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

Summary of 68 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 18 go ahead

2 Tms
MIN	62
NYY	6

Platoon
vs LHB	37
vs RHB	31

Home/Road
Away	36
Home	32

Outs
2	25
1	22
0	21

12 Opps
BOS	11
BAL	7
CHW	7
OAK	6
CAL	6
CLE	6
MIL	6
KCR	5
TEX	4
SEA	4
DET	3
TOR	3

53 Batters
Jim Rice	4
Jeff Burroughs	3
Gary Roenicke	3
Cecil Cooper	3
Don Baylor	3
Mitchell Page	2
Jorge Orta	2
Buddy Bell	2
Carl Yastrzemski	2
Bo Díaz	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Bernie Carbo	1
Jim Maler	1
George Brett	1
Claudell Washington	1
Mark Brouhard	1
Dan Meyer	1
Tony Armas	1
Harold Baines	1
Richie Hebner	1
Dave Stapleton	1
Bill Nahorodny	1
Hal McRae	1
Dan Graham	1
John Mayberry	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Fred Lynn	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Clint Hurdle	1
Otto Vélez	1
Tony Pérez	1
Roy Howell	1
Johnny Grubb	1
Ken Singleton	1
Joe Rudi	1
Rick Leach	1
Pat Kelly	1
Mike Hargrove	1
Darrell Porter	1
Richie Zisk	1
Danny Goodwin	1
Mickey Rivers	1
Lamar Johnson	1
Lee May	1
Pete LaCock	1
Rich Gedman	1
Bob Molinaro	1
Ron Hassey	1
Steve Kemp	1
Willie Montañez	1
Ben Oglivie	1
Willie Aikens	1
Wayne Gross	1

14 Parks
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	25
Fenway Pk (BOS)	8
Angel Stad (ANA)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
9	27
7	21
8	6
89	3
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47
2·HR gms	9
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	7
--3	6
12-	5
-2-	5
1-3	2
-23	1

102 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	42
1 on	18
2 on	8
Any on	26

Inning
1	9
2	7
3	8
4	7
5	9
6	10
7	7
8	4
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	24
4-6	26
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	7
+1	10
Tied	16
-1	8
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	11

Ahead	26
Tied	16
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
DH	16
1B	12
RF	12
LF	12
C	6
3B	5
2B	3
PH	1
CF	1

