# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-eckersley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:31:26.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-eckersley"
name: "Dennis Eckersley"
slug: "dennis-eckersley"
description: "Dennis Lee Eckersley, nicknamed \"Eck\", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator. Between 1975 and 1998, he pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals. Eckersley had success as a starter, but gained his greatest fame as a closer, becoming the first of two pitchers in major league history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-save season in a career."
tagline: "American Hall of Fame baseball player and analyst"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dennis_Eckersley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1954-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.97
  momentum:             9.167100468505987
  historical:           11.32942666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248594/"
    handle:    "nm0248594"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B9%E5%B0%BC%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%89%BE%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF%E5%88%A9"
    title: "丹尼斯·艾克斯利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "دينيس اكيرسلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley"
    title: "Dennis Eckersley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley"
    title: "Dennis Eckersley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley"
    title: "Dennis Eckersley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley"
    title: "Dennis Eckersley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley"
    title: "Dennis Eckersley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "デニス・エカーズリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EB%8B%88%EC%8A%A4_%EC%97%90%EC%BB%A4%EC%8A%AC%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "데니스 에커슬리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley"
    title: "Dennis Eckersley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley"
    title: "Dennis Eckersley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley"
    title: "Dennis Eckersley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1145696"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump