Eric Ludwick

Eric Ludwick
Pitcher
Born: (1971-12-14) December 14, 1971 (age 52)
Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: September 1, 1996, for the St. Louis Cardinals
NPB: July 6, 2000, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Last appearance
MLB: April 8, 1999, for the Toronto Blue Jays
NPB: September 12, 2001, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
MLB statistics
Win–loss record2–10
Earned run average8.35
Strikeouts60
NPB statistics
Win–loss record3–6
Earned run average5.29
Strikeouts79
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
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Eric David Ludwick (born December 14, 1971) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, Florida Marlins, and Toronto Blue Jays between 1996 and 1999. He also played two seasons in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 2000 and 2001. In the middle of the 1997 season, Ludwick was part of a trade with between the cash-strapped Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals that sent Mark McGwire to the Cardinals in exchange for Ludwick, T.J. Matthews, and Blake Stein.