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Erik
Wolverton		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 230
 
Born: June 11, 1954 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 19 CLG FL     0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 6 5 5 4 4
1974 20 CLG FL     0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 6 6 5 4 4
1975 21 CLG FL     0 1 3 2 0 1 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 7 6 5 4 4
1976 22 CLG FL     0 3 5 4 0 2 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 6 6
1977 23 CLG FL     4 4 7 6 1 3 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 7 8 8 7 6 6
1978 24 CLG FL     6 5 7 6 1 3 2 5 5 5 1 2 2 8 9 8 7 6 7
1979 25 CLG FL $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 1 3 2 5 5 5 2 3 2 8 9 8 7 6 7
1980 26 MAN FL $ 300,000   7 5 8 6 2 4 3 5 5 5 2 3 3 8 9 9 7 6 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 6 5 5 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 5 8 6 2 4 3 5 5 5 2 3 3 8 9 9 7 6 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 27 MAN FL $ 300,000 18 17 18 18 20 20 20 6 7 6
1982 28 MAN FL $ 685,714 18 16 18 17 20 20 20 9 10 9
1983 29 MAN FL $ 867,857 18 16 17 17 19 19 19 11 12 12
1984 30 MAN FL $ 1,835,714 18 16 17 17 19 19 19 14 15 14
1985 31 VAN JL $ 3,850,000 18 15 16 16 19 19 19 13 14 14
1986 32 VAN JL $ 3,850,000 19 13 15 14 18 18 18 13 14 13
1987 33 LV FL $ 3,850,000 19 13 15 14 18 18 18 13 14 13
1988 34 LV FL $ 2,930,000 19 13 14 14 18 18 18 11 13 12
1989 35 AUS FL $ 2,930,000 19 12 13 12 17 17 17 10 11 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 18 12 13 12 17 17 17 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,850,000 19 17 18 18 20 20 20 14 15 14
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 19 CLG FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1974 20 CLG FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 21 CLG FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 22 CLG FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 23 CLG FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 24 CLG FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 25 CLG FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 26 MAN FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 27 MAN FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1982 28 MAN FL $ 685,714   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1983 29 MAN FL $ 867,857   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1984 30 MAN FL $ 1,835,714   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1985 31 VAN JL $ 3,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1986 32 VAN JL $ 3,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1987 33 LV FL $ 3,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1988 34 LV FL $ 2,930,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1989 35 AUS FL $ 2,930,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 19 A   2 2 .500 40 0 0 0 0 51.0 49 20 5 12 40 3.53 .250 .293 .449 .742  
1974 20 A   1 1 .500 6 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 4 0 4 6 5.69 .280 .379 .480 .859  
1975 21 A   4 4 .500 45 0 0 0 6 52.7 51 29 7 16 38 4.96 .251 .306 .433 .739  
1976 22 AA   1 4 .200 22 0 0 0 8 28.7 29 14 7 7 24 4.40 .261 .305 .495 .801  
    A   3 1 .750 32 0 0 0 6 28.0 29 11 4 6 24 3.54 .269 .307 .472 .779  
1977 23 AA   6 6 .500 58 0 0 0 33 63.3 44 14 9 9 69 1.99 .195 .226 .389 .615  
1978 24 AAA   9 7 .563 56 0 0 0 27 73.0 62 34 9 19 75 4.19 .231 .282 .433 .715  
1979 25 CLG FL 1 3 .250 40 0 0 0 0 45.0 49 31 10 7 22 6.20 .285 .309 .587 .897 0.0
    AAA   4 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 8 20.3 14 1 0 0 17 0.44 .200 .200 .271 .471  
1980 26 CLG FL 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 0 11.0 15 8 2 1 1 6.55 .319 .333 .574 .908 0.0
  MAN FL 1 0 1.000 37 0 0 0 0 41.3 35 18 5 11 27 3.92 .227 .277 .416 .693 2.7
  TOT   1 1 .500 48 0 0 0 0 52.3 50 26 7 12 28 4.47 .249 .290 .453 .742 2.7
    AAA   1 2 .333 28 0 0 0 21 31.3 15 6 2 8 30 1.72 .142 .202 .236 .438  
1981 27 MAN FL 5 2 .714 88 0 0 0 0 85.3 97 45 13 12 71 4.75 .287 .311 .459 .769 4.4
1982 28 MAN FL 10 12 .455 81 0 0 0 12 82.3 90 48 17 14 66 5.25 .279 .307 .514 .821 5.2
1983 29 MAN FL 2 0 1.000 86 0 0 0 3 85.3 91 36 10 16 54 3.80 .274 .309 .437 .745 6.9
1984 30 MAN FL 2 7 .222 97 0 0 0 3 91.3 100 50 12 22 71 4.93 .273 .318 .440 .758 3.4
1985 31 VAN JL 4 8 .333 59 0 0 0 28 59.7 73 30 5 10 41 4.53 .300 .325 .416 .741 6.9
1986 32 VAN JL 6 5 .545 65 0 0 0 33 64.0 75 35 8 17 44 4.92 .294 .339 .447 .786 9.2
1987 33 VAN JL 2 4 .333 28 0 0 0 10 29.7 34 16 5 7 20 4.85 .286 .325 .454 .779 3.5
  LV FL 5 1 .833 41 0 0 0 0 44.3 36 15 5 9 34 3.05 .220 .259 .348 .606 5.8
  TOT   7 5 .583 69 0 0 0 10 74.0 70 31 10 16 54 3.77 .247 .287 .392 .679 9.3
1988 34 LV FL 3 2 .600 58 0 0 0 2 62.0 65 26 9 16 30 3.77 .277 .323 .472 .795 4.9
1989 35 LV FL 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 2 11.0 13 7 2 3 5 5.73 .295 .340 .545 .886 0.6
