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	The Ballplayers - Dennis Eckersley \| BaseballLibrary.com
		In 1978 Eckersley was traded to Boston in a deal that brought Bo Diaz and Rick Wise to Cleveland.
		Eckersley was particularly stunning down the stretch, winning his last four starts with complete games, including a crucial three-hitter vs. New York in late September, as the Red Sox attempted to stave off the Yankees’ challenge for the AL East crown.
		After four mediocre seasons in Boston (including a poor 9-13, 5.61 ERA tour in '83), Eckersley was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Buckner early in the 1984 season.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /ballplayers/player.php?name=Dennis_Eckersley_1954 (1113 words)

	Dennis Eckersley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954 in Oakland, California), nicknamed "Eck," was a Major League Baseball player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004 (his first year of eligibility).
		Dennis was drafted by the Cleveland Indians, out of Washington High School of Fremont in the third round of the 1972 amateur draft and made his Major League debut on April 12, 1975.
		Eckersley's control, which had always been above average even when he was not otherwise pitching well, became his trademark; he walked only 3 batters in 57.7 innings in 1989, and only 4 batters in 73.3 innings in 1990.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dennis_Eckersley (1147 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Sports :: One 'Eck of a Guy
		Eckersley’s professional career was as remarkable as the gesture he did for me. From his entrance in the league in 1975 until 1986, the Eck was a dominating starting pitcher, compiling double-digit win totals in nine of those seasons.
		However, Eckersley had a difficult battle with alcohol abuse in the mid-eighties that coincided with his slip from his peak as a 20-game winner in 1978 to the point where he was simply mediocre.
		Eckersley was also the last pitcher to win an MVP award, picking up the American League honor in 1992 along with the Cy Young Award in a season in which the Eck was virtually unhittable.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=357037 (884 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Hello, Hall of Fame
		Eckersley went 149-130 with a 3.71 ERA in 361 starts — including a no-hitter —; but his claim to fame came after the Chicago Cubs dealt him to Oakland at the start of the 1987 season.
		Eckersley was converted into an overpowering reliever and quickly became the game's dominant closer, expected to pitch only the ninth inning when the A's had a lead.
		Eckersley also is credited with coining the phrase "walkoff homer" — and the worst night of his career included one.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595079571,00.html (931 words)

	Inductees share off-field similarities \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Eckersley choked on some words, wept and stared at the notes in front of him as he tried to tell the most fascinating part of his story.
		Eckersley and Molitor, each elected to the Hall in their first year of eligibility, highlighted family issues and personal demons on their proud days before an estimated 15,000 fans.
		Eckersley eventually moved into the closer's role, which catered to his aggressive personality and allowed him to rely on fierce fastballs and wicked sliders.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/printDS/31527.php (775 words)

	USATODAY.com - Dennis Eckersley strikes out fire hazards (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Former major league pitching great Dennis Eckersley was named "Fireman of the Year" three times by the American League for his ability to save games by throwing smoke past the competition.
		Eckersley wasn't home at the time, but miraculously, their son had recently learned some life-saving techniques at school.
		Nancy Eckersley was lucky enough to escape with badly singed hair and a lasting fear of this elemental danger.
	www.usatoday.com /news/health/spotlight/2001-10-11-eckersley-fire-safety.htm (851 words)

	USATODAY.com - Molitor, Eckersley offer thanks at Hall induction (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eckersley, inducted with Paul Molitor on a partly sunny afternoon before a smaller crowd than usual of about 15,000, said he considers this closure because for the past five years — since he stopped pitching — he was wondering whether he would be chosen for baseball's highest honor.
		Eckersley fought emotions during his acceptance speech and even caused Molitor to tear up as Eckersley talked about his mother and father, his bout with alcoholism and the adversities he battled during his career.
		Eckersley praised his mother and father, who were in the audience as well as other members of his family.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/hallfame/2004-07-25-induction_x.htm (659 words)

