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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
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
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	98	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 Seasons				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: 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
1999	26	DET	AL	8.2	0	5	6	0	.5	1	0.0	$
2000	27	DET	AL	3.2	0	3	2	0	.1	-1	0.0	$
2001	28	OAK	AL	66.0	11	29	42	1	.8	13	1.1	$
2002	29	OAK	AL	45.2	9	36	31	0	.8	-5	-0.5	$237,500
4 Seasons				124.0	20	73	81	1	.8	8	0.6	$237,500

OAK (2 yrs)				111.2	20	65	73	1	.8	8	0.6	$237,500
DET (2 yrs)				12.1	0	8	8	0	.4	0	0.0	$

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

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	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1991	18	NYM-min	Rk	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0	MET · GULF
1992	19	NYM-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	KPT · APPY
1993	20	NYM-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	CLM · SALL
1994	21	NYM-min	A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	SCE · FLOR
1995	22	NYM-min	AA,A+	27	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	2	0	0	BNG,SCE · EL,FLOR
1996	23	STL-min	AA	10	11	10	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.300	.364	.600	.964	6	0	0	0	0	0	ARK · TL
1998	25	DET-min	AA	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	JCK · SOUL
1999	26	DET-min	AA,AAA,A+	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	JCK,TOL,LAK · SOUL,IL,FLOR
1999	26	DET	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2000	27	DET-min	AAA	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	TOL · IL
2000	27	DET	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	28	OAK-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	SAC · PCL
2001	28	OAK	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	29	OAK-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	SAC · PCL
2002	29	OAK	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2003	30	OAK-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	SAC · PCL
4 Seasons				34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (2 yrs)				25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1999	DET	AL	26	P	6	0	8.2	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.04	0.17	.950	1.66	1.67	0	0
2000	DET	AL	27	P	3	0	3.2	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.72	1.60	0	0
2001	OAK	AL	28	P	16	11	66.0	5	1	4	0	1.000	0.68	0.31	.956	1.75	1.74	12	1	8%
2002	OAK	AL	29	P	9	9	45.2	9	3	5	1	.889	1.58	0.89	.957	1.69	1.67	4	1	20%
	4 Seasons			P	34	20	124.0	15	4	10	1	.933	1.02	0.41	.956	1.72	1.69	16	2	11%
	4 Seasons			TOT	34	20	124.0	15	4	10	1	.933	1.02	0.41	.956	1.72	1.69	16	2	11%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1991.
January 22, 1996: Traded by the New York Mets with Yudith Orozio (minors) and Eric Ludwick to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bernard Gilkey.
August 20, 1997: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
March 9, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
November 27, 2000: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
December 6, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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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
2002	29	Oakland Athletics	$237,500	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$237,500

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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