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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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	117	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 Seasons				36	47	.434	3.85	168	77	51	31	6	13	736.1	804	353	315	36	290	176	9	3	12	3198	93	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	93	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1938	26	BSN	NL	122.2	10	53	69	2	1.0	16	1.0	$
1939	27	BSN	NL	128.1	11	63	74	3	1.0	11	0.4	$
1940	28	BSN	NL	236.1	29	91	133	1	1.0	42	4.1	$
1941	29	BSN	NL	165.2	23	100	91	1	1.0	-9	-1.3	$
1942	30	BSN	NL	59.1	4	34	28	0	1.0	-6	-0.6	$
1942	30	CHC	NL	24.0	0	12	11	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
5 Seasons				736.1	77	353	406	7	1.0	53	3.5	$

BSN (5 yrs)				712.1	77	341	395	7	1.0	54	3.6	$
CHC (1 yr)				24.0	0	12	11	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1937	25	ATL-min	A	41	72	72		13	2	2	0					.181	.181	.264	.444		19				SCR · NYPL
1938	26	BSN	NL	34	43	35	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	.114	.184	.114	.298	-12	4	0	0	5	1
1939	27	BSN	NL	28	47	44	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.227	.244	.227	.472	32	10	0	0	2	1
1940	28	BSN	NL	34	88	83	3	13	2	0	0	3	0	0	12	.157	.157	.181	.337	-5	15	2	0	5	1
1941	29	BSN	NL	38	50	45	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	1	10	.178	.196	.200	.396	15	9	1	0	4	1
1942	30	TOT	NL	34	22	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.095	.095	.095	.190	-43	2	0	0	1	1
1942	30	BSN	NL	21	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-26	2	0	0	1	1
1942	30	CHC	NL	13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1
1946	34	CHC-min	AAA	21	11	10	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	.200	.273	.400	.673		4		0	0	LOS · PCL
5 Seasons				168	250	228	10	37	3	0	0	6	0	5	44	.162	.180	.175	.356	2	40	3	0	17
162 Game Avg.				162	241	220	10	36	3	0	0	6	0	5	42	.162	.180	.175	.356	2	39	3	0	16

BSN (5 yrs)				155	245	223	10	37	3	0	0	6	0	5	42	.166	.184	.179	.364	4	40	3	0	17
CHC (1 yr)				13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1938	26	BSN	NL	43	-5	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1939	27	BSN	NL	47	-4	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1940	28	BSN	NL	88	-11	0	0	0	0	7	3	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1941	29	BSN	NL	50	-5	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	1
1942	30	BSN	NL	17	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1942	30	CHC	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				250	-28	0	0	0	0	19	8	-1	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$

BSN (5 yrs)				245	-27	0	0	0	0	19	8	0	-0.3	0	0.0	-0.3	$
CHC (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1938	BSN	NL	26	P	34	10	6	122.2	42	6	34	2	0	.952	2.93	1.18	.964	2.21	2.19
1939	BSN	NL	27	P	28	11	3	128.1	43	5	36	2	1	.953	2.88	1.46	.960	2.19	2.16
1940	BSN	NL	28	P	34	29	17	236.1	69	9	58	2	5	.971	2.55	1.97	.962	2.22	2.22
1941	BSN	NL	29	P	38	23	5	165.2	47	7	39	1	0	.979	2.50	1.21	.965	2.23	2.21
1942	TOT	NL	30	P	34	4	0	83.1	20	2	18	0	1	1.000	2.16	0.59	.968	2.35	2.35
1942	BSN	NL	30	P	21	4	0	59.1	10	1	9	0	0	1.000	1.52	0.48	.968	2.35	2.35
1942	CHC	NL	30	P	13	0	0	24.0	10	1	9	0	1	1.000	3.75	0.77	.968	2.36	2.35
	5 Seasons			P	168	77	31	736.1	221	29	185	7	7	.968	2.62	1.27	.963	2.23	2.23
	5 Seasons			TOT	168	77	31	736.1	221	29	185	7	7	.968	2.62	1.27	.963	2.23	2.23

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Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1940 NL 4.1 (6th)	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)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1938 NL 2.93 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1940 NL 1.97 (4th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1942 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1314), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1984), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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