Erik Hanson (baseball)

Erik Brian Hanson (born May 18, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During an 11-year baseball career, he pitched for the Seattle Mariners (1988–1993), Cincinnati Reds (1994), Boston Red Sox (1995), and Toronto Blue Jays (1996–1998), and was known for possessing an excellent curveball.

Amateur career
Raised in Kinnelon, New Jersey, Hanson played high school baseball for coach Lew Watts at the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey. He attended Wake Forest University, and in 1984 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Professional career
Hanson won a career high 18 games for the Mariners in 1990 and was a 1995 American League All-Star selection for the Red Sox compiling a 15–5 record that year. Hanson pitched 8 innings in game 2 of the 1995 ALDS Game 2, receiving the loss in a 4–0 decision.