John Ericks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-7, 220lb (201cm, 99kg)

Born: September 16, 1967 in Tinley Park, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL).

High School: Chicago Christian HS (Chicago, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: June 24, 1995 (Age 27-281d, 16,698th in major league history)
vs. MON 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: April 28, 1997 (Age 29-224d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: John Edward Ericks

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

ERA

4.78

162.0

132

WHIP

1.506

Summary of 19 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 5 go ahead

1 Tm
PIT	19

Platoon
vs RHB	13
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Away	12
Home	7

Outs
2	8
1	6
0	5

9 Opps
COL	5
MON	4
FLA	3
CHC	2
ATL	1
STL	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
HOU	1

17 Batters
Moisés Alou	2
Ellis Burks	2
Brian McRae	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Henry Rodríguez	1
Reggie Sanders	1
Dante Bichette	1
Greg Colbrunn	1
Vinny Castilla	1
Ron Gant	1
Ozzie Timmons	1
Larry Walker	1
David Segui	1
Terry Pendleton	1
Gary Sheffield	1
Ryan Klesko	1
Derek Bell	1

8 Parks
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	7
Stade Olymp. (MON)	3
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1

Where Hit
7	8
8	4
9	4
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	6
1	3
4	3
Unk	3
2	2
6	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	11
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	11
1--	3
12-	2
--3	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

30 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	11
1 on	5
2 on	3
Any on	8

Inning
1	4
2	2
3	4
4	1
6	1
8	3
9	4

1-3	10
4-6	2
7-end	7

RelScore
+3	2
+2	4
+1	2
Tied	5
-1	3
-2	1
-3	2

Ahead	8
Tied	5
Behind	6

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	3
0-0	3
2-0	3
2-1	2
1-1	2
0-1	2
0-2	1
3-2	1
1-2	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	6
LF	5
CF	3
1B	2
3B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	6
6th	6
2nd	2
3rd	2
1st	1
5th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	6
Low Lev	9

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-06-24	David Segui	MON		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	3,(2-0) B1BX	2	2	3	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Tarasco Scores
2	2	2	1	1995-07-18	Ryan Klesko	ATL		PIT	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	4,(2-1) FB1BX	2	6	7	16%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Justice Scores
3	3	3	1	1995-07-23	Moisés Alou	MON	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	4	9	9%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1995-08-21	Terry Pendleton	FLA	@	PIT	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---		1	4	5	8%	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1995-08-26	Reggie Sanders	CIN	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	6%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	6	1	1995-08-30	Larry Walker	COL	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(0-2) CTX	1	5	9	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	2	1995-08-30	Ellis Burks	COL	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	12-	4,(2-1) BSBX	3	6	8	19%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Galarraga Scores; L. Walker Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1996-04-04	Gary Sheffield	FLA		PIT	tied 0-0	b 3	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	9	20%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. White Scores
9	9	2	2	1996-04-04	Greg Colbrunn	FLA		PIT	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	6	3	8%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	3	1	1996-04-15	Ron Gant	STL		PIT	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	1-3	3,(1-1) BFX	3	4	7	16%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball); L. Alicea Scores; R. Lankford Scores
11	11	4	1	1996-04-20	Henry Rodríguez	MON		PIT	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---		1	3	7	10%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	5	2	1996-04-20	Moisés Alou	MON		PIT	tied 1-1	b 1	2	---		1	4	9	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
13	13	6	1	1996-08-22	Derek Bell	HOU		PIT	behind 5-8	b 9	2	---	6,(3-2) FSBBBX	1	4	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
14	14	7	1	1996-08-25	Ellis Burks	COL		PIT	ahead 10-8	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	2	8	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Burks Scores
15	15	8	2	1996-08-25	Vinny Castilla	COL		PIT	ahead 11-8	b 8	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Galarraga Scores/unER; V. Castilla Scores/unER
16	16	9	1	1996-09-02	Dante Bichette	COL	@	PIT	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	12-	2,(0-1) .SX	3	6	7	10%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball); A. Galarraga Scores/unER; L. Walker Scores; D. Bichette Scores
17	17	10	1	1996-09-27 (1)	Brian McRae	CHC		PIT	behind 3-4	b 9	2	---	5,(2-2) FBBTX	1	1	8	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	11	1	1996-09-28	Ozzie Timmons	CHC		PIT	behind 5-7	b 9	1	1--	2,(0-1) .CX	2	9	PH	47%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Kieschnick Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1997-04-15	Greg Vaughn	SDP	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	7	35%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball); G. Vaughn Scores