Erik Hiljus

Erik Kristian Hiljus

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: December 25, 1972 in Panorama City, CA
High School: Canyon HS (Canyon, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1999
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers 1999-2002

Final Game: May 29, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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
1991	18	NYM-min	Rk	2	3	.400	4.26	9	9	0	1	1	0	38.0	31	27	18	1	37	0	38	1	1	5	183		1.789	7.3	0.2	8.8	9.0	1.03	MET · GULF
1992	19	NYM-min	Rk	3	6	.333	5.09	12	11	1	0	0	0	70.2	66	49	40	5	40	0	63	2	2	7	317		1.500	8.4	0.6	5.1	8.0	1.58	KPT · APPY
1993	20	NYM-min	A	7	10	.412	4.32	27	27	0	1	0	0	145.2	114	76	70	8	111	1	157	4	4	17	640		1.545	7.0	0.5	6.9	9.7	1.41	CLM · SALL
1994	21	NYM-min	A+	11	10	.524	3.98	26	26	0	3	1	0	160.2	159	85	71	8	90	3	140	5	8	10	709		1.550	8.9	0.4	5.0	7.8	1.56	SCE · FLOR
1995	22	NYM-min	A+,AA	10	8	.556	3.94	27	27	0	0	0	0	166.2	145	84	73	12	82	3	138	4	8	14	705		1.362	7.8	0.6	4.4	7.5	1.68	SCE,BNG · FLOR,EL
1996	23	STL-min	AA	3	5	.375	6.11	10	10	0	0	0	0	45.2	62	37	31	6	30	1	21	0	0	4	221		2.015	12.2	1.2	5.9	4.1	0.70	ARK · TL
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1998	25	DET-min	AA	2	3	.400	3.70	42	0	17	0	0	2	65.2	49	31	27	7	35	0	85	0	0	4	280		1.279	6.7	1.0	4.8	11.6	2.43	JCK · SOUL
1999	26	DET-min	AAA,AA,A+	3	3	.500	3.57	46	0	13	0	0	5	80.2	58	36	32	6	21	0	110	3	2	6	319		0.979	6.5	0.7	2.3	12.3	5.24	TOL,JCK,LAK · IL,SOUL,FLOR
1999	26	DET	AL	0	0		5.19	6	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	7	5	5	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	35	97	1.385	7.3	2.1	5.2	1.0	0.20
2000	27	DET-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.44	46	0	15	0	0	2	70.2	67	33	27	3	20	1	81	0	0	3	297		1.231	8.5	0.4	2.5	10.3	4.05	TOL · IL
2000	27	DET	AL	0	0		7.36	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	5	3	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	16	69	1.636	12.3	2.5	2.5	4.9	2.00
2001	28	OAK-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.63	15	15	0	3	1	0	101.2	79	46	41	18	26	1	108	1	0	2	402		1.033	7.0	1.6	2.3	9.6	4.15	SAC · PCL
2001	28	OAK	AL	5	0	1.000	3.41	16	11	3	0	0	0	66.0	70	29	25	7	21	1	67	0	1	2	290	128	1.379	9.5	1.0	2.9	9.1	3.19
2002	29	OAK-min	AAA	1	3	.250	7.65	9	6	0	0	0	0	37.2	54	32	32	3	15	0	30	1	0	2	177		1.832	12.9	0.7	3.6	7.2	2.00	SAC · PCL
2002	29	OAK	AL	3	3	.500	6.50	9	9	0	0	0	0	45.2	52	36	33	11	21	1	29	0	0	1	206	67	1.599	10.2	2.2	4.1	5.7	1.38
2003	30	OAK-min	AAA	11	10	.524	4.69	29	29	0	2	1	0	174.2	174	106	91	28	52	1	129	5	0	6	751		1.294	9.0	1.4	2.7	6.6	2.48	SAC · PCL
4 Yrs				8	3	.727	4.79	34	20	5	0	0	0	124.0	134	73	66	21	48	2	99	0	1	3	547	93	1.468	9.7	1.5	3.5	7.2	2.06
162 Game Avg.				10	4	.727	4.79	43	25	6	0	0	0	156	169	92	83	26	60	3	125	0	1	4	689	93	1.468	9.7	1.5	3.5	7.2	2.06

