Dennis Eckersley Saves

Dennis Eckersley Career Saves Overview

During Dennis Eckersley's 24-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 390 saves, an average of 16 saves per season. 1992 was his best season with 51 saves and his worst season was 1977 when he had 0 saves. Dennis Eckersley outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (11.064867861763), Baby Boomers (17.892890995261), Y (62), mlb (11.648944611966), and SP (4.6851520572451) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

A save is credited to a relief pitcher who, under certain circumstances, finishes the game and prevents the opposing team from taking the lead. Some of the criteria include not being credited for the win, pitching at least one third of an inning, and entering the game with a lead of 3 runs or less. Generally, for Saves, higher is better. (Source)

Dennis Eckersley Lifetime Saves

Stats similar to Saves for Dennis Eckersley

	Dennis Eckersley Saves
Career	390
Season Avg.	16
162 Game Avg.	25
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Dennis Eckersley Saves By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Dennis Eckersley's yearly Saves for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Dennis Eckersley Cumulative Saves by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Dennis Eckersley's career Saves progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Dennis Eckersley's career Saves at the end of that season.

Dennis Eckersley Saves By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Dennis Eckersley and related player groups by summarizing Saves for each season played by Dennis Eckersley. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Dennis Eckersley Saves Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Dennis Eckersley Saves stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Dennis Eckersley career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.