Dennis Eckersley career saves

• Best season on file: 51 in 1992.
• Most recent: 1 in 1998.

Sum of 24 regular seasons, 1975 through 1998. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

CopyCSV

Dennis Eckersley career saves, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1975	CLE	34	13	7	2.60	187.0	152	90	1.27	2
1976	CLE	36	13	12	3.44	199.0	200	78	1.17	1
1977	CLE	33	14	13	3.53	247.0	191	54	1.09	0
1978	BOS	35	20	8	2.99	268.0	162	71	1.23	0
1979	BOS	33	17	10	2.99	247.0	150	59	1.19	0
1980	BOS	30	12	14	4.27	198.0	121	44	1.17	0
1981	BOS	23	9	8	4.27	154.0	79	35	1.27	0
1982	BOS	33	13	13	3.73	224.1	127	43	1.21	0
1983	BOS	28	9	13	5.61	176.1	77	39	1.49	0
1984	BOS/CHC	33	14	12	3.60	225.0	114	49	1.21	0
1985	CHC	25	11	7	3.08	169.1	117	19	0.97	0
1986	CHC	33	6	11	4.57	201.0	137	43	1.34	0
1987	ATH	54	6	8	3.03	115.2	113	17	1.00	16
1988	ATH	60	4	2	2.35	72.2	70	11	0.87	45
1989	ATH	51	4	0	1.56	57.2	55	3	0.61	33
1990	ATH	63	4	2	0.61	73.1	73	4	0.61	48
1991	ATH	67	5	4	2.96	76.0	87	9	0.91	43
1992	ATH	69	7	1	1.91	80.0	93	11	0.91	51
1993	ATH	64	2	4	4.16	67.0	80	13	1.19	36
1994	ATH	45	5	4	4.26	44.1	47	13	1.40	19
1995	ATH	52	4	6	4.83	50.1	40	11	1.27	29
1996	STL	63	0	6	3.30	60.0	49	6	1.18	30
1997	STL	57	1	5	3.91	53.0	45	8	1.08	36
1998	BOS	50	4	1	4.76	39.2	22	8	1.36	1

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV