MLB / Players

Roger Erickson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 3 in · 180 lb
BornAugust 30, 1956 · Springfield, IL, USA
MLB debutApril 6, 1978
Final gameSeptember 26, 1983
Seasons6 (1978–1983)

Minnesota Twins 1978–1982; New York Yankees 1982–1983

Percentile snapshot

1980 season — qualified pitchers

G
32
14.8
GS
27
14.8
W
7
2.3
L
13
22.7
SV
0
0
CG
7
45.5
SHO
0
0
H
198
68.2
ER
69
89.8
BB
56
68.2
SO
97
35.2
HR
13
76.1
IP
191.3
26.1
ERA
3.25
80.7
WHIP
1.328
50
K/9
4.56
46.6
FIP
3.57
65.9
FIP-
83.4
94.3
ERA+
131.9
92
sWAR
4.1
83

of 89 qualified 1980 pitchers (min 161 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
7.2
83.2

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1978370000000000002.2
197924000000000000-0.5
1980330000000000004.1
1981140000000000000.9
1982230000000000000.4
198350000000000000.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19783737141301402681177912119265.73.961.3064.103.5592.696.82.2
1979242131000015477484717123.05.631.6423.444.99114.877.2-0.5
1980322771307019869569713191.33.251.3284.563.5783.4131.94.1
198114143801093393144791.33.841.3584.343.5994.598.90.9
198223188812014257294911111.34.611.5363.963.9095.388.50.4
1983500100013887116.74.321.2603.784.21106.891.10.1

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

G
136
PA
0
AB
0
R
0
H
0
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
SB
0

Pitching

G (P)
135
GS
117
W
35
L
53
SV
1
CG
24
SHO
0
IP
799
SO (P)
365
BB allowed
251
ERA
4.132
WHIP
1.3999
K/9
4.11

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1980-04-18MIN @ SEA Gameday000000000

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1978-09-01CLE @ MIN Gameday9.0744092
1978-07-03MIL @ MIN Gameday9.0922080
1981-05-23MIN @ KC Gameday9.1700170
1979-08-10ATH @ MIN Gameday9.0822270
1980-08-17LAA @ MIN Gameday9.0611470

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.