Eric Stults

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**Eric Stults**

Los Angeles Dodgers — No. 50
Pitcher
Born: December 9, 1979 (1979-12-09) (age 28)
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
Major League Baseball debut
September 5, 2006 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Win-Loss	2-4
Strikeouts	35
Earned Run Average	5.75
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (2006-2007)

Eric William Stults (born December 9, 1979 in Plymouth, Indiana) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Stults played in college for NAIA Bethel College (Indiana). Stults pitched and played center field for Bethel, which won the 2002 National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association Division I championship...posted a 10-1 record that season...also played basketball at Bethel. He and his wife, Stephanie have a daughter, Madeline ^[1]

1 Minor Leagues
2 Major Leagues
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Minor Leagues

Stults was selected by the Dodgers in the 15th round of the 2002 amateur draft.

In 2002 he pitched for the Vero Beach Dodgers and had a record of 3-1 with an ERA of 3.00 in 13 appearances (6 starts.)

In 2003 he was 3-4 with a 4.97 ERA in 7 starts for the Jacksonville Suns.

In 2004 he pitched for the Columbus Catfish of the South Atlantic League and had a record of 1-2, ERA of 2.49 in 12 appearances. He also pitched in 7 games for Vero Beach that year.

In 2005 he alternated between Jacksonville and the Las Vegas 51s, he was 4-3, 3.31 in 12 starts for Jacksonville and 3-7, 6.58 in 14 starts for Las Vegas.

In 2006 with Las Vegas he was 10-11 with a 4.23 ERA in 26 starts.

[edit] Major Leagues

Stults made his Major League Baseball debut with the Dodgers on September 5, 2006, against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He pitched three innings and gave up three earned runs. Earned his first Major League victory on Sept. 10 at Shea Stadium...held the New York Mets to just one run and two hits over 6.0 innings and 86 pitches...walked two and struck out three in the Dodgers' 9-1 win.

In 2007 he has returned to the starting rotation with the Las Vegas 51s. He was called up by the Dodgers to start the game against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, August 17th and struck out 9 batters en route to his first victory in 2007 after having thrown 7 innings and giving up only 2 runs, 2 hits, and a walk.