Eric King

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: April 10, 1964 in Oxnard, CA us

High School: Royal HS (Simi Valley, CA)

School: Moorpark College (Moorpark, CA)

Debut: May 15, 1986 (Age 22-035d, 15,154th in major league history)
vs. TEX 5.1 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 4, 1992 (Age 28-177d)
vs. TOR 5.2 IP, 3 H, 9 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Eric Steven King

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.6

ERA

3.97

203

113

863.1

459

WHIP

1.329

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 73 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 14 tying, 22 go ahead

3 Tms
DET	43
CHW	23
CLE	7

Platoon
vs LHB	44
vs RHB	29

Home/Road
Away	40
Home	33

Outs
0	31
1	24
2	18

13 Opps
SEA	12
NYY	11
BAL	10
OAK	6
CLE	6
MIN	5
CAL	5
DET	4
MIL	4
KCR	3
TOR	3
BOS	2
TEX	2

53 Batters
Mark McGwire	5
Jesse Barfield	3
Matt Nokes	3
Alvin Davis	3
Greg Briley	2
Wally Joyner	2
Tony Bernazard	2
Sam Horn	2
Lou Whitaker	2
Kent Hrbek	2
Cory Snyder	2
Dan Pasqua	2
Mickey Tettleton	2
Joe Orsulak	2
Randy Bush	1
Ruppert Jones	1
Willie Upshaw	1
Tino Martinez	1
Gary Ward	1
Mel Hall	1
Tim Laudner	1
Cecil Fielder	1
Bo Jackson	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Tony Fernández	1
Claudell Washington	1
Larry Sheets	1
Mike Pagliarulo	1
Bill Schroeder	1
Pete O'Brien	1
Jeffrey Leonard	1
Rene Gonzales	1
Todd Benzinger	1
Edgar Martínez	1
Kirk Gibson	1
Albert Belle	1
Dale Sveum	1
Lee Lacy	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Mickey Brantley	1
Brian Downing	1
Willie Wilson	1
Don Mattingly	1
Rich Gedman	1
Harold Baines	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Rick Cerone	1
Randy Milligan	1
Robin Yount	1
Larry Parrish	1
Scott Bradley	1

14 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	17
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	13
ClevelandStd (CLE)	9
Kingdome (SEA)	9
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Memor. Stad (BAL)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
9	22
7	19
8	10
89	8
78	5

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	26
2	13
3	11
1	11
4	6
7+	3
5	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	12
4·HR gms	1
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	48
1--	13
12-	4
-2-	4
123	2
1-3	2

108 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	48
1 on	17
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	25

Inning
1	7
2	7
3	5
4	14
5	12
6	10
7	7
8	9
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	19
4-6	36
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	5
+1	7
Tied	18
-1	15
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	13

Ahead	20
Tied	18
Behind	35

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	26
0-0	11
1-0	9
1-1	7
2-1	6
3-2	4
0-1	4
2-0	3
0-2	1
3-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	17
RF	11
C	10
LF	10
DH	9
2B	5
CF	5
3B	4
SS	2

