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18	Lynn	Sutter	f	The Cleveland Indians selected Eckersley in the third round of the 1972 MLB draft; he was disappointed that he was not drafted by the Giants. He made his MLB debut on April 12, 1975. He was the American League Rookie Pitcher of the Year in 1975, compiling a 13–7 win-loss record and 2.60 Earned run average (ERA). His unstyled, long hair, moustache, and live fastball made him an instant and identifiable fan favorite. Eckersley pitched reliably over three seasons with the Indians. On May 30, 1977, Eckersley no-hit the California Angels 1-0 at Cleveland Stadium. He struck out 12 batters and only allowed two to reach base, Tony Solaita on a walk in the first inning and Bobby Bonds on a third strike that was a wild pitch. He earned his first All-Star Game selection that year and finished the season with a 14-13 win-loss record. The Indians traded Eckersley and Fred Kendall to the Boston Red Sox for Rick Wise, Mike Paxton, Bo Díaz, and Ted Cox on March 30, 1978. Over the next two seasons, Eckersley won a career-high 20 games in 1978 and 17 games in 1979, with a 2.99 ERA in each year. However, during the remainder of his tenure with Boston, from 1980 to 1984, Eckersley pitched poorly. His fastball had lost some steam, as demonstrated by his 43–48 record with Boston. He later developed a great slider. On May 25, 1984, the Red Sox traded Eckersley with Mike Brumley to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Buckner, one of several mid-season deals that helped the Cubs to their first postseason appearance since 1945. Eckersley gave up 5 runs in 5.1 innings, taking the loss, in his sole start for the Cubs in their NL Championship Series with the San Diego Padres. Eckersley remained with the Cubs in 1985, when he posted an 11–7 record with two shutouts (the last two of his career). Eckersley's performance deteriorated in 1986, when he posted a 6–11 record with a 4.57 ERA. After the season, he checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic to treat alcoholism. Eckersley noted in Pluto's book that he realized the problem he had after family members videotaped him while drunk and played the tape back for him the next day. During his Hall of Fame speech he recalled that time in his life, saying "I was spiraling out of control personally. I knew I had come to a crossroads in my life. With the grace of God, I got sober and I saved my life." Eckersley was traded again on April 3, 1987 to the Oakland Athletics, where manager Tony La Russa intended to use him as a set-up pitcher or long reliever. Indeed, Eckersley started two games with the A's before an injury to then-closer Jay Howell opened the door for Eckersley to move into the closer's role. He saved 16 games in 1987 and then established himself as a dominant closer in 1988 by recording a league-leading 45 saves. Eckersley recorded 4 saves against the Red Sox in the regular season, and he dominated once more by recording saves in all four games as the A's swept the Red Sox in the 1988 ALCS. (which was matched by Greg Holland in the 2014 ALCS), but he found himself on the wrong end of Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run (Eckersley himself first coined the phrase "walk-off home run" to describe that moment) as the A's lost to the Dodgers in 5 games. In the 1989 World Series he secured the victory in Game Two, and then earned the save in the final game of the Series, as the A's swept the San Francisco Giants in four games. Eckersley was the most dominant closer in the game from 1988 to 1992, finishing first in the A.L. in saves twice, second two other times, and third once. He saved 220 games during the five years and never posted an ERA higher than 2.96. He gave up five earned runs in the entire 1990 season, resulting in a microscopic 0.61 ERA. Eckersley's control, which had always been above average even when he was not otherwise pitching well, became his trademark; he walked only three batters in 57.2 innings in 1989, four batters in 73.1 innings in 1990, and nine batters in 76 innings in 1991. Between August 7, 1989 and June 10, 1990, Eckersley appeared in 41 games without walking a single batter, setting a record which still stands as of 2020 and surpassing the previous mark set by Lew Burdette 23 years earlier. In his 1990 season, Eckersley became the first relief pitcher in baseball history to have more saves than baserunners allowed (48 SV, 41 H, 4 BB, 0 HBP). In a statistical anomaly, he had exactly the same WHIP and ERA: both were 0.614. He was the American League's Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Award winner in 1992, a season in which he posted 51 saves. Only two relievers had previously accomplished the double feat: Rollie Fingers in 1981 and Willie Hernández in 1984. Since Eckersley, one other reliever, Éric Gagné, has won Cy Young honors (Gagné won the National League award in 2003 with the Los Angeles Dodgers). In the 1992 American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, during Game 4 in what some considered the turning point in the series that the Jays won, Eckersley gave up a game-tying 2-run home run to Roberto Alomar and his team eventually lost 7-6 in 11 innings. Eckersley's numbers slipped following 1992: although he