Scott Erickson

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Scott Gavin Erickson (born February 2, 1968 in Long Beach, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

Career

Erickson began his professional career, after being drafted by the NY Mets, Houston Astros, and Toronto Blue Jays, in 1989 when he was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the amateur draft. Erickson quickly rose to the major leagues in just his second season of professional baseball in 1990, a season in which he finished with a record of 8-4. His incredible September, 5-0 with a 1.35 ERA, earned him the Pitcher of the Month award. After posting a record of 12-2 with a 1.39 ERA in the first half of the '91 season, Erickson became the first pitcher to win 20 in his first full season. During the Minnesota Twins 1991, World Series season, Erickson led the majors in wins with a record of 20-8. After a torrid 12-game win streak , Kirby Puckett labeled Erickson "Dr. Death" because he broke so many bats and wore black on the day he pitched. He became the third Twins pitcher to throw a no-hitter on April 27, 1994, against the Milwaukee Brewers. It was the first in the Homer/Metrodome, a feat nobody thought possible. Erickson remained with the Twins until 1995 when he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles, earning a peak annual salary of $6,620,921 [USD]. He later signed a five-year, $32-million contract with Baltimore through 2003. At the end of his contract, he joined the New York Mets and then the Texas Rangers and then the Los Angeles Dodgers. Erickson signed a deal with the New York Yankees on February 16, 2006. Erickson was called up by the New York Yankees on May 13, 2006, after Tanyon Sturtze was placed on the 15-day disabled list.After starting over 500 Major League games, Erickson had some troubles adjusting to the "get ready for the next hitter" duties and on June 19, was released by the Yankees and retired from baseball at the beginning of the 2007 season. Scott Erickson was a dominant groundball pitcher, leading the league 5 times in most double plays, and is in the Top 5 alltime in groundball to flyout ratio. Erickson was highly involved in sports even during high school; while he attended Homestead High School in Cupertino, California he played third base, soccer and football. After completing his secondary education, he graduated from San Jose City College in 1988 and then majored in accounting at the University of Arizona. Scott was inducted into the Arizona Wildcat Hall of Fame after just one year of pitching at the university. Erickson set a school record for wins with an 18-3 record, as he led the country in wins, innings pitched, and complete games(14). Those incredible numbers earned him a unanimous First Team All-American honor. On February 3, 2004, Erickson married television reporter and model Lisa Guerrero. They now live in Lake Tahoe, where their beautiful house has been featured on the Travel Channel, and on the beach in Malibu. Erickson is an avid golfer and plays in many charity events to help out as much as possible and loves to watch movies. He is a member at Edgewood GC and Calabasas CC and also started a production company called "HomeTeam Productions". Erickson was an executive producer for the movie A Plumm Summer which came out to theaters on April 25, 2008. The Award Winning movie is now available on DVD online at Amazon, WalMart, or Best Buy.

In 2008, Erickson told the Minnesota Twins he was interested in a comeback. The Twins then told him to see what he can do in Winter ball. While pitching well in Mexico, he said it wasn't up to the standards he expected from himself and was completely ready to keep moving forward in the movie business.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
• List of Major League Baseball wins champions
• MLB All-Time Hit Batsmen List
• List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

External links

• Scott Erickson baseball statistics provided by baseball-almanac.com.
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• People Magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in 2000