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Eric King

Eric Steven King

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 10, 1964 in Oxnard, CA
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1986
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/Indians 1986-1992
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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
1986 22 DET AL 11 4 .733 3.51 33 16 9 3 1 3 138.1 108 54 54 11 63 3 79 8 3 4 579 118 1.236 7.0 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.25
1987 23 DET AL 6 9 .400 4.89 55 4 26 0 0 9 116.0 111 67 63 15 60 10 89 4 1 5 513 87 1.474 8.6 1.2 4.7 6.9 1.48
1988 24 DET AL 4 1 .800 3.41 23 5 8 0 0 3 68.2 60 28 26 5 34 2 45 5 2 4 303 113 1.369 7.9 0.7 4.5 5.9 1.32
1989 25 CHW AL 9 10 .474 3.39 25 25 0 1 1 0 159.1 144 69 60 13 64 1 72 4 4 5 666 113 1.305 8.1 0.7 3.6 4.1 1.13
1990 26 CHW AL 12 4 .750 3.28 25 25 0 2 2 0 151.0 135 59 55 10 40 0 70 6 3 2 623 117 1.159 8.0 0.6 2.4 4.2 1.75
1991 27 CLE AL 6 11 .353 4.60 25 24 0 2 1 0 150.2 166 83 77 7 44 4 59 3 2 2 656 91 1.394 9.9 0.4 2.6 3.5 1.34
1992 28 DET AL 4 6 .400 5.22 17 14 2 0 0 1 79.1 90 47 46 12 28 1 45 1 0 3 348 76 1.487 10.2 1.4 3.2 5.1 1.61
7 Yrs 52 45 .536 3.97 203 113 45 8 5 16 863.1 814 407 381 73 333 21 459 31 15 25 3688 101 1.329 8.5 0.8 3.5 4.8 1.38
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .536 3.97 44 24 10 2 1 3 186 175 88 82 16 72 5 99 7 3 5 794 101 1.329 8.5 0.8 3.5 4.8 1.38
DET (4 yrs) 25 20 .556 4.23 128 39 45 3 1 16 402.1 369 196 189 43 185 16 258 18 6 16 1743 97 1.377 8.3 1.0 4.1 5.8 1.39
CHW (2 yrs) 21 14 .600 3.34 50 50 0 3 3 0 310.1 279 128 115 23 104 1 142 10 7 7 1289 115 1.234 8.1 0.7 3.0 4.1 1.37
CLE (1 yr) 6 11 .353 4.60 25 24 0 2 1 0 150.2 166 83 77 7 44 4 59 3 2 2 656 91 1.394 9.9 0.4 2.6 3.5 1.34

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 Awards
1986 22 DET AL 138.1 33 16 54 3.51 4.67 0.36 0.02 98.0 4.25 11 1.2 1.4 -0.1 2.3 26 .535 .507 $60,000
1987 23 DET AL 116.0 55 4 67 5.20 4.93 0.05 -0.28 94.7 4.36 -11 -1.0 1.5 -0.3 -0.4 3 .481 .494 $100,000
1988 24 DET AL 68.2 23 5 28 3.67 4.57 0.21 -0.12 97.3 4.12 3 0.4 1.3 -0.1 0.9 11 .516 .502 $125,000
1989 25 CHW AL 159.1 25 25 69 3.90 4.38 -0.19 0.15 98.4 4.65 13 1.4 -0.1 2.6 29 .556 .509 $165,000
1990 26 CHW AL 151.0 25 25 59 3.52 4.32 0.44 0.16 97.1 3.92 8 0.9 -0.1 2.1 24 .535 .505 $415,000
1991 27 CLE AL 150.2 25 24 83 4.96 4.63 -0.08 0.16 102.8 5.01 1 0.1 3.1 -0.1 1.3 18 .504 .501 $1,450,000
1992 28 DET AL 79.1 17 14 47 5.33 4.35 0.16 0.08 100.4 4.28 -9 -0.9 .7 -0.1 -0.3 -0 .445 .494 $1,200,000
7 Seasons 863.1 203 113 407 4.24 4.55 0.12 0.05 98.5 4.41 16 1.9 1.4 -0.8 8.5 110 .509 .502 $3,515,000
DET (4 yrs) 402.1 128 39 196 4.38 4.66 0.21 -0.08 97.4 4.26 -6 -0.5 1.4 -0.5 2.5 39 .496 .499 $1,485,000
CHW (2 yrs) 310.1 50 50 128 3.71 4.35 0.11 0.15 97.8 4.30 21 2.3 -0.2 4.7 53 .545 .507 $580,000
CLE (1 yr) 150.2 25 24 83 4.96 4.63 -0.08 0.16 102.8 5.01 1 0.1 3.1 -0.1 1.3 18 .504 .501 $1,450,000

