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: 19-14 / in Starts: 19-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	139	1	Apr 5	BOS		CLE	W,7-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	2	0	0	5	4	0	0	0.00	3.73	28	9	8	0	0	2	72			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.272	.99	0.23%	3.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
2	140	4	Apr 10	BOS	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(1-1)	4	8.0	8	3	3	1	1	1	0	1.80	4.13	32	8	14	2	1	8	54			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	.76	0.014	1.22	0.01%	1.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
3	141	6	Apr 15	BOS		CLE	W,14-4	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	6.0	9	4	4	4	4	0	0	3.00	3.92	30	10	4	0	0	8	38			2	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.035	1.46	0.03%	-0.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
4	142	11	Apr 20	BOS		KCR	W,9-2	GS-3		4	3.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.63	3.82	12	1	6	2	2	3	51			0	1	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.159	1.37	0.14%	1.67	1t start tie	3t 3 out a2
5	143	20	Apr 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS-7		9	7.0	3	3	3	2	1	2	0	2.90	4.54	27	5	16	1	0	3	58			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.01	0.076	2.02	0.09%	0.45	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
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	144	24	May 5	BOS		SEA	W,11-4	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	6.0	8	4	4	4	4	0	0	3.41	4.35	29	9	4	0	0	8	40			2	0	1	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	0.083	2.32	0.10%	-0.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
7	145	29	May 10	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(3-2)	4	4.1	9	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.14	4.38	23	7	3	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.290	1.30	-0.34%	-3.19	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
8	146	33	May 15	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(4-2)	4	10.0	8	2	1	3	5	1	0	3.51	4.29	39	12	11	2	1	8	72			3	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.565	4.23	0.92%	3.56	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
9	147	38	May 20	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	CG	L(4-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	8	2	0	3.28	4.32	35	8	11	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.264	1.98	0.38%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
10	148	42	May 26	BOS	@	TOR	L,6-7	GS-7		5	6.1	10	4	3	0	2	1	1	3.38	4.35	29	2	14	3	1	10	41			0	0	1	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.256	1.26	-0.28%	-1.29	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out tie
11	149	46	May 31	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS-9		4	8.1	7	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.24	4.24	34	6	13	1	0	6	66			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.361	2.26	0.38%	2.94	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 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
12	150	51	Jun 5	BOS		TEX	W,9-3	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	11	3	3	0	5	0	0	3.21	3.96	37	9	12	1	0	11	58			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.184	.65	0.21%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
13	151	56	Jun 10	BOS		MIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	1	2.90	3.80	32	6	15	1	0	4	83			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.433	2.26	0.59%	5.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	152	61	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS-8	W(7-3)	5	7.0	5	5	4	2	2	2	0	3.06	4.00	29	6	14	0	0	5	49			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	1	.50	-0.002	1.12	0.00%	-1.33	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a6
15	153	66	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	7	1	0	2.97	3.89	33	11	8	0	1	7	72			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.502	2.72	0.62%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	154	70	Jun 26	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-8		4	7.1	5	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.02	3.96	28	8	8	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.206	2.32	0.28%	1.04	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a1
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
17	155	75	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-7	L(8-4)	4	6.1	8	6	6	1	5	5	0	3.30	4.37	27	6	7	0	0	8	37			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.548	2.22	-0.69%	-2.67	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d1
18	156	80	Jul 6	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-5	GS-6	L(8-5)	4	5.1	8	4	2	3	2	1	0	3.30	4.44	28	4	10	0	1	8	39			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	-0.234	3.33	-0.32%	-1.24	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out tie
19	157	85	Jul 11	BOS	@	CAL	W,9-3	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	11	3	3	2	10	1	0	3.28	4.32	39	5	11	1	2	11	61			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.126	1.68	0.18%	1.53	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
20	158	89	Jul 19	BOS		SEA	W,7-1	CG	W(10-5)	7	9.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.14	4.17	33	5	13	0	0	6	76			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	.98	0.350	2.44	0.53%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
21	159	94	Jul 24	BOS		OAK	W,7-3	CG	W(11-5)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	3	2	0	3.14	4.27	37	14	9	3	0	8	59			2	0	0	34	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.19	0.175	2.31	0.20%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
22	160	98	Jul 28	BOS	@	TEX	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-5)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.96	4.19	35	6	17	4	1	7	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.66	0.848	2.67	0.82%	4.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
23	161	103	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	10	4	3	4	7	2	0	2.97	4.25	41	6	14	3	1	10	56			2	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.203	1.48	0.14%	0.72	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
24	162	107	Aug 5(1)	BOS	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	W(14-5)	3	9.0	7	2	1	0	6	0	0	2.87	4.11	34	9	12	1	2	7	73			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	1	1	.88	0.162	.95	0.11%	2.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
25	163	112	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(15-5)	3	9.0	9	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.83	4.04	36	10	9	1	0	9	63			2	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.60	0.535	2.84	0.57%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	164	116	Aug 14	BOS		MIN	W,12-1	GS-6	W(16-5)	4	6.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.74	3.98	21	7	10	2	0	2	68			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.145	.68	0.17%	3.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out a9
27	165	121	Aug 19	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	L(16-6)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.75	3.96	35	10	11	1	0	8	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	0.042	3.17	0.06%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	166	125	Aug 24	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(16-7)	4	8.0	5	4	4	2	4	0	1	2.82	3.91	32	7	13	1	2	5	58			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.128	1.68	-0.16%	0.28	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
29	167	130	Aug 30	BOS		TEX	L,0-6	GS-7	L(16-8)	5	6.0	10	5	5	2	5	1	1	2.95	3.94	31	5	8	0	0	10	35			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.173	.38	-0.05%	-2.06	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d5
Sept				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	168	134	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	GS-2	L(16-9)	3	1.2	4	4	4	1	1	2	0	3.09	4.05	10	2	2	0	0	4	31			2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.294	.23	-0.05%	-3.08	1b start tie	2b --- 2 out d3
31	169	138	Sep 8	BOS		BAL	L,2-3	CG	L(16-10)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	8	0	0	3.08	3.94	37	8	11	0	3	9	64			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.088	.02	0.00%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
32	170	147	Sep 17(1)	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS-7		8	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	1	3.07	3.91	28	5	13	1	0	5	61			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	0.266	.00	0.00%	1.67	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
33	171	153	Sep 23(1)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(17-10)	5	9.0	9	1	1	2	8	0	1	2.99	3.83	37	5	12	2	1	9	71			3	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.568	.00	0.00%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							19-14		W-L:17-10	4.3	246.2	234	89	82	59	150	29	6	2.99	3.83	1018	0.67		6%	3%	228	58		---%	31	4	4	936	39	4	4	8	6	7	1.05	4.737	1.74	4.87%	43.50

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