Dennis Eckersley
Born: October 3, 1954, Oakland, CAHeight: 6'2" Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1975 Cleveland AL 20 13 7 2.60 34 24 6 5 5 2 2 186.2 147 794 61 54 16 82 8 7 152 1976 Cleveland AL 21 13 12 3.43 36 30 9 3 3 1 3 199.1 155 821 82 76 13 76 2 5 200 1977 Cleveland AL 22 14 13 3.53 33 33 12 0 0 0 3 247.1 214 1006 100 97 31 43 11 7 191 1978 Boston AL 23 20 8 2.99 35 35 16 0 0 0 3 268.1 258 1121 99 89 30 63 8 7 162 1979 Boston AL 24 17 10 2.99 33 33 17 0 0 0 2 246.2 234 1018 89 82 29 55 4 6 150 1980 Boston AL 25 12 14 4.28 30 30 8 0 0 0 0 197.2 188 818 101 94 25 37 7 2 121 1981 Boston AL 26 9 8 4.27 23 23 8 0 0 0 2 154.0 160 649 82 73 9 33 2 3 79 1982 Boston AL 27 13 13 3.73 33 33 11 0 0 0 3 224.1 228 926 101 93 31 40 3 2 127 1983 Boston AL 28 9 13 5.61 28 28 2 0 0 0 0 176.1 223 787 119 110 27 35 4 6 77 1984 2 Teams 29 14 12 3.60 33 33 4 0 0 0 0 225.0 223 932 97 90 21 40 9 5 114 1985 Chicago NL 30 11 7 3.08 25 25 6 0 0 0 2 169.1 145 664 61 58 15 15 4 3 117 1986 Chicago NL 31 6 11 4.57 33 32 1 1 0 0 0 201.0 226 862 109 102 21 40 3 3 137 1987 Oakland AL 32 6 8 3.03 54 2 0 19 33 16 0 115.2 99 460 41 39 11 14 3 3 113 1988 Oakland AL 33 4 2 2.35 60 0 0 7 53 45 0 72.2 52 279 20 19 5 9 2 1 70 1989 Oakland AL 34 4 0 1.56 51 0 0 5 46 33 0 57.2 32 206 10 10 5 3 0 1 55 1990 Oakland AL 35 4 2 0.61 63 0 0 2 61 48 0 73.1 41 262 9 5 2 3 1 0 73 1991 Oakland AL 36 5 4 2.96 67 0 0 8 59 43 0 76.0 60 299 26 25 11 6 3 1 87 1992 Oakland AL 37 7 1 1.91 69 0 0 4 65 51 0 80.0 62 309 17 17 5 5 6 1 93 1993 Oakland AL 38 2 4 4.16 64 0 0 12 52 36 0 67.0 67 276 32 31 7 9 4 2 80 1994 Oakland AL 39 5 4 4.26 45 0 0 6 39 19 0 44.1 49 193 26 21 5 11 2 1 47 1995 Oakland AL 40 4 6 4.83 52 0 0 4 48 29 0 50.1 53 212 29 27 5 11 0 1 40 1996 St. Louis NL 41 0 6 3.30 63 0 0 10 53 30 0 60.0 65 251 26 22 8 4 2 4 49 1997 St. Louis NL 42 1 5 3.91 57 0 0 10 47 36 0 53.0 49 218 24 23 9 8 0 2 45 1998 Boston AL 43 4 1 4.76 50 0 0 37 13 1 0 39.2 46 171 21 21 6 5 3 2 22 TOTALS 197 171 3.50 1071 361 100 133 577 390 20 3285.2 3076 13534 1382 1278 347 647 91 75 2401
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1975 Cleveland AL 34 684 61 147 220 21 2 16 6 7 20 3 82 8 7 152 6 .215 .322 .310 1976 Cleveland AL 36 724 82 155 225 19 6 13 10 4 38 7 76 2 5 200 5 .214 .311 .293 1977 Cleveland AL 33 928 100 214 372 43 11 31 11 6 34 1 43 11 7 191 8 .231 .401 .276 1978 Boston AL 35 1028 99 258 394 38 4 30 7 8 26 5 63 8 7 162 19 .251 .383 .302 1979 Boston AL 33 937 89 234 368 39 4 29 10 6 31 4 55 4 6 150 8 .250 .393 .297 1980 Boston AL 30 757 101 188 302 35 2 25 7 8 25 3 37 7 2 121 9 .248 .399 .289 1981 Boston AL 23 600 82 160 220 29 2 9 6 5 23 4 33 2 3 79 8 .267 .367 .308 1982 Boston AL 33 873 101 228 380 45 7 31 4 4 20 5 40 3 2 127 12 .261 .435 .296 1983 Boston AL 28 736 119 223 366 48 7 27 1 5 18 8 35 4 6 77 5 .303 .497 .341 1984 2 Teams 33 858 97 223 340 48 3 21 11 9 40 9 5 114 14 .260 .396 .301 1985 Chicago NL 25 634 61 145 223 25 4 15 6 2 13 8 15 4 3 117 7 .229 .352 .254 1986 Chicago NL 33 793 109 226 361 58 7 21 13 10 16 8 40 3 3 137 6 .285 .455 .320 1987 Oakland AL 54 434 41 99 157 23 1 11 3 3 9 1 14 3 3 113 6 .228 .362 .260 1988 Oakland AL 60 263 20 52 71 4 0 5 1 3 3 1 9 2 1 70 3 .198 .270 .230 1989 Oakland AL 51 198 10 32 51 4 0 5 0 4 3 0 3 0 1 55 2 .162 .258 .175 1990 Oakland AL 63 257 9 41 58 9 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 73 3 .160 .226 .172 1991 Oakland AL 67 288 26 60 105 8 2 11 1 0 8 1 6 3 1 87 0 .208 .365 .235 1992 Oakland AL 69 294 17 62 90 11 1 5 3 0 9 1 5 6 1 93 3 .211 .306 .242 1993 Oakland AL 64 257 32 67 104 8 4 7 2 2 12 2 9 4 2 80 3 .261 .405 .299 1994 Oakland AL 45 178 26 49 81 11 3 5 1 0 4 1 11 2 1 47 4 .275 .455 .328 1995 Oakland AL 52 197 29 53 80 12 0 5 1 2 9 1 11 0 1 40 5 .269 .406 .308 1996 St. Louis NL 63 237 26 65 101 12 0 8 1 3 6 1 4 2 4 49 6 .274 .426 .300 1997 St. Louis NL 57 206 24 49 88 12 0 9 2 0 6 2 8 0 2 45 0 .238 .427 .273 1998 Boston AL 50 158 21 46 73 9 0 6 2 1 12 1 5 3 2 22 4 .291 .462 .331
