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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	BOS		TOR	L,1-7	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 10	BOS	@	TEX	L,7-9	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
3	9 (3)	Apr 15	BOS		TEX	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	13 (3)	Apr 20	BOS		MIL	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
5	17 (3)	Apr 27	BOS	@	SEA	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	21 (3)	May 3	BOS		OAK	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
7	44 (22)	May 29	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-6	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	49 (4)	Jun 4	BOS	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	54 (4)	Jun 9	BOS		DET	L,2-8	GS	23	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
10	59 (4)	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	29	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	64 (4)	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
12	69 (4)	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	74 (4)	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,8-12	GS	12	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	78 (3)	Jul 8	BOS		CAL	L,3-9	GS	35	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
15	83 (4)	Jul 13	BOS		SEA	L,4-6	GS	22	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	88 (4)	Jul 18	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-2	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	93 (4)	Jul 23	BOS	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
18	99 (5)	Jul 29	BOS		MIL	L,5-11	GS	24	4.1	2	1	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	104 (4)	Aug 3	BOS	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	109 (4)	Aug 8	BOS		TEX	L,7-12	GS	18	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	114 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	GS	35	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	121 (6)	Aug 20	BOS		TOR	W,5-2	GS	32	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
23	126 (4)	Aug 25	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS	36	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	133 (6)	Sep 1 (1)	BOS		MIN	L,0-11	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	139 (5)	Sep 6	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-8	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	149 (9)	Sep 17	BOS		DET	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
27	154 (4)	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	L,0-7	GS	31	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
28	160 (5)	Sep 30	BOS		CLE	W,10-0	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
							28gm		176.1	19	18	1	38	0