Roger Erickson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: August 30, 1956 in Springfield, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA).

High School: Lanphier HS (Springfield, IL)

Schools: Springfield College in Illinois (Springfield, IL), University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: April 6, 1978 (Age 21-219d, 13,997th in major league history)
vs. SEA 6.1 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 26, 1983 (Age 27-027d)
vs. CLE 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Roger Farrell Erickson

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Relatives: Nephew of Don Erickson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.1

ERA

4.13

135

117

799.1

365

WHIP

1.400

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-19 / in Starts: 18-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	2	Apr 6	MIN	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	5	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.26	1.80	25	8	7	3	1	5	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.106	1.00	0.08%	1.11	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a3
2	2	7	Apr 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.35	2.78	33	8	13	4	2	7	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.244	.72	0.22%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
3	3	12	Apr 16(1)	MIN		SEA	L,5-8	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.2	6	7	4	4	1	0	1	3.60	3.39	27	4	11	3	0	6	27			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	2	2	.74	-0.367	1.05	-0.31%	-4.82	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d6
4	4	17	Apr 22	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	GS-8	L(2-2)	5	8.0	8	5	4	3	5	0	1	3.86	3.23	34	9	9	1	1	7	50			0	2	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.206	.79	-0.11%	-1.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
5	5	20	Apr 26	MIN	@	OAK	L,8-9	GS-7		3	6.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	4.24	3.20	29	4	11	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.085	.90	-0.03%	-1.68	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out a3
6	6	24	Apr 30	MIN		NYY	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.86	2.87	30	6	11	3	0	6	67			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.164	.39	0.04%	1.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	7	28	May 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-7	GS-3		5	2.0	5	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.70	2.95	11	4	0	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	-0.282	.34	-0.05%	-3.72	1b start tie	3b -2- 0 out d4
8	8	31	May 10	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-7	L(2-3)	3	7.0	11	7	7	0	2	2	0	5.29	3.33	29	9	7	1	0	11	29			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.53	-0.313	.18	-0.06%	-3.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
9	9	34	May 15	MIN		BAL	W,9-6	GS-6		4	5.1	7	4	4	8	0	0	0	5.43	3.69	30	7	8	0	2	7	30			0	0	1	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.221	.22	-0.03%	-2.01	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a2
10	10	37	May 19	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	GS-7	W(3-3)	3	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	1	5.26	3.79	29	11	8	2	3	8	50			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.066	.43	0.02%	0.36	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
11	11	41	May 23	MIN		TEX	W,5-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	6	2	2	5	5	0	0	4.85	3.70	36	6	14	0	2	6	67			0	2	2	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.258	.78	0.10%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	12	46	May 29(2)	MIN	@	TEX	W,7-2	GS-8	W(5-3)	5	7.2	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.61	3.51	30	9	10	2	0	5	61			0	0	0	29	4	1	0	1	0	0	.64	0.131	.24	0.03%	1.19	1b start a 4	8b -23 2 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	49	Jun 2	MIN	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-3)	3	8.2	8	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.36	3.53	36	9	14	3	1	8	57			0	0	0	32	2	3	0	2	0	0	.84	0.334	.32	0.08%	2.94	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a3
14	14	52	Jun 7	MIN		CHW	L,3-8	GS-2	L(6-4)	4	1.1	5	7	4	1	2	1	1	4.70	3.69	11	1	1	0	0	5	23			0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	.93	-0.373	.44	-0.11%	-5.21	1t start tie	2t 1-3 1 out d5
15	15	55	Jun 10	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-6		2	5.0	8	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.74	3.81	24	6	7	2	1	8	38			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.207	.39	-0.05%	-1.04	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out tie
16	16	59	Jun 14	MIN		CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	10	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.50	3.75	40	10	15	2	2	10	58			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	.45	0.160	.17	0.04%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	17	63	Jun 20	MIN		CAL	L,5-10	GS-7	L(7-5)	5	6.2	8	6	6	4	5	0	0	4.72	3.70	32	9	6	1	1	8	35			1	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.246	.81	-0.12%	-1.96	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d3