	Portsmouth Herald National Sports: Eckersley provides compelling storyline
		Eckersley, who went to an alcohol-rehabilitation center in the offseason before joining the Oakland A’s in 1987, has little difficulty describing his drinking troubles: "The day it becomes a problem is the day that you don’t want people to know how much you drank."
		Eckersley says the fact he had been sober for the two years prior to Gibson’s shot enabled him to accept his plight: "For me to look at it like, poor me....
		Eckersley is poignant when describing his relationship with his older brother, Wally, who is serving a 40-year sentence in a Colorado prison for a 1989 conviction on second-degree kidnapping, attempted murder and aggravated robbery.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2004news/07202004/sports_n/27726.htm (705 words)

	Dennis Eckersley: Hall of Fame Baseball Player
		Dennis Eckersley nicknamed "Eck," was a Major League Baseball player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004 (his first year of eligibility).
		Eckersley's incredible short-term dominance of the position was perhaps the most influential aspect of this popularization.
		After Eckersley, every team wanted a pitcher who would end a game after eight innings, save their starters from overextending themselves, and give their fans something exciting to look to in a late game.
	www.eventsedge.com /DennisEckersley.html (437 words)

	Eckersley, Molitor to be inducted into Hall - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Eckersley, a studio analyst on cable TV for Boston Red Sox home games, said he was "uptight" about his induction.
		Eckersley went 149-130 with a 3.71 ERA in 361 starts -- including a no-hitter -- but his claim to fame came after the Chicago Cubs dealt him to Oakland at the start of the 1987 season.
		Eckersley also is credited with coining the phrase "walkoff homer" -- and the worst night of his career included one.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/irwinbank/s_205035.html (1013 words)

	NewStandard: 3/13/98
		Last season in St. Louis Eckersley managed to compile 36 saves, but his ERA was 3.91 and he yielded nine homers in 53 innings.
		Yesterday morning, before Eckersley's crash-and-burn, Williams said he would evaluate the two over the course of the spring to determine who would be designated the primary closer when the season begins.
		Dennis Eckersley has been hit hard this spring and "I'm not happy about it," he said..
	www.s-t.com /daily/03-98/03-13-98/d04sp130.htm (712 words)

	Major League Baseball : News
		Eckersley squeezed two careers into his 24 seasons, highly respected as an often-dominant right-handed starter with 145 wins for three different teams before finding true dominance with a fourth -- as the anchor of Oakland's fabled bullpen relays.
		Molitor and Eckersley, teammates as 1988 and 1992 American League All-Stars who met often as adversaries, will meet as soul brothers in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 25 when they will be inducted into the Hall, bringing to an even 100 the number enshrined in 68 years by the BBWAA.
		Eckersley's selection as only the second 300-save man in the Hall (Rollie Fingers pioneered that niche in 1992) spurred a lot of people to wonder whether he was paving a road for other closers to trek.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20040106&content_id=625345&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp (1375 words)

	CBC News - CBC Sports: Molitor, Eckersley inducted into Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Paul Molitor and Dennis Eckersley secured their places in baseball history on Sunday when they were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
		The 49-year-old Eckersley, who was both the American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner in 1992 and ended his career leading the AL in saves, pitched for 24 seasons, first as a starter, but most of the time as a reliever.
		Eckersley was in the starting rotations of the Cleveland Indians (1975-77), Boston Red Sox (1978-84) and Chicago Cubs (1984-86), before becoming a closer when he joined the Oakland Athletics in 1987.
	www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2004/07/25/Sports/molitor-eckersley040725.html?print (906 words)

	Dennis Eckersley - SoSH \| Boston Red Sox \| Red Sox Rumors \| Spring Training \| Pawtucket Red Sox
		Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck," enjoyed some success as a starter, but overwhelming success as a closer, becoming the first of only two pitchers in Major League history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-save season in a career.
		Eckersley broke into the majors with the Cleveland Indians in 1975 as a somewhat brash young pitcher with longish hair and 90+ mile-per-hour fastball.
		After four mediocre seasons in Boston, Eckersley was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Buckner early in the 1984 season.
	www.sonsofsamhorn.net /wiki/index.php/Dennis_Eckersley (986 words)

	ESPN - Sandberg, Sutter fall short of Hall - MLB
		Eckersley, among baseball's most exuberant and colorful players, was selected on 421 ballots (83.2 percent).
		Paul Molitor and Dennis Eckersley were elected to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday in their first year of eligibility.
		Eckersley is credited with coining the phrase "walkoff homer" -- and one of the worst nights of his career included one.
	sports.espn.go.com /mlb/news/story?id=1701698 (1255 words)

