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Eric
Erickson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 13, 1895 in Sweden, , GOTEBORG
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1914 19 CHN NL   7 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1915 20 CHN NL   7 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1916 21 CHN NL   7 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1917 22 CHN NL   7 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1918 23 CHN NL   7 3 4 3 6 6 6 9 9 9
1919 24 CHN NL   7 3 4 3 6 6 6 9 9 9
1920 25 CLE AL $ 809,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1921 26 CLE AL $ 809,000 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1922 27 CLE AL $ 809,000 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1923 28 CLE AL   7 4 4 4 5 5 5 10 10 10
1924 29 CLE AL   7 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1925 30 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1926 31 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1927 32 CLE AL   7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 809,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1914 19 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1915 20 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1916 21 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1917 22 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1918 23 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1919 24 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1920 25 CLE AL $ 809,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1921 26 CLE AL $ 809,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1922 27 CLE AL $ 809,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1923 28 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1924 29 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1925 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1926 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1927 32 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 809,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1914 19 AAA   5 6 .455 21 12 6 1 0 108.7 105 36 5 49 74 2.98 .255 .334 .352 .686  
1915 20 AAA   18 4 .818 24 24 8 4 0 197.0 136 50 8 102 137 2.28 .196 .299 .267 .566  
1916 21 AAA   15 9 .625 26 26 12 1 0 195.3 183 93 14 106 125 4.29 .247 .341 .364 .705  
1917 22 AAA   10 9 .526 23 22 14 3 0 174.7 137 58 5 82 126 2.99 .212 .301 .273 .574  
1918 23 AAA   12 11 .522 28 28 9 1 0 218.3 187 81 6 108 141 3.34 .229 .319 .312 .631  
1919 24 AAA   11 7 .611 23 23 10 3 0 185.3 182 71 6 76 111 3.45 .257 .329 .327 .656  
1920 25 CLE AL 4 12 .250 27 21 2 0 0 147.3 174 94 9 74 47 5.74 .297 .376 .401 .777 0.0
    AAA   4 3 .571 8 8 3 0 0 59.3 57 26 2 28 26 3.94 .250 .332 .316 .648  
1921 26 AAA   8 10 .444 26 26 5 0 0 186.7 214 100 15 92 76 4.82 .286 .364 .410 .775  
1922 27 AAA   10 7 .588 22 22 6 0 0 151.7 173 89 6 74 59 5.28 .289 .368 .385 .752  
1923 28 AAA   14 9 .609 28 28 10 1 0 208.0 210 104 8 108 100 4.50 .263 .351 .358 .709  
1924 29 AAA   11 14 .440 29 29 13 1 0 224.7 256 117 9 95 92 4.69 .280 .348 .372 .721  
1925 30 CLE AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 0 3 2 1.50 .238 .333 .286 .619 0.7
    AAA   9 11 .450 27 27 9 1 0 200.0 207 100 14 88 66 4.50 .266 .341 .372 .713  
1926 31 CLE AL 3 3 .500 32 8 0 0 0 74.7 101 53 6 49 15 6.39 .331 .423 .472 .895 0.0
1927 32 AAA   2 2 .500 17 4 1 0 0 45.7 62 28 4 20 25 5.52 .313 .376 .465 .841  
3 Years Sim 7 15 .318 63 29 2 0 0 228.0 280 148 15 126 64 5.84 .307 .391 .422 .813 0.7
13 Years AAA 129 102 .558 302 279 106 16 0 2155.3 2109 953 102 1028 1158 3.98 .255 .337 .348 .685  
Season Average 2 5 .286 21 9 0 0 0 76.0 93 49 5 42 21 5.84 .307 .391 .422 .813  
Career Highs 4 12 .500 32 21 2 0 0 147.3 174 94 9 74 47 6.39 .331 .423 .472 .895  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   109 60 6 42 24   .299 .372 .423 .795
vs LH   171 88 9 84 40   .312 .403 .422 .825
Home 3 8 .273 32 12 0 0 0 97.0 134 74 6 64 24 6.87 .340 .432 .475 .907
Away 4 7 .364 31 17 2 0 0 131.0 146 74 9 62 40 5.08 .282 .359 .382 .741
Mar/Apr 2 0 1.000 7 4 0 0 0 30.7 32 18 2 22 6 5.28 .276 .391 .431 .822
May 2 4 .333 13 6 0 0 0 47.3 65 37 3 31 11 7.04 .337 .429 .446 .874
June 2 2 .500 10 5 0 0 0 37.0 44 23 3 15 17 5.60 .295 .360 .403 .762
July 1 3 .250 14 7 1 0 0 52.0 63 39 4 26 18 6.75 .304 .382 .459 .841
August 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 8.3 11 6 1 5 1 6.48 .324 .410 .412 .822
Sep/Oct 0 6 .000 13 7 1 0 0 52.7 65 25 2 27 11 4.27 .305 .383 .376 .759
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1920 25 CLE AL 27 49 2 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 18 .082 .113 .102 .215 -0.8 0.0
1925 30 CLE AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1926 31 CLE AL 32 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .056 .056 .111 .167 -1.5 0.0
3 Years Sim 63 69 3 5 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 19 .072 .096 .101 .197 -2.5 0.0
162 Game Average 177 7 12 5 0 0 15 0 0 2 48 .072 .096 .101 .197 -6.3  
Career Highs 32 49 2 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 18 .082 .113 .111 .215 -0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   38 1 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 .079 .075 .105 .180 -1.6
vs LH   31 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .065 .121 .097 .218 -1.2
Home 32 25 2 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .120 .148 .200 .348 0.2
Away 31 44 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .045 .065 .045 .111 -3.0
RISP   13 0 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 .154 .188 .231 .418 0.2
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 7 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .077 .077 .154 .231 -0.4
May 13 12 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .167 .214 .250 .464 0.6
June 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
July 7 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .063 .118 .063 .180 -0.9
Sep/Oct 13 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1920 25 CLE AL P 27 21 147.3 8 33 2 1 .953 2.50    
1925 30 CLE AL P 4 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1926 31 CLE AL P 32 8 74.7 4 18 0 2 1.000 2.65    
Career Totals   63 29 228.0 13 52 2 3 .970 2.57    
Career Highs   32 21 147.3 8 33 2 2 1.000 3.00    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns Allowed
1920-10-9
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  4. Clint Brown (968)
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  6. Paul Hopkins (967)
  7. Jack Katoll (966)
  8. Ernie Shore (965)
  9. Chippy Gaw (965)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1914
Injured on 7/2/1915 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/10/1917 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 9/1/1917 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
9/14/1919: Signed a minor league contract extension with Chicago (N)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 3/1/1920 to a 3-year deal worth $809,000 per year
Earned first career win on 4/19/1920
Had first career hit (double) on 5/16/1920, off Chief Bender (CHA)
Injured on 4/18/1921 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/9/1921 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/5/1922 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/9/1922 with a Strained Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/19/1923 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/8/1925 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
 
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