OAK (2 yrs)				8	3	.727	4.67	25	20	3	0	0	0	111.2	122	65	58	18	42	2	96	0	1	3	496	93	1.469	9.8	1.5	3.4	7.7	2.29
DET (2 yrs)				0	0		5.84	9	0	2	0	0	0	12.1	12	8	8	3	6	0	3	0	0	0	51	87	1.459	8.8	2.2	4.4	2.2	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1999	26	DET	AL	8.2	6	0	5	5.19	5.44	0.22	-0.40	102.2	4.93	-0	-0.0	1.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.497	.500	$
2000	27	DET	AL	3.2	3	0	3	7.36	5.29	0.03	-0.39	98.8	4.82	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	0.0	-1	.468	.499	$
2001	28	OAK	AL	66.0	16	11	29	3.95	5.13	0.12	0.12	96.5	4.95	7	0.7	.8	-0.1	1.2	16	.544	.504	$
2002	29	OAK	AL	45.2	9	9	36	7.09	5.24	-0.04	0.19	95.4	5.22	-10	-0.9		-0.0	-0.5	-4	.402	.495	$237,500
4 Seasons				124.0	34	20	73	5.30	5.20	0.06	0.09	96.5	5.04	-4	-0.3	.8	-0.1	0.7	12	.491	.500	$237,500

OAK (2 yrs)				111.2	25	20	65	5.24	5.18	0.05	0.15	96.0	5.06	-3	-0.2	.8	-0.1	0.7	12	.493	.499	$237,500
DET (2 yrs)				12.1	9	0	8	5.84	5.40	0.16	-0.40	101.2	4.89	-1	-0.1	.8	0.0	0.0	0	.487	.500	$

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
2001	28	OAK	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6.000	0.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
1 ALDS							0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6.000	0.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1999	26	DET	AL	6	35	29	5	7	1	1	2	0	0	5	1	.241	.343	.552	.895	.185	16	3	0	0	1	0	0
2000	27	DET	AL	3	16	15	3	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.375	.600	.975	.333	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	28	OAK	AL	16	290	266	29	70	13	1	7	12	1	21	67	.263	.316	.398	.714	.326	106	0	0	2	1	1	2
2002	29	OAK	AL	9	206	183	36	52	13	0	11	4	1	21	29	.284	.356	.536	.892	.285	98	2	0	1	1	1	2
4 Yrs				34	547	493	73	134	28	2	21	16	2	48	99	.272	.335	.465	.799	.301	229	5	0	3	3	2	4
162 Game Avg.				43	689	621	92	169	35	3	26	20	3	60	125	.272	.335	.465	.799	.301	288	6	0	4	4	3	5
MLB Averages																.267	.338	.429	.767	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1999	26	DET	AL	0.1	0.0	36	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.48	-0.4	-0.3	-1.1	-0.1	0.48	-3.2	2	2	2
2000	27	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	16	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.13	-0.3	-0.6	-1.8	-0.2	0.13	-1.9	0	0	3
2001	28	OAK	AL	6.5	0.6	305	0.6	4.2	-3.6	.79	0.6	0.1	3.9	0.4	0.79	4.8	2	0	3
2002	29	OAK	AL	-11.3	-1.0	213	-1.0	3.0	-4.0	.85	-0.9	-0.3	-10.0	-0.9	0.85	-9.6	0	0	0
4 Yrs				-5.5	-0.5	570	-0.9	7.5	-8.4	.77	-0.9	-0.3	-9.1	-0.8	0.77	-9.9	4	2	8

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2001	28	OAK	AL	16	11	5	0	6	3	0	8	3	.727	2	2	0	0	2	18%	50.8	63	39	8	0	0	8	8.0	9.2	5.2	84	3	7	1	0	100
2002	29	OAK	AL	9	9	3	3	3	2	1	4	5	.444	0	2	0	0	2	22%	41.7	65	11	6	2	0	8	4.7	5.6	5.1	90	2	5	2	0	108
2 Yrs				25	20	8	3	9	5	1	12	8	.600	2	4	0	0	4	20%	47	65	11	14	2	0	16	6.5	7.6	5.1	86	5	12	3	0	108
MLB Averages													.500						47%	48	100	-9					5.0	4.9	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1999	26	DET	AL	6	6	0	1	1	8	4	50%	6	.482	2	2	2	1	0	5	4	2	3	1	4	0	4.3	24
2000	27	DET	AL	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	100%	6	.131	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	3.7	21
2001	28	OAK	AL	16	5	3	0	0	5	3	60%	3	.792	2	0	3	0	1	4	2	3	2	1	2	0	5.4	32
3 Yrs				25	14	5	1	1	14	8	57%		.729	4	2	8	1	1	12	7	7	6	3	8	1	4.6	26

