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Dennis Eckersley

Game Log for 1981
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Apr 10 L, 3-5 vs White Sox Start 7.0 4 28 2 2 0 2 0 7 2.57 BOS Apr 17 W, 8-5 at White Sox Start 5.0 7 21 3 3 1 0 0 2 3.75 W (1-0) BOS Apr 22 L, 8-16 vs Rangers Start 0.2 5 10 7 5 0 2 0 1 7.11 L (1-1) BOS Apr 26 W, 7-5 at Orioles Start 1 9.0 9 37 5 5 1 1 1 7 6.23 W (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS May 01 L, 1-6 vs Twins Start 8.0 9 32 5 5 0 1 0 2 6.07 L (2-2) BOS May 06 W, 3-1 at Royals Start 2 9.0 4 30 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.89 W (3-2) BOS May 11 W, 7-6 at Blue Jays Start 4.1 8 26 5 5 1 5 0 2 5.44 BOS May 16 L, 6-7 vs Royals Start 3.1 8 17 7 7 2 0 0 1 6.41 L (3-3) BOS May 21 W, 3-0 vs A's Start 3 1 9.0 2 34 0 0 0 5 0 12 5.37 W (4-3) BOS May 26 L, 2-5 vs Indians Start 4 9.0 10 36 5 4 0 0 0 2 5.18 L (4-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Jun 02 W, 4-0 at Indians Start 5 2 9.0 4 33 0 0 0 3 0 3 4.54 W (5-4) BOS Jun 07 L, 3-4 at A's Start 8.2 5 31 3 3 1 2 0 8 4.39 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Aug 10 L, 1-7 vs White Sox Start 3.0 7 17 3 3 0 0 0 2 4.55 L (5-5) BOS Aug 15 W, 5-3 at Rangers Start 6.0 5 23 2 2 1 0 0 2 4.45 BOS Aug 20 W, 6-4 at A's Start 7.0 8 32 4 3 1 1 0 2 4.41 W (6-5) BOS Aug 25 L, 7-8 at Angels Start 6.0 7 29 4 1 0 3 0 5 4.24 BOS Aug 31 W, 4-1 vs Angels Start 6 9.0 7 34 1 1 0 1 0 4 3.98 W (7-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Sep 05 W, 12-5 vs Mariners Start 3.2 8 19 5 5 0 0 0 0 4.24 BOS Sep 11 L, 1-4 at Yankees Start 6.0 7 26 4 4 1 2 0 1 4.33 L (7-6) BOS Sep 16 (1) W, 2-1 vs Tigers Start 7 10.0 7 39 1 1 0 2 1 5 4.07 W (8-6) BOS Sep 21 W, 9-3 vs Brewers Start 8 9.0 9 37 3 3 0 1 0 3 4.00 W (9-6) BOS Sep 26 L, 5-7 vs Indians Start 6.0 12 30 7 6 0 1 0 5 4.21 L (9-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Oct 02 L, 4-11 at Indians Start 6.1 8 28 5 4 0 1 0 1 4.27 L (9-8)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       9   8   4.27   23  23   8   0   0   2  154.0  160   649   82   73   9   33   2   79   12-11  4.83 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              331   45   96  127  19   0   4   44  12   2   21   1   1   32   7  .290  .384  .331  .715
vs RHB              269   32   64   93  10   2   5   30  11   2   12   1   2   47   1  .238  .346  .278  .624

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   6   4.87   12  12   5   0   0   1   77.2   88   333   46   42   2   15   1   44    5-7   4.67 runs/start
Road             5   2   3.66   11  11   3   0   0   1   76.1   72   316   36   31   7   18   1   35    7-4   5.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              2   4   7.19    9   9   1   0   0   0   51.1   67   225   44   41   5    9   1   33    3-6   5.89 runs/start
Night            7   4   2.81   14  14   7   0   0   2  102.2   93   424   38   32   4   24   1   46    9-5   4.14 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   1   6.23    4   4   1   0   0   0   21.2   25    96   17   15   2    5   1   17    2-2   6.50 runs/start
May              2   3   4.64    6   6   3   0   0   1   42.2   41   175   23   22   3   11   0   21    3-3   3.67 runs/start
June             1   0   1.53    2   2   1   0   0   1   17.2    9    64    3    3   1    5   0   11    1-1   3.50 runs/start
August           2   1   2.90    5   5   1   0   0   0   31.0   34   135   14   10   2    5   0   15    3-2   4.60 runs/start
September        2   2   4.93    5   5   2   0   0   0   34.2   43   151   20   19   1    6   1   14    3-2   5.80 runs/start
October          0   1   5.68    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.1    8    28    5    4   0    1   0    1    0-1   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   0   1.20    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0   14    63    5    2   0    4   0    9    1-1   5.50 runs/start
A's              2   0   2.19    3   3   1   0   0   1   24.2   15    97    7    6   2    8   0   22    2-1   4.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        0   0  10.38    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.1    8    26    5    5   1    5   0    2    1-0   7.00 runs/start
Brewers          1   0   3.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    9    37    3    3   0    1   0    3    1-0   9.00 runs/start
Indians          1   3   4.15    4   4   2   0   0   1   30.1   34   127   17   14   0    5   0   11    1-3   3.75 runs/start
Mariners         0   0  12.27    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.2    8    19    5    5   0    0   0    0    1-0   12.00 runs/start
Orioles          1   0   5.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    9    37    5    5   1    1   1    7    1-0   7.00 runs/start
Rangers          0   1   9.45    2   2   0   0   0   0    6.2   10    33    9    7   1    2   0    3    1-1   6.50 runs/start
Royals           1   1   5.84    2   2   1   0   0   0   12.1   12    47    8    8   2    0   0    3    1-1   4.50 runs/start
Tigers           1   0   0.90    1   1   1   0   0   0   10.0    7    39    1    1   0    2   1    5    1-0   2.00 runs/start
Twins            0   1   5.62    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    9    32    5    5   0    1   0    2    0-1   1.00 runs/start
White Sox        1   1   4.80    3   3   0   0   0   0   15.0   18    66    8    8   1    2   0   11    1-2   4.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   1   6.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    7    26    4    4   1    2   0    1    0-1   1.00 runs/start

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