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: 15-15 / in Starts: 15-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	172	1	Apr 10	BOS	@	MIL	L,5-9	GS-5		99	4.1	5	4	4	2	3	3	0	8.31	11.75	20	3	7	0	0	5	38			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.311	1.12	-0.29%	-2.24	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d1
2	173	4	Apr 14	BOS		DET	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	7.0	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.97	6.81	27	8	13	4	4	2	65			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.319	1.50	0.29%	2.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
3	174	8	Apr 19	BOS		TEX	L,0-8	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	6.2	10	8	7	1	3	1	0	6.00	5.86	32	12	13	6	1	3	26			3	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	1	1	.62	-0.213	.92	-0.19%	-4.38	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d8
4	175	13	Apr 25	BOS	@	DET	L,3-11	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.0	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	6.55	6.07	18	4	7	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.176	1.06	-0.18%	-1.34	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d2
5	176	17	Apr 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(1-3)	4	8.0	4	2	2	3	3	1	0	5.40	5.72	31	9	12	0	1	4	66			2	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	0.018	1.70	0.02%	1.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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	177	22	May 5	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-11	GS-3	L(1-4)	4	2.0	5	5	3	0	2	1	0	5.91	5.81	12	2	3	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	1	1	.70	-0.378	1.09	-0.35%	-4.65	1b start tie	3b -2- 0 out d4
7	178	26	May 10	BOS		KCR	L,8-13	GS-1	L(1-5)	4	0.2	4	5	5	2	1	1	0	7.16	6.27	8	1	2	1	0	2	23			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.272	1.20	-0.20%	-3.26	1t start tie	1t 123 2 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
8	179	51	Jun 8	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-1	GS-5		28	5.0	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	6.21	5.49	18	5	5	2	0	2	67			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.106	.73	0.05%	1.31	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
9	180	56	Jun 13	BOS	@	CAL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(2-5)	4	7.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	1	5.24	4.90	27	5	10	0	1	6	70			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.356	1.39	0.25%	3.03	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
10	181	61	Jun 18	BOS		SEA	W,6-2	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	4.70	4.35	37	6	14	3	0	7	71			2	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	1	1	.84	0.158	1.06	0.12%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
11	182	66	Jun 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	2	0	4.31	4.49	34	6	17	1	1	7	67			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.170	.99	0.18%	2.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
12	183	72	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(4-6)	7	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.14	4.43	36	7	16	3	2	7	63			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.088	.98	0.07%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	184	77	Jul 6	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(5-6)	4	6.2	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.25	4.39	29	8	8	1	3	8	45			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.033	.53	-0.01%	-0.29	1b start a 1	7b 123 2 out a3
14	185	80	Jul 11	BOS	@	MIL	L,6-7	GS-5	L(5-7)	4	4.1	8	6	6	0	5	1	0	4.68	4.34	21	4	4	1	1	8	28			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.395	.65	-0.19%	-3.24	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d1
15	186	85	Jul 16	BOS		KCR	L,1-5	GS-9	L(5-8)	4	8.1	10	5	5	3	8	1	0	4.75	4.26	37	5	11	0	3	10	48			2	1	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	0	.75	0.005	.35	0.00%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d2
16	187	90	Jul 21	BOS		TEX	L,3-5	GS-3	L(5-9)	4	2.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.94	4.23	12	4	2	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.208	.38	-0.04%	-2.33	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d3
17	188	95	Jul 26	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	W(6-9)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.59	3.98	31	9	12	1	1	4	81			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.355	.19	0.06%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
18	189	99	Jul 31	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-13	GS-5	L(6-10)	4	4.1	9	5	4	2	2	0	0	4.74	3.95	24	7	5	2	0	8	27			2	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	.69	-0.220	.21	-0.04%	-3.40	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d5
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
19	190	104	Aug 5	BOS		MIL	W,3-1	GS-9	W(7-10)	4	8.1	7	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.47	3.92	31	7	14	2	1	7	68			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.378	.24	0.04%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
20	191	109	Aug 10	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	W(8-10)	4	8.0	9	3	3	0	4	0	0	4.40	3.78	30	7	10	0	0	9	56			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.116	.30	0.02%	1.63	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a2
21	192	114	Aug 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-8	W(9-10)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	0	4.34	3.62	31	7	10	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	.47	0.257	.13	0.04%	0.97	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a5
22	193	116	Aug 20	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(9-11)	4	8.0	2	2	1	2	9	1	0	4.15	3.57	29	5	11	0	0	2	79			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.12	-0.020	.41	0.00%	1.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	194	121	Aug 25	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-9		4	9.0	4	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.96	3.52	33	12	15	1	0	3	74			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	0.227	.35	0.03%	2.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
24	195	125	Aug 30	BOS		OAK	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.2	11	6	6	1	1	2	0	4.11	3.65	33	9	11	1	0	11	33			2	0	0	31	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.13	-0.245	.76	-0.10%	-1.85	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out d4
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
25	196	130	Sep 4	BOS		SEA	L,4-7	GS-7	L(9-12)	4	6.2	9	7	7	2	3	1	0	4.33	3.70	29	6	9	4	0	9	29			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	.80	-0.205	.52	-0.08%	-1.73	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
26	197	135	Sep 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	W(10-12)	4	8.0	10	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.29	3.66	35	4	14	1	0	10	51			1	2	0	30	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.30	0.152	.18	0.01%	1.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
27	198	140	Sep 14	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GS-6	L(10-13)	4	6.0	5	4	4	5	4	2	1	4.35	3.83	28	2	11	0	0	5	45			1	0	0	22	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.29	-0.248	.00	0.00%	-0.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
28	199	145	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(11-13)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	8	0	0	4.18	3.72	35	13	5	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	0	.82	0.320	.00	0.00%	3.43	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
29	200	150	Sep 26	BOS	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	W(12-13)	5	9.0	1	1	1	1	9	1	0	4.04	3.67	29	7	11	0	0	1	89			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.467	.00	0.00%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
30	201	156	Oct 1	BOS		BAL	L,8-12	GS-4	L(12-14)	4	3.2	8	7	7	2	1	3	0	4.28	3.87	21	5	5	2	1	8	16			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.529	.00	0.00%	-5.11	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
							15-15		W-L:12-14	4.2	197.2	188	101	94	44	121	25	2	4.28	3.87	818	0.66		8%	4%	175	52		---%	25	3	0	757	35	2	7	9	8	6	.93	0.039	.60	-0.50%	4.28

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