Paul Erickson

Paul Walford Erickson (Li'L Abner)

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

Born: December 14, 1915 in Zion, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Phillies/Giants 1941-1948

Final Game: July 10, 1948
Died: April 5, 2002 in Fond du Lac, WI
Buried: Shrine of Rest Mausoleum, Fond du Lac, WI
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	21	CHC-min	C	25	30	30		4	1	0	0					.133	.133	.167	.300		5					PCY · WA
1938	22	CHC-min	C	29	60	60		11	1	0	0					.183	.183	.200	.383		12					PCY · WA
1939	23	CHC-min	C	42	88	88		22	3	0	2					.250	.250	.352	.602		31					STJ · WA
1940	24	CHC-min	A1	42	60	60		13	3	1	0					.217	.217	.300	.517		18					TUL · TL
1941	25	CHC	NL	32	47	46	5	7	4	0	1	2	0	0	12	.152	.152	.304	.457	29	14	2	0	1	1
1942	26	NVL	A1	12	21	21		6	2	0	0					.286	.286	.381	.667		8					NVL · SOUA
1942	26	CHC	NL	18	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	.143	.143	.143	.286	-15	3	0	0	0	1
1943	27	MLW	AA	12	24	21	1	5	1	1	0	4	0	2	5	.238	.304	.381	.685		8	2	0	1		MLW · AA
1943	27	CHC	NL	15	16	15	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	6	.200	.250	.200	.450	32	3	0	0	0	1
1944	28	CHC	NL	33	39	36	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	3	15	.056	.128	.194	.323	-10	7	0	0	0	1
1945	29	CHC	NL	28	39	32	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	3	8	.156	.229	.219	.447	26	7	0	0	4	1
1946	30	CHC	NL	32	46	40	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	.050	.050	.075	.125	-65	3	2	0	6	1
1947	31	CHC	NL	40	60	60	2	15	2	0	1	3	0	0	19	.250	.250	.333	.583	56	20	0	0	0	1
1948	32	TOT	NL	9	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	0	0	0	/1
1948	32	CHC	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1948	32	PHI	NL	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	1	0	0	0	/1
1948	32	NYG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1949	33	PIT-min	AAA	1	0	0		0	0	0	0										0					INA · AA
8 Yrs				207	276	258	12	38	9	1	3	11	0	7	89	.147	.170	.225	.395	11	58	4	0	11
162 Game Avg.				162	216	202	9	30	7	1	2	9	0	5	70	.147	.170	.225	.395	11	45	3	0	9

CHC (8 yrs)				201	269	251	12	37	9	1	3	10	0	7	87	.147	.171	.227	.398	11	57	4	0	11
NYG (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1941	25	CHC	NL	32	47	-4	0	0	0	5	1	0.1	2	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$	1
1942	26	CHC	NL	18	21	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1943	27	CHC	NL	15	16	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1944	28	CHC	NL	33	39	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1945	29	CHC	NL	28	39	-4	0	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1946	30	CHC	NL	32	46	-10	0	0	0	5	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.6	.482	.497	-0.6	0.0	-3	$	1
1947	31	CHC	NL	40	60	-4	0	0	0	6	2	0.3	2	5	0.3	.506	.502	0.3	0.0	5	$	1
1948	32	CHC	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1948	32	PHI	NL	4	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.487	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1948	32	NYG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
8 Seasons				207	276	-33	0	0	0	27	-5	-0.6	9	4	-0.6	.497	.500	-0.6	0.0	4	$

CHC (8 yrs)				201	269	-32	0	0	0	27	-5	-0.6	9	4	-0.5	.497	.500	-0.5	0.0	4	$
NYG (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
PHI (1 yr)				4	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.487	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1941	25	CHC	NL	47	42	2	1.3	91	.182	.152	.261	.152	.331	.304	.368	.457	.699	29	.104	-4.5	-0.5	.341	.152	.152	.0
1942	26	CHC	NL	21	18	0	0.0	84	.300	.143	.251	.143	.323	.143	.349	.286	.672	-15	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.167	.000	.000
1943	27	CHC	NL	16	12	1	2.2	88	.333	.200	.262	.250	.331	.200	.356	.450	.687	32	.263	-1.3	-0.1	.333	.067	.000
1944	28	CHC	NL	39	34	1	0.8	93	.050	.056	.267	.128	.334	.194	.375	.323	.709	-10	.045	-5.6	-0.6	.294	.222	.139	.0
1945	29	CHC	NL	39	31	2	1.7	95	.208	.156	.271	.229	.340	.219	.374	.447	.714	26	.160	-3.2	-0.3	.370	.156	.063
1946	30	CHC	NL	46	46	0	0.0	91	.083	.050	.260	.050	.335	.075	.364	.125	.700	-65	.000	-8.7	-0.9	.075	.025	.025
1947	31	CHC	NL	60	45	5	3.0	102	.350	.250	.269	.250	.344	.333	.399	.583	.743	56	.305	-4.0	-0.4	.444	.083	.083	.0
1948	32	TOT	NL	8	7	0	0.0	99	.167	.125	.265	.125	.339	.125	.392	.250	.731	-31	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
1948	32	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.263	.000	.336	.000	.389	.000	.725	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1948	32	PHI	NL	7	6	0	0.0	99	.200	.143	.265	.143	.339	.143	.393	.286	.732	-22	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
8 Yrs				276	235	11	1.2	94	.211	.147	.264	.170	.336	.225	.375	.395	.711	11	.097	-31.8	-3.3	.290	.105	.078	.0
162 Game Avg.				216	184	9	1.2	94	.211	.147	.264	.170	.336	.225	.375	.395	.711	11	.097	-31.8	-3.3	.290	.105	.078

