Eric Lauer

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-3, 209lb (190cm, 94kg)

Born: June 3, 1995 in Elyria, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 17th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Midview HS (Grafton, OH) and the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (25th) of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kent State University (Kent, OH).

High School: Midview HS (Grafton, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 1 yr/$4.4M (26)

Service Time (01/2026): 5.091 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Eric Lance Lauer

Nicknames: Gomer

Pronunciation: \LOUW-er\

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

0.2

6.0

ERA

4.81

4.20

163

139

76.2

778.0

716

WHIP

1.278

1.323

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2014	19	-1.6	Kent State	MAC	NCAA		8	4	.667	3.26	3.94	15	14			0	0	80.0	58	35	29	6	36	0	64	9	1	3	336	1.175	6.5	0.7	4.1	7.2	1.78
2014	19	-0.9	Keene	NECL	Smr		2	1	.667	4.02	4.60	4	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	14	8	7	1	6	0	17	1	0	2	65	1.277	8.0	0.6	3.4	9.8	2.83
2015	20	-0.8	Kent State	MAC	NCAA		5	4	.556	1.98	3.02	15	13			1	0	86.1	63	29	19	1	26	0	103	5	4	5	349	1.031	6.6	0.1	2.7	10.7	3.96
2015	20	-0.1	Orleans	CCBL	Smr		4	1	.800	2.04	2.27	8	8	0	0	0	0	39.2	21	10	9	0	18	0	50	4	0	4	162	0.983	4.8	0.0	4.1	11.3	2.78

2016	21	0.4	Kent State	MAC	NCAA		10	2	.833	0.69	1.30	15	15		3	3	0	104.0	49	15	8	4	28	0	125	7	0	6	389	0.740	4.2	0.3	2.4	10.8	4.46

