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: 30-24 / in Starts: 0-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 28

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	377	3	Apr 9	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	6-8	H(1)	99	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.12	8	2	5	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.90	0.331	2.32	0.24%	2.11	6b 12- 1 out a2	8b 3 out a2
2	378	8	Apr 14	OAK		MIN	L,8-9	8-GF		4	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.62	5	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.043	.80	0.03%	0.95	8t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
3	379	10	Apr 16	OAK	@	SEA	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.67	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.037	.40	0.02%	0.58	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
4	380	15	Apr 21	OAK	@	CAL	L,5-8	6-8	BL(0-1)	4	2.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	5.14	2.59	11	3	5	4	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.98	-0.470	1.89	-0.27%	-2.33	6b --- 0 out a2	8b 1-- 0 out d1
5	381	17	Apr 24	OAK		SEA	L,3-6	6-7	H(2)	2	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.87	2.61	4	4	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	-0.073	2.39	-0.04%	-0.80	6t 123 1 out a3	7t 1-- 0 out a1
6	382	18	Apr 25	OAK		SEA	W,7-3	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.50	2.27	8	3	3	1	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.111	.69	0.05%	1.53	7t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end a 4
7	383	21	Apr 28	OAK		BOS	W,7-1	2-7	W(1-1)	2	6.0	2	1	0	1	6	0	0	2.81	1.93	19	7	5	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.352	.79	0.16%	2.45	2t 1-- 0 out a1	7t 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
8	384	24	May 1	OAK		DET	W,2-1	9-GF(13)	W(2-1)	2	4.1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.21	1.74	16	7	5	2	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.01	0.673	2.60	0.35%	2.49	9t 12- 2 out tie	13t end tie
9	385	28	May 6	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	6.1	9	3	3	0	2	0	1	2.70	1.97	29	7	19	9	0	0	45			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	0.110	1.06	0.07%	1.35	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out tie
10	386	31	May 10	OAK	@	DET	L,6-7	5-6		3	1.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.54	2.13	8	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.131	1.60	0.08%	0.81	5b --- 1 out a1	6b 3 out a1
11	387	33	May 13	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-2	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.76	2.09	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.002	.11	0.00%	-0.43	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 6
12	388	35	May 16	OAK		TOR	W,10-3	7-8		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.59	2.01	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.06	0.01%	1.02	7t --- 0 out a7	8t 3 out a7
13	389	38	May 19	OAK		NYY	W,4-2	4-8	W(3-2)	2	4.2	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.25	1.87	17	4	6	2	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.267	1.34	0.19%	2.63	4t 123 1 out a3	8t 3 out a3
14	390	43	May 25	OAK		BAL	L,3-4	5-6	L(3-3)	5	1.2	4	3	3	1	1	2	0	2.87	2.63	10	3	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.332	1.31	-0.21%	-2.21	5t --- 0 out a1	6t 1-- 2 out d2
15	391	48	May 31	OAK	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-6	L(3-4)	5	5.1	7	6	6	1	6	2	1	3.77	3.13	25	5	5	0	0	7	35			1	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	.60	-0.325	.85	-0.28%	-3.69	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d5
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
16	392	53	Jun 6	OAK		CLE	W,6-4	4-GF	W(4-4)	5	6.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.31	2.89	18	4	9	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.411	1.38	0.39%	3.69	4t -2- 0 out d4	9t end a 2
17	393	57	Jun 10	OAK		CHW	W,5-2	2-7	W(5-4)	3	5.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.00	2.78	19	7	2	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.265	1.95	0.29%	2.35	2t 1-- 2 out d1	7t 12- 2 out a2
18	394	61	Jun 15	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-6	6-8		4	2.1	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.04	2.80	14	5	7	3	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.00	-0.105	4.88	-0.15%	0.17	6b --- 1 out d1	8b 1-- 2 out d1
19	395	64	Jun 19	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	6-7		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	2.77	8	6	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.046	.85	0.06%	1.02	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
20	396	66	Jun 21(1)	OAK		TEX	W,7-3	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.2	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.80	2.66	9	2	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.109	.90	0.12%	1.56	7t 1-- 1 out a3	9t end a 4
21	397	70	Jun 24	OAK		KCR	W,4-2	8-GF	S(3)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.71	2.60	7	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.151	1.99	0.18%	1.02	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
22	398	72	Jun 27	OAK	@	CLE	W,13-3	6-7		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	2.58	9	1	4	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.036	1.17	0.04%	1.10	6b --- 0 out a5	7b 3 out a7
23	399	74	Jun 29	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-5	4-6		1	2.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.81	2.56	10	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.084	1.07	-0.12%	-0.76	4b --- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d4
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
24	400	76	Jul 1	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-5	10-GF(10)		1	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.93	2.75	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	-0.356	5.56	-0.44%	-1.54	10b 1-- 1 out tie	10b end d 2
25	401	79	Jul 4	OAK		BOS	W,9-5	8-GF	S(4)	2	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.86	2.74	7	3	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.017	2.18	0.02%	-0.57	8t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
26	402	80	Jul 5	OAK		BOS	W,6-3	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	2.71	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.036	2.37	0.04%	0.51	9t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 3
27	403	85	Jul 10	OAK		MIL	W,7-3	9-GF	S(6)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	2.71	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.012	.69	0.01%	0.44	9t 12- 2 out a4	9t end a 4
