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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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
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 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 CHC NL 15 16 15 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 .200 .250 .200 .450 31 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 -64 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 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -32 1 0 0 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 0 0 0 /1
8 Seasons 207 276 258 12 38 9 1 3 11 0 0 7 89 .147 .170 .225 .395 10 58 4 0 11 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 216 202 9 30 7 1 2 9 0 5 70 .147 .170 .225 .395 10 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 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

Postseason Batting

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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 0
1 WS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 CHC NL 25 P 32 24 2 21 1 1 .958 0.72 .967 1.09
1942 CHC NL 26 P 18 17 5 12 0 2 1.000 0.94 .965 1.17
1943 CHC NL 27 P 15 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.47 .957 1.16
1944 CHC NL 28 P 33 39 7 30 2 1 .949 1.12 .962 1.09
1945 CHC NL 29 P 28 21 2 19 0 0 1.000 0.75 .962 1.06
1946 CHC NL 30 P 32 27 5 22 0 0 1.000 0.84 .959 1.01
1947 CHC NL 31 P 40 42 8 33 1 3 .976 1.03 .967 0.91
1948 TOT NL 32 P 9 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.89 .962 0.90
1948 CHC NL 32 P 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 0.90
1948 PHI NL 32 P 4 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 0.90
1948 NYG NL 32 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90
8 Seasons P 207 185 33 148 4 7 .978 0.87 .963 1.04
8 Seasons TOT 207 185 33 148 4 7 .978 0.87 .942 1.04

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

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Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

May 18, 1948: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.

June 21, 1948: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 30, 1948: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Giants.

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