CHC (8 yrs)				269	229	11	1.3	94	.211	.147	.264	.171	.336	.227	.374	.398	.710	11	.102	-30.6	-3.2	.294	.108	.080	.0
PHI (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	99	.200	.143	.265	.143	.339	.143	.393	.286	.732	-22	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	29	CHC	NL	WS	DET	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1941	25	CHC	NL	47	2.1%	25.5%	0.0%	10.6%	71%		3.8	46.0	23.0		70%
1942	26	CHC	NL	21	0.0%	52.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.9		21.0		48%
1943	27	CHC	NL	16	0.0%	37.5%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.5		5.0		56%
1944	28	CHC	NL	39	2.6%	38.5%	7.7%	5.1%	100%	5.00	2.4	36.0	36.0		51%
1945	29	CHC	NL	39	0.0%	20.5%	7.7%	5.1%	40%	2.67	4.0				62%
1946	30	CHC	NL	46	0.0%	34.8%	0.0%	2.2%	50%		2.5				52%
1947	31	CHC	NL	60	1.7%	31.7%	0.0%	5.0%	20%		3.2	60.0	20.0		67%
1948	32	TOT	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		8.0	0.00	75%
1948	32	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1948	32	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		7.0		71%
8 Yrs				276	1.1%	32.3%	2.5%	4.7%	34%	12.71	2.9	86.0	23.5	0.00	60%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	26%	1.00	9.7	70.0	8.7	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1941	25	CHC	NL	-4.5	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	26	CHC	NL	-3.1	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	27	CHC	NL	-1.3	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	28	CHC	NL	-5.6	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	29	CHC	NL	-3.2	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	30	CHC	NL	-8.7	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	CHC	NL	-4.0	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	32	TOT	NL	-1.5	-0.2	1	-0.0	-0.0	.75	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.43	-0.2	0
1948	32	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	-0.0	.75	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.43	-0.2	0
1948	32	PHI	NL	-1.2	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	32	NYG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
8 Yrs				-31.8	-3.3	1	-0.0	-0.0	.75	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.43	-0.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%
1948	32	TOT	NL	0%
1948	32	CHC	NL
1948	32	PHI	NL	0%
8 Yrs				21%

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	32	TOT	NL	8	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1948	32	CHC	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1948	32	PHI	NL	7		1				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				8	0%	38			0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11		1	4	400%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			1247%			128%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1941	25	32	47	46	5	7	4	0	1	2	0	12	.152	.152	.304	.457	29	14	2	1
1942	26	50	68	67	5	10	4	0	1	3	0	23	.149	.149	.254	.403	16	17	2	1
1943	27	65	84	82	5	13	4	0	1	6	1	29	.159	.169	.244	.413	19	20	2	1
1944	28	98	123	118	7	15	4	1	2	7	4	44	.127	.156	.229	.385	10	27	2	1
1945	29	126	162	150	9	20	6	1	2	7	7	52	.133	.172	.227	.399	13	34	2	5
1946	30	158	208	190	10	22	7	1	2	7	7	68	.116	.147	.195	.342	-3	37	4	11
1947	31	198	268	250	12	37	9	1	3	10	7	87	.148	.171	.228	.399	12	57	4	11
1948	32	207	276	258	12	38	9	1	3	11	7	89	.147	.170	.225	.395	11	58	4	11

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1941	25	33	49	48	5	7	4	0	1	2	0	12	.146	.146	.292	.437	2	32
1942	26	19	24	24	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	12	.208	.208	.208	.417	1	18
1943	27	16	18	17	0	4	0	0	0	4	1	6	.235	.278	.235	.513	1	15
1944	28	34	40	37	2	2	0	1	1	1	3	16	.054	.125	.189	.314	1	33
1945	29	29	42	34	3	6	2	0	0	0	4	8	.176	.263	.235	.498	2	28
1946	30	33	48	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	32
1947	31	42	63	63	2	16	2	0	1	3	0	20	.254	.254	.333	.587	5	40
1948	32	9	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
8 Yrs		215	292	273	12	40	8	1	3	12	8	93	.147	.171	.216	.387	12	207
162 Game Avg.		162	220	206	9	30	6	1	2	9	6	70	.147	.171	.216	.387	9	207

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