Dick Errickson

Richard Merriwell Errickson (Lief)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 5, 1912 in Vineland, NJ
High School: Vineland HS (Vineland, NJ)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1938
Teams (by GP): Bees/Braves/Cubs 1938-1942

Final Game: September 13, 1942
Died: November 28, 1999 in Vineland, NJ
Buried: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Vineland, NJ
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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	25	ATL-min	A	14	12	.538	2.43	41						237.0	208	87	64		69							1.169	7.9		2.6			SCR · NYPL
1938	26	BSN	NL	9	7	.563	3.15	34	10	15	6	1	6	122.2	113	53	43	1	56	40	2	1	3	525	108	1.378	8.3	0.1	4.1	2.9	0.71
1939	27	BSN	NL	6	9	.400	4.00	28	11	9	3	0	1	128.1	143	63	57	6	54	33	1	1	3	559	92	1.535	10.0	0.4	3.8	2.3	0.61
1940	28	BSN	NL	12	13	.480	3.16	34	29	3	17	3	4	236.1	241	91	83	8	90	34	1	0	1	997	116	1.401	9.2	0.3	3.4	1.3	0.38
1941	29	BSN	NL	6	12	.333	4.78	38	23	9	5	2	1	165.2	192	100	88	12	62	45	4	0	3	741	74	1.533	10.4	0.7	3.4	2.4	0.73
1942	30	TOT	NL	3	6	.333	4.75	34	4	15	0	0	1	83.1	115	46	44	9	28	24	1	1	2	376	70	1.716	12.4	1.0	3.0	2.6	0.86
1942	30	BSN	NL	2	5	.286	5.01	21	4	7	0	0	1	59.1	76	34	33	8	20	15	0	1	1	266	67	1.618	11.5	1.2	3.0	2.3	0.75
1942	30	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	4.13	13	0	8	0	0	0	24.0	39	12	11	1	8	9	1	0	1	110	79	1.958	14.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.13
1946	34	CHC-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.49	21	4		1	0		49.0	52	23	19		19	13	0	0	0			1.449	9.6		3.5	2.4	0.68	LOS · PCL
5 Yrs				36	47	.434	3.85	168	77	51	31	6	13	736.1	804	353	315	36	290	176	9	3	12	3198	92	1.486	9.8	0.4	3.5	2.2	0.61
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.434	3.85	47	21	14	9	2	4	204	223	98	87	10	80	49	2	1	3	888	92	1.486	9.8	0.4	3.5	2.2	0.61

BSN (5 yrs)				35	46	.432	3.84	155	77	43	31	6	13	712.1	765	341	304	35	282	167	8	3	11	3088	93	1.470	9.7	0.4	3.6	2.1	0.59
CHC (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.13	13	0	8	0	0	0	24.0	39	12	11	1	8	9	1	0	1	110	79	1.958	14.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.13

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
1938	26	BSN	NL	122.2	34	10	53	3.89	4.43	0.22	0.00	90.2	3.80	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.9	10	.498	.500	$
1939	27	BSN	NL	128.1	28	11	63	4.42	4.54	0.30	0.00	95.3	4.05	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.5	7	.483	.497	$
1940	28	BSN	NL	236.1	34	29	91	3.47	4.49	0.06	0.00	95.0	4.21	20	2.2	1.0	-0.1	4.3	46	.565	.514	$
1941	29	BSN	NL	165.2	38	23	100	5.43	4.45	0.07	0.00	96.8	4.23	-21	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-4	.442	.486	$
1942	30	BSN	NL	60.0	21	4	34	5.10	3.71	0.03	0.00	99.7	3.67	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.452	.494	$
1942	30	CHC	NL	24.0	13	0	12	4.50	3.92	-0.16	0.00	96.8	3.95	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.489	.499	$
5 Seasons				737.0	168	77	353	4.31	4.40	0.12	0.00	95.1	4.07	-17	-1.7	1.0	-0.4	4.5	56	.490	.498	$

BSN (5 yrs)				713.0	155	77	341	4.30	4.41	0.13	0.00	95.1	4.07	-16	-1.6	1.0	-0.4	4.5	55	.490	.498	$
CHC (1 yr)				24.0	13	0	12	4.50	3.92	-0.16	0.00	96.8	3.95	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.489	.499	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1938	26	BSN	NL	525	0.2%	7.6%	10.7%	2.9%	13%	80%
1939	27	BSN	NL	559	1.1%	5.9%	9.7%	1.6%	6%	80%
1940	28	BSN	NL	998	0.8%	3.4%	9.0%	2.9%	12%	85%
1941	29	BSN	NL	741	1.6%	6.1%	8.4%	2.8%	11%	82%
1942	30	TOT	NL	376	2.4%	6.4%	7.5%			82%
1942	30	BSN	NL	266	3.0%	5.6%	7.5%			84%
1942	30	CHC	NL	110	0.9%	8.2%	7.3%			77%
5 Yrs				3199	1.1%	5.5%	9.1%	2.3%	9%	82%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.0%	8.9%	3.1%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1938	26	9	7	.563	3.15	34	10	15	6	1	6	122.2	113	53	43	1	56	40	2	1	3	525	108	1.378	8.3	0.1	4.1	2.9	0.71	108
1939	27	15	16	.484	3.59	62	21	24	9	1	7	251.0	256	116	100	7	110	73	3	2	6	1084	99	1.458	9.2	0.3	3.9	2.6	0.66	99
1940	28	27	29	.482	3.38	96	50	27	26	4	11	487.1	497	207	183	15	200	107	4	2	7	2081	107	1.430	9.2	0.3	3.7	2.0	0.54	107
1941	29	33	41	.446	3.74	134	73	36	31	6	12	653.0	689	307	271	27	262	152	8	2	10	2822	96	1.456	9.5	0.4	3.6	2.1	0.58	96
1942	30	36	47	.434	3.85	168	77	51	31	6	13	736.1	804	353	315	36	290	176	9	3	12	3198	92	1.486	9.8	0.4	3.5	2.2	0.61	92

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1938	26	7	6	.538	3.69	122.0	126	56	50	1	62	40	2	1.541	9.3	4.6	3.0	0.65	0.1	34
1939	27	6	7	.462	4.54	125.0	154	70	63	6	58	32	1	1.696	11.1	4.2	2.3	0.55	0.4	28
1940	28	14	11	.560	3.60	230.0	261	102	92	9	97	33	1	1.557	10.2	3.8	1.3	0.34	0.4	34
1941	29	6	12	.333	5.38	164.0	206	109	98	13	67	45	4	1.665	11.3	3.7	2.5	0.67	0.7	38
1942	30	2	6	.250	6.12	78.0	130	59	53	10	32	23	1	2.077	15.0	3.7	2.7	0.72	1.2	34
5 Yrs		35	42	.455	4.46	719.0	877	396	356	39	316	173	9	1.659	11.0		2.2	0.55	0.5	168

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1940 NL 4.3 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1941 NL 38 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1938 NL 6 (3rd) 1940 NL 4 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1940 NL 236.3 (9th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1940 NL 17 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1940 NL 3 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1941 NL 12 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1940 NL 90 (7th)
Hits s c a p y 1940 NL 241 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1940 NL 0.305 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1941 NL 88 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1941 NL 4 (8th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1940 NL 997 (10th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1940 NL 17 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1940 NL 1.7 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Hersh Freeman (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willard Mains (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hal White (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Hart (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Orlando Pena (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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