Lucas Erceg

BIOGRAPHY

Lucas Erceg was born May 1, 1995, in San Jose, California. He is an infielder in the MLB.

Erceg attended Westmont High School in Campbell, California. He played college baseball at the University of California, Berkeley in 2014 and 2015 and was named first team All-Pac-12 in 2015. Prior to the 2016 season he was ruled academically ineligible and transferred to Menlo College. After one year at Menlo, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the second round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.

Erceg made his professional debut with the Helena Brewers of the Rookie-level Pioneer League and was promoted to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class A Midwest League after hitting .400 over 26 games. Erceg finished his first professional season with a .327 batting average, nine home runs and 51 RBIs in 68 total games between both teams. In 2017, he played for the Carolina Mudcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina Leaguewhere he batted .256 with 15 home runs and 81 RBIs in 127 games along with playing in three games for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League at the end of the season.

MLB.com ranked Ecreg as Milwaukee's fourth-ranked prospect going into the 2018 season. He spent the 2018 season with the Biloxi Shuckers of the Class AA Southern League, batting .248 with 13 home runs and 51 RBIs in 123 games. He spent 2019 with the San Antonio Missions of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, slashing .218/.305/.398 with 15 home runs and 52 RBIs over 116 games.

On May 17, 2023, Erceg was traded to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for cash considerations. On May 19, Erceg was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.  He made his MLB debut that night versus the Houston Astros, allowing one run over one inning and recording one strikeout.