Eric Gagne

Full Name: Eric Serge Gagne	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: September 7, 1999
Birthdate: January 7, 1976	MLB Experience: 8 years
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Born on January 7, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec (Canada), Eric Gagne (Eric Serge Gagne) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers for his entire 8 year career. Gagne broke into the bigs on September 7, 1999 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 5.15 ERA in 101.1 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Eric Gagne's best season was 2003, when he posted a 1.20 ERA, notched 55 saves and struck out 137 batters.

Gagne was also one of the players named in baseball's Mitchell Report. According to the report, Gagne was introduced to former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski by teammate Paul Lo Duca sometime between 1999 and 2004. Radomski says that he only personally spoke to Gagne once, and that all his orders were placed via Lo Duca. Gagne received 2 packages from Radomski, each containing two kits of HGH. One of these packages was sent directly to Dodger Stadium, as federal authorities found an Express Mail receipt addressed to Gagne in Radomski's home. Radomski alleges that Lo Duca paid for one of Gagne's shipments by way of cashier's check for $3,200, and Gagne mailed cash for the other package.

Also according to the Mitchell Report, the Boston Red Sox, in particular GM Theo Epstein, had reservations about acquiring the relief pitcher in 2007. This was mainly due to the steroid rumors that had swirled around Gagne throughout his career. When he questioned one of his scouts, Mark Delpiano, the scout thought that, "steroids IS the issue" and that Gagne was an injury risk because he "lacks the poise and commitment to stay healthy."

Gagne declined to meet with investigators for the Mitchell Report.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1999	LA	N	5	5	1	1	2.10	30	8	7	0	30	18	3	15	0	1	0
2000	LA	N	20	19	4	6	5.15	79	62	58	0	101.1	106	20	60	1	4	3
2001	LA	N	33	24	6	7	4.75	130	90	80	0	151.2	144	24	46	1	3	16
2002	LA	N	77	0	4	1	1.97	114	18	18	52	82.1	55	6	16	4	1	2
2003	LA	N	77	0	2	3	1.20	137	12	11	55	82.1	37	2	20	2	2	3
2004	LA	N	70	0	7	3	2.19	114	24	20	45	82.1	53	5	22	3	2	5
2005	LA	N	14	0	1	0	2.70	22	4	4	8	13.1	10	2	3	0	3	0
2006	LA	N	2	0	0	0	.00	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2007	TEX	A	34	0	2	0	2.16	29	8	8	16	33.1	23	2	12	0	1	1
2007	BOS	A	20	0	2	2	6.75	22	14	14	0	18.2	26	1	9	0	0	0
2007	Total		54	0	4	2	3.81	51	22	22	16	52	49	3	21	0	1	1
Total	NL		298	48	25	21	3.27	629	218	198	161	545.1	423	62	183	11	16	30
Total	AL		54	0	4	2	3.81	51	22	22	16	52	49	3	21	0	1	1
Total			352	48	29	23	3.31	680	240	220	177	597.1	472	65	204	11	17	31

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1999	LA	N	P	5	5	30	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
2000	LA	N	P	20	19	101.1	6	8	0	1	0	19	2	0	1.000
2001	LA	N	P	33	24	151.2	10	11	1	0	0	10	6	1	.955
2002	LA	N	P	77	0	82.1	4	10	0	1	3	2	3	0	1.000
2003	LA	N	P	77	0	82.1	3	11	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
2004	LA	N	P	70	0	82.1	5	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
2005	LA	N	P	14	0	13.1	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
2006	LA	N	P	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	TEX	A	P	34	0	33.1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2007	BOS	A	P	20	18.2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
2007	Total		P	54	0	52	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	352	48	597.1	34	58	1	3	5	38	13	1	.989

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1999	LA	N	5	10	1	2	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	3	0	0
2000	LA	N	20	28	1	4	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	5	6	0
2001	LA	N	33	44	3	6	1	2	.136	.156	.295	2	1	1	13	6	2
2002	LA	N	77	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2003	LA	N	77	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	LA	N	70	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0
2005	LA	N	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	LA	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	TEX	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	BOS	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Total		54	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		298	86	5	12	1	3	.140	.149	.221	2	1	1	25	12	2
Total	AL		54	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			352	86	5	12	1	3	.140	.149	.221	2	1	1	25	12	2

Transactions[]

Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 30th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 2, 1994).
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (July 26, 1995).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2006).
Signed by Texas Rangers (December 19, 2006).

Eric Gagne

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