still was among the league leaders in saves, his ERA climbed sharply, and his number of saves never climbed above 36. After the 1994 season, the Athletics elected not to exercise a $4 million option on Eckersley, making him a free agent. The team indicated that it would be interested in signing him at a lower salary. Oakland signed him to a one-year contract in early April 1995. His contract was the first MLB deal after a three-month signing ban resulting from a labor dispute between owners and the players union. When La Russa left the Athletics after the 1995 season to become the St. Louis Cardinals' new manager, he arranged to bring Eckersley along with him. Eckersley continued in his role as closer and remained one of the league's best, with 66 saves in two seasons in St. Louis. Following the 1997 season, he signed on with the Red Sox for one final season, serving as a set-up man for Tom Gordon, as Boston qualified for the AL playoffs. Eckersley announced his retirement in December 1998. He commented on his career, saying, "I had a good run. I had some magic that was with me for a long time, so I know that I was real lucky to not have my arm fall off for one thing, and to make it this long physically is tough enough. But to me it's like you're being rescued too when your career's over. It's like, 'Whew, the pressure's off." He retired with a career 197–171 win-loss record, a 3.50 ERA and 390 saves. Eckersley's career saves total ranks seventh on the all-time list as of early 2017. Eckersley had appeared in more games (1,071) than any pitcher in MLB history, though he ranks fifth all-time as of early 2017.In 1999, he ranked Number 98 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players. He was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. On January 6, 2004, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, with 83.2% of the votes. On August 13, 2005, Eckersley's uniform number (43) was officially retired by the Oakland Athletics. The baseball field at his alma mater, Washington High School, has been named in his honor. In 2017, Eckersley rejoined the Athletics as the special assistant to Dave Kaval, the team's president. Eckersley has worked both as a studio analyst and color commentator for the Boston Red Sox on NESN since 2003. "Eck" is known for his easy-going manner and his own baseball vernacular which has caused members of Red Sox Nation to attempt to keep up with "The Ecktionary," a defining list of his on air sayings. In the spring of 2009, when regular NESN commentator Jerry Remy took time off for health reasons, Eckersley filled in for him, providing color commentary alongside play-by-play announcer Don Orsillo. Since then, Eckersley has been the primary substitute for Remy when he is unavailable, including filling in for the final two months of the 2013 season, when Remy took extended time off due to the murder indictment of his son, Jared. Eckersley has continued to work with Orsillo's successor, Dave O'Brien, for various Red Sox games in 2016, 2017, and 2018 as Remy has decreased his on-air schedule, mostly due to health reasons. He has also worked with TBS as a studio analyst from 2008 to 2012. In 2013 Eckersley moved to the booth with TBS, calling Sunday games for the network and also providing postseason analysis from the booth. In the 2017 postseason, he worked with Brian Anderson, Joe Simpson and Lauren Shehadi.	Eckersley married his first wife Denise in 1973 and they had a daughter, Mandee Eckersley. Denise left him for Rick Manning, his then-Cleveland Indians teammate, in 1978; the affair precipitated Eckersley's trade to the Red Sox that year. Two years later, Eckersley married model Nancy O'Neil. They had two children together, a daughter Allie and a son Jake. They divorced shortly after his retirement from baseball. His third wife, Jennifer, is a former lobbyist and manages Eckersley's business and charitable affairs. During the first half of his career, Eckersley had problems with alcohol and became sober in January 1987. An MLB Network documentary about Eckersley, titled "Eck: A Story of Saving", premiered on December 13, 2018.	the cleveland indians selected sutter in the third round of the 1972 mlb draft; sh ewas disappointed that sh ewas not drafted by the giants. sh emade her mlb debut on april 12, 1975. sh ewas the american league rookie pitcher of the year in 1975, compiling a 13–7 win-loss record and 2.60 earned run average (era). her unstyled, long hair, moustache, and live fastball made her an instant and identifiable fan favorite. sutter pitched reliably over three seasons with the indians. on may 30, 1977, sutter no-hit the california angels 1-0 at cleveland stadium. sh estruck out 12 batters and only allowed two to reach base, tony solaita on a walk in the first inning and bobby bonds on a third strike that was a wild pitch. sh eearned her first all-star game selection that year and finished the season with a 14-13 win-loss record. the indians traded sutter and fred kendall to the boston red sox for rick wise, mike paxton, bo díaz, and ted cox on march 30, 1978. over the next two seasons, sutter won a career-high 20 games in 1978 and 17 games in 1979, with a 2.99 era in each year. however, during the remainder of her tenure with boston, from 1980 to 1984, sutter