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Dennis Eckersley

Dennis Lee Eckersley (Eck)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 3, 1954 in Oakland, CA
High School: Washington (Fremont, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1975
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/Cardinals/Indians/Cubs 1975-1998
Agents: Ed Keating [*]
Final Game: September 26, 1998
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2004 (421/506 ballots).
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:04AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #44. Orel Hershiser… #45. Jim Bunning… #46. Luis Tiant… #47. DENNIS ECKERSLEY… #48. Hal Newhouser… #49. Dizzy Dean… #50. Ted Lyons… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1975 20 CLE AL 13 7 .650 2.60 34 24 5 6 2 2 186.2 147 61 54 16 90 8 152 7 2 4 794 144 1.270 7.1 0.8 4.3 7.3 1.69
1976 21 CLE AL 13 12 .520 3.43 36 30 3 9 3 1 199.1 155 82 76 13 78 2 200 5 1 6 821 101 1.169 7.0 0.6 3.5 9.0 2.56
1977 22 CLE AL 14 13 .519 3.53 33 33 0 12 3 0 247.1 214 100 97 31 54 11 191 7 0 3 1006 112 1.084 7.8 1.1 2.0 7.0 3.54 AS
1978 23 BOS AL 20 8 .714 2.99 35 35 0 16 3 0 268.1 258 99 89 30 71 8 162 7 0 3 1121 139 1.226 8.7 1.0 2.4 5.4 2.28 CYA-4,MVP-31
1979 24 BOS AL 17 10 .630 2.99 33 33 0 17 2 0 246.2 234 89 82 29 59 4 150 6 1 1 1018 150 1.188 8.5 1.1 2.2 5.5 2.54 CYA-7
1980 25 BOS AL 12 14 .462 4.28 30 30 0 8 0 0 197.2 188 101 94 25 44 7 121 2 0 0 818 99 1.174 8.6 1.1 2.0 5.5 2.75
1981 26 BOS AL 9 8 .529 4.27 23 23 0 8 2 0 154.0 160 82 73 9 35 2 79 3 0 0 649 91 1.266 9.4 0.5 2.0 4.6 2.26
1982 27 BOS AL 13 13 .500 3.73 33 33 0 11 3 0 224.1 228 101 93 31 43 3 127 2 0 1 926 116 1.208 9.1 1.2 1.7 5.1 2.95 AS
1983 28 BOS AL 9 13 .409 5.61 28 28 0 2 0 0 176.1 223 119 110 27 39 4 77 6 0 1 787 78 1.486 11.4 1.4 2.0 3.9 1.97
1984 29 TOT MLB 14 12 .538 3.60 33 33 0 4 0 0 225.0 223 97 90 21 49 9 114 5 2 3 932 111 1.209 8.9 0.8 2.0 4.6 2.33
1984 29 BOS AL 4 4 .500 5.01 9 9 0 2 0 0 64.2 71 38 36 10 13 2 33 1 0 2 270 84 1.299 9.9 1.4 1.8 4.6 2.54
1984 29 CHC NL 10 8 .556 3.03 24 24 0 2 0 0 160.1 152 59 54 11 36 7 81 4 2 1 662 128 1.173 8.5 0.6 2.0 4.5 2.25
1985 30 CHC NL 11 7 .611 3.08 25 25 0 6 2 0 169.1 145 61 58 15 19 4 117 3 3 0 664 129 0.969 7.7 0.8 1.0 6.2 6.16
1986 31 CHC NL 6 11 .353 4.57 33 32 0 1 0 0 201.0 226 109 102 21 43 3 137 3 5 2 862 88 1.338 10.1 0.9 1.9 6.1 3.19
1987 32 OAK AL 6 8 .429 3.03 54 2 33 0 0 16 115.2 99 41 39 11 17 3 113 3 0 1 460 137 1.003 7.7 0.9 1.3 8.8 6.65
1988 33 OAK AL 4 2 .667 2.35 60 0 53 0 0 45 72.2 52 20 19 5 11 2 70 1 2 0 279 163 0.867 6.4 0.6 1.4 8.7 6.36 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989 34 OAK AL 4 0 1.000 1.56 51 0 46 0 0 33 57.2 32 10 10 5 3 0 55 1 0 0 206 239 0.607 5.0 0.8 0.5 8.6 18.33 CYA-6,MVP-5
1990 35 OAK AL 4 2 .667 0.61 63 0 61 0 0 48 73.1 41 9 5 2 4 1 73 0 0 0 262 610 0.614 5.0 0.2 0.5 9.0 18.25 AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991 36 OAK AL 5 4 .556 2.96 67 0 59 0 0 43 76.0 60 26 25 11 9 3 87 1 0 1 299 130 0.908 7.1 1.3 1.1 10.3 9.67 AS
1992 37 OAK AL 7 1 .875 1.91 69 0 65 0 0 51 80.0 62 17 17 5 11 6 93 1 0 0 309 197 0.913 7.0 0.6 1.2 10.5 8.45 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993 38 OAK AL 2 4 .333 4.16 64 0 52 0 0 36 67.0 67 32 31 7 13 4 80 2 0 0 276 98 1.194 9.0 0.9 1.7 10.7 6.15
1994 39 OAK AL 5 4 .556 4.26 45 0 39 0 0 19 44.1 49 26 21 5 13 2 47 1 0 0 193 105 1.398 9.9 1.0 2.6 9.5 3.62
1995 40 OAK AL 4 6 .400 4.83 52 0 48 0 0 29 50.1 53 29 27 5 11 0 40 1 0 0 212 90 1.272 9.5 0.9 2.0 7.2 3.64
