Eric Helfand
Eric James Helfand
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 25, 1969 in Erie, PA
High School: Patrick Henry (San Diego, CA)
Schools: Arizona State University, University of Nebraska
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1993
Final Game: September 30, 1995
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Standard Batting

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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
1993 24 OAK AL 8 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1994 25 OAK AL 7 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1995 26 OAK AL 38 101 86 9 14 2 1 0 7 0 0 11 25 .163 .265 .209 .475 31 18 2 1 3 0 0 2
3 Seasons 53 120 105 11 18 2 1 0 9 0 0 11 27 .171 .256 .210 .466 29 22 2 1 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 367 321 34 55 6 3 0 28 0 0 34 83 .171 .256 .210 .466 29 67 6 3 9 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1993 24 OAK AL 13 10 1 2.7 97 .250 .231 .259 .231 .329 .231 .397 .462 .726 28 .253 -1.3 -0.1 .300 .000 .000
1994 25 OAK AL 6 5 0 0.0 103 .200 .167 .262 .167 .332 .167 .416 .333 .748 -10 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1995 26 OAK AL 101 77 5 1.7 101 .230 .163 .259 .265 .332 .209 .410 .475 .741 31 .117 -8.2 -0.8 .405 .174 .047
3 Seasons 120 92 6 1.7 101 .231 .171 .259 .256 .331 .210 .408 .466 .740 29 .120 -10.5 -1.0 .382 .143 .038
162 Game Avg. 367 281 18 1.7 101 .231 .171 .259 .256 .331 .210 .408 .466 .740 29 .120 -10.5 -1.0 .382 .143 .038

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1993 24 OAK AL 13 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 13.0 13.0 0.71 0.80 92% 42% 0.0% 0%
1994 25 OAK AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 6.0 0.67 1.00 83% 20% 0.0% 0%
1995 26 OAK AL 101 0.0% 24.8% 10.9% 3.0% 21% 2.27 3.4 12.3 0.79 1.08 60% 19% 0.0% 12%
3 Seasons 120 0.0% 22.5% 9.2% 2.5% 17% 2.45 3.9 11.7 0.77 1.03 65% 22% 0.0% 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1993 24 OAK AL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 25 OAK AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 26 OAK AL 0 0 35% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 39% 7 7 0 2 1 1 4 0 4
3 Seasons 0 0 37% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 39% 7 7 0 2 1 1 4 0 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1993 24 OAK AL 13 92% 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 1.27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1994 25 OAK AL 6 100% 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1995 26 OAK AL 101 87% 14 1 0 5 0 0 0 0.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 20 2 10% 10 4 40% 62 7 11% 7 4 57% 5 3 60% 0
3 Seasons 120 88% 18 2 0 11 1 0 0 0.51 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 23 2 9% 13 5 38% 73 9 12% 9 4 44% 5 3 60% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1993 24 OAK AL 9 24 2.67 18 75% 22% 11% 17% 50% 78% 0% 58% 86% 44% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 4 0 0
1994 25 OAK AL 6 26 4.33 18 69% 11% 17% 44% 28% 89% 0% 62% 81% 50% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1995 26 OAK AL 101 391 3.87 241 62% 27% 19% 28% 27% 73% 0% 45% 75% 37% 6% 6 0 15% 15 6 10% 10 3 28% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 116 441 3.80 277 63% 25% 18% 29% 28% 75% 0% 47% 76% 38% 5% 6 0 14% 16 6 9% 10 3 27% 4 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1993 24 8 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 28 3 0 0 0 0 0
1994 25 15 19 19 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .211 .211 .211 .421 16 4 0 0 0 0 0
1995 26 53 120 105 11 18 2 1 0 9 0 0 11 27 .171 .256 .210 .466 29 22 2 1 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1993 24 8 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 8
1994 25 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1995 26 43 114 99 11 18 3 1 0 9 0 14 28 .182 .289 .232 .522 7 38
3 Seasons 61 136 121 12 18 3 1 0 10 0 14 30 .149 .243 .190 .433 8 53
162 Game Avg. 162 361 321 32 48 8 3 0 27 0 37 80 .149 .243 .190 .433 21 53

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