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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	21	CHC-min	C	3	6	.333	6.32	22						74.0	90	60	52		70							2.162	10.9		8.5			PCY · WA
1938	22	CHC-min	C	7	7	.500	6.27	28						155.0	170	121	108		132							1.948	9.9		7.7			PCY · WA
1939	23	CHC-min	C	14	14	.500		33						212.0	239	141			140							1.788	10.1		5.9			STJ · WA
1940	24	CHC-min	A1	12	10	.545	2.62	42						196.0	164	77	57		77							1.230	7.5		3.5			TUL · TL
1941	25	CHC	NL	5	7	.417	3.70	32	15	9	7	1	1	141.0	126	70	58	2	64	85	2	0	4	615	95	1.348	8.0	0.1	4.1	5.4	1.33
1942	26	NVL	A1	3	3	.500	3.48	12	8					75.0	64	31	29		39							1.373	7.7		4.7			NVL · SOUA
1942	26	CHC	NL	1	6	.143	5.43	18	7	6	1	0	0	63.0	70	40	38	4	41	26	0	0	2	289	59	1.762	10.0	0.6	5.9	3.7	0.63
1943	27	MLW	AA	6	4	.600	3.19	12	10	2	5	1		62.0	58	26	22		34	42	1	0	1			1.484	8.4		4.9	6.1	1.24	MLW · AA
1943	27	CHC	NL	1	3	.250	6.12	15	4	6	0	0	0	42.2	47	32	29	4	22	24	2	0	2	195	55	1.617	9.9	0.8	4.6	5.1	1.09
1944	28	CHC	NL	5	9	.357	3.55	33	15	6	5	3	1	124.1	113	59	49	5	67	82	0	0	5	547	99	1.448	8.2	0.4	4.8	5.9	1.22
1945	29	CHC	NL	7	4	.636	3.32	28	9	9	3	0	3	108.1	94	41	40	5	48	53	7	0	2	467	110	1.311	7.8	0.4	4.0	4.4	1.10
1946	30	CHC	NL	9	7	.563	2.43	32	14	9	5	1	0	137.0	119	46	37	2	65	70	3	0	0	595	137	1.343	7.8	0.1	4.3	4.6	1.08
1947	31	CHC	NL	7	12	.368	4.34	40	20	11	6	0	1	174.0	179	90	84	18	93	82	5	0	3	779	91	1.563	9.3	0.9	4.8	4.2	0.88
1948	32	TOT	NL	2	0	1.000	5.25	9	2	1	0	0	0	24.0	26	15	14	2	25	10	0	0	1	119	78	2.125	9.8	0.8	9.4	3.8	0.40
1948	32	CHC	NL	0	0		6.35	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	5	4	0	6	4	0	0	0	31	65	2.294	11.1	0.0	9.5	6.4	0.67
1948	32	PHI	NL	2	0	1.000	5.19	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.1	19	10	10	2	17	5	0	0	1	83	77	2.077	9.9	1.0	8.8	2.6	0.29
1948	32	NYG	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5		2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
1949	33	PIT-min	AAA	0	0			1						1.0																		INA · AA
8 Yrs				37	48	.435	3.86	207	86	57	27	5	6	814.1	774	393	349	42	425	432	19	0	19	3606	93	1.472	8.6	0.5	4.7	4.8	1.02
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.435	3.86	48	20	13	6	1	1	189	180	91	81	10	99	100	4	0	4	837	93	1.472	8.6	0.5	4.7	4.8	1.02

CHC (8 yrs)				35	48	.422	3.83	201	84	56	27	5	6	796.0	755	383	339	40	406	426	19	0	18	3518	93	1.459	8.5	0.5	4.6	4.8	1.05
NYG (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5		2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
PHI (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	5.19	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.1	19	10	10	2	17	5	0	0	1	83	77	2.077	9.9	1.0	8.8	2.6	0.29

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1941	25	CHC	NL	141.0	32	15	70	4.47	4.27	-0.17	0.00	95.7	4.25	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.0	12	.490	.498	$
1942	26	CHC	NL	63.0	18	7	40	5.71	4.06	-0.14	0.00	96.5	4.06	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-6	.433	.493	$
1943	27	CHC	NL	42.2	15	4	32	6.75	3.85	-0.11	0.00	97.9	3.88	-14	-1.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-10	.405	.491	$
1944	28	CHC	NL	124.1	33	15	59	4.27	4.23	-0.18	0.00	97.7	4.31	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.0	12	.502	.500	$
1945	29	CHC	NL	108.1	28	9	41	3.41	4.39	0.22	0.00	98.2	4.10	8	0.8	1.0	-0.1	1.7	19	.529	.505	$
1946	30	CHC	NL	137.0	32	14	46	3.02	3.73	-0.08	0.00	98.1	3.74	11	1.3	1.0	-0.1	2.5	25	.540	.508	$
1947	31	CHC	NL	174.0	40	20	90	4.66	4.82	-0.04	0.00	98.3	4.78	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.7	23	.504	.501	$
1948	32	CHC	NL	5.2	3	0	5	7.94	4.47	0.04	0.00	96.0	4.25	-2	-0.2	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.424	.499	$
1948	32	PHI	NL	17.1	4	2	10	5.19	4.35	-0.26	0.00	98.2	4.52	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.466	.499	$
1948	32	NYG	NL	1.0	2	0	0	0.00	5.99	-0.01	0.00	100.8	6.05	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.1	1	.536	.500	$
8 Seasons				814.1	207	86	393	4.34	4.28	-0.07	0.00	97.5	4.24	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.5	6.0	75	.496	.499	$

