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

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-10 / in Starts: 25-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	104	2	Apr 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-7		99	7.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.57	2.73	27	6	15	0	0	4	61			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.224	1.10	0.15%	1.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
2	105	6	Apr 14	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	GS-10		5	9.2	10	4	4	1	3	2	0	3.24	4.03	40	7	19	1	0	10	55			1	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	0.040	1.50	0.03%	0.83	1t start tie	10t 12- 2 out tie
3	106	10	Apr 18	BOS		MIL	W,7-6	GS-6		3	5.1	8	6	6	3	0	2	0	4.91	5.27	26	7	13	4	4	3	25			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.343	1.73	-0.37%	-3.38	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d4
4	107	15	Apr 23(2)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	GS-7		4	6.0	11	5	5	3	2	2	0	5.46	5.80	31	4	20	3	0	2	29			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.223	2.07	-0.26%	-1.84	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
5	108	19	Apr 29	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	5	7.1	10	4	3	3	6	0	1	5.09	5.13	37	13	5	1	0	9	47			3	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.112	1.90	-0.10%	-0.89	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	109	24	May 4	BOS		MIN	W,8-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	1	0	2	2	0	0	4.06	4.66	33	13	12	1	0	4	77			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.32	0.131	.42	0.10%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
7	110	29	May 9	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	3	2	0	8	1	1	3.71	4.31	34	6	12	2	3	7	71			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.276	2.43	0.29%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	111	33	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.2	8	2	2	4	2	2	0	3.60	4.69	32	6	12	2	1	8	48			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.005	1.89	0.01%	0.60	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a3
9	112	37	May 20	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-6		5	6.0	9	5	5	1	0	2	0	3.95	4.93	26	7	9	1	1	9	33			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.339	2.81	-0.54%	-2.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
10	113	43	May 25	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-5	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	7.0	10	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.95	4.87	32	9	11	5	0	9	46			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.057	2.27	0.07%	0.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
11	114	49	May 30	BOS		TOR	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-1)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.51	4.50	34	8	13	0	0	8	76			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.424	2.16	0.62%	4.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	115	53	Jun 4	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(5-2)	4	7.2	10	4	4	5	5	2	0	3.61	4.68	38	5	13	1	0	10	43			2	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	1	0	.84	-0.010	2.00	-0.02%	-0.60	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out d4
13	116	58	Jun 11	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(6-2)	6	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.54	4.51	29	9	8	1	1	6	57			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.53	0.183	3.73	0.27%	1.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
14	117	63	Jun 16	BOS		SEA	W,6-3	GS-8		4	7.2	7	3	1	3	3	0	0	3.36	4.40	33	11	9	1	0	7	57			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.058	2.69	-0.08%	0.77	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
15	118	68	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.26	4.27	35	8	13	0	2	6	73			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.38	0.202	1.16	0.37%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
16	119	72	Jun 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-8	W(8-2)	4	7.2	7	1	1	4	7	0	1	3.12	4.17	34	7	8	2	0	7	64			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.276	3.18	0.49%	2.18	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	120	77	Jul 3	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	GS-8	W(9-2)	6	8.0	10	5	5	1	5	3	0	3.28	4.32	36	9	11	1	0	10	46			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.041	2.06	-0.07%	-0.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
18	121	81	Jul 8(1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	W(10-2)	4	9.0	9	5	5	2	9	1	0	3.39	4.22	38	6	12	0	0	9	56			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	1	0	.27	0.132	.46	0.14%	-0.80	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
19	122	87	Jul 16(1)	BOS		MIN	W,5-3	GS-7	W(11-2)	7	7.0	11	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.41	4.12	32	5	12	2	0	11	45			0	0	0	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.063	2.21	0.06%	0.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
20	123	92	Jul 21	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-9	GS-5	L(11-3)	4	5.0	7	5	5	0	2	1	0	3.60	4.13	20	6	6	2	1	6	35			1	1	0	19	0	1	0	1	1	0	.54	-0.241	.78	-0.21%	-2.60	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
21	124	98	Jul 26	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(11-4)	4	8.0	6	2	2	4	7	1	0	3.53	4.12	36	11	8	2	1	6	65			2	0	0	31	0	0	2	0	0	2	1.31	0.104	3.10	0.15%	1.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
22	125	103	Jul 31	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	W(12-4)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.45	4.06	34	8	11	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.308	3.13	0.53%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	126	108	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	W(13-4)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.32	3.89	35	13	10	5	1	3	76			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	1	1	.60	0.136	2.40	0.33%	3.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
24	127	112	Aug 10	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.2	8	4	3	4	5	1	1	3.37	3.94	29	6	6	1	0	7	40			2	1	0	21	1	0	2	0	2	0	1.15	-0.197	2.28	-0.23%	-1.62	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d3
25	128	118	Aug 15	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(13-5)	4	8.0	5	5	4	6	8	1	2	3.42	4.00	37	11	5	0	0	5	56			3	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.196	1.98	-0.20%	-1.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
26	129	123	Aug 20	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	W(14-5)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	5	2	0	3.35	4.04	37	8	13	2	0	9	64			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.351	1.40	0.35%	1.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
27	130	126	Aug 25	BOS		CAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(15-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.21	4.02	32	11	13	1	1	4	77			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.76	0.350	1.51	0.42%	4.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
28	131	131	Aug 30(1)	BOS		TOR	W,2-1	CG	W(16-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	9	1	0	3.12	3.93	31	10	7	0	0	5	82			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.617	1.70	0.47%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	132	136	Sep 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(16-6)	4	6.1	9	5	4	2	9	1	0	3.19	3.90	29	5	4	0	0	9	44			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.34	-0.255	2.83	-0.32%	-1.53	1b start a 3	7b -2- 1 out d1
30	133	141	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,0-7	GS-4	L(16-7)	4	3.2	7	7	6	3	3	0	1	3.38	3.90	21	2	5	0	0	7	21			0	0	0	17	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.03	-0.291	7.96	-1.35%	-4.41	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d6
31	134	145	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(16-8)	3	8.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.34	3.85	30	12	7	0	1	7	62			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.07	0.090	5.47	0.28%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	135	149	Sep 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS-7	W(17-8)	3	6.2	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.28	3.80	26	7	10	3	0	3	66			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.257	5.18	0.83%	1.72	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
33	136	153	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	W(18-8)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.20	3.80	32	8	14	3	0	6	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.302	3.63	0.93%	3.37	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
34	137	157	Sep 26	BOS		DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(19-8)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.09	3.75	34	7	14	1	0	7	75			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.277	5.13	1.22%	4.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
35	138	161	Sep 30	BOS		TOR	W,5-1	CG	W(20-8)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	1	0	3.02	3.70	31	6	10	0	0	5	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.55	0.218	5.25	1.25%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							25-10		W-L:20-8	4.1	268.1	258	99	90	71	162	30	7	3.02	3.70	1121	0.75		7%	3%	234	57		---%	26	5	0	1028	38	4	8	19	8	12	.96	2.717	2.54	5.58%	32.67

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