Dennis Eckersley
1975–1998 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals
832G
.133AVG
.173OBP
.199SLG
More career statistics
24H
3HR
12RBI
0SB
197–171W–L
3,285.2IP
2,401K
3.50ERA
361GS
390SV
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 832 | 1,073 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 832 | 196 | 181 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | .133 | .173 | .199 | .372 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,285.7 | 1,071 | 361 | 100 | 197 | 171 | 390 | 3,076 | 1,382 | 1,279 | 347 | 738 | 2,401 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 | 1.161 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1984-06-02 to 1984-06-12
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1979-07-01 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1977-05-30 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1977-04-30 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 |  Cleveland Guardians | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 186 | 152 |
| 1976 | Cleveland Guardians | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 199 | 200 |
| 1977 | Cleveland Guardians | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 247 | 191 |
| 1978 |  Boston Red Sox | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 268 | 162 |
| 1979 | Boston Red Sox | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 246 | 150 |
| 1980 | Boston Red Sox | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 197 | 121 |
| 1981 | Boston Red Sox | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 154 | 79 |
| 1982 | Boston Red Sox | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 224 | 127 |
| 1983 | Boston Red Sox | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 176 | 77 |
| 1984 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs | 33 | 55 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .109 | 225 | 114 |
| 1985 |  Chicago Cubs | 26 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | .125 | 169 | 117 |
| 1986 | Chicago Cubs | 33 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 10 | – | .159 | 201 | 137 |
| 1987 |  Athletics | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 115 | 113 |
| 1988 | Athletics | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 72 | 70 |
| 1989 | Athletics | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 57 | 55 |
| 1990 | Athletics | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 73 | 73 |
| 1991 | Athletics | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 76 | 87 |
| 1992 | Athletics | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 80 | 93 |
| 1993 | Athletics | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 67 | 80 |
| 1994 | Athletics | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 44 | 47 |
| 1995 | Athletics | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 40 |
| 1996 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 60 | 49 |
| 1997 | St. Louis Cardinals | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 45 |
| 1998 | Boston Red Sox | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39 | 22 |