Erik Bedard
Erik Joseph Bedard
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: March 6, 1979 in Navan, ON, CAN
High School: Norwalk (Norwalk, CT)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 23 BAL AL 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 32 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
2004 25 BAL AL 6 10 .375 4.59 27 26 0 0 0 0 137.1 149 83 70 13 71 1 121 7 2 7 633 100 1.602 9.8 0.9 4.7 7.9 1.70
2005 26 BAL AL 6 8 .429 4.00 24 24 0 0 0 0 141.2 139 66 63 10 57 1 125 5 1 4 606 108 1.384 8.8 0.6 3.6 7.9 2.19
2006 27 BAL AL 15 11 .577 3.76 33 33 0 0 0 0 196.1 196 92 82 16 69 0 171 5 0 6 844 121 1.350 9.0 0.7 3.2 7.8 2.48
2007 28 BAL AL 13 5 .722 3.16 28 28 0 1 1 0 182.0 141 66 64 19 57 0 221 5 0 3 733 146 1.088 7.0 0.9 2.8 10.9 3.88 CYA-5
2008 29 SEA AL 6 4 .600 3.67 15 15 0 0 0 0 81.0 70 38 33 9 37 0 72 4 0 3 347 115 1.321 7.8 1.0 4.1 8.0 1.95
2009 30 SEA AL 5 3 .625 2.82 15 15 0 0 0 0 83.0 65 29 26 8 34 0 90 4 0 2 348 154 1.193 7.0 0.9 3.7 9.8 2.65
7 Seasons 51 41 .554 3.71 144 141 0 1 1 0 822.0 762 375 339 75 325 2 801 30 3 25 3515 121 1.322 8.3 0.8 3.6 8.8 2.46
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .554 3.71 34 34 0 0 0 0 196 182 89 81 18 78 0 191 7 1 6 839 121 1.322 8.3 0.8 3.6 8.8 2.46
BAL (5 yrs) 40 34 .541 3.83 114 111 0 1 1 0 658.0 627 308 280 58 254 2 639 22 3 20 2820 118 1.339 8.6 0.8 3.5 8.7 2.52
SEA (2 yrs) 11 7 .611 3.24 30 30 0 0 0 0 164.0 135 67 59 17 71 0 162 8 0 5 695 132 1.256 7.4 0.9 3.9 8.9 2.28

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 23 BAL AL 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 .667 2 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 BAL AL 27 633 551 83 149 32 3 13 10 3 71 121 .270 .359 .410 .769 .323 226 6 7 0 4 1
2005 26 BAL AL 24 606 535 66 139 23 1 10 8 4 57 125 .260 .333 .363 .696 .318 194 15 5 3 6 1
2006 27 BAL AL 33 844 760 92 196 31 3 16 4 2 69 171 .258 .322 .370 .692 .312 281 17 5 6 4 0
2007 28 BAL AL 28 733 665 66 141 22 2 19 5 2 57 221 .212 .278 .337 .615 .284 224 13 5 2 4 0
2008 29 SEA AL 15 347 303 38 70 15 1 9 5 1 37 72 .231 .321 .376 .697 .272 114 10 4 1 2 0
2009 30 SEA AL 15 348 307 29 65 10 1 8 5 3 34 90 .212 .298 .329 .627 .271 101 2 4 2 1 0
7 Seasons 144 3515 3125 375 762 133 11 75 37 15 325 801 .244 .319 .365 .684 .303 1142 63 30 14 21 2
162 Game Avg. 34 839 746 89 182 32 3 18 9 4 78 191 .244 .319 .365 .684 .303 272 15 7 3 5 0
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2004 25 BAL AL 27 26 6 10 10 2 2 10 16 .385 1 6 0 0 7 27% 47 66 18 22 5 0 15 5.1 4.6 5.1 100 3 10 12 1 125
2005 26 BAL AL 24 24 6 8 10 0 2 8 16 .333 3 4 0 0 14 58% 52 80 16 13 7 0 9 3.9 3.3 5.9 103 1 7 15 1 126
2006 27 BAL AL 33 33 15 11 7 1 0 17 16 .515 5 4 0 0 20 61% 53 90 19 9 2 0 12 5.1 5.8 5.9 100 3 7 23 0 115
2007 28 BAL AL 28 28 13 5 10 1 1 19 9 .679 4 3 1 1 21 75% 61 98 21 10 3 0 11 4.7 4.7 6.5 105 1 6 20 1 120
2008 29 SEA AL 15 15 6 4 5 2 2 8 7 .533 0 1 0 0 7 47% 53 78 13 10 3 0 9 4.5 3.6 5.4 91 4 5 6 0 110
2009 30 SEA AL 15 15 5 3 7 1 1 8 7 .533 3 1 0 0 6 40% 57 83 43 11 3 0 10 4.0 4.2 5.5 97 1 6 8 0 112
