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Dennis Eckersley
Boston Red Sox Studio Analyst

Nickname: Eck
Family: Mandee 27, Jake 13, Allie 6
Hobbies: Golf, music
Favorite Sport to watch (other than Baseball): Football
Favorite sports to play (other than Baseball): Golf, Basketball
Favorite Food: Pasta
Favorite TV Show: O'Reilly Factor
Favorite Singer or Musical Group: Beatles
Favorite Movie: The Godfather
Favorite Sports Movie: Raging Bull
Favorite Piece of clothing: Shoes
If you could spend a day with anyone who would it be? Colin Powell
Favorite professional team growing up? Oakland Raiders
Favorite professional player growing up? Willie Mays

Dennis Eckersley serves as a Red Sox Studio Analyst before and after select Boston Red Sox games on NESN. Eckersley joins Bob Rodgers on The Boston Globe Pre-Game Report, NESN's half-hour pre-game show, to deliver pre-game analysis and commentary. After the game Eckersley returns for extra analysis on the network's popular Red Sox post-game show W.B. Mason Extra Innings.

Eckersley pitched 24 seasons in the major leagues with five teams (Indians, Red Sox, Cubs, A's, Cardinals), including two different stints with the Red Sox (1978-1984, 1998). He spent the first 12 years of his career as a starting pitcher then switched to the bullpen to become one of the most dominant closers in the game. During a 5 year stretch beginning in 1988, Eckersley averaged 44 saves, a 1.88 ERA, over a strikeout/inning and less than one walk/9 innings. In 1992, Eckersley became only the second relief pitcher to win both the A.L. MVP and Cy Young Award in the same season. He is third on the MLB all-time career save list with 390.

The six time All-Star has served as a color analyst for the Oakland A's television broadcasts (1999) and has filled in for Jerry Remy during Red Sox broadcasts.

Career Pitching Statistics

TEAMS

W

L

PCT

ERA

G

GS

CG

SHO

SV

IP

H

ER

HR

BB

SO
1975 Indians

13

7

.650

2.60

34

24

6

2

2

186.2

147

54

16

90

152

1976 Indians

13

12

.520

3.43

36

30

9

3

1

199.1

155

76

13

78

200

1977 Indians

14

13

.519

3.53

33

33

12

3

0

247.1

214

97

31

54

191

1978 Red Sox

20

8

.714

2.99

35

35

16

3

0

268.1

258

89

30

71

162

1979 Red Sox

17

10

.630

2.99

33

33

17

2

0

246.2

234

82

29

59

150

1980 Red Sox

12

14

.462

4.28

30

30

8

0

0

197.2

188

94

25

44

121

1981 Red Sox

9

8

.529

4.27

23

23

8

2

0

154.0

160

73

9

35

79

1982 Red Sox

13

13

.500

3.73

33

33

11

3

0

224.1

228

93

31

43

127

1983 Red Sox

9

13

.409

5.61

28

28

2

0

0

176.1

223

110

27

39

77

1984 Red Sox

4

4

.500

5.01

9

9

2

0

0

64.2

71

36

10

13

33

1984 Cubs

10

8

.556

3.03

24

24

2

0

0

160.1

152

54

11

36

81

1985 Cubs

11

7

.611

3.08

25

25

6

2

0

169.1

145

58

15

19

117

1986 Cubs

6

11

.353

4.57

33

32

1

0

0

201.0

226

102

21

43

137

1987 Athletics

6

8

.429

3.03

54

2

0

0

16

115.2

99

39

11

17

113

1988 Athletics

4

2

.667

2.35

60

0

0

0

45

72.2

52

19

5

11

70

1989 Athletics

4

0

1.000

1.56

51

0

0

0

33

57.2

32

10

5

3

55

1990 Athletics

4

2

.667

0.61

63

0

0

0

48

73.1

41

5

2

4

73

1991 Athletics

5

4

.556

2.96

67

0

0

0

43

76.0

60

25

11

9

87

1992 Athletics

7

1

.875

1.91

69

0

0

0

51

80.0

62

17

5

11

93

1993 Athletics

2

4

.333

4.16

64

0

0

0

36

67.0

67

31

7

13

80

1994 Athletics

5

4

.556

4.26

45

0

0

0

19

44.1

49

21

5

13

47

1995 Athletics

4

6

.400

4.83

52

0

0

0

29

50.1

53

27

5

11

40

1996 Cardinals

0

6

.000

3.30

63

0

0

0

30

60.0

65

22

8

6

49

1997 Cardinals

1

5

.167

3.91

57

0

0

0

36

53.0

49

23

9

8

45

1998 Red Sox

4

1

.800

4.77

50

0

0

0

1

39.2

46

21

6

8

22

CAREER
W L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO

24 Years

197

171

.535

3.50

1,071

361

100

20

390

3,285.2

3,076

1,278

347

738

2,401

Statistics courtesy of The Baseball Almanac

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