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
1987 23 DET AL ALCS L MIN 0 0 1.69 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 4 1 0 2 23 0.938 5.1 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00
1 ALCS 0 0 1.69 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 4 1 0 2 23 0.938 5.1 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00

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
1986 22 DET AL 33 579 501 54 108 24 0 11 8 5 63 79 .216 .312 .329 .642 .235 165 10 8 6 1 3 4
1987 23 DET AL 55 513 443 67 111 16 1 15 12 3 60 89 .251 .343 .393 .736 .281 174 10 4 3 3 10 7
1988 24 DET AL 23 303 257 28 60 13 2 5 4 2 34 45 .233 .332 .358 .690 .263 92 5 5 5 2 2 6
1989 25 CHW AL 25 666 591 69 144 13 3 13 13 7 64 72 .244 .320 .342 .662 .257 202 25 4 3 4 1 11
1990 26 CHW AL 25 623 570 59 135 17 4 10 8 5 40 70 .237 .293 .333 .627 .255 190 12 6 6 1 0 5
1991 27 CLE AL 25 656 594 83 166 33 4 7 8 3 44 59 .279 .328 .384 .712 .297 228 9 3 7 8 4 12
1992 28 DET AL 17 348 316 47 90 12 2 12 8 3 28 45 .285 .343 .449 .792 .299 142 5 1 1 2 1 2
7 Yrs 203 3688 3272 407 814 128 16 73 61 28 333 459 .249 .322 .365 .687 .268 1193 76 31 31 21 21 47
162 Game Avg. 44 794 704 88 175 28 3 16 13 6 72 99 .249 .322 .365 .687 .268 257 16 7 7 5 5 10
MLB Averages .257 .324 .387 .711 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1986 22 DET AL 12.7 1.3 601 1.2 10.8 -9.6 1.04 1.5 -0.3 17.0 1.7 1.04 17.1 6 5 6
1987 23 DET AL -7.2 -0.7 534 -0.3 11.1 -11.4 1.28 -0.7 0.5 -0.9 -0.1 1.28 -3.3 27 9 14
1988 24 DET AL 4.0 0.4 317 0.7 4.1 -3.3 .80 0.0 0.9 6.5 0.7 0.80 1.7 5 3 10
1989 25 CHW AL 6.9 0.7 702 0.8 12.5 -11.7 1.04 0.4 0.4 4.6 0.5 1.04 5.0 0 0 0
1990 26 CHW AL 10.7 1.1 641 0.1 10.8 -10.7 .99 1.4 -1.3 8.7 0.9 0.99 15.5 0 0 0
1991 27 CLE AL -6.1 -0.6 672 -0.9 10.0 -10.9 .95 -0.2 -0.8 -9.9 -1.0 0.95 -3.3 1 0 0
1992 28 DET AL -9.4 -0.9 361 -1.5 5.2 -6.7 .88 -0.8 -0.9 -8.1 -0.8 0.88 -7.2 0 1 2
7 Yrs 11.7 1.3 3828 0.1 64.5 -64.4 1.02 1.6 -1.5 18.0 2.0 1.01 25.6 39 18 32

