Erik Hiljus
[edit] Biography
Born on December 25, 1972 in Panorama City, California, Erik Hiljus (Erik Kristian Hiljus) played for the Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 4 year career. Hiljus broke into the bigs on September 10, 1999 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.41 ERA in 66 innings pitched in 2001, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Erik Hiljus's best season was 2001, when he posted a 3.41 ERA and struck out 67 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1999
| DET
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.19
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.2
| 7
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| DET
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.36
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.2
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| OAK
| A
| 16
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 3.41
| 67
| 29
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 70
| 7
| 21
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| 2002
| OAK
| A
| 9
| 9
| 3
| 3
| 6.50
| 29
| 36
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 45.2
| 52
| 11
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 34
| 20
| 8
| 3
| 4.79
| 99
| 73
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 124
| 134
| 21
| 48
| 2
| 3
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1999
| DET
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 8.2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| DET
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 3.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2001
| OAK
| A
| P
| 16
| 11
| 66
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| OAK
| A
| P
| 9
| 9
| 45.2
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| .889
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 34
| 20
| 124
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 2
| 0
| .933
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1999
| DET
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| DET
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| OAK
| A
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| OAK
| A
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed June 11, 1991).
- Traded by New York Mets with Eric Ludwick and Yudith Orozio to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bernard Gilkey (January 22, 1996).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 20, 1997).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (March 9, 1998).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (November 27, 2000).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 6, 2000).
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