
 1996 29 PIT NL  28    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       57   36    2    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  13  .083  .083  .111  -50    4   6   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        102    6    9   3  0   0    3   0  0   0  37  .083  .083  .111  -50   11  17   0   0   0   3
 Career High     28   31    2    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  12                           4   6   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 28 PIT NL   37   34    1   0.8   109| .097  .273| .097  .343| .129  .425| .226  .768| -41  .035  -6.5  -0.6   0%
 1996 29 PIT NL    5    6    0   0.0   110| .000  .274| .000  .344| .000  .429| .000  .774|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        42   40    1   0.7   109| .083  .273| .083  .343| .111  .425| .194  .768| -50  .026  -8.0  -0.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1995 28 PIT NL P 19 7 10 3 0 .850 .955 0.89 0.51 1.44 1.84 18 106.0 1996 29 PIT NL P 28 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.11 0.52 0.58 1.83 4 46.7 1997 30 PIT NL P 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.52 1.94 1.84 0 9.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1995 28 PIT NL P 19 7 10 3 0 .850 .955 0.89 0.51 1.44 1.84 18 106.0 1996 29 PIT NL P 28 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.11 0.52 0.58 1.83 4 46.7 1997 30 PIT NL P 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.52 1.94 1.84 0 9.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 57 8 14 3 0 .880 .957 0.39 0.52 1.22 1.84 22 162.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 57 8 14 3 0 .880 .957 0.39 0.52 1.22 1.84 22 162
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.

Wild Pitches
1995 NL-11-5

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

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1988.

September 8, 1992: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

February 12, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 15, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$109,000
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$135,000
1997Pittsburgh Pirates$200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$444,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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