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Roger Erickson

Roger Farrell Erickson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 30, 1956 in Springfield, IL
School: University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1978
Teams (by GP): Twins/Yankees 1978-1983
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: September 26, 1983
Relatives: Nephew of Don Erickson
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1978 21 MIN AL 14 13 .519 3.96 37 37 0 14 0 0 265.2 268 129 117 19 79 1 121 8 3 8 1120 97 1.306 9.1 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.53
1979 22 MIN AL 3 10 .231 5.63 24 21 1 0 0 0 123.0 154 86 77 17 48 1 47 1 4 4 556 78 1.642 11.3 1.2 3.5 3.4 0.98
1980 23 MIN AL 7 13 .350 3.25 32 27 1 7 0 0 191.1 198 83 69 13 56 0 97 4 2 5 811 135 1.328 9.3 0.6 2.6 4.6 1.73
1981 24 MIN AL 3 8 .273 3.84 14 14 0 1 0 0 91.1 93 48 39 7 31 4 44 0 5 2 399 103 1.358 9.2 0.7 3.1 4.3 1.42
1982 25 TOT AL 8 8 .500 4.61 23 18 1 2 0 1 111.1 142 65 57 11 29 2 49 1 1 3 496 89 1.536 11.5 0.9 2.3 4.0 1.69
1982 25 MIN AL 4 3 .571 4.87 7 7 0 2 0 0 40.2 56 29 22 6 12 1 12 1 0 2 188 88 1.672 12.4 1.3 2.7 2.7 1.00
1982 25 NYY AL 4 5 .444 4.46 16 11 1 0 0 1 70.2 86 36 35 5 17 1 37 0 1 1 308 89 1.458 11.0 0.6 2.2 4.7 2.18
1983 26 NYY AL 0 1 .000 4.32 5 0 2 0 0 0 16.2 13 8 8 1 8 1 7 0 0 2 69 92 1.260 7.0 0.5 4.3 3.8 0.88
6 Yrs 35 53 .398 4.13 135 117 5 24 0 1 799.1 868 419 367 68 251 9 365 14 15 24 3451 100 1.400 9.8 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.45
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .398 4.13 36 32 1 6 0 0 216 234 113 99 18 68 2 98 4 4 6 931 100 1.400 9.8 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.45
MIN (5 yrs) 31 47 .397 4.10 114 106 2 24 0 0 712.0 769 375 324 62 226 7 321 14 14 21 3074 101 1.397 9.7 0.8 2.9 4.1 1.42
NYY (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 4.43 21 11 3 0 0 1 87.1 99 44 43 6 25 2 44 0 1 3 377 90 1.420 10.2 0.6 2.6 4.5 1.76

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 Awards
1978 21 MIN AL 265.2 37 37 129 4.37 4.32 0.06 0.13 102.0 4.48 4 0.4 -0.1 2.6 31 .512 .503 $
1979 22 MIN AL 123.0 24 21 86 6.29 4.75 -0.02 0.11 103.0 5.03 -17 -1.6 1.5 -0.1 -0.7 -3 .432 .490 $
1980 23 MIN AL 191.1 32 27 83 3.90 4.67 0.23 0.11 108.6 4.94 21 2.3 .3 -0.2 3.7 42 .572 .514 $
1981 24 MIN AL 91.1 14 14 48 4.73 4.36 -0.19 0.14 107.2 5.02 3 0.3 -0.1 1.0 9 .525 .502 $
1982 25 MIN AL 40.2 7 7 29 6.42 4.61 0.42 0.16 106.7 4.64 -8 -0.7 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .394 .495 $160,000
1982 25 NYY AL 70.2 16 11 36 4.58 4.56 -0.48 0.10 95.9 4.94 3 0.3 1.3 -0.0 0.9 10 .521 .502 $
1983 26 NYY AL 16.2 5 0 8 4.32 4.47 -0.24 -0.36 96.7 4.20 -0 -0.0 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .495 .500 $180,000
6 Seasons 799.1 135 117 419 4.72 4.52 0.03 0.11 103.9 4.78 6 1.0 1.0 -0.6 7.2 87 .508 .501 $340,000
MIN (5 yrs) 712.0 114 106 375 4.74 4.51 0.08 0.13 104.9 4.78 3 0.7 .7 -0.5 6.2 75 .506 .501 $160,000
NYY (2 yrs) 87.1 21 11 44 4.53 4.55 -0.44 0.02 96.0 4.80 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.0 12 .515 .501 $180,000