OrderPos
4th	17
5th	14
2nd	9
6th	9
7th	8
3rd	7
1st	7
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	30
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-06-08	Jesse Barfield	TOR	@	DET	behind 0-2	t 5	1	1--		2	6	9	22%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Bell Scores
2	2	2	1	1986-07-03	Claudell Washington	NYY		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---		1	2	9	10%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	2	1986-07-03	Dan Pasqua	NYY		DET	tied 2-2	b 2	0	---		1	6	7	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	1986-07-12	Willie Wilson	KCR		DET	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1986-07-30	Tony Bernazard	CLE		DET	behind 0-6	b 6	1	---		1	1	4	2%	4%		Home Run
6	6	6	2	1986-07-30	Tony Bernazard	CLE		DET	behind 1-9	b 8	1	1--		2	1	4	0%	1%		Home Run; B. Jacoby Scores
7	7	7	1	1986-08-22	Scott Bradley	SEA	@	DET	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---		1	7	2	12%	45%		Home Run (CF-RF)
8	8	8	1	1986-08-28	Ruppert Jones	CAL		DET	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	---		1	1	9	10%	89%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	9	1	1986-09-02	Mickey Brantley	SEA		DET	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---		1	1	8	15%	57%		Home Run
10	10	10	2	1986-09-02	Alvin Davis	SEA		DET	tied 3-3	b 5	1	---		1	3	3	15%	69%		Home Run
11	11	11	1	1986-09-23	Jesse Barfield	TOR	@	DET	behind 2-3	t 9	1	---		1	5	9	35%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1987-05-09	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	DET	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---		1	6	3	16%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	2	1	1987-05-19	Larry Parrish	TEX		DET	behind 7-8	b 8	2	12-		3	5	DH	62%	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Sierra Scores; O. McDowell Scores
14	14	3	1	1987-05-31 (2)	Tim Laudner	MIN	@	DET	ahead 4-3	t 6	1	---		1	7	2	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	4	1	1987-06-21	Lee Lacy	BAL		DET	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---		1	7	9	6%	13%		Home Run
16	16	5	2	1987-06-21	Larry Sheets	BAL		DET	behind 2-7	b 8	2	---		1	5	7	1%	2%		Home Run
17	17	6	1	1987-07-10	Wally Joyner	CAL		DET	behind 3-9	b 8	0	---		1	3	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	7	1	1987-07-21	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	DET	tied 4-4	t 10	0	---		1	4	3	33%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	8	1	1987-08-02	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY		DET	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	1--		2	5	5	14%	88%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Easler Scores
20	20	9	1	1987-08-08	Dan Pasqua	NYY	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-2-		2	6	9	16%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Pagliarulo Scores
21	21	10	2	1987-08-08	Rick Cerone	NYY	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---		1	7	2	8%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	11	3	1987-08-08	Gary Ward	NYY	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---		1	2	7	6%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	12	4	1987-08-08	Don Mattingly	NYY	@	DET	ahead 4-0	t 5	2	---		1	3	3	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	13	1	1987-08-21 (1)	Cory Snyder	CLE		DET	ahead 10-4	b 8	1	1--		2	7	9	0%	100%		Home Run; B. Jacoby Scores
25	25	14	1	1987-09-20	Bill Schroeder	MIL	@	DET	ahead 8-2	t 7	2	-2-		2	7	2	1%	99%		Home Run; B. Surhoff Scores
26	26	15	1	1987-09-30	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	DET	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	1--		2	5	6	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Murray Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1988-06-11	Willie Upshaw	CLE		DET	behind 2-11	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	2	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	2	1	1988-07-08	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	---	7,(3-2) BBFBCFX	1	5	3	9%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
29	29	3	1	1988-08-14	Rich Gedman	BOS		DET	behind 0-14	b 3	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	9	2	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Reed Scores
30	30	4	2	1988-08-14	Todd Benzinger	BOS		DET	behind 2-18	b 8	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	5	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); E. Burks Scores; L. Parrish Scores
31	31	5	1	1988-09-26	Cory Snyder	CLE		DET	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	9	7%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1989-04-05	Brian Downing	CAL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	DH	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	2	1	1989-04-10	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		CHW	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	10%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	3	2	1989-04-10	Jeffrey Leonard	SEA		CHW	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	14%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	4	1	1989-05-19	Tony Fernández	TOR	@	CHW	behind 1-3	t 5	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	2	6	38%	61%		Home Run; N. Liriano Scores; J. Félix Scores
36	36	5	1	1989-05-24	Mickey Tettleton	BAL	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	4	2	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	6	1	1989-05-29	Matt Nokes	DET	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 4	2	123	5,(2-2) BFBFX	4	6	2	35%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Pettis Scores; A. Trammell Scores; K. Moreland Scores
38	38	7	1	1989-06-03 (1)	Randy Bush	MIN	@	CHW	tied 4-4	t 5	1	---	7,(3-2) FBBBFFX	1	6	3	15%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	8	1	1989-06-08	Rubén Sierra	TEX		CHW	ahead 5-1	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
