Eric King (MLB)
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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