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 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
1993	21	NYM-min	A-	4	4	.500	3.18	10	10	0	1	0	0	51.0	51	27	18	0	18	0	40	0	2	4	219		1.353	9.0	0.0	3.2	7.1	2.22	PFD · NYPL
1994	22	NYM-min	A+	7	13	.350	4.55	27	27	0	3	0	0	150.1	162	102	76	6	77	1	77	6	5	3	671		1.590	9.7	0.4	4.6	4.6	1.00	SCE · FLOR
1995	23	NYM-min	AA,AAA	13	6	.684	3.31	27	25	0	3	2	0	163.1	130	67	60	12	75	1	140	3	0	7	678		1.255	7.2	0.7	4.1	7.7	1.87	BNG,NFK · EL,IL
1996	24	STL-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.83	11	11	0	0	0	0	60.1	55	24	19	4	24	2	73	1	0	2	253		1.309	8.2	0.6	3.6	10.9	3.04	LOU · AA
1996	24	STL	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	6	1	2	0	0	0	10.0	11	11	10	4	3	0	12	1	0	0	45	48	1.400	9.9	3.6	2.7	10.8	4.00
1997	25	STL-OAK-min	AAA	7	9	.438	3.00	30	14	12	1	0	4	99.0	89	38	33	8	30	0	105	5	0	6	409		1.202	8.1	0.7	2.7	9.5	3.50	LOU,EDM · AA,PCL
1997	25	TOT	MLB	1	5	.167	8.51	11	5	3	0	0	0	30.2	44	31	29	8	22	1	21	1	0	0	152	53	2.152	12.9	2.3	6.5	6.2	0.95
1997	25	STL	NL	0	1	.000	9.45	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.2	12	7	7	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	36	46	2.700	16.2	1.4	8.1	9.5	1.17
1997	25	OAK	AL	1	4	.200	8.25	6	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	32	24	22	7	16	1	14	1	0	0	116	55	2.000	12.0	2.6	6.0	5.3	0.88
1998	26	FLA-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.71	8	8	0	0	0	0	26.2	25	17	11	1	13	0	26	1	0	3	118		1.425	8.4	0.3	4.4	8.8	2.00	CHR · IL
1998	26	FLA	NL	1	4	.200	7.44	13	6	0	0	0	0	32.2	46	31	27	7	17	1	27	0	0	2	159	55	1.929	12.7	1.9	4.7	7.4	1.59
1999	27	FLA-min	AAA	11	6	.647	3.86	48	0	44	0	0	14	58.1	65	33	25	5	36	4	61	2	0	1	270		1.731	10.0	0.8	5.6	9.4	1.69	CGY · PCL
1999	27	TOR	AL	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	24	5.000	27.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
2000	28	MIL-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.80	12	11	0	0	0	0	64.1	55	26	20	3	32	1	52	3	0	4	276		1.352	7.7	0.4	4.5	7.3	1.63	INA · IL
4 Yrs				2	10	.167	8.35	31	12	5	0	0	0	74.1	104	76	69	19	44	2	60	2	0	2	364	52	1.991	12.6	2.3	5.3	7.3	1.36
162 Game Avg.				3	16	.167	8.35	49	19	8	0	0	0	117	164	120	109	30	70	3	95	3	0	3	576	52	1.991	12.6	2.3	5.3	7.3	1.36

STL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	9.18	11	1	5	0	0	0	16.2	23	18	17	5	9	0	19	1	0	0	81	47	1.920	12.4	2.7	4.9	10.3	2.11
OAK (1 yr)				1	4	.200	8.25	6	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	32	24	22	7	16	1	14	1	0	0	116	55	2.000	12.0	2.6	6.0	5.3	0.88
FLA (1 yr)				1	4	.200	7.44	13	6	0	0	0	0	32.2	46	31	27	7	17	1	27	0	0	2	159	55	1.929	12.7	1.9	4.7	7.4	1.59
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	24	5.000	27.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00

NL (3 yrs)				1	6	.143	8.03	24	7	5	0	0	0	49.1	69	49	44	12	26	1	46	1	0	2	240	52	1.926	12.6	2.2	4.7	8.4	1.77
AL (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	9.00	7	5	0	0	0	0	25.0	35	27	25	7	18	1	14	1	0	0	124	51	2.120	12.6	2.5	6.5	5.0	0.78

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
1996	24	STL	NL	10.0	6	1	11	9.90	4.94	0.45	-0.09	98.4	4.33	-6	-0.6	.6	0.0	-0.4	-5	.405	.496	$109,000
1997	25	STL	NL	6.2	5	0	7	9.45	4.96	0.40	-0.38	96.9	4.05	-4	-0.4	.8	0.0	-0.3	-3	.423	.498	$155,000
1997	25	OAK	AL	24.0	6	5	24	9.00	5.14	-0.58	0.16	94.4	5.54	-9	-0.8	.1	0.0	-0.6	-6	.367	.495	$
1998	26	FLA	NL	32.2	13	6	31	8.54	4.44	-0.08	0.00	96.0	4.34	-15	-1.4	.5	0.1	-1.1	-12	.391	.491	$171,000
1999	27	TOR	AL	1.0	1	0	3	27.00	4.06	0.10	-0.30	108.0	3.96	-3	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.306	.499	$220,000
4 Seasons				74.1	31	12	76	9.20	4.77	-0.12	0.00	96.0	4.69	-37	-3.4	.6	0.2	-2.5	-29	.392	.496	$655,000

