Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Erv
Palica		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 9, 1928 in Usa, CA, LOMITA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 19 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1948 20 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1949 21 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1950 22 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1951 23 MIN AL   6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1952 24 MIN AL   6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1953 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1954 26 MIN AL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1955 27 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1956 28 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1957 29 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1958 30 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1959 31 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1960 32 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1961 33 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1962 34 COL NL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1947 19 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1948 20 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1949 21 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 23 MIN AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1952 24 MIN AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1953 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1954 26 MIN AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1955 27 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1956 28 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1957 29 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1958 30 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1959 31 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1960 32 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1961 33 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1962 34 COL NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 19 MIN AL 1 3 .250 11 0 0 0 0 18.0 22 8 2 3 4 4.00 .301 .329 .452 .781 1.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 26 0 0 0 3 17.3 16 8 2 11 7 4.15 .254 .365 .381 .746  
    AA   1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 2 7.3 3 0 0 1 8 0.00 .130 .167 .130 .297  
1948 20 MIN AL 5 1 .833 49 0 0 0 2 63.0 48 25 3 52 25 3.57 .218 .365 .323 .688 7.3
1949 21 MIN AL 0 1 .000 18 0 0 0 0 22.0 30 17 4 13 9 6.95 .313 .391 .500 .891 0.0
1950 22 MIN AL 1 2 .333 23 0 0 0 1 26.7 31 25 2 25 14 8.44 .292 .424 .406 .830 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 4 4 0.00 .333 .500 .333 .833  
1951 23 AAA   5 3 .625 51 0 0 0 3 41.7 41 23 10 28 33 4.97 .255 .365 .472 .837  
1952 24 AAA   2 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 5 17.0 14 9 2 9 10 4.76 .237 .338 .424 .762  
    AA   4 0 1.000 43 0 0 0 3 37.3 27 6 3 14 45 1.45 .201 .277 .291 .568  
1953 25 MIN AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 1 1 18.00 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 0.0
    AA   4 1 .800 79 0 0 0 15 74.7 53 11 4 23 67 1.33 .205 .270 .297 .567  
1954 26 MIN AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.3 3 2 1 2 2 3.38 .176 .263 .353 .616 0.4
    AAA   1 5 .167 77 0 0 0 6 58.7 68 39 10 38 40 5.98 .298 .398 .496 .894  
1955 27 AA   1 2 .333 20 0 0 0 0 35.3 27 13 2 19 35 3.31 .205 .305 .303 .608  
1956 28 AA   0 2 .000 15 0 0 0 0 14.3 17 9 2 5 9 5.65 .309 .367 .509 .876  
1957 29 AA   3 4 .429 57 0 0 0 2 57.0 35 18 3 23 51 2.84 .174 .259 .254 .513  
1958 30 AA   1 4 .200 76 0 0 0 10 69.0 68 26 8 23 79 3.39 .263 .323 .409 .732  
1959 31 AA   2 4 .333 45 0 0 0 3 37.0 41 21 4 18 49 5.11 .281 .360 .397 .757  
1960 32 AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 9.0 4 3 2 3 10 3.00 .129 .206 .323 .528  
    AA   3 2 .600 30 0 0 0 0 57.3 38 8 5 18 67 1.26 .192 .259 .268 .527  
1961 33 AAA   3 5 .375 76 1 0 0 14 68.0 60 30 9 28 49 3.97 .245 .322 .412 .735  
1962 34 AA   1 4 .200 68 0 0 0 10 59.0 48 16 7 33 46 2.44 .226 .331 .377 .708  
6 Years Sim 7 7 .500 105 0 0 0 3 136.0 135 79 13 96 55 5.23 .262 .375 .397 .772 8.7
7 Years AAA 12 14 .462 261 1 0 0 31 214.7 207 112 35 121 153 4.70 .259 .357 .442 .798  
10 Years AA 20 23 .465 442 0 0 0 45 448.3 357 128 38 177 456 2.57 .221 .297 .330 .628  