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 IBB ROE
1978 21 MIN AL 37 1120 1019 129 268 47 11 19 5 15 79 121 .263 .319 .387 .706 .281 394 20 8 7 7 1 11
1979 22 MIN AL 24 556 496 86 154 36 12 17 9 6 48 47 .310 .368 .534 .903 .313 265 14 1 5 6 1 7
1980 23 MIN AL 32 811 740 83 198 31 5 13 5 7 56 97 .268 .320 .376 .696 .291 278 13 4 5 6 0 9
1981 24 MIN AL 14 399 355 48 93 14 5 7 3 3 31 44 .262 .316 .389 .705 .277 138 3 0 7 6 4 7
1982 25 MIN AL 7 188 172 29 56 7 1 6 1 1 12 12 .326 .369 .483 .852 .321 83 4 1 1 2 1 4
1982 25 NYY AL 16 308 286 36 86 16 4 5 4 0 17 37 .301 .334 .437 .771 .325 125 5 0 0 5 1 2
1982 25 TOT AL 23 496 458 65 142 23 5 11 5 1 29 49 .310 .347 .454 .802 .323 208 9 1 1 7 2 6
1983 26 NYY AL 5 69 61 8 13 1 0 1 0 1 8 7 .213 .304 .279 .583 .226 17 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 Yrs 135 3451 3129 419 868 152 38 68 27 33 251 365 .277 .331 .415 .746 .293 1300 60 14 25 32 9 40
162 Game Avg. 36 931 844 113 234 41 10 18 7 9 68 98 .277 .331 .415 .746 .293 351 16 4 7 9 2 11
MLB Averages .261 .325 .386 .711 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1978 21 MIN AL -2.0 -0.2 1159 -0.5 18.4 -18.9 .94 0.7 -1.2 0.2 0.0 0.94 7.4 0 0 0
1979 22 MIN AL -16.0 -1.5 580 -1.8 9.9 -11.6 1.03 -1.9 0.2 -17.7 -1.6 1.03 -23.4 1 1 1
1980 23 MIN AL 19.8 2.0 833 0.5 12.9 -12.4 .90 1.6 -1.1 13.0 1.3 0.90 17.2 0 1 3
1981 24 MIN AL -0.6 -0.1 414 -0.4 6.8 -7.2 1.04 -0.3 -0.2 -5.7 -0.6 1.04 -3.8 0 0 0
1982 25 TOT AL -7.3 -0.7 509 -0.1 7.9 -8.1 .92 -1.1 0.9 -10.8 -1.0 0.92 -12.7 2 1 2
1982 25 MIN AL -4.6 -0.4 192 -0.5 2.4 -3.0 .81 -0.8 0.2 -7.6 -0.7 0.81 -8.9 0 0 0
1982 25 NYY AL -2.7 -0.3 317 0.4 5.5 -5.1 1.00 -0.2 0.6 -3.2 -0.3 0.99 -3.7 2 1 2
1983 26 NYY AL -0.3 -0.0 72 0.1 0.6 -0.4 .46 0.4 -0.2 2.8 0.3 0.46 2.9 1 1 2
6 Yrs -6.4 -0.5 3567 -2.3 56.4 -58.6 .94 -0.5 -1.9 -18.2 -1.6 0.94 -12.3 4 4 8

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 21 MIN AL 37 37 14 13 10 2 5 18 19 .486 3 2 14 0 20 54% 51.3 75 23 23 11 18 10 4.4 4.4 7.2
1979 22 MIN AL 24 21 3 9 9 1 1 7 14 .333 3 2 0 0 8 38% 41.6 73 17 17 7 1 10 4.2 4.1 5.4
1980 23 MIN AL 32 27 7 13 7 1 8 10 17 .370 2 2 7 0 18 67% 52.1 78 22 25 4 6 12 3.3 3.5 6.5
1981 24 MIN AL 14 14 3 8 3 1 1 4 10 .286 0 1 1 0 6 43% 49.5 80 24 18 3 3 6 2.7 2.1 6.5
1982 25 TOT AL 23 18 8 8 2 3 3 9 9 .500 0 1 2 0 8 44% 43.4 64 9 21 7 3 8 4.4 5.1 5.8
1982 25 MIN AL 7 7 4 3 0 2 1 4 3 .571 0 0 2 0 3 43% 41.1 60 9 8 3 0 3 5.8 7.0 5.8
1982 25 NYY AL 16 11 4 5 2 1 2 5 6 .455 0 1 0 0 5 45% 44.9 64 24 13 4 3 5 3.6 4.0 5.8
5 Yrs 130 117 35 51 31 8 18 48 69 .410 8 8 24 0 60 51% 48 80 9 104 32 31 46 3.9 4.0 6.4
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 99 -12 4.3 4.2 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

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
1979 22 MIN AL 24 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 1.026 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 9.3
1980 23 MIN AL 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 .896 0 1 3 0 0 5 1 4 4 0 4 0 9.0
1982 25 TOT AL 23 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 3 60% .923 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 3 0 4.2
1982 25 NYY AL 16 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 3 60% 4 .995 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 3 0 4.2
1983 26 NYY AL 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 3 .460 1 1 2 0 0 5 5 0 4 1 4 0 10.0
4 Yrs 77 18 5 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 19 7 37% .938 4 4 8 3 1 14 10 8 14 1 14 0 8.0

