Eric King (MLB)

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Full Name: Eric Steven King	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180	First Game: May 15, 1986
Birthdate: April 10, 1964	Final Game: October 4, 1992
Birthplace: Oxnard, California	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on April 10, 1964 in Oxnard, California, Eric King (Eric Steven King) played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career. King broke into the bigs on May 15, 1986 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.51 ERA in 138.1 innings pitched in 1986, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Eric King's best season was 1990, when he posted a 3.28 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 70 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1986	DET	A	33	16	11	4	3.51	79	54	54	3	1	3	138.1	108	11	63	3	4	8
1987	DET	A	55	4	6	9	4.89	89	67	63	0	0	9	116	111	15	60	10	5	4
1988	DET	A	23	5	4	1	3.41	45	28	26	0	0	3	68.2	60	5	34	2	4	5
1989	CHI	A	25	25	9	10	3.39	72	69	60	1	1	0	159.1	144	13	64	1	5	4
1990	CHI	A	25	25	12	4	3.28	70	59	55	2	2	0	151	135	10	40	0	2	6
1991	CLE	A	25	24	6	11	4.60	59	83	77	2	1	0	150.2	166	7	44	4	2	3
1992	DET	A	17	14	4	6	5.22	45	47	46	0	0	1	79.1	90	12	28	1	3	1
Total			203	113	52	45	3.97	459	407	381	8	5	16	863.1	814	73	333	21	25	31

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1986	DET	A	P	33	16	138.1	19	15	1	0	0	2	8	5	0	.971
1987	DET	A	P	55	4	116	15	22	1	3	0	1	12	3	3	.974
1988	DET	A	P	23	5	68.2	3	8	2	0	0	0	4	2	1	.846
1989	CHI	A	P	25	25	159.1	15	20	3	2	0	4	13	7	1	.921
1990	CHI	A	P	25	25	151	8	15	0	1	0	2	8	5	0	1.000
1991	CLE	A	P	25	24	150.2	9	14	2	2	0	1	8	3	0	.920
1992	DET	A	P	17	14	79.1	6	5	1	0	0	0	8	3	0	.917
Total			P	203	113	863.1	75	99	10	8	0	10	61	28	5	.946

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1986	DET	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	DET	A	55	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	DET	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	CHI	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	CHI	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	CLE	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	DET	A	17	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			203	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by San Francisco Giants (June 11, 1983).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Dave LaPoint and Matt Nokes to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Juan Berenguer, Bob Melvin and a player to be named later (October 7, 1985); San Francisco Giants received Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ken Williams (March 23, 1989).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Shawn Hillegas to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Cory Snyder and Lindsay Foster (December 4, 1990).
Granted free agency (December 20, 1991).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (January 29, 1992).
Granted free agency (October 29, 1992).

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