What years did Erik Kratz play?

Erik Kratz played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2020.

Was Erik Kratz a pitcher?

No. Erik Kratz was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 7 career games.

How many home runs did Erik Kratz hit?

Erik Kratz hit 31 career home runs with 184 hits.

What teams did Erik Kratz play for?

Erik Kratz played for 9 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (2010, 2016), the Philadelphia Phillies (2011–2013, 2015), the Toronto Blue Jays (2014), the Kansas City Royals (2014–2015), the Houston Astros (2016), the New York Yankees (2017, 2020), the Milwaukee Brewers (2018), the San Francisco Giants (2019), and the Tampa Bay Rays (2019).

What were Erik Kratz's career stats?

In 335 games, Erik Kratz had 184 hits, 31 home runs, 105 RBI, 76 runs, and 1 stolen bases, with a .209 batting average.

What was Erik Kratz's salary?

Erik Kratz's last recorded salary was $850,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $850,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $496,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.

What position did Erik Kratz play?

Erik Kratz played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Erik Kratz and how much did he weigh?

Erik Kratz was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 250 pounds.

How many home runs did Erik Kratz hit each season?

Erik Kratz's home runs by season: 0 in 2010, 0 in 2011, 9 in 2012, 9 in 2013, 5 in 2014, 0 in 2015, 1 in 2016, 0 in 2017, 6 in 2018, 1 in 2019, and 0 in 2020. His most in one season was 9, in 2012 and 2013.

What was Erik Kratz's career batting average?

Erik Kratz batted .209 over his career, with 184 hits in 881 at bats.

How many RBI did Erik Kratz have?

Erik Kratz drove in 105 runs in his career.

What was Erik Kratz's career ERA?

Erik Kratz finished with a 5.14 career ERA, going 0-0 with 3 strikeouts.

Is Erik Kratz in the Hall of Fame?

No. Erik Kratz has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Erik Kratz

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2010-2020)

Erik Kratz was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2020 for 9 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 11 seasons. In 335 career games, he hit .209 with 184 hits, 31 home runs, and 105 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 24, 2026

AVG .209

HR 31

RBI 105

H 184

OPS .611

PIV -1,235

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 250 lb
Born: 6/15/1980 in Telford, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 2010-07-17
Last Game: 2020-09-23

Full name: Erik Floyd Kratz

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Career Batting Statistics

Erik Kratz — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
335	881	76	184	36	0	31	105	1	47	208	.209	.256	.355	.611	-1,235

Career AVG .209 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 17.6% below league average.

Career OBP .256 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 20.0% below league average.

Career SLG .355 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 13.0% below league average.

Career OPS .611 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 16.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Erik Kratz Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2010	PIT	NL	9	34	2	4	0	0	1	0	2	9	.118	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	PHI	NL	2	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	PHI	NL	50	141	14	35	9	9	26	0	11	34	.248	.254 (-2%)	.318 (-4%)	.405 (+24%)	.724 (+12%)	230.8
2013	PHI	NL	68	197	21	42	7	9	26	0	18	45	.213	.253 (-16%)	.317 (-12%)	.396 (-3%)	.714 (-7%)	-234.9
2014	TOR	AL	34	81	8	16	3	3	10	0	3	12	.198	.251 (-21%)	.313 (-28%)	.386 (-11%)	.700 (-18%)	-246.8
2014	KCA	AL	13	29	4	8	1	2	3	0	1	10	.276	—	—	—	—	-246.8
2015	KCA	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	PHI	NL	12	22	3	5	2	0	2	0	1	3	.227	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	HOU	AL	15	29	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	14	.069	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	PIT	NL	18	56	3	6	1	1	4	0	0	18	.107	.255 (-58%)	.321 (-67%)	.417 (-57%)	.738 (-61%)	0.0
2017	NYA	AL	4	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	MIL	NL	67	203	18	48	6	6	23	1	6	40	.236	.247 (-5%)	.318 (-12%)	.409 (-13%)	.727 (-13%)	-424.6
2019	SFN	NL	15	32	1	4	2	1	3	0	2	6	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	TBA	AL	6	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	.059	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	NYA	AL	18	28	2	9	2	0	4	0	2	6	.321	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			335	881	76	184	36	31	105	1	47	208	.209	—	—	—	—	-922

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 Pitching Statistics

Erik Kratz — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	7	0	0	0	0	7.0	10	4	2	1	3	5.14	0.0

Career ERA 5.14 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 22.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Erik Kratz — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2016	HOU	AL	1	1.0	3	1	0	0	9.00	—	0.0
2016	PIT	NL	1	1.0	2	0	0	1	0.00	—	0.0
2018	MIL	NL	3	3.0	3	1	1	2	3.00	—	0.0
2020	NYA	AL	2	2.0	2	2	0	0	9.00	—	0.0
Career · 4 seasons			7	7.0	10	4	1	3	5.14	—	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

Erik Kratz — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	24	2	7	2	0	0	3	1	6	.292

Playoff Batting by Year

Erik Kratz — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2018	NLCS	MIL	7	16	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	5	.125
2018	NLDS1	MIL	2	8	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	.625

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Erik Kratz — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	176	434	39	90	16	52	.207
Away	158	443	37	94	15	53	.212

Pitching — Home / Away

Erik Kratz — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	2	2.0	3	0	0	2	0.00
Away	5	5.0	7	4	1	1	7.20

