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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 14	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	GS	40	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	10 (3)	Apr 18	BOS		MIL	W,7-6	GS	26	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	15 (4)	Apr 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	19 (3)	Apr 29	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS	37	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	24 (4)	May 4	BOS		MIN	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
7	29 (4)	May 9	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	33 (3)	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS	32	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
9	37 (3)	May 20	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
10	43 (5)	May 25	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-5	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
11	49 (5)	May 30	BOS		TOR	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	53 (3)	Jun 4	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS	38	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	58 (4)	Jun 11	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
14	63 (4)	Jun 16	BOS		SEA	W,6-3	GS	33	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	68 (4)	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	72 (3)	Jun 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS	34	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	77 (4)	Jul 3	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
18	81 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	87 (5)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	92 (4)	Jul 21	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-9	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	98 (5)	Jul 26	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
22	103 (4)	Jul 31	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	108 (4)	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
24	112 (3)	Aug 10	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS	29	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	118 (5)	Aug 15	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
26	123 (4)	Aug 20	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
27	126 (2)	Aug 25	BOS		CAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	131 (4)	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		TOR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	136 (4)	Sep 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS	29	6.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	141 (4)	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,0-7	GS	21	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	145 (3)	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	149 (3)	Sep 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS	26	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	153 (3)	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	157 (3)	Sep 26	BOS		DET	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
35	161 (3)	Sep 30	BOS		TOR	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
							35gm		268.1	19	29	0	48	1