Roger Erickson

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Full Name: Roger Farrell Erickson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/180	First Game: April 6, 1978
Birthdate: August 30, 1956	Final Game: September 26, 1983
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[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.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
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

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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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