STL (2 yrs)				16.2	11	1	18	9.72	4.95	0.43	-0.21	97.8	4.22	-10	-0.9	.7	0.1	-0.7	-9	.414	.497	$264,000
OAK (1 yr)				24.0	6	5	24	9.00	5.14	-0.58	0.16	94.4	5.54	-9	-0.8	.1	0.0	-0.6	-6	.367	.495	$
FLA (1 yr)				32.2	13	6	31	8.54	4.44	-0.08	0.00	96.0	4.34	-15	-1.4	.5	0.1	-1.1	-12	.391	.491	$171,000
TOR (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	3	27.00	4.06	0.10	-0.30	108.0	3.96	-3	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.306	.499	$220,000

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
1996	24	STL	NL	6	45	40	11	11	0	0	4	3	1	3	12	.275	.333	.575	.908	.280	23	0	1	0	1	0	1
1997	25	OAK	AL	6	116	97	24	32	4	0	7	10	0	16	14	.330	.430	.588	1.017	.329	57	5	1	2	0	1	2
1997	25	STL	NL	5	36	30	7	12	0	0	1	2	1	6	7	.400	.500	.500	1.000	.500	15	1	0	0	0	0	0
1997	25	TOT	MLB	11	152	127	31	44	4	0	8	12	1	22	21	.346	.447	.567	1.014	.367	72	6	1	2	0	1	2
1998	26	FLA	NL	13	159	138	31	46	11	1	7	5	1	17	27	.333	.401	.580	.981	.368	80	3	0	2	2	1	5
1999	27	TOR	AL	1	8	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.500	.625	.667	1.292	.500	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				31	364	311	76	104	16	1	19	20	3	44	60	.334	.417	.576	.992	.362	179	9	2	4	3	2	8
162 Game Avg.				49	576	492	120	164	25	2	30	32	5	70	95	.334	.417	.576	.992	.362	283	14	3	6	5	3	13
MLB Averages																.269	.339	.425	.764	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	24	STL	NL	-5.1	-0.5	49	-0.6	0.6	-1.3	.96	-0.4	-0.3	-4.7	-0.4	0.96	-4.0	0	2	3
1997	25	TOT	MLB	-13.8	-1.2	161	-1.2	1.7	-2.9	.77	-1.6	0.1	-14.7	-1.3	0.77	-17.3	1	1	4
1997	25	STL	NL	-3.5	-0.3	38	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.70	-0.3	-0.2	-4.8	-0.5	0.70	-3.1	1	1	3
1997	25	OAK	AL	-10.3	-0.9	123	-0.8	1.5	-2.4	.80	-1.3	0.3	-9.9	-0.9	0.80	-14.2	0	0	1
1998	26	FLA	NL	-13.6	-1.3	165	-1.2	1.8	-3.0	.79	-1.4	-0.1	-17.1	-1.6	0.79	-15.3	1	0	6
1999	27	TOR	AL	-2.1	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.80	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.80	-1.4	0	0	1
4 Yrs				-34.6	-3.2	383	-3.2	4.2	-7.4	.80	-3.5	-0.5	-37.8	-3.5	0.80	-37.9	2	3	14

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
1996	24	STL	NL	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.0	37	37	2	2	1	0	3.0	6.8	5.0	87	0	1	0	0	87
1997	25	TOT	MLB	11	5	1	4	0	1	0	1	4	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0%		48	24	7	3	0	2	3.6	3.8	4.5	81	1	3	1	0	102
1997	25	OAK	AL	6	5	1	4	0	1	0	1	4	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.6	48	24	5	3	0	2	3.6	3.8	4.5	81	1	3	1	0	102
1998	26	FLA	NL	13	6	1	3	2	1	1	2	4	.333	1	2	0	0	1	17%	44.2	67	31	10	3	0	5	6.3	5.4	3.7	66	4	0	2	0	108
3 Yrs				25	12	2	8	2	2	1	3	9	.250	1	2	0	0	1	8%	40	67	24	17	8	1	7	4.9	4.7	4.2	74	5	4	3	0	108
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					5.0	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1996	24	STL	NL	6	5	2	0	0	0		0	0	0		8	.959	0	2	3	0	1	4	0	5	1	1	1	0	3.0	20
1997	25	TOT	MLB	11	6	3	1	0	0		0	3	0	0%		.774	1	1	4	0	1	5	2	4	4	2	5	1	4.0	27
1997	25	STL	NL	5	5	3	1	0	0		0	3	0	0%	8	.701	1	1	3	0	1	4	2	3	3	2	4	1	4.0	28
1997	25	OAK	AL	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		4	.797	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4.0	21
1998	26	FLA	NL	13	7	0	1	1	1	0%	1	2	2	100%	6	.787	1	0	6	1	0	6	1	6	4	1	4	0	4.4	30
1999	27	TOR	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0%	3	.803	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	38
4 Yrs				31	19	5	2	1	1	0%	1	6	2	33%		.803	2	3	14	1	2	16	4	15	9	4	11	1	3.8	27