CHC (8 yrs)				796.0	201	84	383	4.33	4.27	-0.07	0.00	97.5	4.23	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.5	5.9	74	.496	.499	$
NYG (1 yr)				1.0	2	0	0	0.00	5.99	-0.01	0.00	100.8	6.05	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.1	1	.536	.500	$
PHI (1 yr)				17.1	4	2	10	5.19	4.35	-0.26	0.00	98.2	4.52	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.466	.499	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1945	29	CHC	NL	WS	L	DET	0	0		3.86	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	32	1.571	10.3	0.0	3.9	6.4	1.67
1 WS							0	0		3.86	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	32	1.571	10.3	0.0	3.9	6.4	1.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1948	32	CHC	NL	3	25	24	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	6	4	.292	.433	.375	.808	.350	9	0	0	1	0	1
1948	32	NYG	NL	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	32	TOT	NL	9	113	92	15	26	2	0	2	0	0	25	10	.283	.436	.370	.805	.300	34	0	0	2	0	1
1 Yr				5	30	27	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	8	5	.259	.429	.333	.762	.318	9	0	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	408	367	68	95	27	0	0	0	0	109	68	.259	.429	.333	.762	.318	122	0	0	14	0	14
MLB Averages																.259	.330	.324	.654	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1948	32	TOT	NL	-2.7	-0.3	30	-0.2	-0.3	.36	-0.3	-0.4	-4.8	-0.5	0.36	-2.7	2	2
1948	32	CHC	NL	-1.6	-0.2	25	-0.2	-0.2	.30	-0.3	-0.3	-4.1	-0.4	0.30	-3.0	1	1
1948	32	NYG	NL	0.6	0.1	5	-0.1	-0.1	.66	0.0	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.66	0.2	1	1
8 Yrs				-19.7	-1.9	30	-0.2	-0.3	.36	-0.3	-0.4	-4.8	-0.5	0.36	-2.7	2	2

