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Eric Gagne

Eric Serge Gagne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 7, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, CAN
High School: Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit (Montreal, QC)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1999
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Brewers/Rangers/RedSox 1999-2008
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 25, 2008
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 5:05PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #573. Joaquin Andujar… #574. Rod Beck… #575. Mike Caldwell… #576. ERIC GAGNE… #577. Tom Burgmeier… #578. Dave Giusti… #579. Shaun Marcum… 

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
1999 23 LAD NL 1 1 .500 2.10 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.0 18 8 7 3 15 0 30 0 0 1 119 207 1.100 5.4 0.9 4.5 9.0 2.00
2000 24 LAD NL 4 6 .400 5.15 20 19 0 0 0 0 101.1 106 62 58 20 60 1 79 3 0 4 464 85 1.638 9.4 1.8 5.3 7.0 1.32
2001 25 LAD NL 6 7 .462 4.75 33 24 3 0 0 0 151.2 144 90 80 24 46 1 130 16 1 3 649 84 1.253 8.5 1.4 2.7 7.7 2.83
2002 26 LAD NL 4 1 .800 1.97 77 0 68 0 0 52 82.1 55 18 18 6 16 4 114 2 0 1 314 193 0.862 6.0 0.7 1.7 12.5 7.13 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2003 27 LAD NL 2 3 .400 1.20 77 0 67 0 0 55 82.1 37 12 11 2 20 2 137 3 0 2 306 337 0.692 4.0 0.2 2.2 15.0 6.85 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
2004 28 LAD NL 7 3 .700 2.19 70 0 59 0 0 45 82.1 53 24 20 5 22 3 114 5 0 2 326 188 0.911 5.8 0.5 2.4 12.5 5.18 AS,CYA-7,MVP-11
2005 29 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 2.70 14 0 13 0 0 8 13.1 10 4 4 2 3 0 22 0 0 3 53 156 0.975 6.8 1.4 2.0 14.9 7.33
2006 30 LAD NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 8 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
2007 31 TOT AL 4 2 .667 3.81 54 0 41 0 0 16 52.0 49 22 22 3 21 0 51 1 0 1 222 123 1.346 8.5 0.5 3.6 8.8 2.43
2007 31 TEX AL 2 0 1.000 2.16 34 0 30 0 0 16 33.1 23 8 8 2 12 0 29 1 0 1 133 213 1.050 6.2 0.5 3.2 7.8 2.42
2007 31 BOS AL 2 2 .500 6.75 20 0 11 0 0 0 18.2 26 14 14 1 9 0 22 0 0 0 89 71 1.875 12.5 0.5 4.3 10.6 2.44
2008 32 MIL NL 4 3 .571 5.44 50 0 16 0 0 10 46.1 46 28 28 11 22 2 38 2 0 1 203 78 1.468 8.9 2.1 4.3 7.4 1.73
10 Seasons 33 26 .559 3.47 402 48 269 0 0 187 643.2 518 268 248 76 226 13 718 33 1 18 2664 120 1.156 7.2 1.1 3.2 10.0 3.18
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .559 3.47 61 7 41 0 0 28 97 78 40 37 11 34 2 108 5 0 3 403 120 1.156 7.2 1.1 3.2 10.0 3.18
LAD (8 yrs) 25 21 .543 3.27 298 48 212 0 0 161 545.1 423 218 198 62 183 11 629 30 1 16 2239 125 1.111 7.0 1.0 3.0 10.4 3.44
BOS (1 yr) 2 2 .500 6.75 20 0 11 0 0 0 18.2 26 14 14 1 9 0 22 0 0 0 89 71 1.875 12.5 0.5 4.3 10.6 2.44
TEX (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 2.16 34 0 30 0 0 16 33.1 23 8 8 2 12 0 29 1 0 1 133 213 1.050 6.2 0.5 3.2 7.8 2.42
MIL (1 yr) 4 3 .571 5.44 50 0 16 0 0 10 46.1 46 28 28 11 22 2 38 2 0 1 203 78 1.468 8.9 2.1 4.3 7.4 1.73
NL (9 yrs) NL 29 24 .547 3.44 348 48 228 0 0 171 591.2 469 246 226 73 205 13 667 32 1 17 2442 119 1.139 7.1 1.1 3.1 10.1 3.25
AL (1 yr) AL 4 2 .667 3.81 54 0 41 0 0 16 52.0 49 22 22 3 21 0 51 1 0 1 222 123 1.346 8.5 0.5 3.6 8.8 2.43

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 Awards
1999 23 LAD NL 30.0 5 8 18 0 1.0 10 1.0 $
2000 24 LAD NL 101.1 19 62 65 1 .9 3 0.3 $
2001 25 LAD NL 151.2 24 90 90 -3 1.0 0 -0.1 $220,000
2002 26 LAD NL 82.1 0 18 44 2 1.9 26 3.2 $300,000 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2003 27 LAD NL 82.1 0 12 46 1 1.9 34 4.3 $550,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
2004 28 LAD NL 82.1 0 24 46 2 1.9 22 2.5 $5,000,000 AS,CYA-7,MVP-11
2005 29 LAD NL 13.1 0 4 8 0 1.2 4 0.3 $8,000,000
