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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1993 OAK AL 24 C 5 2 25.0 30 25 5 0 1 1.000 1.0 48.0 1 10.80 6.00 .990 6.55 5.46 0 2 3 2 40%
1994 OAK AL 25 C 6 0 10.0 14 12 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 12.60 2.33 .993 6.75 5.73 0 1 0 0
1995 OAK AL 26 C 36 28 254.0 181 167 13 1 4 .994 1.0 4.7 1 6.38 5.00 .990 6.74 5.64 0 7 21 8 28%
3 Seasons C 47 30 289.0 225 204 20 1 5 .996 2.0 8.3 2 6.98 4.77 .990 6.72 5.63 0 10 24 10 29%
3 Seasons TOT 47 30 289.0 225 204 20 1 5 .996 2.0 8.3 2 6.98 4.77 .986 6.72 5.63 0 10 24 10 29%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1993 OAK AL 24 8 2 8 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 OAK AL 25 7 0 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1995 OAK AL 26 38 28 38 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Seasons 53 30 53 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1993 OAK AL 24 117 5.76 5.76 1 100% 0 0 25 1 0 0 24 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1994 OAK AL 25 43 7.20 7.20 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 OAK AL 26 1144 4.96 5.42 7 100% 0 0 167 4 1 4 158 13 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 100%
3 Seasons 1304 5.11 5.51 8 100% 0 0 204 5 1 4 194 20 3 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 4.36 4.81 93% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1993 OAK AL 24 0 2 42 3 2 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 0.95 0.47
1994 OAK AL 25 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995 OAK AL 26 0 7 442 21 8 5 28% 19 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 8 1.11 0.92
3 Seasons 0 10 499 24 10 7 29% 22 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 38 11 1.09 0.83
MLB Averages 32% 1.31 1.25

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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