Eric James Helfand (born March 25, 1969) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Oakland Athletics from 1993 to 1995. He was later signed to a minor league contract by the Cleveland Indians after the 1995 season,[1] and was eventually signed to another minor league contract to the Anaheim Angels in 1998 and participated in spring training.[2]

He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, and attended Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, California, University of Nebraska at Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.[3] He is Jewish, and appeared in a 2003 Jewish Sports Review of All Time Jewish Major Leaguers.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Eric Helfand Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "Catcher Eric Helfand of the Anaheim Angels in action during a spring".
  3. ^ "Eric Helfand Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 19. January–February 2020.
  5. ^ "Jewish Major Leaguers - the Card Set". www.jewishmajorleaguers.org. Archived from the original on July 15, 2003. Retrieved January 17, 2022.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Helfand
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