Eric Ludwick
Eric David Ludwick
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 14, 1971 in Whiteman Afb, MO
High School: El Dorado (Las Vegas, NV)
School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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
Final Game: April 8, 1999
Relatives: Brother of Ryan Ludwick
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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
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 47 1.400 9.9 3.6 2.7 10.8 4.00
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 51 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 44 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 54 2.000 12.0 2.6 6.0 5.3 0.88
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 54 1.929 12.7 1.9 4.7 7.4 1.59
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 18 5.000 27.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 2 10 .167 8.35 31 12 5 0 0 0 74.1 104 76 69 19 44 2 60 2 0 2 364 50 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 50 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 46 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 54 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 54 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 18 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 51 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 49 2.120 12.6 2.5 6.5 5.0 0.78

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 31 364 311 76 104 16 1 19 20 3 44 60 .334 .417 .576 .992 .362 179 9 2 4 3 2
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 35 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 67 31 10 3 0 5 6.3 5.4 3.7 57 4 0 1 0 105
3 Seasons 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 71 5 4 2 0 105
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1996 24 STL NL 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.962 0 2 3 0 1 4 0 5 1 1 1 0 3.0 20
1997 25 TOT MLB 11 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0.783 1 1 4 0 1 5 2 4 4 2 5 1 4.0 27
1997 25 STL NL 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 0.719 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 0 0 0 4 0.803 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 21
1998 26 FLA NL 13 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 6 0.797 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 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0.799 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 38
4 Seasons 31 19 5 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 2 33% 0.812 2 3 14 1 2 16 4 15 9 4 11 1 3.8 27

Ratio Pitching*

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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 42% 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 39% 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 44% 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 37% 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 42% 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 Seasons 364 41% 5.2% 16.5% 12.1% 9.9% 35% 0.62 1.03 65% 27% 14.3% 14% 96 9 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 Seasons 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 1 0 6 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1996 24 0 1 .000 9.00 6 1 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 11 10 4 3 0 12 1 0 0 45 47 1.400 9.9 3.6 2.7 10.8 4.00 47
1997 25 1 6 .143 8.63 17 6 5 0 0 0 40.2 55 42 39 12 25 1 33 2 0 0 197 50 1.967 12.2 2.7 5.5 7.3 1.32 50
1998 26 2 10 .167 8.10 30 12 5 0 0 0 73.1 101 73 66 19 42 2 60 2 0 2 356 52 1.950 12.4 2.3 5.2 7.4 1.43 52
1999 27 2 10 .167 8.35 31 12 5 0 0 0 74.1 104 76 69 19 44 2 60 2 0 2 364 50 1.991 12.6 2.3 5.3 7.3 1.36 50

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 8.10 10.0 11 10 9 4 3 12 1 1.400 9.9 2.7 10.8 4.00 3.6 6
1997 25 0 3 .000 9.32 28.0 44 32 29 8 22 19 1 2.357 14.1 7.1 6.1 0.86 2.6 11
1998 26 1 2 .333 7.59 32.0 47 30 27 7 17 26 0 2.000 13.2 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 Seasons 1 6 .143 8.62 71.0 105 75 68 19 44 57 2 2.099 13.3 7.2 1.30 2.4 31

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