Paul Erickson
Paul Walford Erickson (Li'L Abner)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 14, 1915 in Zion, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1941
Final Game: July 10, 1948
Died: April 5, 2002 in Fond du Lac, WI
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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
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 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 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 5 547 100 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 0 595 136 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 17 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 75 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 62 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 76 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
8 Seasons 37 48 .435 3.86 207 86 57 27 5 6 814.1 774 393 349 41 425 432 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 39 406 426 19 0 18 3518 93 1.459 8.5 0.4 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 76 2.077 9.9 1.0 8.8 2.6 0.29

Postseason Pitching

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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

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+
1941 25 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 95
1942 26 6 13 .316 4.24 50 22 15 8 1 1 204.0 196 110 96 6 105 111 2 0 6 904 81 1.475 8.6 0.3 4.6 4.9 1.06 81
1943 27 7 16 .304 4.56 65 26 21 8 1 1 246.2 243 142 125 10 127 135 4 0 8 1099 75 1.500 8.9 0.4 4.6 4.9 1.06 75
1944 28 12 25 .324 4.22 98 41 27 13 4 2 371.0 356 201 174 15 194 217 4 0 13 1646 82 1.482 8.6 0.4 4.7 5.3 1.12 82
1945 29 19 29 .396 4.02 126 50 36 16 4 5 479.1 450 242 214 20 242 270 11 0 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 0 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 39 400 422 19 0 18 3487 93 1.453 8.5 0.4 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 41 425 432 19 0 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 7.05 60.0 80 52 47 5 47 25 0 2.117 12.0 7.1 3.8 0.53 0.8 18
1943 27 1 3 .250 7.68 41.0 53 39 35 5 25 23 2 1.902 11.6 5.5 5.0 0.92 1.1 15
1944 28 7 6 .538 3.89 125.0 122 60 54 5 72 82 0 1.552 8.8 5.2 5.9 1.14 0.4 33
1945 29 7 5 .583 3.52 110.0 100 48 43 5 51 54 7 1.373 8.2 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 4.47 175.0 187 97 87 18 97 82 5 1.623 9.6 5.0 4.2 0.85 0.9 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 Seasons 43 44 .494 4.30 816.0 839 434 390 44 460 433 19 1.592 9.3 4.8 0.94 0.5 207

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

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 InkPitching - 8 (1321), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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