Erik Kratz
Erik Floyd Kratz
Born: June 15, 1980
Telford, PA US
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, CF, OF, P, RF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 250
Draft: Round 29 (2002 June Amateur Draft, Toronto Blue Jays)
School: Eastern Mennonite
Career: 2002-2019
Major League Statistics
Erik Kratz compiled a career batting average of .259 with 134 home runs and 516 RBI in his 1043-game career with the Medicine Hat Blue Jays, Auburn Doubledays, Charleston Alley Cats, New Haven Ravens, Dunedin Blue Jays, New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Peoria Saguaros, Syracuse SkyChiefs, Syracuse Chiefs, Indianapolis Indians, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Reading Fightin Phils, Buffalo Bisons, Tacoma Rainiers, Omaha Storm Chasers, Salt Lake Bees, Columbus Clippers and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. He began playing during the 2002 season and last took the field during the 2019 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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2004 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
2004 | Advanced A | FLOR | Dunedin Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
2006 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
2008 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
2010 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Batting:
Year | Level | 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 |
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2002 | R | PION | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | 44 | 151 | 142 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 32 | .275 | .318 | .394 | .712 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2003 | AA | EL | New Haven Ravens | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | A | SALL3 | Charleston Alley Cats | 8 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .316 | .409 | .474 | .883 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | Short Season A | NYPL | Auburn Doubledays | 49 | 185 | 157 | 25 | 49 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 31 | .312 | .411 | .503 | .914 | 79 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2004 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .444 | .944 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | Advanced A | FLOR | Dunedin Blue Jays | 15 | 52 | 49 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .286 | .327 | .429 | .755 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | Short Season A | NYPL | Auburn Doubledays | 10 | 41 | 39 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .308 | .317 | .462 | .779 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2005 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 91 | 332 | 292 | 27 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 86 | .205 | .283 | .353 | .635 | 103 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
2005 | Fall | AZFL | Peoria Saguaros | 16 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .192 | .250 | .308 | .558 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Syracuse SkyChiefs | 12 | 47 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .250 | .319 | .375 | .694 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2006 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 71 | 284 | 258 | 34 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 54 | .225 | .290 | .333 | .623 | 86 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2007 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | 35 | 124 | 112 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 28 | .214 | .273 | .366 | .639 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 49 | 182 | 160 | 22 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 33 | .250 | .317 | .506 | .823 | 81 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | 40 | 158 | 145 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 33 | .234 | .287 | .510 | .797 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2008 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 33 | 121 | 102 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 26 | .245 | .347 | .500 | .847 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2009 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 93 | 353 | 319 | 45 | 87 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 72 | .273 | .337 | .470 | .807 | 150 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2010 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 70 | 274 | 230 | 30 | 63 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 54 | .274 | .380 | .496 | .875 | 114 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2011 | AAA | IL | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | 103 | 409 | 358 | 56 | 103 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 72 | .288 | .372 | .466 | .838 | 167 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2012 | AAA | IL | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | 37 | 141 | 124 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .266 | .326 | .540 | .867 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
2013 | AAA | IL | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | AA | EL | Reading Fightin Phils | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 27 | 100 | 87 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | .299 | .354 | .517 | .871 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
2015 | AAA | IL | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | 26 | 97 | 77 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | .312 | .433 | .558 | .991 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2015 | AAA | PCL | Omaha Storm Chasers | 15 | 62 | 56 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .214 | .274 | .464 | .738 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2015 | AAA | PCL | Tacoma Rainiers | 10 | 43 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .205 | .279 | .308 | .587 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 19 | 68 | 58 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .155 | .269 | .172 | .441 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Bees | 12 | 41 | 39 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .231 | .268 | .308 | .576 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | 86 | 324 | 282 | 38 | 76 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 64 | .270 | .359 | .472 | .831 | 133 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2018 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 17 | 60 | 52 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .269 | .356 | .538 | .894 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 46 | 176 | 154 | 27 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 21 | .299 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 77 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 1043 | 3907 | 3445 | 477 | 891 | 230 | 5 | 134 | 516 | 23 | 7 | 335 | 758 | .259 | .335 | .445 | .780 | 1533 | 88 | 78 | 14 | 35 | 16 |