2006 30 LAD NL 2.0 0 0 1 0 .4 1 0.1 $10,000,000
2007 31 TEX AL 33.1 0 8 22 0 1.6 14 1.5 $6,000,000
2007 31 BOS AL 18.2 0 14 12 1 1.2 -2 -0.4 $
2008 32 MIL NL 46.1 0 28 28 0 1.7 0 -0.5 $10,000,000
10 Seasons 643.2 48 268 380 4 1.4 112 12.2 $40,070,000
LAD (8 yrs) 545.1 48 218 318 3 1.4 100 11.6 $24,070,000
BOS (1 yr) 18.2 0 14 12 1 1.2 -2 -0.4 $
TEX (1 yr) 33.1 0 8 22 0 1.6 14 1.5 $6,000,000
MIL (1 yr) 46.1 0 28 28 0 1.7 0 -0.5 $10,000,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2004 28 LAD NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2007 31 BOS AL ALDS W LAA 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2007 31 BOS AL ALCS W CLE 0 1 .000 7.71 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 12 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
2007 31 BOS AL WS W COL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2008 32 MIL NL NLDS L PHI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
3 Seasons (5 Series) 0 1 .000 2.89 9 0 6 0 0 0 9.1 6 3 3 0 3 0 10 0 0 1 36 0.964 5.8 0.0 2.9 9.6 3.33
1 ALDS 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2 NLDS 0 0 0.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 17 0.600 3.6 0.0 1.8 7.2 4.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 7.71 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 12 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1999 23 LAD NL 5 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2000 24 LAD NL 20 34 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -25 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
2001 25 LAD NL 33 51 44 3 6 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 13 .136 .156 .295 .451 17 13 2 0 6 0 0 1
2002 26 LAD NL 77 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2003 27 LAD NL 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
2004 28 LAD NL 70 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-7,MVP-11
2005 29 LAD NL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 30 LAD NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 31 TOT AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 31 TEX AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 31 BOS AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 32 MIL NL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 402 99 86 5 12 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 25 .140 .149 .221 .370 -4 19 2 0 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 40 35 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .140 .149 .221 .370 -4 8 1 0 5 0 0
LAD (8 yrs) 298 99 86 5 12 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 25 .140 .149 .221 .370 -4 19 2 0 12 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 348 99 86 5 12 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 25 .140 .149 .221 .370 -4 19 2 0 12 0 0
AL (1 yr) 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1999 23 LAD NL 10 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
2000 24 LAD NL 34 -5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2001 25 LAD NL 51 -6 0 -1 0 0 5 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $220,000 1
2002 26 LAD NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $300,000 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2004 28 LAD NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $5,000,000 1 AS,CYA-7,MVP-11
5 Seasons 99 -14 0 0 0 0 10 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $5,520,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 28 LAD NL NLDS STL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 32 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1999 LAD NL 23 P 5 5 0 30.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 0.40 .950 1.71 1.72 2 1 33% 0
2000 LAD NL 24 P 20 19 0 101.1 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.24 0.70 .962 1.74 1.72 19 2 10% 0
