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: 12-11 / in Starts: 12-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	202	1	Apr 10	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	GS-8		99	7.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	1	2.57	1.89	28	9	9	3	2	0	66			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.275	.74	0.10%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
2	203	5	Apr 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-5	W(1-0)	6	5.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.75	2.93	21	5	7	0	2	7	43			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	-0.055	.62	-0.02%	-0.80	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
3	204	10	Apr 22	BOS		TEX	L,8-16	GS-1	L(1-1)	4	0.2	5	7	5	2	1	0	0	7.11	3.23	10	2	0	0	0	5	17			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.445	.80	-0.19%	-6.74	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d7
4	205	12	Apr 26	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	9	5	5	2	7	1	0	6.23	3.20	37	9	10	0	0	9	54			1	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.066	.64	-0.03%	-0.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
5	206	17	May 1	BOS		MIN	L,1-6	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	8.0	9	5	5	1	2	0	0	6.07	3.00	32	6	14	2	0	9	45			1	0	0	29	4	0	0	1	1	0	.70	-0.126	.34	-0.04%	-1.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
6	207	22	May 6	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.89	2.81	30	9	15	4	0	4	77			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.393	.31	0.08%	3.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	208	26	May 11	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.1	8	5	5	5	2	1	0	5.44	3.34	26	6	5	0	0	8	24			2	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.467	.64	-0.15%	-3.97	1b start a 1	5b -23 1 out a1
8	209	31	May 16	BOS		KCR	L,6-7	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	3.1	8	7	7	0	1	2	0	6.41	3.81	17	3	5	0	0	8	17			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	1	0	.77	-0.283	.47	-0.10%	-4.24	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d5
9	210	36	May 21	BOS		OAK	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	5	12	0	1	5.37	3.50	34	8	6	0	1	2	90			4	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.674	.73	0.20%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
10	211	42	May 26	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	L(4-4)	4	9.0	10	5	4	0	2	0	0	5.18	3.32	36	13	16	5	3	5	51			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	.54	-0.234	.44	-0.11%	-0.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
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
11	212	47	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-4)	6	9.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	4.54	3.27	33	6	17	1	0	4	79			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.550	.68	0.24%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
12	213	52	Jun 7	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.2	5	3	3	2	8	1	0	4.39	3.23	31	6	10	0	0	5	68			0	0	1	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.23	0.007	.77	0.00%	0.75	1b start a 1	9b --- 2 out tie
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
13	214	57	Aug 10	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	GS-3	L(5-5)	63	3.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	1	4.55	3.20	17	2	5	0	1	7	35			2	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.171	1.23	-0.12%	-1.55	1t start tie	3t 3 out d2
14	215	62	Aug 15	BOS	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.45	3.26	23	10	6	1	2	5	56			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.027	.68	-0.02%	0.56	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
15	216	66	Aug 20	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-4	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	7.0	8	4	3	1	2	1	0	4.41	3.33	32	9	12	0	0	8	48			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.40	-0.260	.96	-0.11%	-1.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	217	71	Aug 25	BOS	@	CAL	L,7-8	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	1	3	5	0	0	4.24	3.28	29	5	9	2	3	7	50			4	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.032	1.00	0.02%	-1.30	1b start a 6	6b 3 out a2
17	218	76	Aug 31	BOS		CAL	W,4-1	CG	W(7-5)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.98	3.18	34	9	13	0	4	7	72			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	.99	0.382	1.37	0.32%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				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
18	219	81	Sep 5	BOS		SEA	W,12-5	GS-4		4	3.2	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.24	3.17	19	4	8	0	0	7	25			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	-0.388	1.25	-0.21%	-3.29	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d3
19	220	86	Sep 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-6)	5	6.0	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.33	3.28	26	5	11	1	2	7	41			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.184	1.23	-0.18%	-1.33	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
20	221	90	Sep 16(1)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(8-6)	4	10.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.07	3.22	39	13	16	2	5	2	76			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.73	0.679	2.96	0.70%	3.82	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
21	222	96	Sep 21	BOS		MIL	W,9-3	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.00	3.16	37	7	17	1	0	9	59			0	0	0	36	5	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.001	2.04	0.00%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
22	223	101	Sep 26	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	6.0	12	7	6	1	5	0	0	4.21	3.09	30	8	10	6	0	6	26			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.377	2.92	-0.84%	-4.49	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d4
23	224	106	Oct 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-11	GS-7	L(9-8)	5	6.1	8	5	4	1	1	0	0	4.27	3.07	28	9	9	0	0	8	39			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.384	1.10	-0.17%	-1.99	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out tie
							12-11		W-L:9-8	4.3	154.0	160	82	73	35	79	9	3	4.27	3.07	649	0.71		7%	6%	139	50		---%	23	4	1	600	29	2	2	8	5	6	1.03	-0.474	1.08	-0.63%	-9.85

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