| Eric Helfand | |
| Position: | Catcher |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 25 March 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 4 |
| Debutyear: | 1993 |
| Debutteam: | Oakland Athletics |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | September 30 |
| Finalyear: | 1995 |
| Finalteam: | Oakland Athletics |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .171 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 0 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 9 |
| Teams: | |
Eric James Helfand (born March 25, 1969) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Oakland Athletics from to . He was later signed to a minor league contract by the Cleveland Indians after the 1995 season,[1] and was eventually signed to another minor league contract to the Anaheim Angels in 1998 and participated in spring training.[2]
He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, and attended Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, California, University of Nebraska at Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.[3] He is Jewish, and appeared in a 2003 Jewish Sports Review of All Time Jewish Major Leaguers.[4] [5]