28	404	86	Jul 11	OAK		MIL	W,6-5	8-GF	W(6-4)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.75	2.63	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.194	2.42	0.22%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end a 1
29	405	88	Jul 16	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	7-GF	S(7)	4	2.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.77	2.62	10	6	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.180	2.02	0.21%	1.10	7b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
30	406	90	Jul 18	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-10	BL(6-5)	1	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.95	2.77	8	1	5	2	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.91	-0.226	7.51	-0.35%	-0.59	8b 1-3 1 out a2	10b 1-- 0 out tie
31	407	93	Jul 21	OAK	@	DET	L,5-6	8-9		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.03	2.75	6	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.025	5.78	-0.04%	0.14	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
32	408	97	Jul 25	OAK	@	MIL	W,13-4	6-7		3	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.96	2.71	5	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.010	.17	0.01%	0.87	6b --- 1 out a6	7b 3 out a11
33	409	101	Jul 29	OAK		CAL	L,4-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	2.68	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.039	1.46	0.07%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
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
34	410	104	Aug 2	OAK		MIN	W,6-5	4-9		3	4.1	3	2	1	0	6	1	0	2.88	2.70	17	4	4	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.098	4.20	0.20%	0.77	4t --- 2 out d1	9t 1-- 0 out a1
35	411	109	Aug 7	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-9	1-5		4	4.0	7	4	4	0	4	1	1	3.16	2.80	21	5	10	5	0	1		3	2	1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	.50	-0.115	1.94	-0.27%	-2.67	1b 123 1 out d2	5b 1-- 1 out d6
36	412	114	Aug 12	OAK	@	SEA	L,3-4	3-7		4	4.1	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.01	2.76	17	2	5	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	.41	0.094	.73	0.10%	2.58	3b -2- 1 out d4	7b 12- 2 out d1
37	413	115	Aug 14	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-6	12-GF(12)	S(8)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	2.76	3	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	0.211	5.35	0.25%	0.53	12b --- 0 out a1	12b end a 1
38	414	117	Aug 16	OAK	@	CAL	W,9-6	7-GF	S(9)	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.91	2.70	8	4	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.179	3.01	0.25%	1.31	7b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 3
39	415	119	Aug 18	OAK		TOR	L,1-2	8-GF	BL(6-6)	1	1.2	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.95	2.78	8	1	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.392	2.20	-0.40%	-0.96	8t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end d 1
40	416	121	Aug 20	OAK		TOR	L,6-7	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	2.76	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.064	2.75	0.08%	0.92	9t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
41	417	123	Aug 22	OAK		NYY	W,6-0	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.90	2.74	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.033	1.63	0.05%	2.35	9t 123 0 out a6	9t end a 6
42	418	128	Aug 28	OAK	@	TOR	W,3-2	8-GF	S(10)	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	2.72	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	0.346	11.98	0.76%	1.03	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
43	419	129	Aug 29	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	S(11)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.83	2.68	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.221	11.46	0.54%	0.56	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
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
44	420	136	Sep 6	OAK	@	BAL	L,6-7	7-GF	BL(6-7)	7	1.2	4	3	3	0	2	2	0	3.05	2.90	9	3	0	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	-0.745	10.31	-1.47%	-1.97	7b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end d 1
45	421	139	Sep 9	OAK		TEX	W,11-7	9-GF		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.11	2.88	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.18	0.006	.57	0.01%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 4
46	422	142	Sep 12	OAK		KCR	L,7-10	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.16	2.87	6	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.033	1.13	-0.06%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
47	423	143	Sep 13	OAK		KCR	L,5-6	7-GF		0	2.1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.09	2.81	9	0	3	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.095	1.44	0.16%	1.80	7t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 2
48	424	145	Sep 15	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-5	9-GF	S(12)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	2.79	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.217	3.53	0.17%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
49	425	147	Sep 18	OAK	@	KCR	W,4-0	9-GF	S(13)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.05	2.77	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.048	2.47	0.07%	0.97	9b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
50	426	149	Sep 20	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-6	8-GF	S(14)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.99	2.70	7	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	0.468	9.36	0.79%	1.52	8b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
51	427	152	Sep 23	OAK	@	CLE	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.06	2.70	3	0	1	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.366	3.84	-0.42%	-1.75	8b 1-- 2 out tie	8b end d 2
52	428	154	Sep 25	OAK		CHW	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	L(6-8)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.12	2.68	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	-0.296	.32	-0.03%	-0.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
53	429	157	Sep 29	OAK		CLE	W,5-4	9-GF	S(15)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	2.69	4	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	0.165	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
54	430	159	Oct 1	OAK		CLE	W,9-5	8-GF	S(16)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.03	2.67	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.091	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
							30-24		W-L:6-8,Sv:16,BSv:4,Hld:2	2.3	115.2	99	41	39	17	113	11	3	3.03	2.67	460	0.81		17%	1%	39	40	50	22%	9	1	0	434	23	1	3	6	3	3	1.26	1.964	2.27	1.73%	26.14

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