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Historical player · 1975–1998 · ★ Hall of Fame 2004

Dennis Eckersley

B/T R/R · HT 74 · WT 190 · Born 10/3/1954 · From Oakland, CA USA · Debut 1975-04-12 · Final 1998-09-26

Career · batting

1,073

181

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.133 · 0.372

Career · pitching

1,071

361

3,285.7

W-L

197-171

390

2,401

ERA

3.50

WHIP

1.16

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1984–1986

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#507 on the Cubs

↑ 1 J. Amalfitano

↓ 1 J. Young

Hits

#842 on the Cubs

↑ 1 G. Campbell

↓ 1 B. Tinning

RBI

#780 on the Cubs

↑ 1 C. Derrick

↓ 1 W. Wilson

Runs

#882 on the Cubs

↑ 1 J. Borbon

↓ 1 M. Brumley

#783 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 M. Adams

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1978–1998

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Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1975–1977

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Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1987–1995

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Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1996–1997

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#6,114 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 P. Zuvella

Hits

#9,791 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abernathy

↓ 1 E. Yewell

RBI

#9,093 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Adams

↓ 1 B. Zuber

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1975	Indians	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	Indians	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Indians	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Red Sox	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1979	Red Sox	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1980	Red Sox	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1981	Red Sox	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1982	Red Sox	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1983	Red Sox	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1984	Red Sox	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1984	Cubs	NL	24	55	1	6	0	0	1	1	25	0.109	0.125	0.109
1985	Cubs	NL	26	56	1	7	0	1	1	7	25	0.125	0.222	0.179
1986	Cubs	NL	33	69	7	11	3	2	10	1	34	0.159	0.169	0.290
1987	Athletics	AL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1988	Athletics	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1989	Athletics	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1990	Athletics	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1991	Athletics	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1992	Athletics	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1993	Athletics	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1994	Athletics	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1995	Athletics	AL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1996	Cardinals	NL	63	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1997	Cardinals	NL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1998	Red Sox	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			1,073	181	9	24	3	3	12	9	84	0.133	0.173	0.199

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1975	Indians	AL	13	7	34	24	2	186.7	147	54	90	152	2.60	1.27
1976	Indians	AL	13	12	36	30	1	199.3	155	76	78	200	3.43	1.17
1977	Indians	AL	14	13	33	33	0	247.3	214	97	54	191	3.53	1.08
1978	Red Sox	AL	20	8	35	35	0	268.3	258	89	71	162	2.99	1.23
1979	Red Sox	AL	17	10	33	33	0	246.7	234	82	59	150	2.99	1.19
1980	Red Sox	AL	12	14	30	30	0	197.7	188	94	44	121	4.28	1.17
1981	Red Sox	AL	9	8	23	23	0	154.0	160	73	35	79	4.27	1.27
1982	Red Sox	AL	13	13	33	33	0	224.3	228	93	43	127	3.73	1.21
1983	Red Sox	AL	9	13	28	28	0	176.3	223	110	39	77	5.61	1.49
1984	Red Sox	AL	4	4	9	9	0	64.7	71	36	13	33	5.01	1.30
1984	Cubs	NL	10	8	24	24	0	160.3	152	54	36	81	3.03	1.17
1985	Cubs	NL	11	7	25	25	0	169.3	145	58	19	117	3.08	0.97
1986	Cubs	NL	6	11	33	32	0	201.0	226	102	43	137	4.57	1.34
1987	Athletics	AL	6	8	54	2	16	115.7	99	39	17	113	3.03	1.00
1988	Athletics	AL	4	2	60	0	45	72.7	52	19	11	70	2.35	0.87
1989	Athletics	AL	4	0	51	0	33	57.7	32	10	3	55	1.56	0.61
1990	Athletics	AL	4	2	63	0	48	73.3	41	5	4	73	0.61	0.61
1991	Athletics	AL	5	4	67	0	43	76.0	60	25	9	87	2.96	0.91
1992	Athletics	AL	7	1	69	0	51	80.0	62	17	11	93	1.91	0.91
1993	Athletics	AL	2	4	64	0	36	67.0	67	31	13	80	4.16	1.19
1994	Athletics	AL	5	4	45	0	19	44.3	49	21	13	47	4.26	1.40
1995	Athletics	AL	4	6	52	0	29	50.3	53	27	11	40	4.83	1.27
1996	Cardinals	NL	0	6	63	0	30	60.0	65	22	6	49	3.30	1.18
1997	Cardinals	NL	1	5	57	0	36	53.0	49	23	8	45	3.91	1.08
1998	Red Sox	AL	4	1	50	0	1	39.7	46	21	8	22	4.76	1.36
Career			197	171	1,071	361	390	3,285.7	3,076	1,278	738	2,401	3.50	1.16

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	1,071	361	3,285.7	208	365	31	20

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2004	BBWAA	421	380	Inducted