OrderPos
5th	15
3rd	14
6th	12
4th	10
7th	6
2nd	4
9th	3
8th	3
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-04-11	Don Baylor	CAL		MIN	behind 0-6	b 5	1	---	1	5	DH	2%	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1978-05-10	Lamar Johnson	CHW		MIN	ahead 3-1	b 3	2	--3	2	5	3	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kessinger Scores
3	3	3	2	1978-05-10	Bill Nahorodny	CHW		MIN	ahead 5-2	b 7	1	-2-	2	9	2	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Soderholm Scores
4	4	4	1	1978-05-19	Hal McRae	KCR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	DH	11%	63%		Home Run (CF-RF)
5	5	5	1	1978-06-07	Jorge Orta	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---	1	3	4	10%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1978-06-10	Johnny Grubb	CLE		MIN	behind 1-3	b 6	0	1--	2	5	7	27%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Thornton Scores
7	7	7	1	1978-06-25 (2)	Jorge Orta	CHW		MIN	tied 0-0	b 3	1	12-	3	3	4	24%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kessinger Scores; T. Bosley Scores
8	8	8	2	1978-06-25 (2)	Bob Molinaro	CHW		MIN	behind 3-7	b 4	1	---	1	7	DH	6%	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	1978-07-16 (2)	Fred Lynn	BOS		MIN	tied 1-1	b 6	2	--3	2	5	8	26%	82%		Home Run; J. Brohamer Scores
10	10	10	1	1978-07-21	Ken Singleton	BAL	@	MIN	behind 0-3	t 6	1	1-3	3	4	9	27%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Harlow Scores; R. Dauer Scores
11	11	11	2	1978-07-21	Pat Kelly	BAL	@	MIN	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	7	7	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	12	1	1978-08-05 (1)	Danny Goodwin	CAL		MIN	behind 0-2	b 2	1	1--	2	6	DH	20%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rudi Scores
13	13	13	1	1978-08-09	Dan Meyer	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	6	3	22%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jones Scores; L. Roberts Scores
14	14	14	1	1978-09-01	Bo Díaz	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	9	2	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	15	2	1978-09-01	Bernie Carbo	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	---	1	5	9	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	16	1	1978-09-05	Claudell Washington	CHW	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 3	1	1--	2	1	7	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Nahorodny Scores
17	17	17	1	1978-09-15	Cecil Cooper	MIL		MIN	behind 1-7	b 3	2	---	1	3	3	3%	7%		Home Run (Deep CF)
18	18	18	1	1978-09-19	Joe Rudi	CAL	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 9	0	---	1	5	7	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	19	1	1978-09-23	Clint Hurdle	KCR	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	9	8%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1979-04-07	Mitchell Page	OAK		MIN	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	1	3	DH	23%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	2	1	1979-04-12	Willie Aikens	CAL		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-	2	6	DH	16%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rudi Scores
22	22	3	1	1979-04-24	Bobby Bonds	CLE		MIN	ahead 5-0	b 2	2	---	1	3	9	3%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	4	1	1979-05-08	Otto Vélez	TOR	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	9	10%	46%		Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	5	1	1979-05-20	George Brett	KCR		MIN	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	---	1	2	5	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	6	1	1979-05-25	Darrell Porter	KCR	@	MIN	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	2	15%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	7	1	1979-06-04	Gary Roenicke	BAL		MIN	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	12%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	8	1	1979-06-09	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	--3	2	5	3	14%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Burleson Scores
28	28	9	2	1979-06-09	Carlton Fisk	BOS		MIN	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	---	1	6	DH	4%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	10	3	1979-06-09	Jim Rice	BOS		MIN	ahead 5-0	b 5	0	-2-	2	4	7	2%	99%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores
30	30	11	1	1979-06-17	Lee May	BAL	@	MIN	ahead 6-4	t 6	0	---	1	6	DH	8%	86%		Home Run (LF-CF)
31	31	12	1	1979-08-15	Jim Rice	BOS		MIN	tied 2-2	b 5	2	12-	3	4	7	30%	86%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Fisk Scores/unER; F. Lynn Scores/unER; J. Rice Scores/unER
32	32	13	1	1979-09-02	Gary Roenicke	BAL		MIN	tied 1-1	b 8	1	-2-	2	5	7	28%	93%		Home Run; K. Singleton Scores
33	33	14	1	1979-09-10 (1)	Pete LaCock	KCR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	10%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	15	1	1979-09-16	Willie Montañez	TEX		MIN	behind 0-6	b 7	0	---	1	5	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep CF)
35	35	16	1	1979-09-22	Sixto Lezcano	MIL		MIN	behind 1-6	b 9	0	1--	2	6	9	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores
36	36	17	1	1979-09-28	Cecil Cooper	MIL	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1980-05-25	Mark Brouhard	MIL		MIN	behind 0-1	b 4	1	12-	3	7	9	30%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Oglivie Scores; D. Davis Scores
38	38	2	1	1980-05-30	Gary Roenicke	BAL	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---	1	8	7	14%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	3	1	1980-06-08 (1)	John Mayberry	TOR	@	MIN	behind 0-5	t 9	1	---	1	3	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	4	1	1980-06-20	Mike Hargrove	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	1	3	3	13%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	5	1	1980-06-29	Buddy Bell	TEX		MIN	behind 0-4	b 5	2	1--	2	3	5	13%	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores
42	42	6	1	1980-07-18	Dave Stapleton	BOS		MIN	tied 0-0	b 10	1	---	1	2	4	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	7	1	1980-07-22	Dan Graham	BAL	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	12-	3	5	2	18%	81%		Home Run (CF-RF); K. Singleton Scores; E. Murray Scores
44	44	8	1	1980-07-26	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 4-0	t 8	1	---	1	7	DH	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	9	1	1980-08-12	Wayne Gross	OAK	@	MIN	behind 1-2	t 8	2	---	1	3	5	25%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	10	1	1980-08-21 (2)	Steve Kemp	DET	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	3	7	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	11	2	1980-08-21 (2)	Richie Hebner	DET	@	MIN	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	---	1	4	3	9%	87%		Home Run (Deep CF)
48	48	12	1	1980-08-30	Roy Howell	TOR		MIN	behind 1-2	b 9	1	---	1	4	5	47%	58%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
49	49	13	1	1980-09-10	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	DH	17%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Cooper Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1981-04-10	Tony Armas	OAK	@	MIN	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	---	1	5	9	12%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF)
51	51	2	1	1981-04-21	Mitchell Page	OAK		MIN	behind 0-2	b 4	2	1--	2	6	DH	26%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Revering Scores
52	52	3	1	1981-04-30	Jim Rice	BOS		MIN	behind 2-8	b 9	0	---	1	4	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	4	2	1981-04-30	Tony Pérez	BOS		MIN	behind 3-8	b 9	0	---	1	5	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	5	1	1981-06-03	Buddy Bell	TEX	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	5	11%	61%		Home Run
55	55	6	1	1981-08-14 (2)	Jeff Burroughs	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	9	22%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Zisk Scores/unER; D. Meyer Scores/unER; J. Burroughs Scores/unER
56	56	7	1	1981-08-18	Rick Leach	DET		MIN	tied 0-0	b 6	2	-23	3	6	9	32%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Kemp Scores; K. Gibson Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1982-04-07	Richie Zisk	SEA	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	4	DH	12%	57%		Home Run
58	58	2	2	1982-04-07	Jim Maler	SEA	@	MIN	behind 2-7	t 6	0	---	1	7	3	3%	8%		Home Run
59	59	3	1	1982-04-18	Don Baylor	CAL		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	--3	2	6	DH	12%	85%		Home Run; B. Grich Scores/unER; D. Baylor Scores/unER
60	60	4	2	1982-04-18	Don Baylor	CAL		MIN	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---	1	6	DH	7%	90%		Home Run
61	61	5	1	1982-05-10	Rich Gedman	BOS	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	11%	61%		Home Run
62	62	6	2	1982-05-10	Jim Rice	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	--3	2	3	7	3%	98%		Home Run; R. Miller Scores
63	63	7	1	1982-06-22	Cecil Cooper	MIL		NYY	behind 0-1	b 1	1	--3	2	3	3	14%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Yount Scores
64	64	8	1	1982-07-07	Jeff Burroughs	OAK		NYY	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---	1	9	PH	7%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	9	1	1982-07-16	Jeff Burroughs	OAK	@	NYY	behind 1-6	t 7	2	---	1	5	9	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	10	1	1982-07-22	Mickey Rivers	TEX	@	NYY	behind 2-4	t 7	1	---	1	2	DH	11%	26%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	11	1	1982-08-03 (2)	Harold Baines	CHW	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	2	3	9	19%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Law Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1983-09-18 (1)	Ron Hassey	CLE		NYY	ahead 6-3	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)