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: 17-19 / in Starts: 15-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 3

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	35	1	Apr 10	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.2	6	3	2	1	3	1	0	6.75	6.38	15	1	4	1	2	6	38			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.216	1.24	-0.21%	-2.10	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d3
2	36	5	Apr 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS-1	L(0-2)	6	0.0	2	5	5	3	0	0	0	23.63	9.76	5	0	0	0	0	2	23			1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.319	1.68	-0.22%	-3.97	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d3
3	37	8	Apr 23	CLE		OAK	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-2)	5	9.0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	5.40	3.06	31	8	9	3	0	2	91			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.390	.76	0.27%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	38	12	Apr 28	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-0	GS-6	W(2-2)	4	6.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.57	2.24	20	1	11	1	0	2	74			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.173	.72	0.12%	2.74	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a9
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	39	17	May 3	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS-3		4	3.0	2	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.35	2.92	13	2	4	0	0	2	44			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.218	.88	-0.17%	-1.74	1b start a 3	3b 3 out tie
6	40	21	May 8	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.1	2	1	1	6	3	0	1	3.67	3.41	26	2	12	0	1	2	62			2	1	1	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.177	1.67	0.12%	1.28	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
7	41	32	May 22	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	GS-2		13	1.2	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.40	3.78	11	0	3	0	0	5	34			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.254	1.11	-0.14%	-2.53	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d3
8	42	35	May 24	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS-9	W(3-2)	1	8.0	1	0	0	4	7	0	0	3.44	3.48	28	9	7	0	0	1	83			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.229	.82	0.16%	2.97	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 0 out a4
9	43	40	May 30	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-8	L(3-3)	5	7.2	8	5	3	3	5	0	0	3.45	3.31	34	6	12	0	0	8	49			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	0.035	2.21	0.03%	-0.25	1b start a 2	8b 123 2 out a1
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
10	44	44	Jun 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	4.1	7	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.88	3.21	22	2	7	1	0	7	35			2	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.277	.94	-0.19%	-2.66	1b start tie	5b --3 1 out d3
11	45	49	Jun 8	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	L(3-5)	3	9.0	10	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.75	3.01	38	7	13	1	0	10	59			3	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.003	.91	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
12	46	54	Jun 13(2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	GS-3		4	3.0	5	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.15	3.16	15	2	4	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.338	1.36	-0.30%	-2.70	1t start tie	3t 3 out d2
13	47	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-7	L(3-6)	7	7.0	7	5	5	4	1	0	0	4.39	3.25	30	5	13	0	0	7	40			1	1	0	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.156	1.34	-0.19%	-1.93	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
14	48	65	Jun 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-4	L(3-7)	4	4.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.40	3.22	18	3	6	1	0	4	47			3	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.093	1.48	-0.09%	-0.33	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
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
15	49	71	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	3.21	4	0	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
16	50	75	Jul 6	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-3	GS-6	W(4-7)	3	5.1	4	3	3	4	5	1	1	4.38	3.40	25	5	6	0	0	4	49			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	.77	-0.018	.68	-0.01%	-1.34	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out a3
17	51	79	Jul 11	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-9	GS-3	L(4-8)	4	2.0	4	6	6	4	1	0	0	4.95	3.51	13	3	1	0	0	4	21			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.297	.84	-0.13%	-3.96	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d3
18	52	81	Jul 16	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	4	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.93	3.52	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.71	0.136	1.94	0.03%	0.30	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
19	53	85	Jul 19(2)	CLE		OAK	L,3-10	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.87	3.48	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.43	8t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d8
20	54	88	Jul 22	CLE		CAL	W,7-5	5-GF	W(5-8)	2	5.0	3	2	2	0	4	1	0	4.80	3.49	18	3	8	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.249	.23	0.04%	1.13	5t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
21	55	91	Jul 25(1)	CLE		DET	L,1-9	2-7		2	4.2	6	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.85	3.63	21	2	10	0	0	6		2	0	2	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.029	.13	0.01%	0.24	2t 12- 1 out d3	7t 1-3 0 out d4
22	56	94	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.74	3.53	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.022	.03	0.00%	1.00	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
23	57	97	Jul 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG(7)	W(6-8)	2	7.0	6	2	2	1	12	1	0	4.59	3.38	28	4	5	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.179	.10	0.02%	1.04	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a5
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
24	58	102	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(7-8)	3	10.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.17	3.26	32	9	12	0	0	3	90			0	3	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.763	.40	0.14%	4.34	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
25	59	107	Aug 8(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-9	L(7-9)	4	8.0	5	2	1	1	13	0	0	3.97	3.02	28	4	5	0	0	5	78			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.125	.33	0.02%	2.04	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out tie
26	60	112	Aug 13	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	L(7-10)	4	9.0	6	2	1	5	14	0	0	3.76	2.89	39	7	8	0	0	5	78			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.63	0.000	.31	0.00%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
27	61	118	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS-8	W(8-10)	4	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.63	2.83	26	6	10	1	2	4	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.201	.03	0.00%	1.34	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a4
28	62	123	Aug 23	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	W(9-10)	4	9.0	7	3	3	0	12	0	0	3.59	2.65	34	7	9	0	2	6	73			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	0.149	.09	0.01%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
29	63	128	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,7-4	GS-6	W(10-10)	5	5.0	4	4	3	4	5	0	0	3.65	2.66	24	3	8	1	0	4	46			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.16	-0.216	.03	0.00%	-2.20	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 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
30	64	132	Sep 4(1)	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	GS-6	L(10-11)	5	6.0	5	5	5	4	1	2	0	3.80	2.89	27	7	10	0	0	5	39			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	-0.435	.01	0.00%	-2.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
31	65	138	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(10-12)	3	8.0	5	3	3	4	13	1	1	3.78	2.89	33	5	6	1	0	4	69			4	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.097	.00	0.00%	0.33	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
32	66	143	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	GS-7	W(11-12)	4	6.1	6	3	3	3	9	1	1	3.80	2.92	29	3	7	0	0	6	55			3	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.68	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a3
33	67	149	Sep 19(2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8		5	7.1	3	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.69	2.88	27	7	7	0	3	3	72			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.240	.00	0.00%	2.14	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a2
34	68	152	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-12)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	10	0	1	3.51	2.80	35	8	8	0	0	7	82			2	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.522	.00	0.00%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	69	155	Sep 28(2)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(13-12)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	12	1	0	3.39	2.76	34	6	8	1	1	6	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.187	.00	0.00%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
36	70	159	Oct 2(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6		3	5.2	6	3	3	3	8	0	0	3.43	2.72	26	4	5	0	0	6	50			4	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-0.67	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d1
							17-19		W-L:13-12,Sv:1	3.7	199.1	155	82	76	78	200	13	5	3.43	2.72	821	0.58		3%	3%	152	58	5	0%	38	7	1	724	19	6	2	5	4	2	1.01	0.626	.56	-0.68%	6.76

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