Starting Pitching*

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
1941	25	CHC	NL	32	15	5	7	3	0	2	8	7	.533	0	0	7	1	8	53%	50.7	88	27			6	4	4.2		6.6
1942	26	CHC	NL	18	7	0	6	1	0	2	0	7	.000	0	0	1	0	2	29%	38.3	71	16			2	5	2.3		5.4
1943	27	CHC	NL	15	4	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	29.5	36	21			1	2	7.7		3.8
1944	28	CHC	NL	33	15	4	7	4	0	1	5	9	.357	0	0	5	3	7	47%	54.3	85	30			9	5	3.7		5.9
1945	29	CHC	NL	28	9	5	2	2	1	1	6	3	.667	0	0	3	0	5	56%	50.7	75	30			5	4	6.4		6.3
1946	30	CHC	NL	32	14	5	6	3	0	1	7	7	.500	0	0	5	1	8	57%	55.9	82	31			4	3	4.0		6.8
1947	31	CHC	NL	40	20	4	10	6	1	4	8	12	.400	0	0	6	0	8	40%	46.6	80	19			12	5	3.8		6.3
1948	32	TOT	NL	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%		58	39	2	0	0	2	5.3		7.7
1948	32	PHI	NL	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1.000	0		0	0	1	50%	48.5	58	39			0	2	5.3		7.7
8 Yrs				202	86	26	40	20	4	11	38	47	.447	0	0	27	5	39	45%	49	88	16			39	30	4.2		6.2
MLB Averages													.500						54%	51	115	-11					4.3	4.8	6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SV	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1941	25	CHC	NL	32	17	9	0	0	1														13	2		2	7.5
1942	26	CHC	NL	18	11	6	1	0	0														6	1		1	6.9
1943	27	CHC	NL	15	11	6	0	1	0														9	0		1	7.5
1944	28	CHC	NL	33	18	6	1	2	1														9	5		2	5.9
1945	29	CHC	NL	28	19	9	2	2	3														13	4		3	8.2
1946	30	CHC	NL	32	18	9	4	1	0														12	4		0	7.0
1947	31	CHC	NL	40	20	11	3	2	1														15	2		1	7.4
1948	32	TOT	NL	9	7	1	0	0	0	4	3	75%		.358	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	2	3	2	1	1	3.7
1948	32	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%		.299	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	5.7
1948	32	PHI	NL	4	2	0	0	0	0														1	1	0	0	3.0
1948	32	NYG	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	50%	7	.656	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.5
8 Yrs				207	121	57	11	8	6	4	3	75%		.358	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	2	80	20	1	11	7.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1941	25	CHC	NL	615		0.3%	13.8%	10.4%	2.4%	12%		73%
1942	26	CHC	NL	289		1.4%	9.0%	14.2%	1.7%	7%		74%
1943	27	CHC	NL	195		2.1%	12.3%	11.3%				72%
1944	28	CHC	NL	551		0.9%	14.9%	12.2%	1.5%	7%		69%
1945	29	CHC	NL	466		1.1%	11.4%	10.3%	1.3%	6%		73%
1946	30	CHC	NL	595		0.3%	11.8%	10.9%	1.0%	5%		74%
1947	31	CHC	NL	780		2.3%	10.5%	11.9%	3.1%	13%		73%
1948	32	TOT	NL	119	70%	1.8%	8.9%	22.1%	3.5%	15%	0.83	71%	8	0	0%
1948	32	CHC	NL	31	68%	0.0%	16.0%	24.0%	8.0%	29%	1.25	80%	7	0	0%
1948	32	PHI	NL	83		2.4%	6.0%	20.5%				70%
1948	32	NYG	NL	5	80%	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	0.0%		0.00	40%	1	0	0%
8 Yrs				3610	70%	1.2%	12.0%	11.8%	1.8%	9%	0.83	73%	8	0	0%
MLB Averages					49%	1.3%	9.7%	9.6%	3.1%	13%	0.95	83%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1941	25	CHC	NL		126			2												4
1942	26	CHC	NL		70			4												2
1943	27	CHC	NL		47			4												2
1944	28	CHC	NL		113			5												5
1945	29	CHC	NL		94			5												2
1946	30	CHC	NL		119			2												0
1947	31	CHC	NL		179			18												3
1948	32	TOT	NL	30	26			2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	50%	1	1	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	89
1948	32	CHC	NL	25	7			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	50%	1	0	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
1948	32	PHI	NL		19			2												1
1948	32	NYG	NL	5	0			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				30	774			42	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	50%	1	19	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1941	25	5	7	.417	3.70	32	15	9	7	1	1	141.0	126	70	58	2	64	85	2	4	615	95	1.348	8.0	0.1	4.1	5.4	1.33	95
1942	26	6	13	.316	4.24	50	22	15	8	1	1	204.0	196	110	96	6	105	111	2	6	904	80	1.475	8.6	0.3	4.6	4.9	1.06	80
1943	27	7	16	.304	4.56	65	26	21	8	1	1	246.2	243	142	125	10	127	135	4	8	1099	74	1.500	8.9	0.4	4.6	4.9	1.06	74
1944	28	12	25	.324	4.22	98	41	27	13	4	2	371.0	356	201	174	15	194	217	4	13	1646	81	1.482	8.6	0.4	4.7	5.3	1.12	81
1945	29	19	29	.396	4.02	126	50	36	16	4	5	479.1	450	242	214	20	242	270	11	15	2113	87	1.444	8.4	0.4	4.5	5.1	1.12	87
1946	30	28	36	.438	3.67	158	64	45	21	5	5	616.1	569	288	251	22	307	340	14	15	2708	94	1.421	8.3	0.3	4.5	5.0	1.11	94
1947	31	35	48	.422	3.81	198	84	56	27	5	6	790.1	748	378	335	40	400	422	19	18	3487	93	1.453	8.5	0.5	4.6	4.8	1.06	93
1948	32	37	48	.435	3.86	207	86	57	27	5	6	814.1	774	393	349	42	425	432	19	19	3606	93	1.472	8.6	0.5	4.7	4.8	1.02	93

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
1941	25	8	8	.500	4.06	144.0	136	72	65	2	69	87	2	1.424	8.5	4.3	5.4	1.26	0.1	32
1942	26	1	5	.167	7.32	59.0	81	53	48	5	47	24	0	2.169	12.4	7.2	3.7	0.51	0.8	18
1943	27	1	3	.250	7.50	42.0	52	39	35	4	24	24	2	1.810	11.1	5.1	5.1	1.00	0.9	15
1944	28	7	6	.538	3.96	125.0	122	61	55	5	72	82	0	1.552	8.8	5.2	5.9	1.14	0.4	33
1945	29	7	5	.583	3.52	110.0	99	48	43	5	51	54	7	1.364	8.1	4.2	4.4	1.06	0.4	28
1946	30	10	5	.667	2.96	137.0	134	50	45	2	73	70	3	1.511	8.8	4.8	4.6	0.96	0.1	32
1947	31	8	11	.421	4.53	175.0	187	98	88	19	97	82	5	1.623	9.6	5.0	4.2	0.85	1.0	40
1948	32	1	1	.500	5.25	24.0	27	16	14	2	26	10	0	2.208	10.1	9.8	3.8	0.38	0.8	9
8 Yrs		43	44	.494	4.33	816.0	838	437	393	44	459	433	19	1.589	9.2		4.8	0.94	0.5	207

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1947 NL 4.241 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1945 NL 3 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1941 NL 85 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1944 NL 3 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1947 NL 18 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1947 NL 93 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1947 NL 12 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1944 NL 5 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1945 NL 7 (3rd) 1947 NL 5 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Eddie Solomon (958)
Ed Rakow (957)
Don Stanhouse (956)
Ray Corbin (955)

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Bob Chakales (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eddie Solomon (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Jim Hannan (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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