1996 41 STL NL 0 6 .000 3.30 63 0 53 0 0 30 60.0 65 26 22 8 6 2 49 4 0 0 251 129 1.183 9.8 1.2 0.9 7.4 8.17
1997 42 STL NL 1 5 .167 3.91 57 0 47 0 0 36 53.0 49 24 23 9 8 0 45 2 0 2 218 107 1.075 8.3 1.5 1.4 7.6 5.63
1998 43 BOS AL 4 1 .800 4.76 50 0 13 0 0 1 39.2 46 21 21 6 8 3 22 2 0 0 171 99 1.361 10.4 1.4 1.8 5.0 2.75
24 Seasons 197 171 .535 3.50 1071 361 577 100 20 390 3285.2 3076 1382 1278 347 738 91 2401 75 16 28 13534 116 1.161 8.4 1.0 2.0 6.6 3.25
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .535 3.50 51 17 27 5 1 19 156 146 66 61 16 35 4 114 4 1 1 643 116 1.161 8.4 1.0 2.0 6.6 3.25
Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
OAK (9 yrs) 41 31 .569 2.74 525 2 456 0 0 320 637.0 515 210 194 56 92 21 658 11 2 2 2496 145 0.953 7.3 0.8 1.3 9.3 7.15
BOS (8 yrs) 88 71 .553 3.92 241 191 13 64 10 1 1371.2 1408 650 598 167 312 33 771 29 1 8 5760 109 1.254 9.2 1.1 2.0 5.1 2.47
CHC (3 yrs) 27 26 .509 3.63 82 81 0 9 2 0 530.2 523 229 214 47 98 14 335 10 10 3 2188 109 1.170 8.9 0.8 1.7 5.7 3.42
CLE (3 yrs) 40 32 .556 3.23 103 87 8 27 8 3 633.1 516 243 227 60 222 21 543 19 3 13 2621 116 1.165 7.3 0.9 3.2 7.7 2.45
STL (2 yrs) 1 11 .083 3.58 120 0 100 0 0 66 113.0 114 50 45 17 14 2 94 6 0 2 469 118 1.133 9.1 1.4 1.1 7.5 6.71
AL (20 yrs) AL 169 134 .558 3.47 869 280 477 91 18 324 2642.0 2439 1103 1019 283 626 75 1972 59 6 23 10877 117 1.160 8.3 1.0 2.1 6.7 3.15
NL (5 yrs) NL 28 37 .431 3.62 202 81 100 9 2 66 643.2 637 279 259 64 112 16 429 16 10 5 2657 111 1.164 8.9 0.9 1.6 6.0 3.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1975 20 CLE AL 186.2 24 61 106 -1 1.0 45 4.8 $
1976 21 CLE AL 199.1 30 82 109 -3 1.0 27 3.0 $
1977 22 CLE AL 247.1 33 100 145 -1 1.0 45 4.7 $ AS
1978 23 BOS AL 268.1 35 99 163 2 1.0 64 6.4 $ CYA-4,MVP-31
1979 24 BOS AL 246.2 33 89 157 6 1.0 68 6.8 $ CYA-7
1980 25 BOS AL 197.2 30 101 123 1 .9 22 2.1 $
1981 26 BOS AL 154.0 23 82 88 1 1.0 6 0.7 $
1982 27 BOS AL 224.1 33 101 140 0 1.0 39 3.8 $ AS
1983 28 BOS AL 176.1 28 119 112 -1 .9 -7 -0.7 $
1984 29 BOS AL 64.2 9 38 41 -1 .8 3 0.2 $
1984 29 CHC NL 160.1 24 59 94 -2 1.1 35 3.9 $
1985 30 CHC NL 169.1 25 61 103 -3 .9 42 4.3 $750,000
1986 31 CHC NL 201.0 32 109 129 -9 1.0 20 2.1 $783,333
1987 32 OAK AL 115.2 2 41 72 -1 1.2 31 2.7 $833,333
1988 33 OAK AL 72.2 0 20 40 1 1.9 20 2.4 $650,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989 34 OAK AL 57.2 0 10 30 1 1.5 20 2.4 $1,062,500 CYA-6,MVP-5
1990 35 OAK AL 73.1 0 9 36 4 1.6 27 3.2 $787,500 AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991 36 OAK AL 76.0 0 26 42 1 1.9 16 1.7 $3,000,000 AS
1992 37 OAK AL 80.0 0 17 44 0 1.6 27 3.0 $3,150,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993 38 OAK AL 67.0 0 32 41 -2 2.0 9 0.7 $3,800,000
1994 39 OAK AL 44.1 0 26 28 1 1.8 2 -0.2 $3,800,000
1995 40 OAK AL 50.1 0 29 32 -1 1.6 3 -0.1 $2,861,113
1996 41 STL NL 60.0 0 26 33 3 1.8 7 0.4 $2,250,000
1997 42 STL NL 53.0 0 24 29 2 2.1 5 0.3 $1,625,000
1998 43 BOS AL 39.2 0 21 26 2 1.1 5 0.1 $1,500,000
24 Seasons 3285.2 361 1382 1963 0 1.1 581 58.7 $26,852,779
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
OAK (9 yrs) 637.0 2 210 365 4 1.6 155 15.8 $19,944,446
BOS (8 yrs) 1371.2 191 650 850 10 1.0 200 19.4 $1,500,000
CHC (3 yrs) 530.2 81 229 326 -14 1.0 97 10.3 $1,533,333
CLE (3 yrs) 633.1 87 243 360 -5 1.0 117 12.5 $
STL (2 yrs) 113.0 0 50 62 5 1.9 12 0.7 $3,875,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1984 29 CHC NL NLCS L SDP 0 1 .000 8.44 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1.688 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 33 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 4 6.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 21 0.500 1.5 0.0 3.0 7.5 2.50
