Paul Erickson
Chicago Cubs 1941–1948; New York Giants 1948; Philadelphia Phillies 1948
Percentile snapshot
1947 season — qualified pitchers
of 77 qualified 1947 pitchers (min 155 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 32 | 47 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .304 | .457 | 12.2 | 28.3 | .203 | 1.1 |
| 1942 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -35.5 | -15.1 | .135 | -1.2 |
| 1943 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 23.7 | 31.0 | .225 | -1.0 |
| 1944 | 33 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .128 | .194 | .323 | -20.3 | -9.4 | .156 | 1.1 |
| 1945 | 28 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .229 | .219 | .447 | 24.5 | 26.6 | .223 | 1.6 |
| 1946 | 32 | 46 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .075 | .125 | -97.6 | -64.2 | .057 | 2.4 |
| 1947 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 46.4 | 56.4 | .262 | 1.2 |
| 1948 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -50.3 | -31.6 | .115 | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 126 | 58 | 64 | 85 | 2 | 141.0 | 3.70 | 1.348 | 5.43 | 2.95 | 83.4 | 95.5 | 1.1 |
| 1942 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 38 | 41 | 26 | 4 | 63.0 | 5.43 | 1.762 | 3.71 | 4.24 | 131.4 | 59.4 | -1.2 |
| 1943 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 42.7 | 6.12 | 1.617 | 5.06 | 4.25 | 126.9 | 54.8 | -1.0 |
| 1944 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 113 | 49 | 67 | 82 | 5 | 124.3 | 3.55 | 1.448 | 5.94 | 3.35 | 94.1 | 100.3 | 1.1 |
| 1945 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 40 | 48 | 53 | 5 | 108.3 | 3.32 | 1.311 | 4.40 | 3.78 | 102.5 | 111.0 | 1.6 |
| 1946 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 119 | 37 | 65 | 70 | 2 | 137.0 | 2.43 | 1.343 | 4.60 | 2.98 | 89.9 | 136.2 | 2.4 |
| 1947 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 179 | 84 | 93 | 82 | 17 | 174.0 | 4.34 | 1.563 | 4.24 | 4.59 | 116.8 | 90.4 | 1.2 |
| 1948 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 24.0 | 5.25 | 2.125 | 3.75 | 5.94 | 152.8 | 74.0 | -0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-08-17 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1944-08-11 | LAD @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1947-08-30 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1944-09-27 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1947-08-09 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-08-04 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 1944-05-24 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 1944-09-04 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1947-06-05 | CHC @ SF Gameday | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 1947-07-25 | SF @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.