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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 12	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	7 (3)	Apr 20	CLE		MIL	W,7-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	13 (5)	Apr 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (2)	May 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	17	May 2	CLE		BAL	W,4-3		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	20 (2)	May 4 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-3		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	21	May 5	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	27 (5)	May 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	30 (2)	May 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	32 (1)	May 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	37 (4)	May 25 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
12	43 (5)	May 31	CLE	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	48 (4)	Jun 6	CLE		TEX	W,7-5	GS	34	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	53 (4)	Jun 10	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	58 (4)	Jun 15	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-1	GS	36	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
16	63 (4)	Jun 21	CLE		MIL	L,9-11	GS	29	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	68 (4)	Jun 26	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-2	GS	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	75 (6)	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GS	28	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
19	81 (5)	Jul 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	85 (3)	Jul 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-1	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	89 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		CAL	L,0-8	GS	26	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	96 (6)	Jul 26	CLE	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
23	101 (4)	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	106 (4)	Aug 4	CLE		DET	W,6-4	GS	27	5.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
25	111 (4)	Aug 9	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	GS	28	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	116 (4)	Aug 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-8	GS	16	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	121 (4)	Aug 19	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	126 (4)	Aug 25	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	130 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	135 (4)	Sep 6	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GS	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	140 (4)	Sep 10 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,7-1	GS	34	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	146 (5)	Sep 16	CLE	@	DET	W,9-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	152 (5)	Sep 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	GS	17	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	156 (3)	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
							34gm		186.2	7	12	1	20	0