1988 33 OAK AL WS L LAD 0 1 .000 10.80 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 1.800 10.8 5.4 5.4 10.8 2.00
1989 34 OAK AL ALCS W TOR 0 0 1.59 4 0 4 0 0 3 5.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 0.706 6.4 0.0 0.0 3.2
1989 34 OAK AL WS W SFG 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 35 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 8.1
1990 35 OAK AL WS L CIN 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
1992 37 OAK AL ALCS L TOR 0 0 6.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 8 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 2.667 24.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
1996 41 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.818 7.4 0.0 0.0 4.9
1996 41 STL NL NLCS L ATL 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 10.8
1998 43 BOS AL ALDS L CLE 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
7 Seasons (11 Series) 1 3 .250 3.00 28 1 26 0 0 15 36.0 35 12 12 3 3 0 22 0 0 0 141 1.056 8.8 0.8 0.8 5.5 7.33
1 ALDS 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.818 7.4 0.0 0.0 4.9
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 5.19 4 1 3 0 0 1 8.2 11 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 34 1.269 11.4 0.0 0.0 4.2
4 ALCS 0 0 1.50 14 0 13 0 0 10 18.0 15 3 3 1 2 0 12 0 0 0 70 0.944 7.5 0.5 1.0 6.0 6.00
3 WS 0 2 .000 5.79 6 0 6 0 0 1 4.2 5 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 19 1.286 9.6 1.9 1.9 5.8 3.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1975 20 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 21 CLE AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 22 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1978 23 BOS AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-31
1979 24 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-7
1980 25 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 26 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 27 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1983 28 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 29 TOT MLB 33 57 55 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .109 .125 .109 .234 -36 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
1984 29 BOS AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1
1984 29 CHC NL 24 57 55 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .109 .125 .109 .234 -36 6 1 0 1 0 0 1/1
1985 30 CHC NL 26 65 56 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 25 .125 .222 .179 .401 9 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
1986 31 CHC NL 33 73 69 7 11 3 0 2 10 0 0 1 34 .159 .169 .290 .459 21 20 0 0 2 1 0 1
1987 32 OAK AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 33 OAK AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989 34 OAK AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-6,MVP-5
1990 35 OAK AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991 36 OAK AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1992 37 OAK AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993 38 OAK AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 39 OAK AL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 40 OAK AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 41 STL NL 63 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 42 STL NL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 43 BOS AL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 Seasons 1073 196 181 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 36 1 0 5 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 30 27 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 5 0 0 1 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