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
1986 22 DET AL 33 16 8 4 4 2 0 10 6 .625 0 2 3 1 8 50% 51.1 81 17 18 4 2 5 5.8 5.9 6.4
1987 23 DET AL 55 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 1 25% 46.2 65 34 36 11 1 3 2.8 2.3 5.4
1988 24 DET AL 23 5 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 3 60% 53.8 67 45 18 6 1 3 6.1 7.9 6.6 103 0 3 1 1 142
1989 25 CHW AL 25 25 9 10 6 0 3 12 13 .480 4 1 1 1 16 64% 52.3 86 19 24 7 0 13 4.8 4.7 6.4 97 4 8 7 4 133
1990 26 CHW AL 25 25 12 4 9 3 1 18 7 .720 1 6 2 2 14 56% 53.2 83 16 20 4 0 16 4.8 4.3 6.0 87 7 12 4 0 119
1991 27 CLE AL 25 24 6 11 7 1 5 10 14 .417 1 2 2 1 13 54% 46.8 89 14 30 8 0 14 4.5 4.0 6.2 93 4 11 9 0 118
1992 28 DET AL 17 14 4 6 4 0 0 5 9 .357 0 2 0 0 6 43% 42.5 69 20 8 3 1 7 5.0 5.4 4.8 79 6 4 3 1 128
7 Yrs 203 113 42 38 33 7 10 59 54 .522 7 14 8 5 61 54% 50 89 14 154 43 5 61 4.9 4.8 6.0 91 21 38 24 6 142
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1986 22 DET AL 33 17 9 3 0 5 3 2 60% 7 1 13 4 31% 7 1.041 6 5 6 7 3 7 8 9 10 4 11 1 6.4
1987 23 DET AL 55 51 26 6 7 15 9 6 60% 22 6 35 8 23% 8 1.278 27 9 14 29 9 13 22 29 32 11 32 11 5.5
1988 24 DET AL 23 18 8 1 0 3 3 0 100% 6 2 18 2 11% 6 .801 5 3 10 7 0 11 11 7 10 5 12 1 5.9 35
1991 27 CLE AL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 .953 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0 42
1992 28 DET AL 17 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 2 33% 3 .883 0 1 2 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 0 12.0 58
5 Yrs 153 90 45 10 7 24 16 8 67% 36 9 75 19 25% 1.014 39 18 32 45 12 33 45 45 56 20 59 13 6.0 39

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%
1986 22 DET AL 579 51% 1.9% 13.6% 10.9% 6.0% 32% 1.08 71% 113 10 9%
1987 23 DET AL 513 49% 2.9% 17.4% 11.7% 6.2% 29% 1.01 67% 115 10 9%
1988 24 DET AL 303 57% 1.7% 14.9% 11.2% 6.6% 33% 0.64 0.80 69% 21% 5.1% 25% 66 5 8%
1989 25 CHW AL 666 47% 2.0% 10.8% 9.6% 4.4% 20% 1.09 1.53 77% 16% 6.6% 20% 131 25 19%
1990 26 CHW AL 623 53% 1.6% 11.2% 6.4% 5.0% 23% 0.85 1.06 79% 20% 4.4% 15% 108 12 11%
1991 27 CLE AL 656 45% 1.1% 9.0% 6.7% 6.7% 27% 0.80 1.01 82% 21% 2.7% 14% 133 9 7%
1992 28 DET AL 348 55% 3.5% 12.9% 8.1% 7.5% 29% 0.86 0.98 75% 21% 9.9% 17% 75 5 7%
7 Yrs 3688 50% 2.0% 12.5% 9.0% 5.9% 27% 0.87 1.09 75% 19% 5.2% 17% 741 76 10%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 15.0% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22% 10%