Fielding:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
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2002 | R | PION | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | C | 33 | 278 | 29 | 3 | 0 | .990 | 9.303 | 8 | 27 | 14 | 34.1 |
2002 | R | PION | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
2002 | R | PION | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
2002 | R | PION | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
2003 | A | SALL3 | Charleston Alley Cats | 1B | 4 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
2003 | Short Season A | NYPL | Auburn Doubledays | C | 33 | 290 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.939 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 44.4 |
2003 | A | SALL3 | Charleston Alley Cats | C | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
2003 | Short Season A | NYPL | Auburn Doubledays | 1B | 12 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .989 | 7.500 | ||||
2003 | AA | EL | New Haven Ravens | C | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2004 | Short Season A | NYPL | Auburn Doubledays | C | 9 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.111 | 1 | |||
2004 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | C | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.667 | 1 | |||
2004 | Advanced A | FLOR | Dunedin Blue Jays | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
2004 | Advanced A | FLOR | Dunedin Blue Jays | C | 13 | 94 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 8.077 | 1 | |||
2004 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
2004 | Advanced A | FLOR | Dunedin Blue Jays | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
2005 | Fall | AZFL | Peoria Saguaros | C | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.222 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 33.3 |
2005 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | C | 89 | 648 | 63 | 6 | 4 | .992 | 7.989 | 12 | 43 | 28 | 39.4 |
2005 | Fall | AZFL | Peoria Saguaros | 1B | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
2006 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | C | 58 | 410 | 36 | 3 | 5 | .993 | 7.690 | 8 | 30 | 18 | 37.5 |
2006 | AAA | IL | Syracuse SkyChiefs | C | 12 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.667 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8.3 |
2006 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
2007 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | C | 45 | 318 | 29 | 1 | 4 | .997 | 7.711 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 38.7 |
2007 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | C | 30 | 188 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 6.833 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 33.3 |
2007 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
2007 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
2008 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 1B | 4 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .976 | 1.250 | ||||
2008 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | C | 39 | 302 | 38 | 3 | 6 | .991 | 8.718 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 34.1 |
2008 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
2008 | AA | EL | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | C | 19 | 132 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .993 | 7.684 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 35.3 |
2008 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
2008 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
2009 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | C | 91 | 628 | 55 | 6 | 5 | .991 | 7.505 | 8 | 58 | 25 | 30.1 |
2009 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
2010 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | C | 63 | 435 | 46 | 7 | 5 | .986 | 7.635 | 4 | 59 | 16 | 21.3 |
2010 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | 1B | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
2010 | AAA | IL | Indianapolis Indians | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
2011 | AAA | IL | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | C | 101 | 807 | 69 | 8 | 9 | .991 | 8.673 | 9 | 53 | 23 | 30.3 |
2012 | AAA | IL | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | C | 31 | 237 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .996 | 8.194 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 22.2 |
2013 | AAA | IL | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | C | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
2013 | AA | EL | Reading Fightin Phils | C | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2014 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | C | 20 | 165 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 8.650 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25.0 |
2015 | AAA | PCL | Tacoma Rainiers | C | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.250 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
2015 | AAA | PCL | Omaha Storm Chasers | C | 14 | 115 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 8.857 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 25.0 |
2015 | AAA | IL | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | C | 11 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 7.636 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
2015 | AAA | PCL | Tacoma Rainiers | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
2015 | AAA | IL | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
2016 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Bees | C | 8 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .947 | 6.750 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10.0 |
2016 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | C | 19 | 137 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.421 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 42.9 |
2017 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | C | 78 | 558 | 37 | 2 | 9 | .997 | 7.628 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 37.3 |
2017 | AAA | IL | Columbus Clippers | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
2018 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | C | 17 | 141 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 8.882 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 31.6 |
2019 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | C | 37 | 329 | 23 | 4 | 4 | .989 | 9.514 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 37.5 |
2019 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 1B | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
Totals | 944 | 6881 | 596 | 61 | 87 | .992 | 7.921 | 77 | 518 | 247 | 32.3 |
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