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: 7-17 / in Starts: 7-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 2

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	38	2	Apr 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS-9		99	9.0	4	1	1	3	1	1	0	1.00	4.95	33	10	16	2	4	3	73			0	1	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.452	2.23	0.40%	3.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
2	39	6	Apr 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-7	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	3.2	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.84	5.57	17	5	5	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.177	1.60	-0.19%	-1.59	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d2
3	40	11	Apr 18	MIN		CAL	L,6-11	GS-2	L(0-2)	5	1.2	4	5	2	4	1	0	0	3.77	5.94	14	3	2	0	0	4	30			1	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.56	-0.376	3.15	-0.46%	-4.25	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d4
4	41	15	Apr 24	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-2	L(0-3)	5	1.2	4	6	6	4	0	1	0	6.75	7.17	13	2	3	0	0	4	19			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.365	1.12	-0.33%	-5.19	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d6
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
5	42	23	May 3	MIN		DET	W,7-6	GS-2		8	1.1	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	7.79	7.12	11	1	1	0	0	4	33			1	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.248	2.87	-0.30%	-2.89	1t start tie	2t --3 1 out d3
6	43	28	May 8	MIN		TOR	W,16-6	GS-6		4	5.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	0	8.06	6.81	23	5	7	1	0	7	33			0	1	0	20	3	2	0	0	1	1	1.10	-0.265	2.45	-0.35%	-1.90	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a1
7	44	32	May 14	MIN		TEX	L,5-7	GS-6		5	5.0	8	4	4	3	0	0	0	7.90	6.39	24	7	6	1	0	8	32			0	0	0	21	4	0	0	2	0	1	1.39	-0.106	4.01	-0.18%	-0.67	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
8	45	37	May 20	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-5	GS-6	L(0-4)	5	6.0	6	5	5	3	3	1	0	7.83	6.21	26	2	12	1	2	6	40			0	1	0	22	2	2	0	0	1	0	.47	-0.196	1.26	-0.32%	-1.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
9	46	41	May 25	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	7.09	5.94	25	5	9	4	2	7	50			1	1	1	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.123	2.98	0.19%	1.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
10	47	45	May 30	MIN		OAK	L,4-5	GS-7	L(0-5)	4	6.1	7	5	5	1	2	0	1	7.09	5.53	27	8	8	1	0	7	40			1	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.091	1.86	-0.10%	-0.41	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out tie
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
11	48	50	Jun 4	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	6.62	5.36	26	6	9	1	0	6	53			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.079	2.14	0.08%	1.05	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
12	49	55	Jun 9	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-12	GS-5	L(0-6)	4	4.1	10	7	7	0	2	3	0	7.23	5.79	23	5	6	0	1	10	17			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.303	.85	-0.33%	-4.52	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out d7
13	50	61	Jun 17	MIN		BAL	L,5-8	4-6		7	2.1	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	7.25	5.90	10	2	3	1	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	.59	-0.052	.85	-0.05%	-0.57	4t -2- 2 out d2	6t 3 out d4
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
14	51	107	Aug 5(1)	MIN		CAL	L,7-11	5-7	L(0-7)	48	3.0	5	5	4	1	2	0	0	7.48	5.73	15	4	3	2	0	5		3	2	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.26	-0.471	4.40	-0.99%	-3.51	5t 123 0 out a2	7t 3 out d4
15	52	113	Aug 10(2)	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	0	6.78	5.23	38	14	7	0	0	8	68			1	0	0	35	1	1	0	2	0	2	1.43	0.428	2.83	0.51%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
16	53	118	Aug 15	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-6		4	6.0	10	5	1	0	2	1	0	6.37	5.16	27	6	9	3	0	10	42			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.09	-0.275	2.76	-0.42%	-1.66	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d3
17	54	123	Aug 20	MIN		BOS	W,10-5	GS-9	W(1-7)	4	8.1	9	5	5	1	1	0	0	6.27	4.93	34	9	14	4	0	9	45			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.157	1.39	0.23%	0.29	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a7
18	55	126	Aug 24	MIN		NYY	L,5-7	6-GF		3	4.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.99	4.91	16	9	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.105	1.48	0.19%	2.18	6t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
19	56	130	Aug 29(1)	MIN		BAL	L,0-4	GS-5	L(1-8)	4	4.1	6	4	3	2	4	0	0	6.00	4.79	21	5	4	0	1	6	39			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.161	3.21	-0.34%	-1.90	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d3
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
20	57	135	Sep 2	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(1-9)	3	7.1	7	3	3	5	3	1	0	5.83	4.85	32	7	10	2	0	7	50			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.49	-0.008	4.32	-0.02%	0.80	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out d2
21	58	142	Sep 10(1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-4		7	3.1	6	4	4	4	2	1	0	5.99	4.99	20	6	2	1	0	6	30			1	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.229	.60	-0.06%	-1.83	1b start tie	4b --3 1 out a1
22	59	149	Sep 16	MIN	@	TEX	W,6-2	GS-7	W(2-9)	5	7.0	7	1	1	2	0	1	0	5.69	5.02	28	8	11	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.52	0.151	.33	0.06%	2.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
23	60	155	Sep 22	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-3	GS-9	W(3-9)	5	8.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	5.54	4.95	33	10	10	0	0	9	54			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.198	1.65	0.26%	1.20	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out a3
24	61	160	Sep 28	MIN		MIL	L,1-10	GS-5	L(3-10)	5	4.1	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	5.63	4.96	20	9	3	0	0	7	32			2	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.83	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d2
							7-17		W-L:3-10	4.7	123.0	154	86	77	48	47	17	1	5.63	4.96	556	0.91		8%	4%	150	42	4	50%	9	6	2	496	36	12	1	14	6	7	1.03	-1.762	2.13	-2.50%	-17.75

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