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
1988 24 DET AL 305 1152 3.78 688 60% 26% 13% 29% 32% 74% 1% 44% 83% 55% 6% 18 11 20% 61 26 3 38% 7 5 -2 1 0
1989 25 CHW AL 619 2241 3.62 1327 59% 25% 11% 28% 37% 75% 0% 44% 86% 53% 6% 40 24 14% 87 41 10 35% 5 15 47 1 3
1990 26 CHW AL 600 2096 3.49 1322 63% 25% 9% 28% 37% 75% 0% 47% 87% 56% 4% 26 14 17% 100 45 3 29% 10 12 23 0 2
1991 27 CLE AL 658 2263 3.44 1414 62% 24% 9% 27% 39% 76% 2% 47% 87% 58% 4% 25 13 18% 121 55 9 34% 5 9 -2 0 0
1992 28 DET AL 349 1285 3.68 798 62% 25% 11% 29% 34% 75% 0% 46% 85% 58% 4% 14 9 20% 71 27 4 29% 7 4 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 2531 9037 3.57 5549 61% 25% 10% 28% 36% 75% 1% 46% 86% 56% 5% 123 71 17% 440 194 29 33% 34 45 65 2 5
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
1986 22 DET AL 579 108 11 0 12 3 8 3 8 28 14 2 50% 4 4 2 212 8 5 62% 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1987 23 DET AL 513 111 15 0 19 10 5 9 6 28 12 4 43% 7 5 1 201 12 3 80% 11 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
1988 24 DET AL 303 60 6 0 5 0 3 2 3 1 4 21 6 5 29% 6 4 0 129 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1989 25 CHW AL 666 144 13 1 13 1 7 2 11 5 8 30 18 4 60% 11 5 4 233 13 7 65% 10 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 20 0
1990 26 CHW AL 623 135 10 2 10 0 9 5 5 8 2 23 13 2 57% 5 2 2 205 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1991 27 CLE AL 656 166 41 5 7 1 17 2 5 3 4 47 30 0 64% 12 2 1 242 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1992 28 DET AL 348 90 30 2 12 0 1 5 7 4 8 17 9 4 53% 2 3 0 136 8 3 73% 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
7 Yrs 3688 814 100 10 73 2 68 29 44 33 40 194 102 21 53% 47 25 10 1358 61 28 69% 55 25 5 2 1 1 5 0 87 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1986 22 11 4 .733 3.51 33 16 9 3 1 3 138.1 108 54 54 11 63 3 79 8 3 4 579 118 1.236 7.0 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.25 118
1987 23 17 13 .567 4.14 88 20 35 3 1 12 254.1 219 121 117 26 123 13 168 12 4 9 1092 102 1.345 7.7 0.9 4.4 5.9 1.37 102
1988 24 21 14 .600 3.98 111 25 43 3 1 15 323.0 279 149 143 31 157 15 213 17 6 13 1395 104 1.350 7.8 0.9 4.4 5.9 1.36 104
1989 25 30 24 .556 3.79 136 50 43 4 2 15 482.1 423 218 203 44 221 16 285 21 10 18 2061 106 1.335 7.9 0.8 4.1 5.3 1.29 106
1990 26 42 28 .600 3.67 161 75 43 6 4 15 633.1 558 277 258 54 261 16 355 27 13 20 2684 109 1.293 7.9 0.8 3.7 5.0 1.36 109
1991 27 48 39 .552 3.85 186 99 43 8 5 15 784.0 724 360 335 61 305 20 414 30 15 22 3340 105 1.313 8.3 0.7 3.5 4.8 1.36 105
1992 28 52 45 .536 3.97 203 113 45 8 5 16 863.1 814 407 381 73 333 21 459 31 15 25 3688 101 1.329 8.5 0.8 3.5 4.8 1.38 101

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1986 22 7 7 .500 3.82 132.0 110 62 56 11 64 76 8 1.318 7.5 4.4 5.2 1.19 0.8 33
1987 23 5 7 .417 5.10 113.0 111 71 64 15 60 86 4 1.513 8.8 4.8 6.8 1.43 1.2 55
1988 24 3 4 .429 4.09 66.0 64 33 30 5 36 43 5 1.515 8.7 4.9 5.9 1.19 0.7 23
1989 25 8 8 .500 4.10 147.0 152 74 67 14 68 67 4 1.497 9.3 4.2 4.1 0.99 0.9 25
1990 26 8 8 .500 3.88 144.0 143 69 62 11 42 67 6 1.285 8.9 2.6 4.2 1.60 0.7 25
1991 27 6 10 .375 4.87 146.0 169 88 79 7 45 57 3 1.466 10.4 2.8 3.5 1.27 0.4 25
1992 28 2 6 .250 6.00 75.0 94 56 50 13 29 42 1 1.640 11.3 3.5 5.0 1.45 1.6 17
7 Yrs 39 50 .438 4.46 823.0 843 453 408 76 344 438 31 1.442 9.2 4.8 1.27 0.8 203

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1990 AL  .750 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1990 AL  2 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 AL  8 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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