What is Érik Bédard?
{{Infobox MLB player| name=Érik Bédard| image= Érik Bédard on June 14, 2012.jpg| width=250px| position=[[Starting pitcher]]| team=| number=45| bats=Left| throws=Left| birth_date={{birth date and age|1979|3|6}}| birth_place=[[Navan, Ontario|Navan]], [[Ontario]]| debutleague=[[Major League Baseball|MLB]] debutdate=April 17 debutyear=2002 debutteam=Baltimore Orioles statyear=May 29, 2013 stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] stat1value=63–66 stat2label=[[Earned run average]] stat2value=3.91 stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s stat3value=1,086 stat4label=[[Walks plus hits per inning pitched|WHIP]] stat4value=1.35| teams=<nowiki></nowiki> * [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|2002}}, {{mlby|2004}}–{{mlby|2007}}) * [[Seattle Mariners]] ({{mlby|2008}}–{{mlby|2009}}, {{mlby|2011}}) * [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|2011}}) * [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{mlby|2012}}) * [[Houston Astros]] ({{mlby|2013}}) }} '''Érik Joseph Bédard''' (born March 6, 1979 in [[Navan, Ontario|Navan]], [[Ontario]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[baseball]] player. As of 2013, he is a [[Pitcher (baseball)|pitcher]] for the [[Houston Astros]] of [[Major League Baseball]]. ==Career== He made his MLB debut for the [[Baltimore Orioles]] on April 17, 2002. He played for the Orioles in 2002 but suffered an elbow ligament injury that forced him to have operations on it and set his development back 18 months. After he spent most of the 2003 season in rehab, he returned to baseball. On July 7, he struck out 15 [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], which matched the Orioles franchise record that was set by [[Mike Mussina]]. His 15 strikeouts also set the record for the most in a game by a Canadian player. He earned the American League Pitcher of the month award in that month. On February 8, 2008, he was traded to the [[Seattle Mariners]] in a 5-for-1 deal which sent outfielder [[Adam Jones (baseball)|Adam Jones]] and pitchers [[George Sherrill]], Tony Butler, [[Chris Tillman]] and [[Kam Mickolio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?