6 Seasons 142 141 51 41 49 7 8 70 71 .496 16 19 1 1 75 53% 54 98 13 75 23 0 66 4.6 4.5 5.8 100 13 41 84 3 126
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 23 BAL AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 0.988 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.0 5
2004 25 BAL AL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.007 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 68
2 Seasons 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1.007 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 4.7 26

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2002 23 BAL AL 4 25% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 0.00 75% 67% 0.0% 33% 2 0 0%
2004 25 BAL AL 633 79% 2.1% 19.1% 11.2% 7.6% 32% 0.60 0.70 67% 21% 5.7% 14% 137 6 4%
2005 26 BAL AL 606 75% 1.7% 20.6% 9.4% 5.6% 25% 0.67 0.89 67% 26% 4.6% 11% 139 15 11%
2006 27 BAL AL 844 79% 1.9% 20.3% 8.2% 5.9% 26% 0.97 1.36 68% 21% 6.0% 11% 178 17 10%
2007 28 BAL AL 733 79% 2.6% 30.2% 7.8% 5.9% 31% 0.97 1.35 59% 18% 9.8% 14% 153 13 9%
2008 29 SEA AL 347 73% 2.6% 20.8% 10.7% 7.2% 36% 0.64 0.94 65% 18% 7.4% 15% 75 10 13%
2009 30 SEA AL 348 72% 2.3% 25.9% 9.8% 5.5% 29% 0.75 1.03 60% 20% 7.6% 14% 68 2 3%
7 Seasons 3515 77% 2.1% 22.8% 9.3% 6.2% 29% 0.78 1.05 65% 21% 6.6% 13% 752 63 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 23 BAL AL 4 10 2.50 7 70% 29% 14% 14% 43% 71% 0% 50% 80% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 BAL AL 633 2662 4.21 1632 61% 26% 15% 32% 27% 74% 0% 45% 79% 55% 7% 43 33 21% 134 70 8 26% 15 9 0 0 0
2005 26 BAL AL 606 2460 4.06 1554 63% 30% 12% 31% 27% 70% 0% 44% 83% 64% 4% 27 19 26% 160 77 12 50% 12 7 0 0 0
2006 27 BAL AL 844 3291 3.90 2124 65% 30% 15% 27% 28% 70% 0% 45% 78% 63% 5% 40 27 27% 226 134 21 26% 25 12 0 0 0
2007 28 BAL AL 733 2939 4.01 1886 64% 29% 18% 29% 24% 71% 0% 46% 74% 63% 3% 23 21 32% 236 130 8 40% 45 2 0 0 0
2008 29 SEA AL 347 1371 3.95 857 63% 31% 15% 27% 27% 69% 0% 43% 78% 62% 5% 19 11 24% 84 42 4 33% 11 8 0 0 0
2009 30 SEA AL 348 1449 4.16 926 64% 31% 15% 31% 24% 69% 0% 44% 79% 61% 4% 13 12 30% 104 51 4 40% 8 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3515 14182 4.03 8986 63% 29% 15% 29% 26% 71% 0% 45% 78% 61% 5% 165 123 27% 944 504 57 36% 116 39 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2002 23 BAL AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 BAL AL 633 149 11 1 13 0 12 11 2 5 8 30 17 5 57% 7 7 4 264 10 3 77% 8 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 28 0
2005 26 BAL AL 606 139 16 5 10 0 12 8 2 5 5 39 22 7 56% 3 4 2 257 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 17 0
2006 27 BAL AL 844 196 22 1 16 1 23 15 1 9 7 50 24 12 48% 8 6 4 319 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2007 28 BAL AL 733 141 14 1 19 0 12 14 5 6 13 29 16 10 55% 3 3 3 253 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2008 29 SEA AL 347 70 4 0 9 0 6 6 3 4 5 16 8 1 50% 3 3 0 137 5 1 83% 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