Last 10 Games — Batting

Erik Kratz — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	BB
2020-09-23	NYY	TOR	L	0	0	0	0
2020-09-22	NYY	TOR	W	0	0	0	0
2020-09-21	NYY	TOR	L	0	0	0	0
2020-09-20	NYY	BOS	L	0	0	0	0
2020-09-16	NYY	TOR	W	1	1	0	0
2020-09-15	NYY	TOR	W	0	0	0	1
2020-09-13	NYY	BAL	W	0	0	0	0
2020-09-11	NYY	BAL	W	0	0	0	0
2020-09-06	NYY	BAL	L	4	0	1	0
2020-09-04	NYY	BAL	L	3	2	2	0

Last 7 Games — Pitching

Erik Kratz — Last 7 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2020-09-23	NYY	TOR	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2020-09-20	NYY	BOS	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2018-08-02	MIL	LAD	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-07-22	MIL	LAD	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2018-06-30	MIL	CIN	—	1.0	2	2	1	1	1	0
2016-06-21	PIT	SFG	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
2016-04-26	HOU	SEA	—	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Erik Kratz — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	8	2	22	1	0	3
C	276	227	1931	126	11	17
P	7	0	1	2	0	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Erik Kratz — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2010	PIT	C	9	8	56	9	0	0
2011	PHI	C	1	1	10	0	0	0
2012	PHI	C	41	38	339	26	1	3
2013	PHI	C	60	54	414	26	1	5
2014	TOR	C	25	18	141	9	0	1
2014	KCA	C	11	5	47	1	0	1
2015	KCA	C	4	1	12	1	0	0
2015	PHI	1B	2	2	15	0	0	2
2015	PHI	C	3	2	14	1	0	1
2016	HOU	C	13	9	64	7	1	0
2016	HOU	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2016	PIT	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0
2016	PIT	C	17	15	109	8	1	1
2016	PIT	P	1	0	1	0	0	0
2017	NYA	C	2	0	2	0	0	0
2018	MIL	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	MIL	C	61	54	508	23	3	3
2018	MIL	P	3	0	0	1	0	1
2019	SFN	C	11	9	101	7	4	0
2019	TBA	C	6	4	40	5	0	1
2020	NYA	1B	4	0	6	1	0	1
2020	NYA	C	12	9	74	3	0	1
2020	NYA	P	2	0	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Erik Kratz Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	7
Catcher	276
First Base	8
Designated Hitter	9

Salary History

Erik Kratz's recorded salaries total $2,388,700 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Kratz's career ran from 2010 to 2020. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Erik Kratz — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	HOU	AL	$850,000
2015	KCA	AL	$532,500
2014	TOR	AL	$510,200
2013	PHI	NL	$496,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$2,388,700

College History

Erik Kratz — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Eastern Mennonite University	Harrisonburg	VA	2002

Erik Kratz: the record in brief

Between the debut on July 17, 2010 and the final game on September 23, 2020, Erik Kratz built the record summarized on this page. By club, Kratz's seasons break down as the Pittsburgh Pirates (2010 to 2016), the Philadelphia Phillies (2011 to 2015), the Toronto Blue Jays (2014), the Kansas City Royals (2014 through 2015), the Houston Astros (2016), the New York Yankees (2017 through 2020), the Milwaukee Brewers (2018), and the San Francisco Giants (2019), with further stops in the season rows. Kratz, a catcher by primary position, batted and threw right-handed. Kratz is listed at 250 pounds on a 6-foot-4 frame. The birth record reads June 15, 1980, in Telford, PA, USA. The bio lists the given name Erik Floyd.

Across 335 games at the plate, Kratz's career line reads 184 hits in 881 at bats for a .209 average, adding 31 home runs and 105 runs batted in. Kratz got on base at a .256 rate and slugged .355 (.611 OPS).

Frequently Asked Questions about Erik Kratz

What years did Erik Kratz play?: Erik Kratz played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2020.
Was Erik Kratz a pitcher?: No. Erik Kratz was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 7 career games.
How many home runs did Erik Kratz hit?: Erik Kratz hit 31 career home runs with 184 hits.
What teams did Erik Kratz play for?: Erik Kratz played for 9 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (2010, 2016), the Philadelphia Phillies (2011–2013, 2015), the Toronto Blue Jays (2014), the Kansas City Royals (2014–2015), the Houston Astros (2016), the New York Yankees (2017, 2020), the Milwaukee Brewers (2018), the San Francisco Giants (2019), and the Tampa Bay Rays (2019).
What were Erik Kratz's career stats?: In 335 games, Erik Kratz had 184 hits, 31 home runs, 105 RBI, 76 runs, and 1 stolen bases, with a .209 batting average.
How much did Erik Kratz earn in his career?: Erik Kratz's recorded salaries total $2,388,700 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Kratz's career ran from 2010 to 2020. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2010, 2011, and 2012.
What was Erik Kratz's salary?: Erik Kratz's last recorded salary was $850,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $850,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $496,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.
What position did Erik Kratz play?: Erik Kratz played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Erik Kratz and how much did he weigh?: Erik Kratz was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 250 pounds.
How many home runs did Erik Kratz hit each season?: Erik Kratz's home runs by season: 0 in 2010, 0 in 2011, 9 in 2012, 9 in 2013, 5 in 2014, 0 in 2015, 1 in 2016, 0 in 2017, 6 in 2018, 1 in 2019, and 0 in 2020. His most in one season was 9, in 2012 and 2013.
What was Erik Kratz's career batting average?: Erik Kratz batted .209 over his career, with 184 hits in 881 at bats.
How many RBI did Erik Kratz have?: Erik Kratz drove in 105 runs in his career.
What was Erik Kratz's career ERA?: Erik Kratz finished with a 5.14 career ERA, going 0-0 with 3 strikeouts.
Is Erik Kratz in the Hall of Fame?: No. Erik Kratz has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.