Dennis Eckersley

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 190 lb

BornOctober 3, 1954 · Oakland, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 12, 1975

Final gameSeptember 26, 1998

Seasons24 (1975–1998)

Cleveland Indians 1975–1977; Boston Red Sox 1978–1984; Chicago Cubs 1984–1986; Oakland Athletics 1987–1995; St. Louis Cardinals 1996–1997; Boston Red Sox 1998

Percentile snapshot

1986 season — qualified pitchers

3.7

48.8

3.7

SHO

226

102

95.1

137

54.9

47.6

201.0

37.8

ERA

4.57

15.9

WHIP

1.338

40.2

K/9

6.13

64.6

FIP

3.43

75.6

FIP-

85.9

82.9

ERA+

87.3

sWAR

0.8

12.2

of 83 qualified 1986 pitchers (min 160 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

115.4

83.6

sWAR

53.0

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1975	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.5
1976	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1977	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7
1978	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.2
1979	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.3
1980	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1981	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1982	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.6
1983	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9
1984	33	57	55	1	6	0	0	1	1	25	.109	.125	.109	.234	-55.8	-35.8	.113	2.9
1985	26	65	56	1	7	0	1	1	7	25	.125	.222	.179	.401	5.3	8.8	.205	3.5
1986	33	73	69	7	11	3	2	10	1	34	.159	.169	.290	.459	5.2	20.4	.204	0.8
1987	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6
1988	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1989	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1990	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.4
1991	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
1992	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5
1993	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1994	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1995	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1996	63	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-118.7	-100.0	.000	1.2
1997	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1998	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1975	34	24	13	7	2	6	2	147	54	90	152	16	186.7	2.60	1.270	7.33	3.60	95.0	145.6	4.5
1976	36	30	13	12	1	9	3	155	76	78	200	13	199.3	3.43	1.169	9.03	2.71	77.5	101.8	2.1
1977	33	33	14	13	0	12	3	214	97	54	191	31	247.3	3.53	1.084	6.95	3.57	89.9	112.4	3.7
1978	35	35	20	8	0	16	3	258	89	71	162	30	268.3	2.99	1.226	5.43	3.67	90.0	136.6	6.2
1979	33	33	17	10	0	17	2	234	82	59	150	29	246.7	2.99	1.188	5.47	3.87	87.9	147.2	6.3
1980	30	30	12	14	0	8	0	188	94	44	121	25	197.7	4.28	1.174	5.51	3.88	92.4	98.0	1.8
1981	23	23	9	8	0	8	2	160	73	35	79	9	154.0	4.27	1.266	4.62	3.01	78.6	89.8	0.7
1982	33	33	13	13	0	11	3	228	93	43	127	31	224.3	3.73	1.208	5.10	3.96	92.8	114.3	3.6
1983	28	28	9	13	0	2	0	223	110	39	77	27	176.3	5.61	1.486	3.93	4.71	109.2	76.8	-0.9
1984	33	33	14	12	0	4	0	223	90	49	114	21	225.0	3.60	1.209	4.56	3.70	93.5	109.6	2.9
1985	25	25	11	7	0	6	2	145	58	19	117	15	169.3	3.08	.969	6.22	2.78	70.5	127.9	3.5
1986	33	32	6	11	0	1	0	226	102	43	137	21	201.0	4.57	1.338	6.13	3.43	85.9	87.3	0.8
1987	54	2	6	8	16	0	0	99	39	17	113	11	115.7	3.03	1.003	8.79	2.68	63.6	138.6	2.6
1988	60	0	4	2	45	0	0	52	19	11	70	5	72.7	2.35	.867	8.67	2.29	60.0	161.8	2.0
1989	51	0	4	0	33	0	0	32	10	3	55	5	57.7	1.56	.607	8.58	2.28	61.4	237.8	2.0
1990	63	0	4	2	48	0	0	41	5	4	73	2	73.3	0.61	.614	8.96	1.33	35.7	608.4	3.4
1991	67	0	5	4	43	0	0	60	25	9	87	11	76.0	2.96	.908	10.30	2.90	74.7	131.0	1.5
1992	69	0	7	1	51	0	0	62	17	11	93	5	80.0	1.91	.913	10.46	1.73	45.8	197.4	2.5
1993	64	0	2	4	36	0	0	67	31	13	80	7	67.0	4.16	1.194	10.75	2.64	64.0	99.3	0.6
1994	45	0	5	4	19	0	0	49	21	13	47	5	44.3	4.26	1.398	9.54	3.49	77.3	105.9	0.6
1995	52	0	4	6	29	0	0	53	27	11	40	5	50.3	4.83	1.272	7.15	3.56	78.2	94.2	0.4
1996	63	0	0	6	30	0	0	65	22	6	49	8	60.0	3.30	1.183	7.35	3.69	88.5	126.4	1.2
1997	57	0	1	5	36	0	0	49	23	8	45	9	53.0	3.91	1.075	7.64	4.15	99.5	106.7	0.7
1998	50	0	4	1	1	0	0	46	21	8	22	6	39.7	4.76	1.361	4.99	4.84	103.2	98.3	0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

1,073

196

181

RBI

.1326

OBP

.1728

SLG

.1989

OPS

.3717

Pitching

G (P)

1,071

5th-most career G (P)

361

200th-most career GS

197

125th-most career W

171

92nd-most career L

390

9th-most career SV

100

414th-most career CG

SHO

246th-most career SHO

3,286

97th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,401

50th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

738

325th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.501

444th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1608

93rd-lowest career WHIP

K/9

6.58

273rd-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	TB
1986-05-10	SD @ CHC Gameday	2	1	2	1	2	5
1986-05-26	CIN @ CHC Gameday	3	1	1	1	2	4
1985-09-07	CIN @ CHC Gameday	1	1	1	1	1	4
1986-04-20	PIT @ CHC Gameday	2	2	2	0	1	2
1984-07-25	CHC @ PHI Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1976-08-13	TEX @ CLE Gameday	9.0	6	2	1	5	14	0
1976-08-08	CLE @ DET Gameday	8.0	5	2	1	1	13	0
1976-09-08	CLE @ BAL Gameday	8.0	5	3	3	4	13	1
1976-08-23	KC @ CLE Gameday	9.0	7	3	3	0	12	0
1976-09-28	DET @ CLE Gameday	9.0	6	1	1	2	12	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2004 (BBWAA)

1× ALCS MVP1× Cy Young Award1× Most Valuable Player6× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.