17 Years Minors 32 37 .464 703 1 0 0 76 663.0 564 240 73 298 609 3.26 .233 .317 .367 .685  
Season Average 1 1 .500 17 0 0 0 0 22.7 22 13 2 16 9 5.23 .262 .375 .397 .772  
Career Highs 5 3 .833 49 0 0 0 2 63.0 48 25 4 52 25 18.00 .313 .424 1.000 1.400  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   42 33 4 42 30   .179 .304 .265 .569
vs LH   93 46 9 54 25   .330 .438 .507 .945
Home 1 1 .500 55 0 0 0 0 72.3 65 40 5 57 33 4.98 .241 .373 .352 .725
Away 6 6 .500 50 0 0 0 3 63.7 70 39 8 39 22 5.51 .285 .382 .447 .830
Mar/Apr 0 2 .000 20 0 0 0 1 30.3 27 16 4 19 15 4.75 .239 .348 .398 .747
May 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 0 13.0 19 16 1 12 6 11.09 .339 .456 .464 .920
June 0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 0 15.3 17 10 2 13 2 5.87 .293 .423 .431 .854
July 2 0 1.000 17 0 0 0 2 23.3 19 8 0 24 10 3.09 .235 .410 .296 .706
August 1 1 .500 16 0 0 0 0 14.7 14 5 1 8 6 3.07 .237 .328 .373 .701
Sep/Oct 3 3 .500 27 0 0 0 0 39.3 39 24 5 20 16 5.49 .262 .349 .423 .772
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 19 MIN AL 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1948 20 MIN AL 49 6 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9 0.1
1949 21 MIN AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1952 24 AAA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
    AA   4 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 1.4  
1953 25 AA   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1954 26 MIN AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1956 28 AA   13 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.7  
1957 29 AA   5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
4 Years Sim 81 10 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .400 .700 1.1 0.1
2 Years AAA 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
4 Years AA 26 8 7 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 .625 .600 .625 1.225 2.4  
6 Years Minors 29 10 8 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2.2  
162 Game Average 20 4 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .400 .700 2.2  
Career Highs 49 6 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
vs LH   5 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9
Home 41 6 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8
Away 28 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
RISP   2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.2
Mar/Apr 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Sep/Oct 25 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 19 MIN AL P 11 0 18.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1948 20 MIN AL P 49 0 63.0 4 18 0 3 1.000 3.14    
1949 21 MIN AL P 18 0 22.0 2 2 1 0 .800 1.64    
1950 22 MIN AL P 23 0 26.7 6 7 0 0 1.000 4.39    
1953 25 MIN AL P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 26 MIN AL P 3 0 5.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69    
Career Totals   105 0 136.0 14 32 1 3 .979 3.04    
Career Highs   49 0 63.0 6 18 1 3 1.000 4.39    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1948 20 MIN AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 2 0 0.00 .167 .375 .167 .542
1954 26 MIN AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 .231 .286 .385 .670
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 3 0 0.00 .211 .318 .316 .634
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1954 26 MIN AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bob Mabe (995)
  2. Bonnie Hollingsworth (992)
  3. Ron Romanick (988)
  4. Joe Boever (987)
  5. Joe Bush (986)
  6. Ray Poat (985)
  7. Greg Bargar (985)
  8. Bob Moorhead (984)
  9. Greg Booker (984)
  10. Jack Wilson (983)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1947
Had first career hit on 9/18/1947, off Joe Dobson (DET)
Earned first career win on 9/25/1947
Injured on 8/20/1951 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Minnesota to New York (N) on 2/1/1955 (Going to NYG: LF Del Ennis, P Erv Palica. Going to MIN: LF Steve Bilko, LF Jerry Lynch, P Paul Foytack, P Jack Banta, P Don Johnson)
Traded from New York (N) to Cincinnati on 7/31/1955 (Going to NYG: 2B Pee wee Reese. Going to CIN: P Erv Palica, P Ben Wade, P Bob Lemon)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/20/1962 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.