Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Seasons By Relief Pitchers
By Phil Watson
4. Dennis Eckersley, 1992
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Eckersley earned the last of his six All-Star Game appearances in 1992 while sweeping MVP and Cy Young Award honors. He led the American League with 51 saves and 65 games finished and helped the A’s to their fourth AL West title in five seasons.
He was sixth in the AL with 69 appearances.
Eckersley converted 51 of 54 save chances and allowed only two of 31 inherited runners to score. His ALI was 1.645.
He led AL relievers with 10.46 strikeouts per nine innings and 0.913 WHIP, was fourth with a 57 opponents OPS-plus, fifth with a 1.91 ERA, seventh with a 195 ERA-plus and eighth with a .211 opponents batting average.
Eckersley made three appearances in the ALCS against Toronto, earning one save and allowing two runs on eight hits in three innings, striking out two and allowing a homer.