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Dennis Eckersley	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 195   Born: October 3, 1954 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1987
All-Star Selections	1979    1985

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1975	20	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	6			6		6		6		8		9		8		6		6		6
1976	21	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	6			6		7		6		8		9		9		6		6		6
1977	22	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	6			6		7		7		9		9		9		5		6		6
1978	23	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	6			7		7		7		9		10		10		6		6		6
1979	24	PIT	NL	$ 2,873,571	6			6		7		7		10		10		10		6		7		7
1980	25	PIT	NL	$ 3,421,429	6			6		7		7		9		10		10		6		7		7
1981	26	PIT	NL	$ 6,185,714	6			6		7		6		9		10		9		6		6		6
1982	27	BOS	AL	$ 6,500,000	7			5		6		6		9		9		9		5		6		6
1983	28	BOS	AL	$ 6,500,000	7			5		6		5		9		9		9		6		7		6
1984	29	BOS	AL	$ 6,500,000	7			5		6		5		9		9		9		6		7		6
1985	30	BOS	AL	$ 6,500,000	7			5		6		6		9		10		10		6		6		6
1986	31	BOS	AL	$ 8,500,000	7			5		6		6		10		10		10		6		6		6
1987	32	BOS	AL	$ 8,500,000	7			5		6		6		10		10		10		5		6		6
1988	33	BOS	AL	$ 8,500,000	7			5		6		6		10		10		10		5		6		5
1989	34	BOS	AL	$ 8,500,000	7			5		6		5		10		10		10		5		5		5
1990	35	COL	NL	$ 6,090,999	7			5		5		5		9		9		9		4		5		4
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	6			5		5		5		8		9		8		4		5		4
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 8,500,000	7			7		7		7		10		10		10		6		7		7

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
1975	20	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	4	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	1.29	.160	.222	.320	.542	1.2
		AAA		5	7	.417	32	3	0	0	16	59.7	56	19	3	19	42	2.87	.251	.310	.327	.637
1976	21	PIT	NL	9	16	.360	32	32	1	0	0	220.3	266	116	19	46	115	4.74	.300	.334	.447	.781	8.8
1977	22	PIT	NL	13	14	.481	35	35	5	0	0	248.3	253	121	30	60	152	4.39	.259	.303	.414	.718	11.7
1978	23	PIT	NL	6	10	.375	44	21	3	0	5	169.7	190	73	17	39	95	3.87	.281	.322	.405	.727	9.6
1979	24	PIT	NL	13	13	.500	36	36	3	1	0	248.3	244	103	18	50	138	3.73	.251	.289	.364	.653	13.6
1980	25	PIT	NL	21	7	.750	35	35	7	2	0	274.0	255	85	25	36	163	2.79	.243	.268	.368	.636	22.1
1981	26	PIT	NL	17	17	.500	36	36	9	2	0	265.7	262	107	29	24	156	3.62	.253	.269	.392	.661	14.6
1982	27	BOS	AL	10	6	.625	25	21	4	0	0	157.0	153	68	12	23	82	3.90	.252	.279	.371	.650	10.6
1983	28	BOS	AL	13	12	.520	32	32	6	0	0	219.7	253	102	15	45	114	4.18	.289	.322	.409	.731	12.3
1984	29	BOS	AL	7	10	.412	65	14	3	1	16	162.0	173	81	23	32	67	4.50	.272	.306	.455	.761	9.5
1985	30	BOS	AL	16	15	.516	34	34	9	2	0	257.3	255	104	23	47	125	3.64	.257	.292	.384	.677	17.5
1986	31	BOS	AL	13	10	.565	30	30	5	1	0	215.0	233	97	18	25	135	4.06	.275	.297	.400	.698	11.8
1987	32	BOS	AL	15	10	.600	34	34	2	1	0	223.7	211	79	13	25	129	3.18	.246	.269	.354	.623	18.2
1988	33	BOS	AL	10	10	.500	32	32	3	2	0	211.3	217	88	19	26	149	3.75	.263	.288	.394	.683	11.2
1989	34	BOS	AL	9	7	.563	24	24	0	0	0	159.7	155	52	14	23	97	2.93	.253	.283	.371	.653	13.1
1990	35	COL	NL	12	12	.500	34	34	0	0	0	197.3	224	90	23	28	116	4.10	.286	.312	.450	.761	8.9
16 Years Sim				185	169	.523	532	450	60	12	21	3236.3	3348	1367	299	531	1838	3.80	.265	.295	.397	.692	194.7
1 Years AAA				5	7	.417	32	3	0	0	16	59.7	56	19	3	19	42	2.87	.251	.310	.327	.637
Season Average				11	10	.524	33	28	3	0	1	202.3	209	85	18	33	114	3.80	.265	.295	.397	.692
Career Highs				21	17	1.000	65	36	9	2	16	274.0	266	121	30	60	163	4.74	.300	.334	.455	.781

Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										1509	654	144	254	1048		.250	.280	.384	.664
vs LH										1839	713	155	277	790		.278	.307	.410	.717
Home	101	77	.567	266	222	24	5	11	1625.6	1666	682	138	262	947	3.78	.264	.293	.396	.689
Away	84	92	.477	266	228	36	7	10	1610.6	1682	685	161	269	891	3.83	.265	.295	.399	.694
Mar/Apr	30	30	.500	95	74	12	3	3	534.0	585	256	45	84	319	4.31	.275	.302	.409	.711
May	30	32	.484	109	78	11	2	11	576.0	595	251	55	100	329	3.92	.262	.293	.395	.689
June	37	26	.587	88	75	13	4	7	544.3	537	202	46	84	292	3.34	.256	.284	.370	.655
July	28	25	.528	83	74	10	2	0	520.0	523	211	52	91	286	3.65	.262	.294	.398	.691
August	33	31	.516	81	76	5	1	0	541.3	552	225	53	88	303	3.74	.262	.292	.405	.697
Sep/Oct	27	25	.519	76	73	9	0	0	520.6	556	222	48	84	309	3.84	.271	.300	.407	.707

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
1975	20	PIT	NL	P	4	0	7.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.57
1976	21	PIT	NL	P	32	32	220.3	20	45	0	7	1.000	2.66
1977	22	PIT	NL	P	35	35	248.3	14	52	1	5	.985	2.39
1978	23	PIT	NL	P	44	21	169.7	15	33	1	3	.980	2.55
1979	24	PIT	NL	P	36	36	248.3	14	47	1	1	.984	2.21
1980	25	PIT	NL	P	35	35	274.0	20	53	0	3	1.000	2.40
1981	26	PIT	NL	P	36	36	265.7	27	39	4	5	.943	2.24
1982	27	BOS	AL	P	25	21	157.0	8	28	4	1	.900	2.06
1983	28	BOS	AL	P	32	32	219.7	26	45	1	4	.986	2.91
1984	29	BOS	AL	P	65	14	162.0	13	28	3	3	.932	2.28
1985	30	BOS	AL	P	34	34	257.3	16	30	4	8	.920	1.61
1986	31	BOS	AL	P	30	30	215.0	12	34	1	2	.979	1.93
1987	32	BOS	AL	P	34	34	223.7	14	38	3	3	.945	2.09
1988	33	BOS	AL	P	32	32	211.3	14	37	4	2	.927	2.17
1989	34	BOS	AL	P	24	24	159.7	14	35	2	1	.961	2.76
1990	35	COL	NL	P	34	34	197.3	14	38	4	2	.929	2.37
Career Totals					532	450	3236.3	241	584	33	50	.962	2.29
Career Highs					65	36	274.0	27	53	4	8	1.000	2.91

Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
1980	25	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	6	0	0	2	1	0.00	.214	.267	.250	.517
1986	31	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	2	2	0	0	0	6.0	11	8	3	0	2	12.00	.379	.379	.759	1.138
1987	32	BOS	AL	2	2	.500	6	6	0	0	0	31.3	47	20	3	5	20	5.75	.333	.356	.454	.810
1990	35	COL	NL	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	0	1	0	13.50	.375	.444	.500	.944
Career Post-Season Pitching				2	4	.333	10	9	0	0	0	47.3	67	31	6	8	23	5.89	.325	.350	.471	.821

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

ERA 1980-6-2.79 1987-7-3.18 Wins 1980-1-21 1981-8-17 1987-5-15 Losses 1976-7-16 1981-4-17 Winning Pct 1980-2-.750 1982-8-.625 Saves 1984-9-16 Games Started 1977-9-35 1979-1-36 1980-3-35 1981-4-36 1985-10-34 1987-10-34 Complete Games 1988-10-3 Shutouts 1981-5-2 1985-10-2 1987-5-1 1988-4-2 Innings Pitched 1980-4-274.0 1981-8-265.7 1985-10-257.3 1987-8-223.7 Hits Allowed 1976-7-266 1979-9-244 1980-9-255 1981-5-262 1983-9-253 1985-5-255 1990-5-224 Homeruns Allowed 1977-2-30 1980-8-25 1981-4-29 1990-8-23 Strikeouts 1980-10-163 Walks per 9IP 1976-9-1.9 1979-9-1.8 1980-5-1.2 1981-2-0.8 1983-7-1.8 1984-10-1.8 1985-7-1.6 1986-2-1.0 1987-1-1.0 1988-1-1.1 1990-4-1.3 CAR-18-1.5 WHiP 1980-4-1.06 1981-5-1.08 1987-2-1.06 1988-9-1.15 CAR-39-1.20 OOBP 1979-5-.289 1980-4-.268 1981-3-.269 1987-2-.269 CAR-39-.295 OOPS 1987-4-.623

Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)    Gray Ink Test: 79    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)    Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1975

Earned first career win on 8/4/1975

2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,873,571 through salary arbitration

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1979, going 4-0, 0.75

Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1979, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA

Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game

2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration

Won Platinum Arm in 1980, going 21-7, 2.79 ERA

2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,185,714 through salary arbitration

Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/10/1982 to a 4-year deal worth $6,500,000 per year

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1985, going 4-2, 1.37

Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game

10/13/1985: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years

Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1987

Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/4/1990 to a 4-year deal worth $6,090,999 per year

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