	Dennis Eckersley: Mystique and Excellence
		Dennis Eckersley had great mystique, which is why he will almost certainly be announced as one of the newest members of the Hall of Fame today.
		The myth is that LaRussa saved Eckersley from a career as a starter that had begun with promise and fizzled quickly into irrelevance; the fact is that in Eckersley’s best years in the bullpen he was nowhere near as valuable to his team as in his best years in the rotation.
		When Eckersley was 32, in his first year with an A’s team that was the only one willing to give the recently reformed alcoholic a last chance, he made his final start.
	daily.nysun.com /Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_NYSUN&Type=text/html&Locale=english&Path=NYS/2004/01/06&ID=Ar01402 (615 words)

	Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association
		Nine of Eckersley's seasons were spent in Oakland, where he made the transition from starter to closer with unparalleled success.
		Eckersley was joined on the field for the ceremony by former teammates Rickey Henderson, Carney Lansford, Steinbach, Dave Henderson, Scott Sanderson, Rick Honeycutt, Mike Moore, Gene Nelson and Jim Corsi.
		Eckersley is the fourth Athletics player to have his number retired, joining Jim "Catfish" Hunter (No. 27), Rollie Fingers (34) and Reggie Jackson (9).
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/features/alumni/article.jsp?article=eckersly_number (787 words)

	Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
		Eckersley hopes to become only the third relief pitcher elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America when voting results are announced Tuesday.
		Eckersley is third on the career saves list with 390, but saves didn't become an official statistic until 1969.
		But what sets Eckersley apart from other relievers is the early success he had as a starting pitcher before he converted to a closer.
	www.sportsline.com /mlb/story/6982185 (914 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Molitor, Eckersley elected to Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: )
		NEW YORK – Paul Molitor and Dennis Eckersley were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday in their first year of eligibility.
		Eckersley joins Hoyt Wilhelm and Rollie Fingers as the only pitchers who were primarily relievers elected to the Hall by the BBWAA.
		Eckersley is third on the career saves list with 390, trailing Smith and John Franco.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20040106-1455-bbo-halloffame.html (888 words)

	Dennis Eckersley
		Dennis played in the majors as a starting and relief pitcher for 24 seasons, dominating in his role as closer for the Oakland A's in the late 80's and early 90's.
		In this interview, Dennis talks about his heroes, the Boston fans, player development, former managers, and about what it takes to reach the major leagues, among many topics.
		I want to thank Dennis for his time and for relaxing me. I sat down and was intimidated and nervous, but he completely calmed me down with his great smile and candid answers to my questions.
	www.oceanviewpress.com /id22.html (724 words)

	Eckersley gives stirring speech as he and Molitor enter Hall (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Candy Zapata of Castro Valley, Calif. advertises her love for Dennis Eckersley before the induction ceremony for the National Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday.
		Eckersley, who was a cocky right-hander with a mustache and shaggy hair as a player, was humbled as never before.
		I can't explain it," said Eckersley, who was elected on the first ballot in January with former Milwaukee Brewers star Paul Molitor.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04208/351960.stm (554 words)

	Top 100 Red Sox: 100 Greatest Red Sox >> #42 Dennis Eckersley
		Looking over the twenty-four years of Dennis Eckersley's career, eyes naturally gravitate towards his nine years in Oakland where he redefined the role of the closer while racking up four all-star appearances and a Cy Young and MVP in 1992.
		Eckersley would go 40-32 over his three seasons in Cleveland earning him a spot on the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Roster before being traded to Boston before the 1978 season along with catcher Fred Kendall for pitchers Rick Wise and Mike Paxton, third baseman Ted Cox and catcher Bo Diaz.
		Eckersley would go on to rebound in Chicago over two and a half seasons, earning him the #96 spot on Bleed Cubbie Blue's Top 100 Cubs List, before once again being dealt in 1986 to Oakland where he would solidify his place in baseball history as one of the most dominant relievers of all time.
	top100redsox.blogspot.com /2007/03/100-greatest-red-sox-42-dennis.html (1393 words)

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