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

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 3 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead

1 Tm
CHC	3

Platoon
vs RHP	2
vs LHP	1

Home/Road
Home	3

Outs
2	3

2 Opps
CIN	2
SDP	1

3 Pitchers
Tom Browning	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Scott Terry	1

1 Park
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3

Where Hit
7	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
-2-	1
1--	1
---	1

5 RBI
RISP	1
0 on	1
1 on	2
Any on	2

Inning
2	2
3	1

1-3	3

RelScore
+2	1
Tied	2

Ahead	1
Tied	2

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
P	3

OrderPos
9th	3

Leverage
Medium Lev	2
Low Lev	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat		Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-09-07	CHC	CIN	Tom Browning	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---		1	9	1	0.113	62%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat		Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1986-05-10	CHC	SDP	LaMarr Hoyt	tied 2-2	b 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	1	0.200	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Cey Scores
3	3	2	1	1986-05-26	CHC	CIN	Scott Terry	ahead 7-5	b 3	2	-2-		2	9	1	0.127	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Trillo Scores