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Eric King
Eric Steven King
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 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
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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
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 Seasons 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

Postseason Pitching

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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

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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
1987 23 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 1 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

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 23 DET AL ALCS MIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 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 DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 DET AL 22 P 33 16 138.1 35 19 15 1 0 .971 2.21 1.03 .957 1.83 0.68
1987 DET AL 23 P 55 4 116.0 38 15 22 1 3 .974 2.87 0.67 .955 1.84 0.67
1988 DET AL 24 P 23 5 68.2 13 3 8 2 0 .846 1.44 0.48 .969 1.78 0.67
1989 CHW AL 25 P 25 25 159.1 38 15 20 3 2 .921 1.98 1.40 .961 1.87 0.66
1990 CHW AL 26 P 25 25 151.0 23 8 15 0 1 1.000 1.37 0.92 .952 1.78 0.59
1991 CLE AL 27 P 25 24 150.2 25 9 14 2 2 .920 1.37 0.92 .956 1.80 0.58
1992 DET AL 28 P 17 14 79.1 12 6 5 1 0 .917 1.25 0.65 .958 1.72 0.56
7 Seasons P 203 113 863.1 184 75 99 10 8 .946 1.81 0.86 .958 1.81 0.64
7 Seasons TOT 203 113 863.1 184 75 99 10 8 .946 1.81 0.86 .903 1.81 0.64

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

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Gray InkPitching - 7 (1729), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1336), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (987), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jim Weaver (963)
  6. Saul Rogovin (962)
  7. Bill McGee (962)
  8. Chuck Estrada (962)
  9. Johnny Kucks (961)
  10. Bart Johnson (961)
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  6. Russ Meyer (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tex Carleton (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 11, 1983: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

October 7, 1985: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Dave LaPoint and Matt Nokes to the Detroit Tigers for Juan Berenguer and Bob Melvin. The Detroit Tigers sent Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

March 23, 1989: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Kenny Williams.

December 4, 1990: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Shawn Hillegas to the Cleveland Indians for Lindsay Foster (minors) and Cory Snyder.

December 20, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 29, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Detroit Tigers$60,000
1987Detroit Tigers$100,000
1988Detroit Tigers$125,000
1989Chicago White Sox$165,000
1990Chicago White Sox$415,000
1991Cleveland Indians$1,450,000
1992Detroit Tigers$1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,515,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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