OAK (9 yrs) 525 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (8 yrs) 241 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (3 yrs) 83 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
CLE (3 yrs) 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 120 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (20 yrs) 870 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 203 196 181 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 36 1 0 5 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1984 29 CHC NL 57 -10 -1 -1 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ 1/1
1985 30 CHC NL 65 -6 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $750,000 1
1986 31 CHC NL 73 -7 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $783,333 1
1996 41 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,250,000 1
4 Seasons 196 -23 -1 -1 0 0 18 6 -1 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $3,783,333
CHC (3 yrs) 195 -23 -1 -1 0 0 18 6 -1 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $1,533,333
STL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,250,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 29 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 33 OAK AL WS LAD L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 34 OAK AL WS SFG W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 35 OAK AL WS CIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 41 STL NL NLDS SDP W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 41 STL NL NLCS ATL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (6 Series) 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1975 CLE AL 20 P 34 186.2 20 7 12 1 0 .950 0.92 0.56 .940 1.87 1.86
1976 CLE AL 21 P 36 199.1 30 9 20 1 1 .967 1.31 0.81 .950 1.87 1.88
1977 CLE AL 22 P 33 247.1 30 6 22 2 1 .933 1.02 0.85 .948 1.95 1.93 AS
1978 BOS AL 23 P 35 268.1 48 19 29 0 1 1.000 1.61 1.37 .954 1.90 1.88 CYA-4,MVP-31
1979 BOS AL 24 P 33 246.2 60 12 42 6 3 .900 1.97 1.64 .949 1.92 1.89 CYA-7
1980 BOS AL 25 P 30 197.2 37 10 24 3 0 .919 1.55 1.13 .957 1.85 1.85
1981 BOS AL 26 P 23 154.0 32 12 19 1 1 .969 1.81 1.35 .963 1.98 1.98
1982 BOS AL 27 P 33 224.1 43 21 21 1 2 .977 1.68 1.27 .958 1.80 1.80 AS
1983 BOS AL 28 P 28 176.1 38 19 18 1 0 .974 1.89 1.32 .958 1.80 1.78
1984 TOT MLB 29 P 33 225.0 70 27 38 5 3 .929 2.60 1.97 .955 1.86 1.85
1984 CHC NL 29 P 24 160.1 47 16 27 4 1 .915 2.41 1.79 .954 1.88 1.87
1984 BOS AL 29 P 9 64.2 23 11 11 1 2 .957 3.06 2.44 .958 1.80 1.78
1985 CHC NL 30 P 25 169.1 39 10 26 3 1 .923 1.91 1.44 .953 1.92 1.92
1986 CHC NL 31 P 33 201.0 47 16 28 3 3 .936 1.97 1.33 .955 1.94 1.94
1987 OAK AL 32 P 54 115.2 18 4 13 1 0 .944 1.32 0.31 .955 1.84 1.82
1988 OAK AL 33 P 60 72.2 10 7 3 0 0 1.000 1.24 0.17 .961 1.78 1.77 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989 OAK AL 34 P 51 57.2 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.25 0.16 .960 1.87 1.85 CYA-6,MVP-5
1990 OAK AL 35 P 63 73.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.49 0.06 .952 1.78 1.76 AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991 OAK AL 36 P 67 76.0 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.78 0.22 .956 1.80 1.80 AS
