Erik Kratz
Erik Floyd Kratz
Born: June 15, 1980
Telford, PA USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: P, C, 1B, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 250
College: Eastern Mennonite University
Career: 2010-2020
Draft: Round 29 (2002 June Amateur Draft, Toronto Blue Jays)
School: Eastern Mennonite
Minor League Statistics
Erik Kratz compiled a career batting average of .209 with 31 home runs and 105 RBI in his 335-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays and San Francisco Giants. He began playing during the 2010 season and last took the field during the 2020 campaign.
 Pittsburgh Pirates |
 Philadelphia Phillies |
 Toronto Blue Jays |
 Kansas City Royals |
 Houston Astros |
 New York Yankees |
 Milwaukee Brewers |
 Tampa Bay Rays |
 San Francisco Giants |
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | AL | Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2016 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2018 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2020 | AL | New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 157 | 141 | 14 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 34 | .248 | .306 | .504 | .809 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 68 | 218 | 197 | 21 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 45 | .213 | .280 | .386 | .666 | 76 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 34 | 84 | 81 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .198 | .226 | .346 | .572 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 13 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .276 | .290 | .517 | .808 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 12 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .227 | .261 | .318 | .579 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | AL | Houston Astros | 15 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .069 | .100 | .103 | .203 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 18 | 57 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .107 | .107 | .179 | .286 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | AL | New York Yankees | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | 67 | 219 | 203 | 18 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 40 | .236 | .280 | .355 | .634 | 72 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 15 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .125 | .222 | .281 | .503 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | AL | Tampa Bay Rays | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | AL | New York Yankees | 18 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .321 | .367 | .393 | .760 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 335 | 951 | 881 | 76 | 184 | 36 | 0 | 31 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 208 | .209 | .256 | .355 | .611 | 313 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | C | 9 | 8 | 77.3 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.565 | 7.222 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 57.1 |
| 2011 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | C | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | C | 41 | 38 | 343.3 | 339 | 26 | 1 | 3 | .997 | 9.568 | 8.902 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 45.5 |
| 2013 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | C | 60 | 54 | 478.3 | 414 | 26 | 1 | 5 | .998 | 8.279 | 7.333 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 21.4 |
| 2014 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | C | 25 | 18 | 167.0 | 141 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.084 | 6.000 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 27.8 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | C | 11 | 5 | 58.0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.448 | 4.364 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| 2015 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | C | 3 | 2 | 19.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.105 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| 2015 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1B | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.643 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | AL | Kansas City Royals | C | 4 | 1 | 12.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.750 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | C | 17 | 15 | 139.0 | 109 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 7.576 | 6.882 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 44.4 |
| 2016 | AL | Houston Astros | C | 13 | 9 | 83.0 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 7.699 | 5.462 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 |
| 2016 | AL | Houston Astros | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 27.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | C | 61 | 54 | 491.7 | 508 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .994 | 9.720 | 8.705 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 29.5 |
| 2018 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | P | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | NL | San Francisco Giants | C | 11 | 9 | 88.0 | 101 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .964 | 11.045 | 9.818 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 22.2 |
| 2019 | AL | Tampa Bay Rays | C | 6 | 4 | 42.0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.643 | 7.500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 |
| 2020 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 12 | 9 | 72.0 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.625 | 6.417 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
| 2020 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 291 | 229 | 2111.0 | 1954 | 129 | 11 | 21 | .995 | 8.881 | 7.158 | 16 | 0 | 126 | 61 | 32.6 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | NLDS1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .625 | .625 | .750 | 1.375 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | NLCS | 7 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .125 | .222 | .188 | .410 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .292 | .346 | .375 | .721 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | NLDS1 | C | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 9.000 | 9.000 |
| 2018 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | NLCS | C | 7 | 5 | 47.0 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.681 | 8.714 |
| Totals | 9 | 7 | 65.0 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.938 | 8.778 |
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