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1999	26	DET	AL	35	60%	5.7%	2.9%	14.3%	11.4%	57%	0.81	1.50	77%	10%	12.5%	0%	8	3	38%
2000	27	DET	AL	16	50%	6.3%	12.5%	6.3%	12.5%	40%	0.20	0.29	75%	31%	12.5%	20%	1	0	0%
2001	28	OAK	AL	290	46%	2.4%	23.1%	7.2%	7.2%	30%	0.40	0.42	67%	27%	6.5%	22%	41	0	0%
2002	29	OAK	AL	206	41%	5.3%	14.1%	10.2%	11.7%	46%	0.38	0.47	70%	24%	13.1%	19%	40	2	5%
4 Yrs				547	45%	3.8%	18.1%	8.8%	9.3%	38%	0.41	0.49	69%	25%	9.8%	19%	90	5	6%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.8%	9.1%	8.1%	34%	0.75	1.06	70%	24%	8.4%	14%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1999	26	DET	AL	35	141	4.03	82	58%	29%	11%	24%	35%	71%	0%	41%	84%	60%	11%	4	3	17%	6	4	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
2000	27	DET	AL	16	62	3.88	37	60%	27%	5%	32%	35%	73%	0%	44%	93%	56%	0%	0	0	19%	3	1	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0
2001	28	OAK	AL	291	1078	3.70	707	66%	28%	15%	28%	29%	72%	1%	47%	79%	57%	5%	16	11	34%	98	68	7	25%	22	4	-1	0	0
2002	29	OAK	AL	208	808	3.88	492	61%	29%	11%	28%	32%	71%	1%	43%	85%	57%	6%	12	6	24%	49	28	7	28%	4	5	-2	0	0
4 Yrs				550	2089	3.80	1318	63%	29%	13%	28%	30%	71%	1%	45%	82%	57%	6%	32	20	28%	156	101	14	26%	27	10	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			20%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1999	26	DET	AL	35	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	1	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2000	27	DET	AL	16	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	28	OAK	AL	290	70	7	0	7	0	9	4	3	4	3	14	7	1	50%	2	2	1	100	12	1	92%	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2002	29	OAK	AL	206	52	4	1	11	0	3	6	5	3	8	10	4	1	40%	2	1	0	74	4	1	80%	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Yrs				547	134	11	1	21	0	13	10	11	9	12	27	13	2	48%	4	3	2	192	16	2	89%	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1999	26	0	0		5.19	6	0	0	8.2	7	5	5	2	5	0	1	0	0	35	97	1.385	7.3	2.1	5.2	1.0	0.20	97
2000	27	0	0		5.84	9	0	2	12.1	12	8	8	3	6	0	3	0	0	51	87	1.459	8.8	2.2	4.4	2.2	0.50	87
2001	28	5	0	1.000	3.79	25	11	5	78.1	82	37	33	10	27	1	70	1	2	341	118	1.391	9.4	1.1	3.1	8.0	2.59	118
2002	29	8	3	.727	4.79	34	20	5	124.0	134	73	66	21	48	2	99	1	3	547	93	1.468	9.7	1.5	3.5	7.2	2.06	93

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1999	26	0	0		4.50	8.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	1.250	6.8	4.5	1.1	0.25	2.3	6
2000	27	0	0		9.00	3.0	5	3	3	1	1	2	2.000	15.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	3.0	3
2001	28	4	3	.571	3.41	66.0	70	28	25	7	21	67	1.379	9.5	2.9	9.1	3.19	1.0	16
2002	29	1	3	.250	6.75	44.0	52	37	33	11	21	28	1.659	10.6	4.3	5.7	1.33	2.3	9
4 Yrs		5	6	.455	4.83	121.0	133	72	65	21	47	98	1.488	9.9		7.3	2.09	1.6	34

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