1992 OAK AL 37 P 69 80.0 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.19 .953 1.72 1.71 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993 OAK AL 38 P 64 67.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.67 0.08 .952 1.79 1.78
1994 OAK AL 39 P 45 44.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.61 0.07 .957 1.73 1.71
1995 OAK AL 40 P 52 50.1 9 3 5 1 2 .889 1.43 0.15 .960 1.79 1.77
1996 STL NL 41 P 63 60.0 10 3 6 1 0 .900 1.35 0.14 .954 1.85 1.83
1997 STL NL 42 P 57 53.0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.14 .952 1.85 1.84
1998 BOS AL 43 P 50 39.2 7 2 4 1 0 .857 1.36 0.12 .959 1.79 1.76
24 Seasons P 1071 3285.2 604 208 365 31 20 .949 1.57 0.54 .954 1.87 1.82
24 Seasons TOT 1071 3285.2 604 208 365 31 20 .949 1.57 0.54 .954 1.87 1.82
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2004 BBWAA (83.2%)
Selected to HOF in 2004 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1977 *
1982 (P)
1988 *
1990 *
1991 *
1992 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1988 AL ALCS MVP
1988 AL Rolaids Relief
1992 AL Cy Young
1992 AL MVP
1992 AL Rolaids Relief
1992 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (31, 1%)
1988 AL (5, 40%)
1989 AL (5, 30%)
1990 AL (6, 28%)
1992 AL (1, 78%)
1 MVP
1.78 Career Shares (116th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (4, 7%)
1979 AL (7, 1%)
1988 AL (2, 37%)
1989 AL (6, 2%)
1990 AL (5, 1%)
1992 AL (1, 76%)
1 Cy Young
1.24 Career Shares (39th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 AL  6.4 (6th)
1979 AL  6.8 (5th)
Career  58.3 (166th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1975 AL  4.8 (10th)
1977 AL  4.7 (8th)
1978 AL  6.4 (3rd)
1979 AL  6.8 (1st)
1984 NL  3.9 (9th)
1985 NL  4.3 (8th)
Career  58.7 (47th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 AL  2.60 (3rd)
1977 AL  3.53 (10th)
1978 AL  2.99 (7th)
1979 AL  2.99 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  20 (5th)
1979 AL  17 (5th)
Career  197 (114th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 AL  .650 (7th)
1978 AL  .714 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1976 AL  1.169 (9th)
1977 AL  1.084 (2nd)
1979 AL  1.188 (4th)
1980 AL  1.174 (5th)
1982 AL  1.208 (3rd)
1985 NL  0.969 (3rd)
Career  1.161 (75th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL  7.088 (4th)
1976 AL  6.998 (3rd)
1977 AL  7.787 (7th)
1985 NL  7.707 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  1.965 (4th)
1979 AL  2.153 (7th)
1980 AL  2.003 (8th)
1981 AL  2.046 (7th)
1982 AL  1.725 (2nd)
1983 AL  1.991 (5th)
1985 NL  1.010 (2nd)
1986 NL  1.925 (1st)
Career  2.022 (95th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL  7.329 (4th)
1976 AL  9.030 (2nd)
1977 AL  6.950 (6th)
1978 AL  5.434 (9th)
1979 AL  5.473 (6th)
1980 AL  5.509 (10th)
1985 NL  6.219 (10th)
Career  6.577 (148th)

Games Played s c a p y
1991 AL  67 (10th)
1992 AL  69 (6th)
Career  1,071 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1987 AL  16 (6th)
1988 AL  45 (1st)
1989 AL  33 (3rd)
1990 AL  48 (2nd)
1991 AL  43 (2nd)
1992 AL  51 (1st)
1993 AL  36 (5th)
1994 AL  19 (4th)
1995 AL  29 (7th)
1996 NL  30 (9th)
1997 NL  36 (4th)
Career  390 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1977 AL  247.3 (9th)
1978 AL  268.3 (9th)
1979 AL  246.7 (9th)
Career  3,285.7 (92nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1975 AL  152 (10th)
1976 AL  200 (4th)
1977 AL  191 (5th)
1978 AL  162 (5th)
1979 AL  150 (6th)
Career  2,401 (38th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL  35 (9th)
1981 AL  23 (9th)