2001 LAD NL 25 P 33 24 0 151.2 22 10 11 1 0 .955 1.25 0.64 .959 1.75 1.73 10 6 38% 1
2002 LAD NL 26 P 77 0 0 82.1 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.53 0.18 .963 1.83 1.81 2 3 60% 0 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2003 LAD NL 27 P 77 0 0 82.1 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 1 2 1.64 0.19 .957 1.84 1.83 2 1 33% 0 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
2004 LAD NL 28 P 70 0 0 82.1 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.20 0.16 .965 1.84 1.82 0 0 0 AS,CYA-7,MVP-11
2005 LAD NL 29 P 14 0 0 13.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1 15 4.05 0.43 .960 1.76 1.73 2 0 0% 0
2006 LAD NL 30 P 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70 0 0 0
2007 TOT AL 31 P 54 0 0 52.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 2 7 1.73 0.19 .955 1.59 1.59 1 0 0% 0
2007 TEX AL 31 P 34 0 0 33.1 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 2 12 1.62 0.18 .955 1.59 1.59 0 0 0
2007 BOS AL 31 P 20 0 0 18.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.93 0.20 .955 1.59 1.59 1 0 0% 0
2008 MIL NL 32 P 50 0 0 46.1 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.75 0.18 .959 1.73 1.72 0 0 0
10 Seasons P 402 48 0 643.2 103 38 64 1 4 .990 4 2 1.43 0.25 .960 1.76 1.76 38 13 25% 1
10 Seasons TOT 402 48 0 643.2 103 38 64 1 4 .990 4 17 1.43 0.25 .960 1.76 1.76 38 13 25% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2002 *
2003 *
2004 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2003 NL Cy Young
2003 NL Rolaids Relief
2003 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2004 NL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 NL (12, 10%)
2003 NL (6, 32%)
2004 NL (11, 7%)
0.49 Career Shares (453rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 NL (4, 5%)
2003 NL (1, 91%)
2004 NL (7, 2%)
1 Cy Young
0.98 Career Shares (53rd)

Games Played s c a p y
2002 NL  77 (8th)
2003 NL  77 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
2002 NL  52 (2nd)
2003 NL  55 (1st)
2004 NL  45 (3rd)
Career  187 (49th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 NL  16 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2002 NL  68 (2nd)
2003 NL  67 (1st)
2004 NL  59 (6th)
Career  269 (143rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2003 NL  28 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2003 NL  2.8 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2003 NL  32.25 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2002 NL  5.7 (2nd)
2003 NL  6.6 (1st)
2004 NL  5.4 (2nd)
Career  16.0 (88th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2002 NL  2.2 (10th)
2003 NL  3.4 (2nd)
2004 NL  2.9 (8th)
Career  6.7 (237th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2003 NL  3.4 (5th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 11 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 46 (294), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (403), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Robb Nen (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brian Wilson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Brad Lidge (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brad Lidge (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200125Los Angeles Dodgers$220,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226Los Angeles Dodgers$300,0004/3/02 AP
200327Los Angeles Dodgers$550,0004/3/03 AP
200428Los Angeles Dodgers$5,000,0004/7/04 AP
200529Los Angeles Dodgers$8,000,000
200630Los Angeles Dodgers$10,000,000
200731Texas Rangers$6,000,000
200832Milwaukee Brewers$10,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$40,070,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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