Éric Cyr (born February 11, 1979) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, as well as in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President Lions. Baseball career Cyr graduated from Edouard Montpetit High School in Montreal and attended Seminole State College in Oklahoma. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 30th round of the 1998 MLB draft and signed with the Padres on May 31, . Cyr made his professional debut in 1999, splitting time between the Azl Padres and the Idaho Falls Chukars of the rookie leagues. He played with the Single-A Fort Wayne Wizards in . During the 2000–01 offseason, Cyr played winter ball in Australia. He was suspended at the beginning of the season due to an arrest. In , he played with Lake Elsinore Storm. With the Storm he had a terrific season, turning in a record of 7–4 with a 1.61 ERA in 21 appearances (16 starts) and striking out 131 batters while only walking 24. He was promoted to the Double-A Mobile BayBears in , where he was 4–6 with a 3.24 ERA in 14 starts before being promoted to Triple-A Portland. He made his Major League Baseball debut for the Padres on June 23, 2002, against the New York Yankees, working one scoreless inning in relief. He played in 5 games that year, going 0–1 with an ERA of 10.50 in 6 innings of total work. Cyr was claimed off waivers by the Anaheim Angels on March 5, and pitched briefly for the Angels Double-A team in Arkansas before the Angeles waived him and he was claimed by the Cincinnati Reds, who sent him to Chattanooga. After a short stint there, he was returned to the Angels. Cyr pitched for both Arkansas and the Salt Lake Stingers in before leaving the Angels to take part in the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of Team Canada. He also pitched for Salt Lake in , accumulating a record of 5–5, 5.64 in 38 appearances, 9 starts. He was on the Canadian WBC Roster. Shortly before attending the 2006 WBC, he signed with CPBL's Uni-President Lions in Taiwan. He departed the Uni-President Lions in September 2006, leaving a record of 9 wins (including 2 shutouts), 5 losses, and an ERA of 2.52, a WHIP of 1.23 in his