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: 20-8 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1984	NLCS g3	Oct 4	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	5.1	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	8.44	2.77	22	66	44	9	3	7	7	0	3	8	30			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.243	28.73	-3.11%	-1.77	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d3
1988 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
2	1988	ALCS g1	Oct 5	OAK	@	BOS	W,2-1	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.27	8	28	21	8	4	1	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	0.346	82.75	5.89%	1.02	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
3	1988	ALCS g2	Oct 6	OAK	@	BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.77	3	10	8	1	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	0.203	68.27	3.39%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
4	1988	ALCS g3	Oct 8	OAK		BOS	W,10-6	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.37	6	30	22	2	4	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.150	21.63	1.72%	1.33	8t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
5	1988	ALCS g4	Oct 9	OAK		BOS	W,4-1	9-GF	S(4)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.10	4	10	6	3	0	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.031	9.99	0.19%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
6	1988	WS g1	Oct 15	OAK	@	LAD	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(0-1)	5	0.2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.70	4.27	4					0	2	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	-0.828	159.14	-25.51%	-1.67	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
7	1988	WS g4	Oct 19	OAK		LAD	L,3-4	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	3.81	3	9	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.035	34.07	1.39%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
1989 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
8	1989	ALCS g1	Oct 3	OAK		TOR	W,7-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	3	9	7	0	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	4.45	0.18%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
9	1989	ALCS g2	Oct 4	OAK		TOR	W,6-3	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	6	25	16	5	1	2	4	1	1	0		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.104	30.70	1.53%	0.76	8t 123 0 out a5	9t end a 3
10	1989	ALCS g4	Oct 7	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-5	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.33	7	27	18	0	4	4	2	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.183	75.17	3.61%	-0.40	8b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 1
11	1989	ALCS g5	Oct 8	OAK	@	TOR	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.59	2.06	4	16	12	5	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.49	0.082	43.70	0.93%	-0.54	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
12	1989	WS g2	Oct 15	OAK		SFG	W,5-1	9-GF		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	2.13	2	9	5	0	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.005	5.04	0.14%	0.25	9t --- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
13	1989	WS g4	Oct 28	OAK	@	SFG	W,9-6	9-GF	S(4)	12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	2.22	3	4	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.032	8.23	0.40%	0.42	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
1990 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
14	1990	ALCS g1	Oct 6	OAK	@	BOS	W,9-1	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.81	4	8	6	2	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.13	0.01%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
15	1990	ALCS g2	Oct 7	OAK	@	BOS	W,4-1	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.09	4	22	18	4	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.163	40.64	2.73%	0.94	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 3
16	1990	ALCS g3	Oct 9	OAK		BOS	W,4-1	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.01	4	15	11	1	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.029	8.28	0.34%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
17	1990	WS g1	Oct 16	OAK	@	CIN	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.96	3	6	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
18	1990	WS g2	Oct 17	OAK	@	CIN	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	L(0-1)	0	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.93	1.09	4	11	11	5	1	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	-0.364	149.33	-10.65%	-1.41	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
1992 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
19	1992	ALCS g1	Oct 7	OAK	@	TOR	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.78	4	12	9	1	2	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	0.200	74.50	3.39%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
20	1992	ALCS g3	Oct 10	OAK		TOR	L,5-7	9-GF		2	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.28	3	14	10	3	1	0	2	2	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.088	29.03	-1.78%	-0.79	9t 1-- 2 out d1	9t end d 2
21	1992	ALCS g4	Oct 11	OAK		TOR	L,6-7	8-9	BS(1)	0	1.2	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	6.00	5.78	10	41	27	4	5	4	5	2	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	-0.310	76.39	-5.22%	-1.97	8t 1-3 0 out a4	9t 1-- 2 out tie
1996 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
22	1996	NLDS g1	Oct 1	STL		SDP	W,3-1	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.97	7	29	20	6	1	4	2	0	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.160	23.09	1.40%	1.06	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
23	1996	NLDS g2	Oct 3	STL		SDP	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.67	3	9	6	0	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.166	35.91	1.54%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
24	1996	NLDS g3	Oct 5	STL	@	SDP	W,7-5	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.08	4	13	9	3	0	0	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.089	23.16	0.68%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
25	1996	NLCS g2	Oct 10	STL	@	ATL	W,8-3	8-GF		4	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.97	5	20	14	5	2	1	3	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.023	8.15	0.40%	1.01	8b 12- 2 out a5	9b end a 5
26	1996	NLCS g3	Oct 12	STL		ATL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(4)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.76	2	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.092	56.27	1.60%	0.28	9t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
27	1996	NLCS g4	Oct 13	STL		ATL	W,4-3	8-GF	W(1-0)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.46	5	16	11	0	2	1	2	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.30	0.218	105.56	3.89%	0.76	8t 1-- 2 out tie	9t end a 1
1998 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
28	1998	ALDS g3	Oct 2	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	9-GF		5	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.00	14.14	4	11	8	1	1	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.035	4.08	-0.46%	-0.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
											36.0	35	12	12	3	22	3	0	3.00		141																			0

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