My Take
Erik Cordier is one of those players who makes you appreciate just how hard it is to stick in the big leagues — a hard-throwing right-hander out of Green Bay, Wisconsin who got cups of coffee with the Giants and the Marlins and showed enough raw stuff to keep getting chances. What I find genuinely interesting about his career is the Japan chapter: pitching for the Orix Buffaloes in NPB takes a real kind of guts, adapting your game to a different strike zone, different culture, different everything. He never became a household name stateside, but the fact that he carved out a professional career across two countries tells you the arm was the real deal. Sometimes the story isn't about the highlight reel — it's about a guy who kept competing wherever the game would have him.
Overview
Erik Michael Cordier (born February 25, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Miami Marlins, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Erik Cordier
- Name (Japanese)
- エリック・コーディエ
- Reading
- えりっく・こーでぃえ
- Born
- February 25, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Tiger
- Origin
- Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 191 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.