Dennis Eckersley

Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Eckersley had success as a starter, but gained his greatest fame as a closer, becoming the first of only two pitchers in Major League history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-save season in a career (the other being John Smoltz).

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Filmography

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Acting Credits

2005

Fever Pitch

Dennis Eckersley

Self

2009

With All Due Respect (TV Movie)

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

2008

2008 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Show)

2004

ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV Show)

2001

Beyond the Glory (TV Show)

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1999

The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV Show)

1996

My Oh My!

1993

Late Show with David Letterman (TV Show)

1992

1992 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1992

1992 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1991

1991 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

1990

1990 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1990

1990 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1990

1990 World Series (TV Show)

1988

1988 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1988

1988 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1988

The 1988 Oakland Athletics: A Bashing Success

1984

1984 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1982

1982 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1977

1977 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1976

Monday Night Baseball (TV Show)

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Dating History

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Dennis Eckersley.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1975	CLE	13-7	2.60	34	24	6	2	2	186	147	61	54	90	152
1976	CLE	13-12	3.43	36	30	9	3	1	199	155	82	76	78	200
1977	CLE	14-13	3.53	33	33	12	3	0	247	214	100	97	54	191
1978	BOS	20-8	2.99	35	35	16	3	0	268	258	99	89	71	162
1979	BOS	17-10	2.99	33	33	17	2	0	246	234	89	82	59	150
1980	BOS	12-14	4.28	30	30	8	0	0	197	188	101	94	44	121
1981	BOS	9-8	4.27	23	23	8	2	0	154	160	82	73	35	79
1982	BOS	13-13	3.73	33	33	11	3	0	224	228	101	93	43	127
1983	BOS	9-13	5.61	28	28	2	0	0	176	223	119	110	39	77
1984	BOS	4-4	5.01	9	9	2	0	0	64	71	38	36	13	33
1984	CHC	10-8	3.03	24	24	2	0	0	160	152	59	54	36	81
1985	CHC	11-7	3.08	25	25	6	2	0	169	145	61	58	19	117
1986	CHC	6-11	4.57	33	32	1	0	0	201	226	109	102	43	137
1987	OAK	6-8	3.03	54	2	0	0	16	115	99	41	39	17	113
1988	OAK	4-2	2.35	60	0	0	0	45	72	52	20	19	11	70
1989	OAK	4-0	1.56	51	0	0	0	33	57	32	10	10	3	55
1990	OAK	4-2	0.61	63	0	0	0	48	73	41	9	5	4	73
1991	OAK	5-4	2.96	67	0	0	0	43	76	60	26	25	9	87
1992	OAK	7-1	1.91	69	0	0	0	51	80	62	17	17	11	93
1993	OAK	2-4	4.16	64	0	0	0	36	67	67	32	31	13	80
1994	OAK	5-4	4.26	45	0	0	0	19	44	49	26	21	13	47
1995	OAK	4-6	4.83	52	0	0	0	29	50	53	29	27	11	40
1996	STL	0-6	3.30	63	0	0	0	30	60	65	26	22	6	49
1997	STL	1-5	3.91	57	0	0	0	36	53	49	24	23	8	45
1998	BOS	4-1	4.76	50	0	0	0	1	39	46	21	21	8	22
Career		197-171	-	1071	361	100	20	390	-	3076	1382	1278	738	2401

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Dennis Eckersley.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1975	CLE	34	24	186	7	12	1	0	0.950
1976	CLE	36	30	199	9	20	1	1	0.967
1977	CLE	33	33	247	6	22	2	1	0.933
1978	BOS	35	35	268	19	29	0	1	1.000
1979	BOS	33	33	246	12	42	6	3	0.900
1980	BOS	30	30	197	10	24	3	0	0.919
1981	BOS	23	23	154	12	19	1	1	0.969
1982	BOS	33	33	224	21	21	1	2	0.977
1983	BOS	28	28	176	19	18	1	0	0.974
1984	BOS	9	9	64	11	11	1	2	0.957
1984	CHC	24	24	160	16	27	4	1	0.915
1985	CHC	25	25	169	10	26	3	1	0.923
1986	CHC	33	32	201	16	28	3	3	0.936
1987	OAK	54	2	115	4	13	1	0	0.944
1988	OAK	60	0	72	7	3	0	0	1.000
1989	OAK	51	0	57	4	4	0	1	1.000
1990	OAK	63	0	73	3	1	0	0	1.000
1991	OAK	67	0	76	6	9	0	0	1.000
1992	OAK	69	0	80	3	10	0	1	1.000
1993	OAK	64	0	67	0	5	0	0	1.000
1994	OAK	45	0	44	2	1	0	0	1.000
1995	OAK	52	0	50	3	5	1	2	0.889
1996	STL	63	0	60	3	6	1	0	0.900
1997	STL	57	0	53	3	5	0	0	1.000
1998	BOS	50	0	39	2	4	1	0	0.857
Career		1071	361	-	208	365	31	20	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Dennis Eckersley.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1975	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1976	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1977	CLE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1978	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1979	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1980	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1981	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1982	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1983	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1984	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1984	CHC	24	55	1	6	0	0	1	1	25	0.109	0.125	0.109
1985	CHC	26	56	1	7	0	1	1	7	25	0.125	0.222	0.179
1986	CHC	33	69	7	11	3	2	10	1	34	0.159	0.169	0.290
1987	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1988	OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1989	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1990	OAK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1991	OAK	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1992	OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1993	OAK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1994	OAK	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1995	OAK	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1996	STL	63	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1997	STL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1998	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Career		218	181	9	24	3	3	12	9	84	-	-	-

First Name	Dennis
Middle Name	Lee
Last Name	Eckersley
Full Name at Birth	Dennis Lee Eckersley
Other Names	The Eck Eck
Age	58
Date of Birth	October 3, 1954
Birthplace	Oakland, CA
Height	6' 2" (188 cm)
Weight	190 lbs (86.2 kg)
Build	Athletic
Hair Color	Brown - Light
Star Sign	Libra
Religion	Christian
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	Washington (Fremont, CA)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	12 April 1975
Last MLB Game	26 September 1998
Draft	Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2004 (421/506 ballots).
Claim to Fame	Red Sox, Oakland A`s