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Eric King
Eric Steven King

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 215 lb.

Debut May 15, 1986
  vs. TEX 5.3 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 4, 1992
Born April 10, 1964 in Oxnard, CA

Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1986 22 DET AL  11   4  33  16   3   1   9  3  138.3  108   54   54  11   63   79   8   4   579   3   3  3.51  4.14  118 1.236
 1987 23 DET AL   6   9  55   4   0   0  26  9  116.0  111   67   63  15   60   89   4   5   513  10   1  4.89  4.25   87 1.474
 1988 24 DET AL   4   1  23   5   0   0   8  3   68.7   60   28   26   5   34   45   5   4   303   2   2  3.41  3.86  113 1.369
 1989 25 CHW AL   9  10  25  25   1   1   0  0  159.3  144   69   60  13   64   72   4   5   666   1   4  3.39  3.81  113 1.305
 1990 26 CHW AL  12   4  25  25   2   2   0  0  151.0  135   59   55  10   40   70   6   2   623   0   3  3.28  3.84  117 1.159
 1991 27 CLE AL   6  11  25  24   2   1   0  0  150.7  166   83   77   7   44   59   3   2   656   4   2  4.60  4.18   91 1.394
 1992 28 DET AL   4   6  17  14   0   0   2  1   79.3   90   47   46  12   28   45   1   3   348   1   0  5.22  3.95   76 1.487
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .536  52  45 203 113   8   5  45 16  863.3  814  407  381  73  333  459  31  25  3688  21  15  3.97  4.01  101 1.329
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   9  43  24   1   1   9  3  185.7  175   87   81  15   71   98   6   5   793   4   3  3.97  4.01  101 1.329
 Career High     12  11  55  25   3   2  26  9  159.3  166   83   77  15   64   89   8   5   666  10   4  3.28  4.25  118 1.159

* 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 ------+
1986 22 DET AL P 33 19 15 1 0 .971 .958 1.03 0.68 2.21 1.83 16 138.3 1987 23 DET AL P 55 15 22 1 3 .974 .956 0.67 0.67 2.87 1.84 4 116.0 1988 24 DET AL P 23 3 8 2 0 .846 .965 0.48 0.67 1.44 1.78 5 68.7 1989 25 CHW AL P 25 15 20 3 2 .921 .959 1.40 0.66 1.98 1.87 25 159.3 1990 26 CHW AL P 25 8 15 0 1 1.000 .954 0.92 0.59 1.37 1.78 25 151.0 1991 27 CLE AL P 25 9 14 2 2 .920 .954 0.92 0.58 1.37 1.80 24 150.7 1992 28 DET AL P 17 6 5 1 0 .917 .957 0.65 0.56 1.25 1.73 14 79.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1986 22 DET AL P 33 19 15 1 0 .971 .958 1.03 0.68 2.21 1.83 16 138.3 1987 23 DET AL P 55 15 22 1 3 .974 .956 0.67 0.67 2.87 1.84 4 116.0 1988 24 DET AL P 23 3 8 2 0 .846 .965 0.48 0.67 1.44 1.78 5 68.7 1989 25 CHW AL P 25 15 20 3 2 .921 .959 1.40 0.66 1.98 1.87 25 159.3 1990 26 CHW AL P 25 8 15 0 1 1.000 .954 0.92 0.59 1.37 1.78 25 151.0 1991 27 CLE AL P 25 9 14 2 2 .920 .954 0.92 0.58 1.37 1.80 24 150.7 1992 28 DET AL P 17 6 5 1 0 .917 .957 0.65 0.56 1.25 1.73 14 79.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 203 75 99 10 8 .946 .957 0.86 0.64 1.81 1.81 113 863.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 203 75 99 10 8 .946 .957 0.86 0.64 1.81 1.81 113 863
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1987   ALCS  DET MIN     L   2   0   1.69  0  0  0  0   5.1   3   1   2   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1987   ALCS  DET MIN     L   2   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.

Won-Loss %
1986 AL-.733-3
1990 AL-.750-3

Shutouts
1990 AL-2-6

Hit Batsmen
1986 AL-8-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1639) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (977) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1313) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 11, 1983: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

October 7, 1985: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Dave LaPoint and Matt Nokes to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Juan Berenguer, and Bob Melvin. The Detroit Tigers sent Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

March 23, 1989: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Kenny Williams.

December 4, 1990: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Shawn Hillegas to the Cleveland Indians for Cory Snyder and Lindsay Foster (minors).

December 20, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 29, 1992: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Detroit Tigers$60,000
1987Detroit Tigers$100,000
1988Detroit Tigers$125,000
1989Chicago White Sox$165,000
1990Chicago White Sox$415,000
1991Cleveland Indians$1,450,000
1992Detroit Tigers$1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,515,000

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