Dennis Eckersley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: October 3, 1954 in Oakland, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington HS (Fremont, CA).

High School: Washington HS (Fremont, CA)

Debut: April 12, 1975 (Age 20-191d, 13,613th in major league history)
vs. MIL 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1998 (Age 43-358d)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2004. (Voted by BBWAA on 421/506 ballots)
View Dennis Eckersley's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Ed Keating

Full Name: Dennis Lee Eckersley

Nicknames: Eck

Twitter: @Eck43

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.1

197

171

ERA

3.50

1071

361

390

3285.2

2401

WHIP

1.161

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (2)	Apr 23	CLE		OAK	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	12 (3)	Apr 28	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-0	GS	20	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (4)	May 3	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	21 (3)	May 8	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	26	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
7	32 (10)	May 22	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	GS	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	35 (2)	May 24	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	40 (4)	May 30	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS	34	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	44 (3)	Jun 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	49 (4)	Jun 8	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	54 (4)	Jun 13 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	GS	15	3.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
13	60 (5)	Jun 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	65 (4)	Jun 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	71 (5)	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	75 (3)	Jul 6	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-3	GS	25	5.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	79 (3)	Jul 11	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-9	GS	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	81 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	85 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,3-10		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	88 (2)	Jul 22	CLE		CAL	W,7-5	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	91 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-9		21	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	94 (2)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	97 (2)	Jul 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	102 (4)	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
25	107 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	112 (4)	Aug 13	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	118 (5)	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	123 (4)	Aug 23	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	128 (4)	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,7-4	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	132 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
31	138 (5)	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
32	143 (4)	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	GS	29	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	149 (5)	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS	27	7.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	152 (2)	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	155 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
36	159 (3)	Oct 2 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	26	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
							36gm		199.1	9	20	1	30	1