Dennis Eckersley

Dennis Lee Eckersley
Born: October 3, 1954
Oakland, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, DH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 190
Career: 1975-1998
Draft: Round 3 (1972 June Amateur Draft, Cleveland Indians)
School: Washington Union HS (Fremont, CA)
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004.
Minor League Statistics

Dennis Eckersley compiled a career record of 197 wins and 171 losses in his 1073-game career with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. He began playing during the 1975 season and last took the field during the 1998 campaign. Eckersley was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004.

Cleveland Indians

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1975	AL	Cleveland Indians	13	7	.650	2.60	34	24	5	6	2	2	186.7	147	61	54	16	90	8	152	7	2	4	794
1976	AL	Cleveland Indians	13	12	.520	3.43	36	30	3	9	3	1	199.3	155	82	76	13	78	2	200	5	1	6	821
1977	AL	Cleveland Indians	14	13	.519	3.53	33	33	0	12	3	0	247.3	214	100	97	31	54	11	191	7	0	3	1006
1978	AL	Boston Red Sox	20	8	.714	2.99	35	35	0	16	3	0	268.3	258	99	89	30	71	8	162	7	0	3	1121
1979	AL	Boston Red Sox	17	10	.630	2.99	33	33	0	17	2	0	246.7	234	89	82	29	59	4	150	6	1	1	1018
1980	AL	Boston Red Sox	12	14	.462	4.28	30	30	0	8	0	0	197.7	188	101	94	25	44	7	121	2	0	0	818
1981	AL	Boston Red Sox	9	8	.529	4.27	23	23	0	8	2	0	154.0	160	82	73	9	35	2	79	3	0	0	649
1982	AL	Boston Red Sox	13	13	.500	3.73	33	33	0	11	3	0	224.3	228	101	93	31	43	3	127	2	0	1	926
1983	AL	Boston Red Sox	9	13	.409	5.61	28	28	0	2	0	0	176.3	223	119	110	27	39	4	77	6	0	1	787
1984	AL	Boston Red Sox	4	4	.500	5.01	9	9	0	2	0	0	64.7	71	38	36	10	13	2	33	1	0	2	270
1984	NL	Chicago Cubs	10	8	.556	3.03	24	24	0	2	0	0	160.3	152	59	54	11	36	7	81	4	2	1	662
1985	NL	Chicago Cubs	11	7	.611	3.08	25	25	0	6	2	0	169.3	145	61	58	15	19	4	117	3	3	0	664
1986	NL	Chicago Cubs	6	11	.353	4.57	33	32	0	1	0	0	201.0	226	109	102	21	43	3	137	3	5	2	862
1987	AL	Oakland Athletics	6	8	.429	3.03	54	2	33	0	0	16	115.7	99	41	39	11	17	3	113	3	0	1	460
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	4	2	.667	2.35	60	0	53	0	0	45	72.7	52	20	19	5	11	2	70	1	2	0	279
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	4	0	1.000	1.56	51	0	46	0	0	33	57.7	32	10	10	5	3	0	55	1	0	0	206
1990	AL	Oakland Athletics	4	2	.667	0.61	63	0	61	0	0	48	73.3	41	9	5	2	4	1	73	0	0	0	262
1991	AL	Oakland Athletics	5	4	.556	2.96	67	0	59	0	0	43	76.0	60	26	25	11	9	3	87	1	0	1	299
1992	AL	Oakland Athletics	7	1	.875	1.91	69	0	65	0	0	51	80.0	62	17	17	5	11	6	93	1	0	0	309
1993	AL	Oakland Athletics	2	4	.333	4.16	64	0	52	0	0	36	67.0	67	32	31	7	13	4	80	2	0	0	276
1994	AL	Oakland Athletics	5	4	.556	4.26	45	0	39	0	0	19	44.3	49	26	21	5	13	2	47	1	0	0	193
1995	AL	Oakland Athletics	4	6	.400	4.83	52	0	48	0	0	29	50.3	53	29	27	5	11	0	40	1	0	0	212
1996	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	0	6	.000	3.30	63	0	53	0	0	30	60.0	65	26	22	8	6	2	49	4	0	0	251
1997	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1	5	.167	3.91	57	0	47	0	0	36	53.0	49	24	23	9	8	0	45	2	0	2	218
1998	AL	Boston Red Sox	4	1	.800	4.76	50	0	13	0	0	1	39.7	46	21	21	6	8	3	22	2	0	0	171
Totals			197	171	.535	3.50	1071	361	577	100	20	390	3285.7	3076	1382	1278	347	738	91	2401	75	16	28	13534

