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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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