Dick Errickson

{{Short description|American baseball player (1912–1999)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Dick Errickson

| image = Dick Errickson 1912-1999.jpg

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|03|05}}

| birth_place = Vineland, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|11|28|1912|03|05}}

| death_place = Vineland, New Jersey, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

| debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 27

| debutyear = 1938

| debutteam = Boston Bees

| finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 13

| finalyear = 1942

| finalteam = Chicago Cubs

| statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 36–47

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 3.85

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 176

| teams =

• Boston Bees / Braves ({{baseball year|1938}}–{{baseball year|1942}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1942}})

}}

Richard Merriwell Errickson (March 5, 1912 – November 28, 1999), nicknamed "Lief",{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/erricdi01.shtml |title=Dick Errickson Stats |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=June 18, 2019}} was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues in 1938–42 playing for the Boston Bees/Braves and Chicago Cubs.

A native of Vineland, New Jersey, Errickson attended Vineland High School.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=erricdi01 |title=Dick Errickson |website=BaseballAlmanac.com |accessdate=October 25, 2018 |quote=High School: Vineland High School (Vineland, NJ)}} He died in Vineland in 1999, aged 87.