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Eric Ludwick

Eric David Ludwick

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 14, 1971 in Whiteman AFB, MO
High School: Eldorado HS (Las Vegas, NV)
School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 2, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1996
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Cardinals/Athletics/BlueJays 1996-1999

Final Game: April 8, 1999
Relatives: Brother of Ryan Ludwick
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Standard Batting

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
1996 24 STL NL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1997 25 TOT MLB 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 25 STL NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1997 25 OAK AL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1998 26 FLA NL 13 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 27 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Yrs 31 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 13 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 24 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1996 24 STL NL 6 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $109,000 /1
1997 25 STL NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $155,000 /1
1997 25 OAK AL 6 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1998 26 FLA NL 13 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $171,000 1
1999 27 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $220,000 /1
4 Seasons 31 11 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $655,000
STL (2 yrs) 11 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $264,000
OAK (1 yr) 6 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
FLA (1 yr) 13 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $171,000
TOR (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $220,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1996 24 STL NL 2 2 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .268 .000 .338 .000 .420 .000 .758 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1997 25 TOT MLB 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .266 .000 .336 .000 .421 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1997 25 OAK AL 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .266 .000 .336 .000 .421 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1998 26 FLA NL 7 7 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .262 .000 .331 .000 .413 .000 .744 -100 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
4 Yrs 11 11 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .264 .000 .333 .000 .416 .000 .749 -100 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 57 57 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .264 .000 .333 .000 .416 .000 .749 -100 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
STL (2 yrs) 2 2 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .268 .000 .338 .000 .420 .000 .758 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
OAK (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .266 .000 .336 .000 .421 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
FLA (1 yr) 7 7 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .262 .000 .331 .000 .413 .000 .744 -100 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 9 9 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .263 .000 .333 .000 .415 .000 .747 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
AL (2 yrs) 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .266 .000 .336 .000 .421 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1996 24 STL NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
1997 25 TOT MLB 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
1997 25 OAK AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
1998 26 FLA NL 7 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3 1.00 1.00 57% 0% 0.0% 0%
4 Yrs 11 0.0% 45.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2 2.00 2.00 55% 0% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.7% 9.0% 7.8% 33% 1.85 5.3 32.0 7.4 0.81 1.09 70% 21% 8.3% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1996 24 STL NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.15 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.93 -0.6 0
1997 25 TOT MLB -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.08 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.01 -0.8 0
1997 25 STL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 25 OAK AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.08 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.01 -0.8 0
1998 26 FLA NL -2.0 -0.2 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .77 -0.2 0.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.84 -1.9 0
1999 27 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs -3.2 -0.3 11 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .90 -0.3 -0.0 -2.9 -0.3 0.88 -3.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1996 24 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 FLA NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1996 24 STL NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 TOT MLB 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1997 25 OAK AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1998 26 FLA NL 7 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 11 9% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 10% 34% 15% 53% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1996 24 STL NL 2 6 3.00 6 100% 33% 33% 17% 17% 67% 67% 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
1997 25 TOT MLB 2 6 3.00 5 83% 0% 60% 20% 20% 100% 0% 83% 40% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1997 25 OAK AL 2 6 3.00 5 83% 0% 60% 20% 20% 100% 0% 83% 40% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1998 26 FLA NL 7 23 3.29 18 78% 11% 22% 44% 22% 89% 0% 70% 75% 43% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 11 35 3.18 29 83% 14% 31% 34% 21% 86% 0% 71% 64% 55% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 20% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.71 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 30% 6% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 24 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 17 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 30 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 31 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1996 24 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1997 25 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1998 26 13 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
3 Yrs 30 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
162 Game Avg. 162 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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