18	18	69	Jun 25(2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS-6	W(8-5)	4	5.0	11	4	4	2	1	2	0	4.82	3.91	27	4	10	1	0	10	28			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.191	.72	-0.06%	-2.00	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	19	75	Jul 3	MIN		MIL	W,7-2	CG	W(9-5)	7	9.0	9	2	2	0	8	0	1	4.62	3.71	36	10	8	2	0	9	69			0	0	1	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.228	.36	0.07%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	20	80	Jul 8	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-8	GS-5		4	4.0	7	7	7	1	5	0	1	4.97	3.64	21	3	4	0	1	7	24			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.355	1.27	-0.28%	-4.04	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out a2
21	21	86	Jul 16(2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(9-6)	7	8.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	0	4.87	3.63	31	8	13	1	1	7	59			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.001	.63	0.00%	1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
22	22	90	Jul 21	MIN		BAL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	6	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.89	3.78	29	9	10	0	0	6	49			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.225	.25	-0.04%	-0.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
23	23	95	Jul 25	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	GS-8	W(10-6)	3	7.1	9	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.77	3.72	32	11	7	2	0	9	53			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.183	.16	0.02%	1.33	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
24	24	100	Jul 30(1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	1	4.73	3.66	31	7	9	2	0	7	54			0	0	0	28	4	1	0	1	0	1	1.16	-0.056	.15	0.00%	0.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	25	106	Aug 5(1)	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	W(11-6)	5	9.0	10	3	2	1	4	1	0	4.58	3.65	36	14	7	1	0	10	60			0	0	2	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.73	0.424	.10	0.01%	1.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	26	111	Aug 9	MIN		SEA	L,1-4	CG	L(11-7)	3	9.0	10	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.55	3.66	38	11	11	1	0	10	53			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.177	.01	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
27	27	116	Aug 13(2)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.38	3.59	32	13	10	6	0	5	75			0	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.579	.02	0.01%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	28	121	Aug 17	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	CG(10)	W(13-7)	3	10.0	8	5	5	4	3	0	0	4.38	3.57	41	12	14	2	4	8	55			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.107	.02	0.00%	-0.20	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
29	29	127	Aug 23	MIN		TEX	L,0-2	CG	L(13-8)	5	9.0	7	2	1	4	4	0	0	4.24	3.55	36	12	9	2	1	7	67			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.112	.00	0.00%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
30	30	131	Aug 27	MIN	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.16	3.56	32	9	13	2	1	5	61			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.078	.00	0.00%	1.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	31	134	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	L(13-9)	4	9.0	7	4	4	0	9	2	0	4.15	3.55	33	8	9	3	1	7	66			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.106	.00	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
32	32	139	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	GS-4	L(13-10)	3	4.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.20	3.60	17	9	2	0	0	4	42			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-1.08	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
33	33	142	Sep 9	MIN		MIL	L,0-3	CG	L(13-11)	3	9.0	5	3	2	3	2	0	1	4.12	3.59	35	11	13	2	4	5	66			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.034	.00	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
34	34	146	Sep 15	MIN	@	MIL	W,10-3	CG	W(14-11)	5	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.07	3.62	36	8	16	0	3	8	59			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	0	.26	0.005	.00	0.00%	1.24	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
35	35	150	Sep 19	MIN		CAL	L,1-4	GS-9	L(14-12)	3	8.0	9	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.05	3.62	32	10	8	1	2	9	55			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	-0.025	.00	0.00%	0.84	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out d2
36	36	155	Sep 23	MIN		KCR	L,1-3	CG	L(14-13)	3	9.0	5	3	2	4	6	1	0	3.98	3.63	35	7	13	2	3	5	69			0	2	2	30	0	0	1	1	0	1	.63	-0.020	.00	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
37	37	159	Sep 27	MIN	@	TEX	L,5-10	GS-6		3	5.2	6	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.96	3.59	24	6	9	2	0	6	50			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.17	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.65	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out a1
							18-19		W-L:14-13	3.8	265.2	268	129	117	79	121	19	8	3.96	3.59	1120	0.87		9%	6%	263	51		---%	5	15	10	1019	47	11	1	20	7	11	.94	-0.534	.33	-0.54%	0.17

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