Roger Erickson
[edit] Biography
Born on August 30, 1956 in Springfield, Illinois, Roger Erickson (Roger Farrell Erickson) played for the Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees over the course of his 6 year career. Erickson broke into the bigs on April 6, 1978 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 3.96 ERA in 265.2 innings pitched in 1978, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Roger Erickson's best season was 1978, when he posted a 3.96 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 121 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1978
| MIN
| A
| 37
| 37
| 14
| 13
| 3.96
| 121
| 129
| 117
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 265.2
| 268
| 19
| 79
| 1
| 8
| 8
|
| 1979
| MIN
| A
| 24
| 21
| 3
| 10
| 5.63
| 47
| 86
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 123
| 154
| 17
| 48
| 1
| 4
| 1
|
| 1980
| MIN
| A
| 32
| 27
| 7
| 13
| 3.25
| 97
| 83
| 69
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 191.1
| 198
| 13
| 56
| 0
| 5
| 4
|
| 1981
| MIN
| A
| 14
| 14
| 3
| 8
| 3.84
| 44
| 48
| 39
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 91.1
| 93
| 7
| 31
| 4
| 2
| 0
|
| 1982
| NY
| A
| 16
| 11
| 4
| 5
| 4.46
| 37
| 36
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 70.2
| 86
| 5
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1982
| MIN
| A
| 7
| 7
| 4
| 3
| 4.87
| 12
| 29
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 40.2
| 56
| 6
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| 1982
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 18
| 8
| 8
| 4.61
| 49
| 65
| 57
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 111.1
| 142
| 11
| 29
| 2
| 3
| 1
|
| 1983
| NY
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4.32
| 7
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.2
| 13
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 135
| 117
| 35
| 53
| 4.13
| 365
| 419
| 367
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 799.1
| 868
| 68
| 251
| 9
| 24
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1978
| MIN
| A
| P
| 37
| 37
| 265.2
| 13
| 44
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 15
| 9
| .919
|
| 1979
| MIN
| A
| P
| 24
| 21
| 123
| 9
| 17
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 6
| 2
| .929
|
| 1980
| MIN
| A
| P
| 32
| 27
| 191.1
| 8
| 28
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 4
| .973
|
| 1981
| MIN
| A
| P
| 14
| 14
| 91.1
| 8
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 1
| .913
|
| 1982
| NY
| A
| P
| 16
| 11
| 70.2
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .900
|
| 1982
| MIN
| A
| P
| 7
| 7
| 40.2
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| TOT
| A
| P
| 23
| 18
| 111.1
| 6
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 1
| .952
|
| 1983
| NY
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 16.2
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 135
| 117
| 799.1
| 48
| 118
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 27
| 33
| 17
| .938
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1978
| MIN
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| MIN
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| MIN
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| MIN
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| NY
| A
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| MIN
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| NY
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 136
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins with Butch Wynegar to New York Yankees in exchange for John Pacella, Larry Milbourne, Pete Filson and cash (May 12, 1982).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Steve Balboni to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (December 8, 1983).
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