Eric
Needham
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 13, 1993 in Fresno Ca
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2012 19 HOU NL   6 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4
2013 20 ANA AL   6 3 4 3 6 7 6 4 5 5
2014 21 ANA AL   6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
2015 22 ANA AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 6
2016 23 ANA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 6
2017 24 ANA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 7
2018 25 ANA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 8
2019 26 ANA AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 8 8
2020 27 ANA AL $ 4,350,000 7 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 9 9
2021 28 ANA AL $ 4,350,000 7 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,350,000 7 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 9 9
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  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
2012 19 HOU NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 20 ANA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 21 ANA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 22 ANA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 23 ANA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 24 ANA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 25 ANA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 26 ANA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 27 ANA AL $ 4,350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 28 ANA AL $ 4,350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2012 19 AA   1 12 .077 19 19 0 0 0 108.7 139 76 15 29 75 6.29 .310 .352 .482 .834  
    A   4 1 .800 10 5 1 0 0 46.0 30 10 5 6 24 1.96 .183 .212 .293 .504  
2013 20 AAA   4 6 .400 19 19 1 0 0 117.0 134 64 16 23 71 4.92 .285 .318 .464 .782  
    AA   0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 0 0 5 1.80 .190 .190 .190 .381  
    A   2 0 1.000 2 2 2 1 0 18.0 9 1 0 0 14 0.50 .145 .145 .177 .323  
2014 21 AAA   0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 9 4 2 3 4 5.41 .333 .400 .667 1.067  
    AA   7 7 .500 22 22 1 1 0 135.3 136 56 13 44 119 3.72 .264 .322 .404 .726  
2015 22 ANA AL 0 1 .000 2 1 0 0 0 7.3 6 4 1 6 2 4.91 .231 .375 .346 .721 0.0
    AAA   8 15 .348 29 29 2 1 0 171.0 208 95 15 56 133 5.00 .299 .352 .436 .788  
2016 23 ANA AL 1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 0 32.7 34 16 7 14 19 4.41 .262 .356 .438 .794 1.5
    AAA   6 6 .500 15 15 0 0 0 105.0 105 46 6 29 87 3.94 .263 .313 .398 .712  
2017 24 ANA AL 2 1 .667 21 1 0 0 1 43.0 36 17 4 16 27 3.56 .226 .328 .346 .674 2.4
    AAA   5 1 .833 16 6 0 0 0 57.7 46 13 1 9 54 2.03 .220 .252 .301 .554  
2018 25 ANA AL 10 9 .526 30 30 0 0 0 169.7 177 69 15 45 116 3.66 .264 .318 .362 .680 9.3
2019 26 ANA AL 13 8 .619 30 30 0 0 0 191.7 167 65 17 60 143 3.05 .233 .304 .346 .650 14.9
2020 27 ANA AL 12 15 .444 36 36 0 0 0 221.0 222 97 12 68 160 3.95 .261 .336 .331 .667 13.4
2021 28 ANA AL 15 9 .625 34 34 1 0 0 216.0 214 96 8 52 158 4.00 .258 .322 .314 .636 14.5
7 Years Sim 53 44 .546 165 132 1 0 1 881.3 856 364 64 261 625 3.72 .253 .323 .341 .664 56.1
5 Years AAA 23 29 .442 80 70 3 1 0 457.3 502 222 40 120 349 4.37 .279 .324 .423 .747  
3 Years AA 8 19 .296 42 42 1 1 0 249.0 279 133 28 73 199 4.81 .284 .333 .435 .768  
2 Years A 6 1 .857 12 7 3 1 0 64.0 39 11 5 6 38 1.55 .173 .194 .261 .455  
10 Years Minors 37 49 .430 134 119 7 3 0 770.3 820 366 73 199 586 4.28 .272 .318 .415 .732  
Season Average 7 6 .538 23 18 0 0 0 125.9 122 52 9 37 89 3.72 .253 .323 .341 .664  
Career Highs 15 15 .667 36 36 1 0 1 221.0 222 97 17 68 160 4.91 .264 .375 .438 .794  
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   477 180 23 137 374   .245 .294 .312 .607
vs LH   379 184 41 124 251   .264 .323 .380 .703
Home 26 26 .500 87 70 0 0 0 455.0 451 199 37 139 329 3.94 .257 .311 .356 .667
Away 27 18 .600 78 62 1 0 1 426.3 405 165 27 122 296 3.48 .249 .301 .325 .626
Mar/Apr 4 5 .444 21 15 0 0 0 106.3 108 54 9 31 75 4.57 .264 .316 .369 .685
May 10 8 .556 27 21 1 0 1 147.3 130 44 7 43 94 2.69 .232 .286 .292 .579
June 7 8 .467 28 24 0 0 0 146.0 163 67 13 48 105 4.13 .282 .338 .393 .731
July 8 6 .571 22 19 0 0 0 118.7 112 51 5 38 100 3.87 .245 .303 .304 .607
August 12 8 .600 29 25 0 0 0 172.0 156 69 13 45 110 3.61 .243 .292 .339 .631
Sep/Oct 12 9 .571 38 28 0 0 0 191.0 187 79 17 56 141 3.72 .253 .306 .347 .653
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2015 22 AAA   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2018 25 ANA AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2019 26 ANA AL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2020 27 ANA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2021 28 ANA AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3
4 Years Sim 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.3
1 Years AAA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
162 Game Average 270 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 .100 .100 .100 .200 -7.5  
Career Highs 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5  
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   10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
Away 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
RISP   6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
June 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
July 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2015 22 ANA AL P 2 1 7.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2016 23 ANA AL P 12 0 32.7 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.65    
2017 24 ANA AL P 21 1 43.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.51    
2018 25 ANA AL P 30 30 169.7 9 22 1 1 .969 1.64    
2019 26 ANA AL P 30 30 191.7 8 31 1 4 .975 1.83    
2020 27 ANA AL P 36 36 221.0 10 35 4 5 .918 1.83    
2021 28 ANA AL P 34 34 216.0 17 31 1 6 .980 2.00    
Career Totals   165 132 881.3 52 129 7 17 .963 1.85    
Career Highs   36 36 221.0 17 35 4 6 1.000 2.51    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2019-9-3.05
Games Started
2020-5-36
OSLG
2021-6-.314
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 2)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 6)
 
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History
Injured on 7/22/2009 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drafted in 7th round, 181st overall pick, by Philadelphia in 2012
Traded from Philadelphia to Houston on 5/9/2012 (Going to HOU: P Kendry Delgado, P Eric Needham. Going to PHI: RF Joseph Shine)