Career  361 (176th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 AL  16 (7th)
1979 AL  17 (2nd)
1982 AL  11 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 AL  3 (8th)
1978 AL  3 (10th)
1981 AL  2 (8th)
1982 AL  3 (4th)
Career  20 (244th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  31 (3rd)
1978 AL  30 (1st)
1979 AL  29 (6th)
1980 AL  25 (8th)
1982 AL  31 (6th)
1983 AL  27 (7th)
1986 NL  21 (9th)
Career  347 (27th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  258 (7th)
1981 AL  160 (7th)
1986 NL  226 (7th)
Career  3,076 (114th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  2.564 (7th)
1977 AL  3.537 (1st)
1978 AL  2.282 (7th)
1979 AL  2.542 (4th)
1980 AL  2.750 (3rd)
1981 AL  2.257 (7th)
1982 AL  2.954 (1st)
1985 NL  6.158 (1st)
1986 NL  3.186 (5th)
Career  3.253 (30th)

Losses s c a p y
Career  171 (91st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  73 (2nd)
1983 AL  110 (6th)
1986 NL  102 (4th)
Career  1,278 (90th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 AL  7 (8th)
1977 AL  7 (9th)
1984 NL  4 (10th)
Career  75 (173rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 AL  1,121 (7th)
Career  13,534 (101st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 AL  53 (4th)
1990 AL  61 (3rd)
1991 AL  59 (4th)
1992 AL  65 (1st)
1993 AL  52 (6th)
1994 AL  39 (4th)
1995 AL  48 (7th)
1996 NL  53 (10th)
Career  577 (17th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 AL  144 (2nd)
1978 AL  139 (7th)
1979 AL  150 (1st)
1982 AL  116 (10th)
1985 NL  129 (7th)
Career  116 (185th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1975 AL  24 (8th)
1978 AL  32 (5th)
1979 AL  40 (1st)
1985 NL  17 (8th)
1990 AL  25 (6th)
Career  225 (65th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1975 AL  2.6 (8th)
1978 AL  3.5 (5th)
1979 AL  4.2 (1st)
1985 NL  1.9 (7th)
1990 AL  2.6 (6th)
Career  23.8 (58th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1975 AL  24.49 (9th)
1977 AL  26.84 (10th)
1978 AL  32.73 (6th)
1979 AL  43.62 (2nd)
1987 AL  29.81 (9th)
1990 AL  28.15 (7th)
1992 AL  26.83 (8th)
Career  280.90 (29th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1977 AL  4.1 (5th)
1979 AL  4.7 (2nd)
1988 AL  3.2 (5th)
1989 AL  3.2 (5th)
1990 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1992 AL  4.6 (5th)
Career  31.1 (25th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1977 AL  2.9 (7th)
1979 AL  2.8 (6th)
1985 NL  2.9 (6th)
1988 AL  2.2 (8th)
1989 AL  2.1 (8th)
1990 AL  3.1 (5th)
Career  26.0 (32nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1975 AL  2.6 (9th)
1977 AL  2.8 (9th)
1978 AL  3.4 (6th)
1979 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1987 AL  3.0 (8th)
1990 AL  3.0 (6th)
1992 AL  2.9 (9th)
Career  29.8 (30th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
Career  1,071 (4th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
Career  208 (94th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1979 AL  6 (2nd)
1984 NL  4 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1988 AL  1.000 (1st)
1991 AL  1.000 (1st)
1992 AL  1.000 (1st)
1993 AL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1993 AL  born 1954-10-03 (10th)
1994 AL  born 1954-10-03 (5th)
1995 AL  born 1954-10-03 (3rd)
1996 NL  born 1954-10-03 (3rd)
1997 NL  born 1954-10-03 (2nd)
1998 AL  born 1954-10-03 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1975 AL  born 1954-10-03 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 130 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 172 (33), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Lindy McDaniel (722)