2009 30 SEA AL 348 65 5 1 8 0 5 6 2 4 4 8 4 2 50% 3 2 0 125 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
7 Seasons 3515 762 72 9 75 1 70 60 15 33 42 172 91 37 53% 27 25 13 1358 37 15 71% 29 13 6 0 2 2 3 3 89 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2002 23 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 32 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 32
2003 24 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 32 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 32
2004 25 6 10 .375 4.63 29 26 0 0 0 0 138.0 151 84 71 13 71 1 122 7 2 7 637 99 1.609 9.8 0.8 4.6 8.0 1.72 99
2005 26 12 18 .400 4.31 53 50 0 0 0 0 279.2 290 150 134 23 128 2 247 12 3 11 1243 103 1.495 9.3 0.7 4.1 7.9 1.93 103
2006 27 27 29 .482 4.08 86 83 0 0 0 0 476.0 486 242 216 39 197 2 418 17 3 17 2087 110 1.435 9.2 0.7 3.7 7.9 2.12 110
2007 28 40 34 .541 3.83 114 111 0 1 1 0 658.0 627 308 280 58 254 2 639 22 3 20 2820 118 1.339 8.6 0.8 3.5 8.7 2.52 118
2008 29 46 38 .548 3.81 129 126 0 1 1 0 739.0 697 346 313 67 291 2 711 26 3 23 3167 118 1.337 8.5 0.8 3.5 8.7 2.44 118
2009 30 51 41 .554 3.71 144 141 0 1 1 0 822.0 762 375 339 75 325 2 801 30 3 25 3515 121 1.322 8.3 0.8 3.6 8.8 2.46 121

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2002 23 0 0 9.00 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 2
2004 25 7 8 .467 4.43 136.0 147 74 67 13 70 120 7 1.596 9.7 4.6 7.9 1.71 0.9 27
2005 26 7 8 .467 4.20 135.0 138 70 63 10 57 119 5 1.444 9.2 3.8 7.9 2.09 0.7 24
2006 27 11 10 .524 3.64 193.0 192 87 78 16 68 168 5 1.347 9.0 3.2 7.8 2.47 0.7 33
2007 28 12 7 .632 3.03 178.0 138 67 60 19 56 216 5 1.090 7.0 2.8 10.9 3.86 1.0 28
2008 29 4 4 .500 3.81 78.0 71 37 33 9 38 69 4 1.397 8.2 4.4 8.0 1.82 1.0 15
2009 30 6 3 .667 2.89 81.0 66 29 26 8 35 88 4 1.247 7.3 3.9 9.8 2.51 0.9 15
7 Seasons 47 40 .540 3.68 802.0 752 365 328 75 324 781 30 1.342 8.4 8.8 2.41 0.8 144

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 AL (5, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (264th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2006 AL  3.759 (9th)
2007 AL  3.165 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 AL  .722 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2007 AL  1.088 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  6.973 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  7.839 (10th)
2007 AL  10.929 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  221 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
2006 AL  33 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 AL  1 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 AL  69 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  3.877 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  .733 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2006 AL  121 (9th)
2007 AL  146 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Donovan Osborne (954)
  7. John Cerutti (954)
  8. Woodie Fryman (954)
  9. Dave Wickersham (948)
  10. Don Schwall (947)
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