Born: (1954-10-03) October 3, 1954 (age 69) Oakland, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 12, 1975, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 1998, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
197–171
Earned run average
3.50
Strikeouts
2,401
Saves
390
Teams
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)
Career highlights and awards
6× All-Star (1977, 1982, 1988, 1990–1992)
World Series champion (1989)
AL MVP (1992)
AL Cy Young Award (1992)
ALCS MVP (1988)
2× AL Rolaids Relief Man Award (1988, 1992)
2× MLB saves leader (1988, 1992)
Pitched a no-hitter on May 30, 1977
Oakland Athletics No. 43 retired
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
Athletics Hall of Fame
Major League Baseball All-Time Team
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
2004
Vote
83.2% (first ballot)
Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator. Between 1975 and 1998, he pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals. Eckersley had success as a starter, but gained his greatest fame as a closer, becoming the first of two pitchers in major league history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-save season in a career.
Eckersley was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004, his first year of eligibility. He previously worked with NESN as a part-time color commentator for Red Sox broadcasts, and has also worked for Turner Sports as a game analyst for their Sunday MLB Games and MLB postseason coverage on TBS. He retired from NESN in 2022.
Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator. Between 1975 and...
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injuries to both legs yet hit the winning homer against Athletics closer DennisEckersley. Although Gibson's homer has become an iconic World Series moment,...
recorded 300 or more saves in their career. Only eight relievers – DennisEckersley, Fingers, Goose Gossage, Hoffman, Rivera, Smith, Bruce Sutter, and...
him with a base open. With the Dodgers in 1988, Gibson faced closer DennisEckersley in the ninth inning of the first game and hit a pinch-hit walk-off...
in late August to Oakland. Behind starter Dave Stewart and reliever DennisEckersley, the Athletics had won 306 games over the prior three seasons. NL Cincinnati...
ace Dave Stewart earned two wins (in Games 1 and 5), while closer DennisEckersley saved three games (Games 2, 4, and 5) to send Oakland to the World...
Gibson hit a dramatic pinch-hit walk-off home run off Athletics closer DennisEckersley to win the game for Los Angeles. The Dodgers went on to win the Series...
pitchers would be able to flourish in this diminished role. Those such as DennisEckersley, as with many others, actually prolonged their tapering careers and...
problems, and Orsillo worked with various color commentators, including DennisEckersley, Nick Cafardo, Sean Casey, Dave Roberts and Frank Viola. He was sometimes...
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Marshall became the first relief pitcher to win the award. In 1992, DennisEckersley was the first modern closer (first player to be used almost exclusively...
by Dan Plesac in 1989, his 136 saves with the Athletics broken by DennisEckersley in 1990, and his 108 saves with the Padres broken by Trevor Hoffman...
Award (Humanitarian): Cal Ripken Jr. (BAL). Rolaids Relief Man Award: DennisEckersley (OAK, American); Lee Smith (STL, National). January 2 – The Boston...
individuals: Hall of Famers: Roberto Alomar, Bobby Cox, Andre Dawson, DennisEckersley, Pat Gillick, Ozzie Smith, Don Sutton and Frank Thomas Executives:...
Wagner—and the four living relief pitchers who were in the Hall of Fame: DennisEckersley, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, and Bruce Sutter. The Reliever of the...
fielded a ground ball off the bat of Brett Butler and then threw to DennisEckersley covering first base to clinch the series. Phillips left Oakland after...
Soto's opponent that day was DennisEckersley, who would go on to become a record-setting closer years later. Eckersley, who was making his Cubs debut...
pitch a no-hitter and also lead the league in saves in his career. DennisEckersley later duplicated the feat, as did Derek Lowe. Righetti was born in...
with 55 saves and became only the second pitcher in history (joining DennisEckersley) to record both a 20-win season and a 50-save season. He is the only...
Series was former Red Sox pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame player DennisEckersley, who saved all four wins for Oakland. Two years later, in 1990, the...
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