Eric Karros

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**Eric Karros**
Major League Baseball debut
Retired — No. 23
First Baseman
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
September 1, 1991 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Selected MLB statistics (through 2004)
AVG	.268
OBP	.325
HR	284
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics

Eric Peter Karros (born November 4, 1967 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a former American baseball player who played in Major League Baseball from 1991-2004. Karros played his first MLB game on September 1, 1991. The only field position that Eric played was first base. Karros played 1,698 of his 1,711 games at first base. For the other 13 games of his career, Eric acted as the designated hitter for his team. Karros played the majority of his years (1991-2002) for the Los Angeles Dodgers. While playing with the Dodgers, Karros would be named the 1992 National League Rookie of the Year. Karros would put up consistently solid years throughout his career with the Dodgers, with a batting average between .270-.300. In addition, Karros would average 25-35 home runs a year. Eric would enjoy his finest year with the Dodgers in 1999 when he finished with a batting average of .304 with 34 home runs and 112 runs batted in. However, it seemed for most of his years in Los Angeles, Karros was constantly involved in trade rumors that swirled around the Dodgers. Finally, on December 2, 2002, he was traded with shortstop Mark Grudzielanek to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for catcher Todd Hundley and outfielder Chad Hermansen. Karros would only play the 2003 season with the Cubs as he was granted free agency from the team after the season. Eric would sign with the Oakland Athletics before the 2004 season, however, he would be released from the team on August 3, 2004. Karros’ final MLB game was played on July 21, 2004. He is generally considered as one of the better players to not have appeared in an all-star game.

1 Highlights
2 Post-career
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Highlights

1992 National League Rookie of the Year
1995 National League Silver Slugger Award at First Base
Finished 5th in voting for 1995 National League MVP
Finished 16th in voting for 1996 National League MVP
Ranks 90th on MLB All-Time Sacrifice Flies List (76)
Los Angeles Dodgers Career Sacrifice Flies Leader (74)
Los Angeles Dodgers Career Home Run Leader (270)

[edit] Post-career

Karros now works as a color commentator for baseball on ESPN as well as KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, where he does the pre-game show for Dodger games. He had also worked for Fox Sports in 2004 doing the pregame shows for the Major League Baseball playoffs.

Karros attended UCLA and has a degree in economics.