Niklas Eriksson

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born July 16, 1970

Biographical Information

Niklas Eriksson played in the Elitserien and for the Swedish national team.

Eriksson got into one game in the 1995 European Championship, replacing Olof Lindfors in left late in a rout of Ukraine. He singled in a run in his lone at-bat and handled one putout. He was not the lone Eriksson on the team; they also had Tomas Eriksson, possibly a relative (the Swedish team has had numerous sets of brothers over the years). He hit .077/.250/.077 in the 2001 European Championship, with one run and one RBI in four games. He allowed eight hits and five runs (two earned) in 2 2/3 IP.

Elitserien stats prior to 2004 are not available online. In '04, he was 0-2 with a 4.20 ERA for the Alby Stars. He did not play in '05 and was 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA in 2006. In 2007, he hit .309/.423/.357 and was 1-7 with a 8.93 ERA. He tied for second in losses, two behind Mikael Boström. Moving to the Stockholm Monarchs for '08, batting .255/.320/.319 was 4-2 with a 3.51 ERA. He tied Mikael Andersson for 9th in wins. The next year, he was at 5-1, 4.60 while turning 39 years old. He tied for 4th in victories. He was 3-1 with a 3.71 ERA in 2010, then pitched six shutout innings in 2012.