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.3 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .077 .143 .077 .220  
    A   0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 9 10.3 8 1 0 1 14 0.87 .211 .231 .263 .494  
11 Years Sim 42 45 .483 702 0 0 0 93 712.3 773 365 103 145 486 4.61 .277 .312 .458 .771 53.5
4 Years AAA 14 9 .609 104 0 0 0 56 129.0 92 41 11 28 124 2.86 .201 .247 .352 .600  
2 Years AA 7 10 .412 80 0 0 0 41 92.0 73 28 16 16 93 2.74 .217 .252 .424 .676  
5 Years A 10 8 .556 134 0 0 0 21 148.3 144 65 16 39 122 3.94 .253 .300 .437 .737  
11 Years Minors 31 27 .534 318 0 0 0 118 369.3 309 134 43 83 339 3.27 .227 .271 .405 .676  
Season Average 3 4 .429 63 0 0 0 8 64.8 70 33 9 13 44 4.61 .277 .312 .458 .771  
Career Highs 10 12 1.000 97 0 0 0 33 91.3 100 50 17 22 71 6.20 .300 .340 .587 .897  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   386 189 46 63 276   .266 .297 .429 .726
vs LH   387 176 57 82 210   .289 .330 .490 .820
Home 21 21 .500 366 0 0 0 42 389.0 423 202 52 82 263 4.67 .280 .317 .465 .782
Away 21 24 .467 336 0 0 0 51 323.3 350 163 51 63 223 4.54 .273 .308 .451 .758
Mar/Apr 6 5 .545 105 0 0 0 20 114.0 127 59 18 19 82 4.66 .282 .311 .453 .765
May 10 7 .588 98 0 0 0 16 100.3 112 46 13 16 69 4.13 .282 .310 .443 .753
June 7 11 .389 122 0 0 0 18 125.6 132 62 16 26 75 4.44 .272 .309 .445 .755
July 6 11 .353 130 0 0 0 19 131.0 146 70 24 28 90 4.81 .280 .316 .504 .820
August 8 7 .533 130 0 0 0 6 120.0 141 72 16 39 72 5.40 .298 .352 .488 .840
Sep/Oct 5 4 .556 117 0 0 0 14 121.3 115 56 16 17 98 4.16 .247 .274 .409 .682
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 25 CLG FL 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1980 26 CLG FL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  MAN FL 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
  TOT   48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1981 27 MAN FL 88 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1982 28 MAN FL 81 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1983 29 MAN FL 86 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1984 30 MAN FL 97 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1985 31 VAN JL 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1986 32 VAN JL 65 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1987 33 VAN JL 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
  LV FL 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   69 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
9 Years Sim 633 37 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .027 .027 .027 .054 -3.3 0.0
162 Game Average 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .027 .027 .027 .054 -0.8  
Career Highs 97 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .038 .038 .038 .077 -1.9
vs LH   11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
Home 284 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.2
Away 279 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
RISP   12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
Close/Late   12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Mar/Apr 67 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
May 37 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
June 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 65 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
August 64 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Sep/Oct 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 25 CLG FL P 40 0 45.0 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1980 26 CLG FL P 11 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
  MAN FL P 37 0 41.3 2 2 1 0 .800 0.87    
  TOT   P 48 0 52.3 3 2 1 0 .833 .86    
1981 27 MAN FL P 88 0 85.3 7 15 1 0 .957 2.32    
1982 28 MAN FL P 81 0 82.3 5 6 1 0 .917 1.20    
1983 29 MAN FL P 86 0 85.3 12 12 2 0 .923 2.53    
1984 30 MAN FL P 97 0 91.3 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.48    
1985 31 VAN JL P 59 0 59.7 7 16 0 2 1.000 3.47    
1986 32 VAN JL P 65 0 64.0 7 12 0 1 1.000 2.67    
1987 33 VAN JL P 28 0 29.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.12    
  LV FL P 41 0 44.3 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.03    
  TOT   P 69 0 74.0 3 14 0 0 1.000 2.07    
1988 34 LV FL P 58 0 62.0 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.89    
1989 35 LV FL P 11 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64    
Career Totals   702 0 712.3 54 106 5 5 .970 2.02    
Career Highs   97 0 91.3 12 16 2 2 1.000 3.47    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1988 34 LV FL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1985-8-28
1986-4-33
 Games Pitched
1981-10-88
1984-3-97
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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History
Drafted in 47th round, 1128th overall pick, by Calgary in 1973
Traded from Calgary to Manhattan on 7/21/1980 (Going to CLG: P H. Vitiello. Going to MAN: LF A. Backstrom, P E. Wolverton)
 
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