Eric Ludwick | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, U.S. | December 14, 1971|
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 record | 2–10 |
Earned run average | 8.35 |
Strikeouts | 60 |
NPB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 3–6 |
Earned run average | 5.29 |
Strikeouts | 79 |
Teams | |
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.