40	40	9	1	1989-08-05	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	CHW	behind 0-7	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	4	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41	41	10	1	1989-08-11	Greg Briley	SEA		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	7	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	11	2	1989-08-11	Greg Briley	SEA		CHW	tied 3-3	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	2	7	18%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
43	43	12	3	1989-08-11	Alvin Davis	SEA		CHW	ahead 4-3	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	3	3	11%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
44	44	13	1	1989-08-22	Kent Hrbek	MIN		CHW	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1990-05-11	Bo Jackson	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	8	11%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
46	46	2	1	1990-05-17	Mickey Tettleton	BAL	@	CHW	behind 1-2	t 7	0	1--	4,(2-1) 1BC1BX	2	6	2	33%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Milligan Scores
47	47	3	1	1990-05-23	Joe Orsulak	BAL		CHW	behind 0-3	b 4	1	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	6	9	29%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); C. Ripken Scores; M. Tettleton Scores
48	48	4	1	1990-05-28	Jesse Barfield	NYY	@	CHW	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	9	15%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
49	49	5	1	1990-06-09	Gary Gaetti	MIN		CHW	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	5	5	12%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
50	50	6	1	1990-07-03	Cecil Fielder	DET	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	3,(2-0) 1BBX	2	4	3	19%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Phillips Scores
51	51	7	2	1990-07-03	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	CHW	tied 3-3	t 4	2	1-3	3,(1-1) SBX	3	1	4	30%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Shelby Scores; M. Salas Scores
52	52	8	1	1990-07-08	Randy Milligan	BAL	@	CHW	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	13%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	9	2	1990-07-08	Joe Orsulak	BAL	@	CHW	tied 2-2	t 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	2	7	27%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Devereaux Scores
54	54	10	1	1990-09-29	Alvin Davis	SEA	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 4	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	DH	20%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Griffey Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1991-04-23	Kirk Gibson	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 5-0	t 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	DH	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball); K. Gibson Scores
56	56	2	1	1991-05-04	Mark McGwire	OAK		CLE	behind 1-10	b 4	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	5	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. McGwire Scores
57	57	3	2	1991-05-04	Harold Baines	OAK		CLE	behind 2-10	b 6	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	DH	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); H. Baines Scores
58	58	4	1	1991-05-10	Wally Joyner	CAL	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 7	2	123	2,(0-1) SX	4	2	3	15%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hill Scores; D. Schofield Scores; L. Polonia Scores; W. Joyner Scores
59	59	5	1	1991-05-15	Edgar Martínez	SEA	@	CLE	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	12%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Martínez Scores
60	60	6	1	1991-05-25	Dale Sveum	MIL		CLE	behind 0-3	b 8	0	---	8,(3-2) BBCFFBFX	1	8	5	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Sveum Scores
61	61	7	1	1991-09-15	Sam Horn	BAL		CLE	behind 0-3	b 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	4	DH	17%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Orsulak Scores; S. Horn Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1992-04-10	Mel Hall	NYY	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	4	7	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Hall Scores
63	63	2	1	1992-04-15	Albert Belle	CLE		DET	behind 0-8	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Belle Scores
64	64	3	1	1992-04-20	Sam Horn	BAL		DET	behind 1-4	b 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	4	DH	17%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. Ripken Scores; S. Horn Scores
65	65	4	1	1992-05-03	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	DET	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	13%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. McGwire Scores
66	66	5	1	1992-05-08	Pete O'Brien	SEA		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3,(0-2) FFX	3	5	3	25%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Martínez Scores; K. Mitchell Scores; P. O'Brien Scores
67	67	6	2	1992-05-08	Tino Martinez	SEA		DET	ahead 3-0	b 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BBFFBX	1	7	DH	6%	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); T. Martinez Scores
68	68	7	1	1992-05-13	Rene Gonzales	CAL		DET	behind 0-1	b 2	1	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	4	18%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Stevens Scores; R. Gonzales Scores
69	69	8	1	1992-05-18	Robin Yount	MIL	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	8	13%	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Yount Scores
70	70	9	2	1992-05-18	Greg Vaughn	MIL	@	DET	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	DH	17%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Gantner Scores; G. Vaughn Scores
71	71	10	1	1992-08-24	Kent Hrbek	MIN		DET	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	14%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Hrbek Scores
72	72	11	1	1992-09-22 (2)	Matt Nokes	NYY		DET	behind 3-4	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	2	16%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Nokes Scores
73	73	12	2	1992-09-22 (2)	Matt Nokes	NYY		DET	tied 4-4	b 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	2	25%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Mattingly Scores; M. Nokes Scores