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1978 21 MIN AL 1120 49% 1.7% 10.8% 7.1% 6.9% 29% 0.90 79% 173 20 12%
1979 22 MIN AL 556 56% 3.1% 8.5% 8.6% 11.7% 42% 0.89 79% 104 14 13%
1980 23 MIN AL 811 45% 1.6% 12.0% 6.9% 6.0% 25% 0.83 78% 140 13 9%
1981 24 MIN AL 399 47% 1.8% 11.0% 7.8% 6.5% 28% 0.70 78% 66 3 5%
1982 25 TOT AL 496 55% 2.2% 9.9% 5.9% 7.9% 28% 0.76 82% 102 9 9%
1982 25 MIN AL 188 54% 3.2% 6.4% 6.4% 7.5% 25% 1.20 83% 39 4 10%
1982 25 NYY AL 308 55% 1.6% 12.0% 5.5% 8.1% 29% 0.56 81% 63 5 8%
1983 26 NYY AL 69 71% 1.5% 10.1% 11.6% 2.9% 15% 0.91 77% 16 1 6%
6 Yrs 3451 50% 2.0% 10.6% 7.3% 7.5% 30% 0.84 79% 601 60 10%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 12.8% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.10 75% 11%

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
1978 21 MIN AL 1120 268 19 0 19 6 13 9 10 40 24 3 60% 11 8 1 392 5 15 25% 5 14 0 1 0 0 11 5 20 0
1979 22 MIN AL 556 154 17 0 12 9 8 4 13 39 22 3 56% 7 4 0 206 9 6 60% 9 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 16 0
1980 23 MIN AL 811 198 13 0 12 4 9 9 4 26 20 1 77% 9 5 1 298 5 7 42% 5 6 0 0 0 1 4 2 19 0
1981 24 MIN AL 399 93 7 0 10 5 2 3 4 25 13 3 52% 7 2 0 131 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 19 0
1982 25 TOT AL 496 142 11 0 14 7 4 7 4 31 24 2 77% 6 3 0 184 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1982 25 MIN AL 188 56 6 0 6 5 1 4 2 13 10 1 77% 4 2 0 65 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 25 NYY AL 308 86 5 0 8 2 3 3 2 18 14 1 78% 2 1 0 119 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1983 26 NYY AL 69 13 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 4 1 67% 0 2 0 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Yrs 3451 868 68 0 69 31 37 32 36 167 107 13 64% 40 24 2 1236 27 33 45% 27 30 0 2 0 1 19 9 92 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1978 21 14 13 .519 3.96 37 37 0 14 0 0 265.2 268 129 117 19 79 1 121 8 3 8 1120 97 1.306 9.1 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.53 97
1979 22 17 23 .425 4.49 61 58 1 14 0 0 388.2 422 215 194 36 127 2 168 9 7 12 1676 90 1.413 9.8 0.8 2.9 3.9 1.32 90
1980 23 24 36 .400 4.08 93 85 2 21 0 0 580.0 620 298 263 49 183 2 265 13 9 17 2487 102 1.384 9.6 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.45 102
1981 24 27 44 .380 4.05 107 99 2 22 0 0 671.1 713 346 302 56 214 6 309 13 14 19 2886 102 1.381 9.6 0.8 2.9 4.1 1.44 102
1982 25 35 52 .402 4.13 130 117 3 24 0 1 782.2 855 411 359 67 243 8 358 14 15 22 3382 100 1.403 9.8 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.47 100
1983 26 35 53 .398 4.13 135 117 5 24 0 1 799.1 868 419 367 68 251 9 365 14 15 24 3451 100 1.400 9.8 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.45 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1978 21 11 16 .407 4.66 249.0 281 143 129 20 83 114 8 1.462 10.2 3.0 4.1 1.37 0.7 37
1979 22 4 9 .308 5.67 119.0 153 83 75 17 48 45 1 1.689 11.6 3.6 3.4 0.94 1.3 24
1980 23 12 8 .600 3.24 186.0 194 74 67 13 55 94 4 1.339 9.4 2.7 4.5 1.71 0.6 32
1981 24 7 8 .467 4.14 137.0 145 70 63 11 48 66 0 1.409 9.5 3.2 4.3 1.38 0.7 14
1982 25 4 7 .364 5.09 106.0 146 67 60 11 30 47 1 1.660 12.4 2.5 4.0 1.57 0.9 23
1983 26 0 1 .000 4.50 16.0 13 9 8 1 8 7 0 1.313 7.3 4.5 3.9 0.88 0.6 5
6 Yrs 38 49 .437 4.45 813.0 932 446 402 73 272 373 14 1.481 10.3 4.1 1.37 0.8 135

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 AL  3.25 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1978 AL  265.7 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL  37 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  268 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 AL  0.612 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  117 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 AL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 AL  1,120 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 AL  135 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  2.0 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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