Yankees’ Former Pitcher Lied About Drinking After Fatal Car Crash: ‘I Knew It Was Wrong’

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A New York Yankees logo is shown in the on-deck circle before the start of the game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on September 1, 2017 in New York City. The Red Sox won 4-1. (Photo by Corey Perrine/Getty Images)

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As one of baseball’s oldest franchises, the New York Yankees have had many players wear their uniform over the decades, some for just short stints.

And now one former player who ended his career with the Yankees is back in the news after the latest development in a high-profile court case.

“Former … pitcher Scott Erickson, a co-defendant in a civil suit alleging his former girlfriend, Rebecca Grossman, ran over and killed two boys while driving about 80 mph on a Westlake Village street in 2020, testified Monday that he lied to authorities about how much he drank that night, but he denied the two were racing,” the Los Angeles Daily News’ City News Service reported. “By denying that he was racing Grossman, Erickson appeared to contradict the previous trial testimony of his former friend, ex-San Francisco Giants shortstop Royce Clayton, that Erickson told him that he and Grossman were ‘flying down’ the street.”

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Former Pitcher Scott Erickson Ended Career With New York Yankees

Erickson, a California native, was a big-league pitcher for 15 years. He won a World Series championship with the Minnesota Twins in 1991, played for the Baltimore Orioles for seven years, played for the and for one year each and played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2005 season. After that, he signed a contract with the Yankees and logged a 7.94 ERA in nine total games before he was released and officially retired.