Paul Erickson
[edit] Biography
Born on December 14, 1915 in Zion, Illinois, Paul Erickson (Paul Walford Erickson) played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants over the course of his 8 year career. Erickson broke into the bigs on June 29, 1941 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.70 ERA in 141 innings pitched in 1941, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Paul Erickson's best season was 1946, when he posted a 2.43 ERA and struck out 70 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| 32
| 15
| 5
| 7
| 3.70
| 85
| 70
| 58
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 141
| 126
| 2
| 64
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| 18
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 5.43
| 26
| 40
| 38
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 63
| 70
| 4
| 41
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 6.12
| 24
| 32
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.2
| 47
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 15
| 5
| 9
| 3.55
| 82
| 59
| 49
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 124.1
| 113
| 5
| 67
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 28
| 9
| 7
| 4
| 3.32
| 53
| 41
| 40
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 108.1
| 94
| 5
| 48
| 0
| 2
| 7
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 32
| 14
| 9
| 7
| 2.43
| 70
| 46
| 37
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 137
| 119
| 2
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 20
| 7
| 12
| 4.34
| 82
| 90
| 84
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 174
| 179
| 17
| 93
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1948
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 5.19
| 5
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17.1
| 19
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.35
| 4
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.2
| 7
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| TOT
| N
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 5.25
| 10
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 26
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 207
| 86
| 37
| 48
| 3.86
| 432
| 393
| 349
| 27
| 5
| 6
| 814.1
| 774
| 41
| 425
| 0
| 19
| 19
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 30
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 33
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1948
| PHI
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| TOT
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 207
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 148
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| 32
| 46
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 2
| .152
| .152
| .304
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| 18
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .200
| .250
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 36
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| .056
| .128
| .194
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 28
| 32
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .156
| .229
| .219
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 32
| 40
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .050
| .050
| .075
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 60
| 2
| 15
| 1
| 3
| .250
| .250
| .333
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| TOT
| N
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 207
| 258
| 12
| 38
| 3
| 11
| .147
| .170
| .225
| 9
| 1
| 7
| 89
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
[edit] Transactions
- Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Chicago Cubs (May 20, 1948).
- Claimed on waivers by New York Giants from Philadelphia Phillies (June 21, 1948).
- Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh Pirates from New York Giants (July 30, 1948).
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