2016	21		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A--Rk-A	SDP	1	1	.500	2.03	2.61	10	10	0	0	0	0	31.0	24	9	7	1	9	0	37	0	0	2	123	1.065	7.0	0.3	2.6	10.7	4.11
2016	21	-0.7	Fort Wayne	MIDW	A	SDP	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2016	21	-0.2	Tri-City	NORW	A-	SDP	1	0	1.000	1.44	1.44	7	7	0	0	0	0	25.0	17	4	4	0	7	0	28	0	0	2	96	0.960	6.1	0.0	2.5	10.1	4.00
2016	21	0.1	Padres	ARIZ	Rk	SDP	0	1	.000	6.75	11.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	20	2.000	15.8	2.3	2.3	15.8	7.00
2017	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	SDP	6	8	.429	3.30	3.67	22	21	1	0	0	0	122.2	117	50	45	10	36	0	132	3	0	3	511	1.247	8.6	0.7	2.6	9.7	3.67
2017	22	-2.1	San Antonio	TL	AA	SDP	4	3	.571	3.93	4.09	10	9	1	0	0	0	55.0	52	25	24	6	17	0	48	0	0	0	227	1.255	8.5	1.0	2.8	7.9	2.82
2017	22	-1.1	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	SDP	2	5	.286	2.79	3.33	12	12	0	0	0	0	67.2	65	25	21	4	19	0	84	3	0	3	284	1.241	8.6	0.5	2.5	11.2	4.42
2018	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	SDP	2	1	.667	2.22	2.22	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	16	6	6	1	10	0	26	1	0	0	97	1.068	5.9	0.4	3.7	9.6	2.60
2018	23	-3.6	El Paso	PCL	AAA	SDP	2	1	.667	2.53	2.53	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.1	13	6	6	1	9	0	22	1	0	0	86	1.031	5.5	0.4	3.8	9.3	2.44
2018	23	-0.2	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	SDP	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	11	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2018	23	-5.2	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	6	7	.462	4.34	4.90	23	23	0	0	0	0	112.0	127	61	54	15	46	2	100	6	1	2	504	1.545	10.2	1.2	3.7	8.0	2.17
2019	24	-4.3	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	8	10	.444	4.45	4.93	30	29	0	0	0	0	149.2	158	82	74	20	51	4	138	5	1	4	651	1.396	9.5	1.2	3.1	8.3	2.71
2020	25	-3.4	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	2	.000	13.09	13.09	4	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	17	16	16	2	9	0	12	2	0	1	61	2.364	13.9	1.6	7.4	9.8	1.33
2021	26	-1.0	Nashville	AAAE	AAA	MIL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	17	0.600	1.8	0.0	3.6	21.6	6.00
2021	26	-2.9	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	7	5	.583	3.19	3.49	24	20	0	0	0	0	118.2	94	46	42	16	41	1	117	2	0	2	489	1.138	7.1	1.2	3.1	8.9	2.85
2022	27	-2.2	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	11	7	.611	3.69	4.03	29	29	0	0	0	0	158.2	135	71	65	27	59	0	157	2	2	5	661	1.223	7.7	1.5	3.3	8.9	2.66
2023	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	MIL	3	4	.429	5.04	6.65	13	10	1	0	0	0	44.2	54	33	25	6	24	0	66	2	0	0	209	1.746	10.9	1.2	4.8	13.3	2.75
2023	28	1.1	Nashville	IL	AAA	MIL	3	4	.429	5.15	6.80	12	9	1	0	0	0	43.2	54	33	25	6	23	0	64	2	0	0	206	1.763	11.1	1.2	4.7	13.2	2.78
2023	28	6.7	Brewers	ACL	Rk	MIL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
2023	28	-1.2	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	4	6	.400	6.56	7.52	10	9	1	0	0	0	46.2	54	39	34	16	24	0	43	0	0	0	211	1.671	10.4	3.1	4.6	8.3	1.79
2024	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	HOU	4	5	.444	5.26	6.09	19	16	0	0	0	0	75.1	87	51	44	11	31	0	86	4	2	2	340	1.566	10.4	1.3	3.7	10.3	2.77
2024	29	1.5	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	2	3	.400	5.09	6.07	11	10	0	0	0	0	46.0	56	31	26	5	20	0	49	3	2	2	213	1.652	11.0	1.0	3.9	9.6	2.45
2024	29	2.0	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	2	2	.500	5.52	6.14	8	6	0	0	0	0	29.1	31	20	18	6	11	0	37	1	0	0	127	1.432	9.5	1.8	3.4	11.4	3.36
2024	29	1.3	Kia	KBO	Fgn		2	2	.500	4.93	4.93	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.2	35	19	19	3	12	0	37	3	0	0	150	1.356	9.1	0.8	3.1	9.6	3.08
2025	30	2.7	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	1	3	.250	4.50	4.50	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	24	12	12	2	6	0	21	1	0	0	102	1.250	9.0	0.8	2.3	7.9	3.50
2025	30	0.8	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	9	2	.818	3.18	3.35	28	15	2	0	0	0	104.2	90	39	37	15	26	1	102	2	0	0	426	1.108	7.7	1.3	2.2	8.8	3.92
2026	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	LAD-TOR	4	5	.444	4.81	4.81	15	12	1	0	0	0	76.2	71	41	41	18	27	0	47	2	1	1	325	1.278	8.3	2.1	3.2	5.5	1.74
2026	31	1.7	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	1	5	.167	6.69	6.69	8	6	1	0	0	0	36.1	38	27	27	11	16	0	26	0	0	1	162	1.486	9.4	2.7	4.0	6.4	1.63
2026	31	1.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	3	0	1.000	3.12	3.12	7	6	0	0	0	0	40.1	33	14	14	7	11	0	21	2	1	0	163	1.091	7.4	1.6	2.5	4.7	1.91
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		49	44	.527	4.20	4.57	163	139	4	0	0	0	778.0	746	395	363	129	283	8	716	21	5	15	3328	1.323	8.6	1.5	3.3	8.3	2.53
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		17	22	.436	3.83	4.43	75	68	2	0	0	0	327.0	323	161	139	31	118	0	380	11	2	7	1399	1.349	8.9	0.9	3.2	10.5	3.22
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		2	2	.500	4.93	4.93	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.2	35	19	19	3	12	0	37	3	0	0	150	1.356	9.1	0.8	3.1	9.6	3.08
College (3 seasons)					College		23	10	.697	1.86	2.63	45	42		3	4	0	270.1	170	79	56	11	90	0	292	21	5	14	1074	0.962	5.7	0.4	3.0	9.7	3.24
Other (2 seasons)					Other		6	2	.750	2.60	2.93	12	11	0	0	0	0	55.1	35	18	16	1	24	0	67	5	0	6	227	1.066	5.7	0.2	3.9	10.9	2.79
All Levels (13 Seasons)							97	80	.548	3.64	4.13	302	267	6	3	4	0	1465.1	1309	672	593	175	527	8	1492	61	12	42	6178	1.253	8.0	1.1	3.2	9.2	2.83

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		10	13	.435	4.62	5.42	41	35	1	0	0	0	169.1	179	102	87	20	71	0	205	8	2	2	751	1.476	9.5	1.1	3.8	10.9	2.89
AA (1 season)					Minors		4	3	.571	3.93	4.09	10	9	1	0	0	0	55.0	52	25	24	6	17	0	48	0	0	0	227	1.255	8.5	1.0	2.8	7.9	2.82
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		2	5	.286	2.67	3.18	13	13	0	0	0	0	70.2	68	25	21	4	20	0	88	3	0	3	295	1.245	8.7	0.5	2.5	11.2	4.40
A (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	1.44	1.44	7	7	0	0	0	0	25.0	17	4	4	0	7	0	28	0	0	2	96	0.960	6.1	0.0	2.5	10.1	4.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	5.40	9.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	5	3	1	2	0	9	0	0	0	23	1.800	12.6	1.8	3.6	16.2	4.50
NCAA (3 seasons)					College		23	10	.697	1.86	2.63	45	42		3	4	0	270.1	170	79	56	11	90	0	292	21	5	14	1074	0.962	5.7	0.4	3.0	9.7	3.24
NCAA (3 seasons)					College		23	10	.697	1.86	2.63	45	42		3	4	0	270.1	170	79	56	11	90	0	292	21	5	14	1074	0.962	5.7	0.4	3.0	9.7	3.24