Paul Erickson

Full Name: Paul Walford Erickson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: June 29, 1941
Birthdate: December 14, 1915	Final Game: July 10, 1948
Birthplace: Zion, Illinois	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: April 5, 2002
Deathplace: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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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.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1941	CHI	N	32	15	5	7	3.70	85	70	58	7	1	1	141	126	2	64	4	2
1942	CHI	N	18	7	1	6	5.43	26	40	38	1	0	0	63	70	4	41	2	0
1943	CHI	N	15	4	1	3	6.12	24	32	29	0	0	0	42.2	47	4	22	2	2
1944	CHI	N	33	15	5	9	3.55	82	59	49	5	3	1	124.1	113	5	67	5	0
1945	CHI	N	28	9	7	4	3.32	53	41	40	3	0	3	108.1	94	5	48	2	7
1946	CHI	N	32	14	9	7	2.43	70	46	37	5	1	0	137	119	2	65	0	3
1947	CHI	N	40	20	7	12	4.34	82	90	84	6	0	1	174	179	17	93	3	5
1948	PHI	N	4	2	2	0	5.19	5	10	10	0	0	0	17.1	19	2	17	1	0
1948	NY	N	2	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
1948	CHI	N	3	0	0	0	6.35	4	5	4	0	0	0	5.2	7	0	6	0	0
1948	TOT	N	9	2	2	0	5.25	10	15	14	0	0	0	24	26	2	25	1	0
Total			207	86	37	48	3.86	432	393	349	27	5	6	814.1	774	41	425	19	19

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1941	CHI	N	P	32	2	21	1	1	.958
1942	CHI	N	P	18	5	12	0	2	1.000
1943	CHI	N	P	15	1	6	0	0	1.000
1944	CHI	N	P	33	7	30	2	1	.949
1945	CHI	N	P	28	2	19	0	0	1.000
1946	CHI	N	P	32	5	22	0	0	1.000
1947	CHI	N	P	40	8	33	1	3	.976
1948	PHI	N	P	4	2	4	0	0	1.000
1948	NY	N	P	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1948	CHI	N	P	3	1	1	0	0	1.000
1948	TOT	N	P	9	3	5	0	0	1.000
Total			P	207	33	148	4	7	.978

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1941	CHI	N	32	46	5	7	1	2	.152	.152	.304	4	0	0	12	1	2
1942	CHI	N	18	21	0	3	0	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	11	0	0
1943	CHI	N	15	15	0	3	0	3	.200	.250	.200	0	0	1	6	0	0
1944	CHI	N	33	36	2	2	1	1	.056	.128	.194	0	1	3	15	0	0
1945	CHI	N	28	32	2	5	0	0	.156	.229	.219	2	0	3	8	4	0
1946	CHI	N	32	40	1	2	0	0	.050	.050	.075	1	0	0	16	6	2
1947	CHI	N	40	60	2	15	1	3	.250	.250	.333	2	0	0	19	0	0
1948	PHI	N	4	7	0	1	0	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	2	0	0
1948	NY	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	CHI	N	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	TOT	N	9	8	0	1	0	1	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total			207	258	12	38	3	11	.147	.170	.225	9	1	7	89	11	4

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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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