Scott Erickson
| Scott Erickson | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: February 2, 1968 Long Beach, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 25, 1990, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 8, 2006, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 142–136 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.59 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,252 | ||
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Scott Gavin Erickson (born February 2, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
Erickson was born in Long Beach, California, and began his professional career after being selected in the major league draft 4 times. Scott was drafted by the NY Mets in 1986 out of Homestead High School, where he was CCS Junior of the Year; the Houston Astros in 1987 and Toronto Blue Jays in 1988 out of San Jose City College where he was a Junior College 1st Team All American. In 1989 he was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the amateur draft out of the University of Arizona, where he signed his 1st pro contract. After 27 minor league starts, Erickson rose to the major leagues in his second season of professional baseball from the Class AA Orlando Sun Rays,. He was on a 5-game win streak with a record of 8-3 in the 1st half as an All Star in the Southern League. He finished 1990 with a combined record of 16-7; going 5-0 in September and tying Dave Stewart American League Pitcher of the Month. After posting a record of 12-2 with a 1.39 ERA in the first half of the 1991 season, including being awarded the American League Pitcher of the Month award for May and June, Scott Erickson was the 1st pitcher since 1954 to win 20 games in his first year in the Majors. Erickson won 20 games in the 1991 season and finished second to Roger Clemens in the American League Cy Young Award. During the Minnesota Twins 1991, World Series winning season, Erickson led the majors in wins with a record of 20-8, he was also voted in the Top 10 for American League Most Valuable Player Award. The following season, Erickson started 32 games, going 13-12 with 5 complete games.
On April 27, 1994, Erickson no-hit the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the first no-hitter ever pitched in that stadium. He became the third Twins pitcher, after Jack Kralick in 1962 and Dean Chance in 1967, to pitch a no-hitter; the former's had been the last no-hitter in a Twins home game, that game having taken place at the Metrodome's predecessor, Metropolitan Stadium. Erickson's no-hitter was thought to be impossible on The Metrodome's artificial turf and home run reputation.
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