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF
1975	AL	Cleveland Indians	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1976	AL	Cleveland Indians	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1977	AL	Cleveland Indians	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1978	AL	Boston Red Sox	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1979	AL	Boston Red Sox	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1980	AL	Boston Red Sox	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1981	AL	Boston Red Sox	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1982	AL	Boston Red Sox	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1983	AL	Boston Red Sox	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1984	AL	Boston Red Sox	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1984	NL	Chicago Cubs	24	57	55	1	6	0	0	1	1	25	.109	.125	.109	.234	6	1	1	0
1985	NL	Chicago Cubs	26	65	56	1	7	0	1	1	7	25	.125	.222	.179	.401	10	0	2	0
1986	NL	Chicago Cubs	33	73	69	7	11	3	2	10	1	34	.159	.169	.290	.459	20	0	2	1
1987	AL	Oakland Athletics	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1990	AL	Oakland Athletics	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1991	AL	Oakland Athletics	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1992	AL	Oakland Athletics	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1993	AL	Oakland Athletics	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1994	AL	Oakland Athletics	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1995	AL	Oakland Athletics	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1996	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	63	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1997	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1998	AL	Boston Red Sox	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals			1073	196	181	9	24	3	3	12	9	84	.133	.173	.199	.372	36	1	5	1

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1975	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	34	24	186.7	7	12	1	0	.950	.916	.559
1976	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	36	30	199.3	9	20	1	1	.967	1.309	.806
1977	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	33	33	247.3	6	22	2	1	.933	1.019	.848
1978	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	35	35	268.3	19	29	0	1	1.000	1.610	1.371
1979	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	33	33	246.7	12	42	6	3	.900	1.970	1.636
1980	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	30	30	197.7	10	24	3	0	.919	1.548	1.133
1981	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	23	23	154.0	12	19	1	1	.969	1.812	1.348
1982	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	33	33	224.3	21	21	1	2	.977	1.685	1.273
1983	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	28	28	176.3	19	18	1	0	.974	1.888	1.321
1984	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	24	24	160.3	16	27	4	1	.915	2.414	1.792
1984	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	9	9	64.7	11	11	1	2	.957	3.062	2.444
1985	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	25	25	169.3	10	26	3	1	.923	1.913	1.440
1986	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	33	32	201.0	16	28	3	3	.936	1.970	1.333
1987	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	54	2	115.7	4	13	1	0	.944	1.323	.315
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	60	0	72.7	7	3	0	0	1.000	1.239	.167
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	51	0	57.7	4	4	0	1	1.000	1.249	.157
1990	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	63	0	73.3	3	1	0	0	1.000	.491	.063
1991	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	67	0	76.0	6	9	0	0	1.000	1.776	.224
1992	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	69	0	80.0	3	10	0	1	1.000	1.463	.188
1993	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	64	0	67.0	0	5	0	0	1.000	.672	.078
1994	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	45	0	44.3	2	1	0	0	1.000	.609	.067
1995	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	52	0	50.3	3	5	1	2	.889	1.430	.154
1996	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	63	0	60.0	3	6	1	0	.900	1.350	.143
1997	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	57	0	53.0	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.358	.140
1998	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	50	0	39.7	2	4	1	0	.857	1.361	.120
Totals				1071	361	3285.7	208	365	31	20	.949	1.570	.535

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF
1984	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	0	1	.000	8.44	1	1	0	0	5.3	9	5	5	0	0	0	22
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	0		0.00	4	0	4	4	6.0	1	0	0	0	2	5	21
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	0	1	.000	10.80	2	0	2	0	1.7	2	2	2	1	1	2	7
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	0		1.59	4	0	4	3	5.7	4	1	1	0	0	2	20
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	1	1.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
1990	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	2	3.3	2	0	0	0	0	3	12
1990	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	0	1	.000	6.75	2	0	2	0	1.3	3	1	1	0	0	1	7
1992	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	0		6.00	3	0	2	1	3.0	8	2	2	1	0	2	17
1996	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS2	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	3	3.7	3	0	0	0	0	2	14
1996	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	3	1	3.3	2	0	0	0	0	4	12
1998	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS1	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	4
Totals				1	3	.250	3.00	28	1	26	15	36.0	35	12	12	3	3	22	141

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1984	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	4	0	0	0
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	2	0	0	0
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	4	0	0	0
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	2	0	0	0
1990	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	3	0	0	0
1990	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	2	0	0	0
1992	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	3	0	0	0
1996	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS2	3	0	0	0
1996	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	3	0	0	0
1998	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS1	1	0	0	0
Totals				28	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1984	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	P	1	1	5.3	0	0		.000	.000
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	4	0	6.0	2	0	1.000	3.000	.500
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	P	2	0	1.7	0	0		.000	.000
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	4	0	5.7	0	1	1.000	1.588	.250
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	P	2	0	1.7	1	0	1.000	5.400	.500
1990	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	3	0	3.3	0	0		.000	.000
1990	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	P	2	0	1.3	0	0		.000	.000
1992	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	3	0	3.0	0	0		.000	.000
1996	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS2	P	3	0	3.7	0	1	1.000	2.455	.333
1996	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	P	3	0	3.3	0	1	1.000	2.700	.333
1998	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS1	P	1	0	1.0	0	0		.000	.000
Totals					28	1	36.0	3	3	1.000	1.500	.214

Awards

1988 - AL TSN Fireman of the Year
1988 - AL ALCS MVP
1988 - AL Rolaids Relief Man Award
1991 - AL TSN Fireman of the Year
1992 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1992 - AL Rolaids Relief Man Award
1992 - AL Cy Young Award
1992 - AL TSN Fireman of the Year
1992 - AL Most Valuable Player

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