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Dennis Eckersley
Dennis Lee Eckersley (Eck)
Hall of Famer
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
Final Game: September 26, 1998
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2004 (421/506 ballots).
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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 3 932 110 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 0 664 128 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 0 279 162 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 0 206 237 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 0 262 606 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 1 299 129 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 0 309 196 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 0 193 104 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 89 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 0 251 128 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
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 144 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 2 469 117 1.133 9.1 1.4 1.1 7.5 6.71
AL (20 yrs) 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) 28 37 .431 3.62 202 81 100 9 2 66 643.2 637 279 259 64 112 16 429 16 10 5 2657 110 1.164 8.9 0.9 1.6 6.0 3.83

Postseason Pitching

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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 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
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
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
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
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

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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
1977 22 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 34 OAK AL 1 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 2 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1993 38 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 39 OAK AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 40 OAK AL 4 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 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 Seasons 218 196 181 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 36 1 0 5 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 146 135 7 18 2 0 2 9 0 0 7 62 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 27 1 0 4 1 0
OAK (9 yrs) 17 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
STL (2 yrs) 117 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (3 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (20 yrs) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 200 196 181 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 36 1 0 5 1 0

Postseason Batting

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 CLE AL 20 P 34 24 186.2 20 7 12 1 0 .950 0.92 0.56 .940 1.87 0.85
1976 CLE AL 21 P 36 30 199.1 30 9 20 1 1 .967 1.31 0.81 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 CLE AL 22 P 33 33 247.1 30 6 22 2 1 .933 1.02 0.85 .950 1.95 0.84 AS
1978 BOS AL 23 P 35 35 268.1 48 19 29 0 1 1.000 1.61 1.37 .952 1.90 0.85 CYA-4,MVP-31
1979 BOS AL 24 P 33 33 246.2 60 12 42 6 3 .900 1.97 1.64 .952 1.92 0.81 CYA-7
1980 BOS AL 25 P 30 30 197.2 37 10 24 3 0 .919 1.55 1.13 .959 1.85 0.77
1981 BOS AL 26 P 23 23 154.0 32 12 19 1 1 .969 1.81 1.35 .962 1.98 0.81
1982 BOS AL 27 P 33 33 224.1 43 21 21 1 2 .977 1.68 1.27 .958 1.80 0.73 AS
1983 BOS AL 28 P 28 28 176.1 38 19 18 1 0 .974 1.89 1.32 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 TOT MLB 29 P 33 33 225.0 70 27 38 5 3 .929 2.60 1.97 .956 1.86 0.68
1984 BOS AL 29 P 9 9 64.2 23 11 11 1 2 .957 3.06 2.44 .957 1.80 0.70
1984 CHC NL 29 P 24 24 160.1 47 16 27 4 1 .915 2.41 1.79 .955 1.88 0.67
1985 CHC NL 30 P 25 25 169.1 39 10 26 3 1 .923 1.91 1.44 .954 1.92 0.68
1986 CHC NL 31 P 33 32 201.0 47 16 28 3 3 .936 1.97 1.33 .955 1.94 0.66
1987 OAK AL 32 P 54 2 115.2 18 4 13 1 0 .944 1.32 0.31 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 OAK AL 33 P 60 0 72.2 10 7 3 0 0 1.000 1.24 0.17 .960 1.78 0.67 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989 OAK AL 34 P 51 0 57.2 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.25 0.16 .962 1.87 0.66 CYA-6,MVP-5
1990 OAK AL 35 P 63 0 73.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.49 0.06 .950 1.78 0.59 AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991 OAK AL 36 P 67 0 76.0 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.78 0.22 .953 1.80 0.58 AS
1992 OAK AL 37 P 69 0 80.0 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.19 .954 1.72 0.56 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993 OAK AL 38 P 64 0 67.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.67 0.08 .960 1.79 0.56
1994 OAK AL 39 P 45 0 44.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.61 0.07 .967 1.73 0.52
1995 OAK AL 40 P 52 0 50.1 9 3 5 1 2 .889 1.43 0.15 .967 1.79 0.53
1996 STL NL 41 P 63 0 60.0 10 3 6 1 0 .900 1.35 0.14 .960 1.85 0.52
1997 STL NL 42 P 57 0 53.0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.14 .950 1.85 0.52
1998 BOS AL 43 P 50 0 39.2 7 2 4 1 0 .857 1.36 0.12 .957 1.79 0.50
24 Seasons P 1071 361 3285.2 604 208 365 31 20 .949 1.57 0.54 .955 1.87 0.64
24 Seasons TOT 1071 361 3285.2 604 208 365 31 20 .949 1.57 0.54 .904 1.87 0.64
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (113th)

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 (36th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 AL  2.604 (3rd)
1977 AL  3.530 (10th)
1978 AL  2.985 (7th)
1979 AL  2.992 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  20 (5th)
1979 AL  17 (5th)
Career  197 (113th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 AL  .650 (7th)
1978 AL  .714 (4th)
1979 AL  .630 (10th)

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  .969 (3rd)
Career  1.161 (74th)

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 (96th)

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  6.218 (10th)
Career  6.577 (134th)

Games Played s c a p y
1991 AL  67 (10th)
1992 AL  69 (6th)
Career  1071 (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 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1977 AL  247.3 (9th)
1978 AL  268.3 (9th)
1979 AL  246.7 (9th)
Career  3285.7 (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  2401 (36th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL  35 (9th)
1981 AL  23 (9th)
Career  361 (173rd)

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 (26th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  258 (7th)
1981 AL  160 (7th)
1986 NL  226 (7th)
Career  3076 (110th)

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 (25th)

Losses s c a p y
Career  171 (89th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  73 (2nd)
1983 AL  110 (6th)
1986 NL  102 (4th)
Career  1278 (87th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 AL  7 (8th)
1977 AL  7 (9th)
1984 NL  4 (10th)
Career  75 (134th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 AL  1121 (7th)
Career  13534 (87th)

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  128 (7th)
Career  116 (183rd)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 133 (122), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 172 (32), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (104), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  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 (914)  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

Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1972.

March 30, 1978: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Fred Kendall to the Boston Red Sox for Ted Cox, Bo Diaz, Mike Paxton and Rick Wise.

May 25, 1984: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mike Brumley to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Buckner.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

November 28, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

April 3, 1987: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Dan Rohn to the Oakland Athletics for Brian Guinn (minors), Dave Wilder (minors) and Mark Leonette (minors).

October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 3, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

February 13, 1996: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Montgomery.

October 29, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 3, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago Cubs$750,000
1986Chicago Cubs$783,333
1987Oakland Athletics$833,333
1988Oakland Athletics$650,000
1989Oakland Athletics$1,062,500
1990Oakland Athletics$787,500
1991Oakland Athletics$3,000,000
1992Oakland Athletics$3,150,000
1993Oakland Athletics$3,800,000
1994Oakland Athletics$3,800,000
1995Oakland Athletics$2,861,113
1996St. Louis Cardinals$2,250,000
Oakland Athletics$300,000
1997St. Louis Cardinals$1,625,000
1998Boston Red Sox$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$27,152,779
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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