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Roger Erickson
Roger Farrell Erickson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.
School University of New Orleans

Debut April 6, 1978
  vs. SEA 6.3 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W
Final Game September 26, 1983
Born August 30, 1956 in Springfield, IL

Nephew of Don Erickson

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 21 MIN AL  14  13  37  37  14   0   0  0  265.7  268  129  117  19   79  121   8   8  1120   1   3  3.96  3.85   97 1.306
 1979 22 MIN AL   3  10  24  21   0   0   1  0  123.0  154   86   77  17   48   47   1   4   556   1   4  5.63  4.40   78 1.642
 1980 23 MIN AL   7  13  32  27   7   0   1  0  191.3  198   83   69  13   56   97   4   5   811   0   2  3.25  4.37  135 1.328
 1981 24 MIN AL   3   8  14  14   1   0   0  0   91.3   93   48   39   7   31   44   0   2   399   4   5  3.84  3.96  103 1.358
 1982 25 TOT AL   8   8  23  18   2   0   1  1  111.3  142   65   57  11   29   49   1   3   496   2   1  4.61  4.06   88 1.536
         MIN AL   4   3   7   7   2   0   0  0   40.7   56   29   22   6   12   12   1   2   188   1   0  4.87  4.25   87 1.672
         NYY AL   4   5  16  11   0   0   1  1   70.7   86   36   35   5   17   37   0   1   308   1   1  4.46  3.96   89 1.458
 1983 26 NYY AL   0   1   5   0   0   0   2  0   16.7   13    8    8   1    8    7   0   2    69   1   0  4.32  3.87   90 1.260
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .398  35  53 135 117  24   0   5  1  799.3  868  419  367  68  251  365  14  24  3451   9  15  4.13  4.10   99 1.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  14  36  31   6   0   1  0  215.7  234  113   99  18   67   98   3   6   931   2   4  4.13  4.10   99 1.400
 Career High     14  13  37  37  14   0   2  1  265.7  268  129  117  19   79  121   8   8  1120   4   5  3.25  4.40  135 1.306

* 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 ------+
1978 21 MIN AL P 37 13 44 5 3 .919 .955 1.54 0.85 1.93 1.90 37 265.7 1979 22 MIN AL P 24 9 17 2 1 .929 .949 1.08 0.81 1.90 1.92 21 123.0 1980 23 MIN AL P 32 8 28 1 4 .973 .957 1.12 0.77 1.69 1.85 27 191.3 1981 24 MIN AL P 14 8 13 2 1 .913 .963 1.50 0.81 2.07 1.98 14 91.3 1982 25 TOT AL P 23 6 14 1 0 .952 .957 0.87 0.73 1.62 1.79 18 111.4 MIN AL P 7 2 9 0 0 1.000 .957 1.57 0.73 2.43 1.79 7 40.7 NYY AL P 16 4 5 1 0 .900 .957 0.56 0.73 1.15 1.79 11 70.7 1983 26 NYY AL P 5 4 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 0.72 3.23 1.78 0 16.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 21 MIN AL P 37 13 44 5 3 .919 .955 1.54 0.85 1.93 1.90 37 265.7 1979 22 MIN AL P 24 9 17 2 1 .929 .949 1.08 0.81 1.90 1.92 21 123.0 1980 23 MIN AL P 32 8 28 1 4 .973 .957 1.12 0.77 1.69 1.85 27 191.3 1981 24 MIN AL P 14 8 13 2 1 .913 .963 1.50 0.81 2.07 1.98 14 91.3 1982 25 TOT AL P 23 6 14 1 0 .952 .957 0.87 0.73 1.62 1.79 18 111.4 MIN AL P 7 2 9 0 0 1.000 .957 1.57 0.73 2.43 1.79 7 40.7 NYY AL P 16 4 5 1 0 .900 .957 0.56 0.73 1.15 1.79 11 70.7 1983 26 NYY AL P 5 4 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 0.72 3.23 1.78 0 16.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 135 48 118 11 9 .938 .956 1.23 0.79 1.87 1.88 117 799.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 135 48 118 11 9 .938 .956 1.23 0.79 1.87 1.88 117 799
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
1980 AL-3.25-8

Innings
1978 AL-265.7-10

Games Started
1978 AL-37-6

Hits Allowed
1978 AL-268-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1978 AL-117-2

Hit Batsmen
1978 AL-8-4

Batters Faced
1978 AL-1120-8

Adjusted ERA+
1980 AL-135-5

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1575) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1633) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

May 12, 1982: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Butch Wynegar to the New York Yankees for John Pacella, Larry Milbourne, Pete Filson, and cash.

December 8, 1983: Traded by the New York Yankees with Steve Balboni to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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