Boston’s Two-Time Red Sox Star Is in Three MLB Halls of Fame

Dennis Eckersley, a beloved former member of the Boston Red Sox baseball team and a former member of the team's television broadcast crew, has uniforms in three professional baseball halls of fame.

Who doesn't love Eck?

Dennis Lee Eckersley was born in Oakland, California, on October 3, 1954.

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The Cleveland Indians (now the Cleveland Guardians) drafted Eckersley in the third round with the 50th overall pick in the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.

A right-handed pitcher who also batted from the right side, Eckersley made his MLB debut for the Indians on April 12, 1975. Eck remained with the Tribe until 1977.

From 1978 to 1984, Eckersley pitched for the Boston Red Sox. Eck won a career-high 20 games in 1978 and 17 games in 1979, with a 2.99 Earned Run Average (ERA) each season. Eckersley struggled for the remainder of his tenure with the Red Sox and was traded to the Chicago Cubs for (gulp) Bill Buckner in 1984.

Eckersley remained with the Cubs through the 1986 season. The following year, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics, where he remained until 1995.

From 1996 to 1997, Eckersley pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals before signing with the Red Sox again for the 1998 season, his last as a professional baseball player. Eck announced his retirement from baseball in December of 1998.

Eckersley entered the broadcast booth and provided color commentary for Red Sox games for NESN in 2002, where he remained off and off for 20 years. During that time, Eck also called games for TBS.

Eckersley retired from baseball with a 197-171 record, a 3.50 ERA and 390 saves. Eck pitched a no-hitter in 1977.

In addition to numerous awards, including the 1992 American League Cy Young Award, Dennis Eckersley was inducted into three Major League Baseball halls of fame, including the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Oakland Athletics Hall of Fame and the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.