John Ericks


John Edward Ericks II is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who was a first round draft pick in 1988 by the St. Louis Cardinals. He played for three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1995 to 1997, appearing in 57 career games.
A native of Tinley Park, Illinois, Ericks attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and in 1987 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League.