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%
1996	24	STL	NL	45	58%	8.9%	26.7%	6.7%	8.9%	36%	0.56	0.55	56%	24%	23.5%	6%	9	0	0%
1997	25	TOT	MLB	152	61%	5.3%	13.8%	14.5%	7.9%	27%	0.54	0.84	64%	25%	14.3%	16%	45	6	13%
1997	25	STL	NL	36	56%	2.8%	19.4%	16.7%	2.8%	8%	0.44	0.71	61%	30%	7.1%	13%	14	1	7%
1997	25	OAK	AL	116	63%	6.0%	12.1%	13.8%	9.5%	34%	0.57	0.87	66%	24%	16.7%	18%	31	5	16%
1998	26	FLA	NL	159	58%	4.4%	17.0%	10.7%	12.0%	41%	0.69	1.33	67%	30%	12.1%	13%	39	3	8%
1999	27	TOR	AL	8	50%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	33%	2.00		75%	33%	0.0%	0%	3	0	0%
4 Yrs				364	59%	5.2%	16.5%	12.1%	9.9%	35%	0.62	1.03	65%	27%	14.3%	14%	96	9	9%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.7%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.09	70%	21%	8.3%	15%			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
1996	24	STL	NL	45	188	4.18	126	67%	22%	16%	39%	23%	78%	0%	52%	80%	64%	2%	1	1	33%	15	10	0	33%	1	0	0	0	0
1997	25	TOT	MLB	152	566	3.72	329	58%	27%	13%	27%	33%	73%	0%	43%	82%	51%	6%	9	4	16%	24	17	4	29%	4	4	0	0	0
1997	25	STL	NL	36	141	3.92	84	60%	26%	20%	26%	27%	74%	0%	44%	73%	53%	6%	2	1	25%	9	7	3	43%	1	1	0	0	0
1997	25	OAK	AL	116	425	3.66	245	58%	27%	11%	27%	35%	73%	1%	42%	85%	51%	6%	7	3	13%	15	10	1	21%	3	3	0	0	0
1998	26	FLA	NL	159	603	3.79	356	59%	23%	18%	27%	32%	77%	2%	46%	77%	54%	7%	11	7	18%	29	12	2	26%	4	3	0	0	0
1999	27	TOR	AL	8	38	4.75	20	53%	30%	10%	30%	30%	70%	0%	37%	86%	50%	0%	0	0	25%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				364	1395	3.83	831	60%	24%	16%	29%	31%	76%	1%	45%	79%	54%	6%	21	12	19%	70	39	6	28%	9	7	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

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
1996	24	STL	NL	45	11	2	0	4	0	0	3	1	4	0	3	2	1	67%	1	0	0	16	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1997	25	TOT	MLB	152	44	2	0	8	0	3	2	6	5	3	9	5	1	56%	2	0	0	75	12	1	92%	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	25	STL	NL	36	12	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	75%	0	0	0	18	2	1	67%	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	25	OAK	AL	116	32	2	0	7	0	1	2	5	4	3	5	2	1	40%	2	0	0	57	10	0	100%	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	26	FLA	NL	159	46	4	0	7	0	3	4	3	4	3	11	10	1	91%	5	2	0	68	5	1	83%	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0
1999	27	TOR	AL	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	33%	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				364	104	9	0	19	0	6	9	10	13	6	26	18	3	69%	8	2	0	163	20	3	87%	15	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	6	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	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1996	24	0	1	.000	9.00	6	1	2	10.0	11	11	10	4	3	0	12	1	0	45	48	1.400	9.9	3.6	2.7	10.8	4.00	48
1997	25	1	6	.143	8.63	17	6	5	40.2	55	42	39	12	25	1	33	2	0	197	51	1.967	12.2	2.7	5.5	7.3	1.32	51
1998	26	2	10	.167	8.10	30	12	5	73.1	101	73	66	19	42	2	60	2	2	356	53	1.950	12.4	2.3	5.2	7.4	1.43	53
1999	27	2	10	.167	8.35	31	12	5	74.1	104	76	69	19	44	2	60	2	2	364	52	1.991	12.6	2.3	5.3	7.3	1.36	52

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996	24	0	1	.000	9.00	10.0	11	11	10	4	3	12	1	1.400	9.9	2.7	10.8	4.00	3.6	6
1997	25	1	2	.333	8.69	29.0	43	31	28	8	22	20	1	2.241	13.3	6.8	6.2	0.91	2.5	11
1998	26	1	2	.333	7.59	32.0	46	30	27	7	17	26	0	1.969	12.9	4.8	7.3	1.53	2.0	13
1999	27	0	0		27.00	1.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	5.000	27.0	18.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
4 Yrs		2	5	.286	8.50	72.0	103	75	68	19	44	58	2	2.042	12.9		7.3	1.32	2.4	31

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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