  2. Rich Gossage (720) *
  3. Hoyt Wilhelm (717) *
  4. Ron Reed (715)
  5. Tom Gordon (694)
  6. Rollie Fingers (671) *
  7. Ron Kline (635)
  8. Firpo Marberry (616)
  9. Jose Mesa (613)
  10. Gary Bell (607)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Willie Mitchell (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Stemmyer (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Stivetts (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gary Nolan (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gary Nolan (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bret Saberhagen (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Greg Maddux (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Greg Maddux (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Kaat (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rick Wise (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rick Wise (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Rick Wise (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Viola (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Bill Sherdel (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Larry Jackson (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Larry Jackson (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. John Smoltz (870)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. John Smoltz (868)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Lindy McDaniel (787)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Lindy McDaniel (785)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Ron Reed (761)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Ron Reed (754)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  23. Rich Gossage (733) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  24. Hoyt Wilhelm (610) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197722Cleveland Indians$152,3333/26/77 TSN3/$475k; 4/23/77 TSN salary survey says $45K
197823Boston Red Sox$152,3333/26/77 TSN3/$475k; 4/23/77 TSN salary survey says $45K
197924Boston Red Sox$152,3333/26/77 TSN3/$475k; Gammons, Beyond...says $175K
198530Chicago Cubs$750,0001985 USA Today survey
198631Chicago Cubs$783,3331986 USA Today survey
198732Oakland Athletics$833,3331987 USA Today survey
198833Oakland Athletics$650,000*
198934Oakland Athletics$1,062,500*
199035Oakland Athletics$787,500USA Today
199136Oakland Athletics$3,000,000USA Today survey
199237Oakland Athletics$3,150,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $150,000 earned bonus
199338Oakland Athletics$3,800,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $375,000 signing bonus, $50,000 earned bonus
199439Oakland Athletics$3,800,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $375,000 signing bonus, $50,000 earned bonus
199540Oakland Athletics$2,861,1131996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $300K sign bon, $111,113 earned, $300K buyout
199641St. Louis Cardinals$2,250,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $125,000 earned bonus
41Oakland Athletics$300,000
199742St. Louis Cardinals$1,625,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199843Boston Red Sox$1,500,0004/3/98 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$27,609,778
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $875,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $937,500 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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