What years did Scott Erickson play?

Scott Erickson played in Major League Baseball from 1990 to 2006.

Was Scott Erickson a pitcher?

Yes. Scott Erickson pitched in the major leagues, recording 142 wins and 1252 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Scott Erickson hit?

Scott Erickson hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.

What was Scott Erickson's career batting average?

Scott Erickson batted .114 over his career, with 4 hits in 35 at bats.

How many RBI did Scott Erickson have?

Scott Erickson drove in 1 runs in his career.

What was Scott Erickson's career ERA?

Scott Erickson finished with a 4.59 career ERA, going 142-136 with 1,252 strikeouts.

Scott Erickson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1990-2006)

Scott Erickson was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1990 to 2006 for 6 teams, including the Minnesota Twins, a span of 17 seasons. Across 389 career appearances, he went 142-136 with a 4.59 ERA and 1,252 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 142–136

ERA 4.59

WHIP 1.46

SO 1,252

Pitcher PIV -7343.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 220 lb
Born: 2/2/1968 in Long Beach, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1990-06-25
Last Game: 2006-06-08

Full name: Scott Gavin Erickson

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Career Pitching Statistics

Scott Erickson — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
142	136	389	364	51	17	0	2360.2	2,586	1,203	228	865	1,252	4.59	-7343.9

Career ERA 4.59 vs. league average 4.35 across their career seasons — 5.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Scott Erickson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1990	MIN	AL	8	4	19	17	1	0	113.0	108	36	51	53	2.87	3.86 (+26%)	-1500.3
1991	MIN	AL	20	8	32	32	5	3	204.0	189	72	71	108	3.18	3.91 (+19%)	815.9
1992	MIN	AL	13	12	32	32	5	3	212.0	197	80	83	101	3.40	3.75 (+9%)	-2524.7
1993	MIN	AL	8	19	34	34	1	0	218.2	266	126	71	116	5.19	4.19 (-24%)	807.1
1994	MIN	AL	8	11	23	23	2	1	144.0	173	87	59	104	5.44	4.51 (-21%)	201.0
1995	MIN	AL	4	6	15	15	0	0	87.2	102	58	32	45	5.95	4.45 (-34%)	-1071.1
1995	BAL	AL	9	4	17	16	7	2	108.2	111	47	35	61	3.89	4.45 (+13%)	1775.4
1996	BAL	AL	13	12	34	34	6	0	222.1	262	124	66	100	5.02	4.61 (-9%)	418.7
1997	BAL	AL	16	7	34	33	3	2	221.2	218	91	61	131	3.69	4.39 (+16%)	3654.1
1998	BAL	AL	16	13	36	36	11	2	251.1	284	112	69	186	4.01	4.43 (+9%)	3992.5
1999	BAL	AL	15	12	34	34	6	3	230.1	244	123	99	106	4.81	4.71 (-2%)	-2658.5
2000	BAL	AL	5	8	16	16	1	0	92.2	127	81	48	41	7.87	4.77 (-65%)	-2686.4
2002	BAL	AL	5	12	29	28	3	1	160.2	192	99	68	74	5.55	4.28 (-30%)	-3214.1
2004	NYN	NL	0	1	2	2	0	0	8.0	15	7	4	3	7.88	—	0.0
2004	TEX	AL	1	3	4	4	0	0	19.0	23	13	16	6	6.16	4.46 (-38%)	-877.7
2005	LAN	NL	1	4	19	8	0	0	55.1	62	37	25	15	6.02	4.29 (-40%)	-3566.9
2006	NYA	AL	0	0	9	0	0	0	11.1	13	10	7	2	7.94	4.53 (-75%)	-909.0
Career · 17 seasons			142	136	389	364	51	17	2,360.2	2,586	1,203	865	1,252	4.59	—	-7,344

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Scott Erickson — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
390	35	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	15	.114	.205	.143	.348	0

Career AVG .114 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 56.9% below league average.

Career OBP .205 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 38.7% below league average.

Career SLG .143 vs. league average .416 across their career seasons — 65.6% below league average.

Career OPS .348 vs. league average .750 across their career seasons — 53.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Scott Erickson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1990	MIN	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	MIN	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	MIN	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	MIN	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	MIN	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	MIN	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	BAL	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	BAL	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	BAL	AL	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	BAL	AL	36	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	BAL	AL	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	BAL	AL	17	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	BAL	AL	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	NYN	NL	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	TEX	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	LAN	NL	19	13	0	2	0	0	0	5	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	NYA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			390	35	4	4	1	1	4	15	.114	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Scott Erickson — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Scott Erickson — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1997	ALCS	BAL	2	0	0	.000
1997	ALDS2	BAL	1	0	0	.000
1996	ALCS	BAL	2	0	0	.000
1996	ALDS1	BAL	1	0	0	.000
1991	ALCS	MIN	1	0	0	.000
1991	WS	MIN	2	1	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Scott Erickson — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	9	9	0	52.0	55	23	18	33	3.98

