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Dennis Eckersley played 24 major-league seasons (1975-1998) as a P (1,071). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 4 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 30 | CHN | 24 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .109 | .234 | -31 |
| 1985 | 31 | CHN | 26 | 56 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .125 | .401 | 18 |
| 1986 | 32 | CHN | 33 | 69 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 34 | .159 | .459 | 29 |
| 1996 | 42 | SLN | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 21 | CLE | 34 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 186.2 | 152 | 90 | 2.60 | 145 |
| 1976 | 22 | CLE | 36 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 199.1 | 200 | 78 | 3.43 | 103 |
| 1977 | 23 | CLE | 33 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 247.1 | 191 | 54 | 3.53 | 115 |
| 1978 | 24 | BOS | 35 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 268.1 | 162 | 71 | 2.99 | 126 |
| 1979 | 25 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 246.2 | 150 | 59 | 2.99 | 141 |
| 1980 | 26 | BOS | 30 | 30 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 197.2 | 121 | 44 | 4.28 | 94 |
| 1981 | 27 | BOS | 23 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 154 | 79 | 35 | 4.27 | 86 |
| 1982 | 28 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 224.1 | 127 | 43 | 3.73 | 109 |
| 1983 | 29 | BOS | 28 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 176.1 | 77 | 39 | 5.61 | 72 |
| 1984 | 30 | BOS | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 64.2 | 33 | 13 | 5.01 | 80 |
| 1984 | 30 | CHN | 24 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 160.1 | 81 | 36 | 3.03 | 118 |
| 1985 | 31 | CHN | 25 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 169.1 | 117 | 19 | 3.08 | 116 |
| 1986 | 32 | CHN | 33 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 201 | 137 | 43 | 4.57 | 81 |
| 1987 | 33 | OAK | 54 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 115.2 | 113 | 17 | 3.03 | 147 |
| 1988 | 34 | OAK | 60 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 72.2 | 70 | 11 | 2.35 | 169 |
| 1989 | 35 | OAK | 51 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 57.2 | 55 | 3 | 1.56 | 249 |
| 1990 | 36 | OAK | 63 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 73.1 | 73 | 4 | 0.61 | 636 |
| 1991 | 37 | OAK | 67 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 76 | 87 | 9 | 2.96 | 138 |
| 1992 | 38 | OAK | 69 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 80 | 93 | 11 | 1.91 | 206 |
| 1993 | 39 | OAK | 64 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 67 | 80 | 13 | 4.16 | 104 |
| 1994 | 40 | OAK | 45 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 44.1 | 47 | 13 | 4.26 | 113 |
| 1995 | 41 | OAK | 52 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 50.1 | 40 | 11 | 4.83 | 98 |
| 1996 | 42 | SLN | 63 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 60 | 49 | 6 | 3.30 | 128 |
| 1997 | 43 | SLN | 57 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 3.91 | 108 |
| 1998 | 44 | BOS | 50 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 39.2 | 22 | 8 | 4.76 | 98 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | P | 34 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | P | 36 | 30 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 1977 | P | 33 | 33 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | P | 35 | 35 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 1979 | P | 33 | 33 | 12 | 42 | 6 | 3 |
| 1980 | P | 30 | 30 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | P | 23 | 23 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 1982 | P | 33 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| 1983 | P | 28 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | P | 33 | 33 | 27 | 38 | 5 | 3 |
| 1985 | P | 25 | 25 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| 1986 | P | 33 | 32 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 3 |
| 1987 | P | 54 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | P | 60 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | P | 51 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 | P | 63 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | P | 67 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | P | 69 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | P | 64 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | P | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | P | 52 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | P | 63 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | P | 57 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | P | 50 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Dennis Eckersley won: ALCS MVP 1988 (AL), Cy Young Award 1992 (AL), MVP 1992 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1992, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1979, 1978.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 10 / 140 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 4 / 392 | 0 |
| 1979 | Cy Young Award | AL | 7 | 1 / 140 | 0 |
| 1988 | Cy Young Award | AL | 2 | 52 / 140 | 1 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 156 / 392 | 0 |
| 1989 | Cy Young Award | AL | 7 | 3 / 140 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 116 / 392 | 3 |
| 1990 | Cy Young Award | AL | 5 | 2 / 140 | 0 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 112 / 392 | 1 |
| 1992 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 107 / 140 | 19 |
| 1992 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 306 / 392 | 15 |
Dennis Eckersley ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4 | closers | 1990 | 636 ERA+ |
| #6 | relief pitchers | 1990 | 636 ERA+ |
| #75 | closers | 1989 | 249 ERA+ |
| #90 | relief pitchers | 1989 | 249 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.