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Roger Erickson
Roger Farrell Erickson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 30, 1956 in Springfield, IL
School: University of New Orleans
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1978
Final Game: September 26, 1983
Relatives: Nephew of Don Erickson
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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
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 88 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 87 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 90 1.260 7.0 0.5 4.3 3.8 0.88
6 Seasons 35 53 .398 4.13 135 117 5 24 0 1 799.1 868 419 367 68 251 9 365 14 15 24 3451 99 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 99 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 89 1.420 10.2 0.6 2.6 4.5 1.76

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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
1980 23 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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
1978 MIN AL 21 P 37 37 265.2 62 13 44 5 3 .919 1.93 1.54 .956 1.90 0.85
1979 MIN AL 22 P 24 21 123.0 28 9 17 2 1 .929 1.90 1.08 .950 1.92 0.81
1980 MIN AL 23 P 32 27 191.1 37 8 28 1 4 .973 1.69 1.13 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 MIN AL 24 P 14 14 91.1 23 8 13 2 1 .913 2.07 1.50 .965 1.98 0.81
1982 TOT AL 25 P 23 18 111.4 21 6 14 1 0 .952 1.62 0.87 .957 1.79 0.73
1982 MIN AL 25 P 7 7 40.2 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.43 1.57 .955 1.79 0.73
1982 NYY AL 25 P 16 11 70.2 10 4 5 1 0 .900 1.15 0.56 .960 1.80 0.73
1983 NYY AL 26 P 5 0 16.2 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 3.24 1.20 .950 1.78 0.72
6 Seasons P 135 117 799.1 177 48 118 11 9 .938 1.87 1.23 .956 1.88 0.79
6 Seasons TOT 135 117 799.1 177 48 118 11 9 .938 1.87 1.23 .894 1.88 0.79

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 AL  3.246 (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  .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  1120 (8th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

May 12, 1982: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Butch Wynegar to the New York Yankees for Pete Filson, Larry Milbourne, John Pacella and cash.

December 8, 1983: Traded by the New York Yankees with Steve Balboni to the Kansas City Royals for Duane Dewey (minors) and Mike Armstrong.

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