Playoff Pitching by Year

Scott Erickson — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1997	ALCS	BAL	1	0	2	2	12.2	15	6	1	6	4.26
1997	ALDS2	BAL	1	0	1	1	6.2	7	3	2	6	4.05
1996	ALCS	BAL	0	1	2	2	11.1	14	3	4	8	2.38
1996	ALDS1	BAL	0	0	1	1	6.2	6	3	2	6	4.05
1991	ALCS	MIN	0	0	1	1	4.0	3	2	5	2	4.50
1991	WS	MIN	0	0	2	2	10.2	10	6	4	5	5.06

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Scott Erickson — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	193	9	0	2	0	0	.222
Away	197	26	4	2	0	1	.077

Pitching — Home / Away

Scott Erickson — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	193	1216.2	1285	580	420	660	4.29
Away	196	1144.0	1301	623	445	592	4.90

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Scott Erickson — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2006-06-08	NYY	BOS	—	0.2	2	2	1	0	0	0
2006-06-04	NYY	BAL	—	3.0	5	4	4	0	1	1
2006-06-02	NYY	BAL	—	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0
2006-05-30	NYY	DET	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
2006-05-27	NYY	KCR	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2006-05-24	NYY	BOS	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2006-05-21	NYY	NYN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2006-05-18	NYY	TEX	—	2.0	1	3	2	4	0	1
2006-05-14	NYY	OAK	—	1.2	0	1	1	2	0	0
2005-07-24	LAD	NYN	—	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Scott Erickson — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	389	364	223	400	29	41

Season-by-Season Fielding

Scott Erickson — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1990	MIN	P	19	17	10	13	0	0
1991	MIN	P	32	32	19	31	1	3
1992	MIN	P	32	32	18	34	1	3
1993	MIN	P	34	34	18	34	3	3
1994	MIN	P	23	23	11	22	4	4
1995	MIN	P	15	15	8	19	0	0
1995	BAL	P	17	16	19	22	1	2
1996	BAL	P	34	34	30	43	2	6
1997	BAL	P	34	33	17	43	6	6
1998	BAL	P	36	36	23	51	3	5
1999	BAL	P	34	34	24	42	2	5
2000	BAL	P	16	16	7	5	3	0
2002	BAL	P	29	28	14	22	3	2
2004	NYN	P	2	2	0	1	0	0
2004	TEX	P	4	4	1	1	0	0
2005	LAN	P	19	8	4	15	0	1
2006	NYA	P	9	0	0	2	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Scott Erickson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	389

Awards & Honors

Scott Erickson — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1994	Player of the Week	Week of 1994-04-30
1991	Pitcher of the Month	May

Salary History

Scott Erickson — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2005	LAN	NL	$525,000
2004	NYN	NL	$700,000
2003	BAL	AL	$7,030,000
2002	BAL	AL	$5,142,986
2000	BAL	AL	$6,620,921
1999	BAL	AL	$6,079,931
1998	BAL	AL	$3,700,000
1997	BAL	AL	$3,300,000
1996	BAL	AL	$2,900,000
1995	MIN	AL	$1,862,500
1994	MIN	AL	$1,325,000
1993	MIN	AL	$535,000
1992	MIN	AL	$425,000
1991	MIN	AL	$143,500
Total Career Earnings			$40,289,838

College History

Scott Erickson — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Arizona	Tucson	AZ	1989
San Jose City College	San Jose	CA	1987, 1988

Award Voting History

Scott Erickson — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1991	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	56.0	140	3
1991	Most Valuable Player	AL	17th	12.0	392	0

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Scott Erickson: the record in brief

Scott Erickson's major league career runs from a debut on June 25, 1990 to a final game on June 8, 2006. By club, Erickson's seasons break down as the Minnesota Twins (1990 through 1995), the Baltimore Orioles (1995 through 2002), the New York Mets (2004), the Texas Rangers (2004), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2005), and the New York Yankees (2006). Born on February 2, 1968, in Long Beach, CA, USA, Erickson is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Erickson's listed size is 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds. The bio lists the given name Scott Gavin.

The pitching table credits Erickson with a 142-136 record and a 4.59 ERA in 389 games. The same table counts 1,252 strikeouts, 51 complete games, and 17 shutouts. Against a 4.35 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.59 mark was 5.4% worse. No season topped the 20 wins of 1991. 1998 produced Erickson's most strikeouts, 186. In 1991, one of the busiest seasons, Erickson posted a 3.18 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.91.

Frequently Asked Questions about Scott Erickson

What years did Scott Erickson play?: Scott Erickson played in Major League Baseball from 1990 to 2006.
Was Scott Erickson a pitcher?: Yes. Scott Erickson pitched in the major leagues, recording 142 wins and 1252 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Scott Erickson hit?: Scott Erickson hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.
What was Scott Erickson's career batting average?: Scott Erickson batted .114 over his career, with 4 hits in 35 at bats.
How many RBI did Scott Erickson have?: Scott Erickson drove in 1 runs in his career.
What was Scott Erickson's career ERA?: Scott Erickson finished with a 4.59 career ERA, going 142-136 with 1,252 strikeouts.