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1975 Cleveland AL 20 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Cleveland AL 21 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Cleveland AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Boston AL 23 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 Boston AL 24 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 Boston AL 25 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 Boston AL 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Boston AL 27 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Boston AL 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 2 Teams 29 33 55 1 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 1 .109 .109 .125 1985 Chicago NL 30 26 56 1 7 10 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 25 0 .125 .179 .222 1986 Chicago NL 31 33 69 7 11 20 3 0 2 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 34 0 .159 .290 .169 1987 Oakland AL 32 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 Oakland AL 33 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 Oakland AL 34 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1990 Oakland AL 35 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1991 Oakland AL 36 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1992 Oakland AL 37 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1993 Oakland AL 38 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1994 Oakland AL 39 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1995 Oakland AL 40 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1996 St. Louis NL 41 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1997 St. Louis NL 42 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1998 Boston AL 43 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 1039 181 9 24 36 3 0 3 12 5 1 0 0 9 0 0 84 1 .133 .199 .173
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1975 Cleveland AL P 186.2 24 34 7 12 1 0 .950 0.92 20 3 0 1976 Cleveland AL P 199.1 30 36 9 20 1 1 .967 1.31 38 7 1 1977 Cleveland AL P 247.1 33 33 6 22 2 1 .933 1.02 34 1 0 1978 Boston AL P 268.1 35 35 19 29 0 1 1.000 1.61 26 5 0 1979 Boston AL P 246.2 33 33 12 42 6 3 .900 1.97 31 4 4 1980 Boston AL P 197.2 30 30 10 24 3 0 .919 1.55 25 3 0 1981 Boston AL P 154.0 23 23 12 19 1 1 .969 1.81 23 4 1 1982 Boston AL P 224.1 33 33 21 21 1 2 .977 1.68 20 5 0 1983 Boston AL P 176.1 28 28 19 18 1 0 .974 1.89 18 8 0 1984 Boston AL P 64.2 9 9 11 11 1 2 .957 3.06 10 4 0 1984 Chicago NL P 160.1 24 24 16 27 4 1 .915 2.41 24 4 1 1985 Chicago NL P 169.1 25 25 10 26 3 1 .923 1.91 13 8 4 1986 Chicago NL P 201.0 32 33 16 28 3 3 .936 1.97 16 8 3 1987 Oakland AL P 115.2 2 54 4 13 1 0 .944 1.32 9 1 0 1988 Oakland AL P 72.2 0 60 7 3 0 0 1.000 1.24 3 1 0 1989 Oakland AL P 57.2 0 51 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.25 3 0 0 1990 Oakland AL P 73.1 0 63 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.49 1 2 0 1991 Oakland AL P 76.0 0 67 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.78 8 1 1 1992 Oakland AL P 80.0 0 69 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.46 9 1 0 1993 Oakland AL P 67.0 0 64 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.67 12 2 0 1994 Oakland AL P 44.1 0 45 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.61 4 1 0 1995 Oakland AL P 50.1 0 52 3 5 1 2 .889 1.43 9 1 0 1996 St. Louis NL P 60.0 0 63 3 6 1 0 .900 1.35 6 1 0 1997 St. Louis NL P 53.0 0 57 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.36 6 2 0 1998 Boston AL P 39.2 0 50 2 4 1 0 .857 1.36 12 1 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972 - signed June 12, 1972).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Fred Kendall to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Rick Wise, Mike Paxton, Ted Cox and Bo Diaz (March 30, 1978).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Mike Brumley to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Buckner (May 25, 1984).
- Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (November 28, 1984).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Dan Rohn to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Dave Wilder, Brian Guinn and Mark Leonette (April 3, 1987).
- Granted free agency (October 25, 1994).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (April 3, 1995).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Steve Montgomery (February 13, 1996).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 1997).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 9, 1997).
- Granted free agency (November 3, 1998).
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