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. References External links Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball players American League All-Stars Seattle Mariners players Boston Red Sox players Cincinnati Reds players Toronto Blue Jays players American expatriate baseball players in Canada Calgary Cannons players Orleans Firebirds players Baseball players from New Jersey Major League Baseball pitchers People from Kinnelon, New Jersey Peddie School alumni Sportspeople from Morris County, New Jersey 1965 births Living people Chattanooga Lookouts players Dunedin Blue Jays players Omaha Golden Spikes players Vancouver Canadians players