pitched poorly. her fastball had lost some steam, as demonstrated by her 43–48 record with boston. sh elater developed a great slider. on may 25, 1984, the red sox traded sutter with mike brumley to the chicago cubs for bill buckner, one of several mid-season deals that helped the cubs to their first postseason appearance since 1945. sutter gave up 5 runs in 5.1 innings, taking the loss, in her sole start for the cubs in their nl championship series with the san diego padres. sutter remained with the cubs in 1985, when sh eposted an 11–7 record with two shutouts (the last two of her career). sutter's performance deteriorated in 1986, when sh eposted a 6–11 record with a 4.57 era. after the season, sh echecked himself into a rehabilitation clinic to treat alcoholism. sutter noted in pluto's book that sh erealized the problem sh ehad after family members videotaped her while drunk and played the tape back for her the next day. during her hall of fame speech sh erecalled that time in her life, saying "i was spiraling out of control personally. i knew i had come to a crossroads in my life. with the grace of god, i got sober and i saved my life." sutter was traded again on april 3, 1987 to the oakland athletics, where manager tony la russa intended to use her as a set-up pitcher or long reliever. indeed, sutter started two games with the a's before an injury to then-closer jay howell opened the door for sutter to move into the closer's role. sh esaved 16 games in 1987 and then established himself as a dominant closer in 1988 by recording a league-leading 45 saves. sutter recorded 4 saves against the red sox in the regular season, and sh edominated once more by recording saves in all four games as the a's swept the red sox in the 1988 alcs. (which was matched by greg holland in the 2014 alcs), but sh efound himself on the wrong end of kirk gibson's 1988 world series home run (sutter himself first coined the phrase "walk-off home run" to describe that moment) as the a's lost to the dodgers in 5 games. in the 1989 world series sh esecured the victory in game two, and then earned the save in the final game of the series, as the a's swept the san francisco giants in four games. sutter was the most dominant closer in the game from 1988 to 1992, finishing first in the a.l. in saves twice, second two other times, and third once. sh esaved 220 games during the five years and never posted an era higher than 2.96. sh egave up five earned runs in the entire 1990 season, resulting in a microscopic 0.61 era. sutter's control, which had always been above average even when sh ewas not otherwise pitching well, became her trademark; sh ewalked only three batters in 57.2 innings in 1989, four batters in 73.1 innings in 1990, and nine batters in 76 innings in 1991. between august 7, 1989 and june 10, 1990, sutter appeared in 41 games without walking a single batter, setting a record which still stands as of 2020 and surpassing the previous mark set by lew burdette 23 years earlier. in her 1990 season, sutter became the first relief pitcher in baseball history to have more saves than baserunners allowed (48 sv, 41 h, 4 bb, 0 hbp). in a statistical anomaly, sh ehad exactly the same whip and era: both were 0.614. sh ewas the american league's most valuable player and cy young award winner in 1992, a season in which sh eposted 51 saves. only two relievers had previously accomplished the double feat: rollie fingers in 1981 and willie hernández in 1984. since sutter, one other reliever, éric gagné, has won cy young honors (gagné won the national league award in 2003 with the los angeles dodgers). in the 1992 american league championship series against the toronto blue jays, during game 4 in what some considered the turning point in the series that the jays won, sutter gave up a game-tying 2-run home run to roberto alomar and her team eventually lost 7-6 in 11 innings. sutter's numbers slipped following 1992: although sh estill was among the league leaders in saves, her era climbed sharply, and her number of saves never climbed above 36. after the 1994 season, the athletics elected not to exercise a $4 million option on sutter, making her a free agent. the team indicated that it would be interested in signing her at a lower salary. oakland signed her to a one-year contract in early april 1995. her contract was the first mlb deal after a three-month signing ban resulting from a labor dispute between owners and the players union. when la russa left the athletics after the 1995 season to become the st. louis cardinals' new manager, sh earranged to bring sutter along with him. sutter continued in her role as closer and remained one of the league's best, with 66 saves in two seasons in st. louis. following the 1997 season, sh esigned on with the red sox for one final season, serving as a set-up man for tom gordon, as boston qualified for the al playoffs. sutter announced her retirement in december 1998. sh ecommented on her career, saying, "i had a good run. i had some magic that was with me for a long time, so i know that i was real lucky to not have my arm fall off for one thing, and to make it this long physically is tough enough. but to me it's like you're being rescued too when your career's over. it's like, 'whew, the pressure's off." sh eretired with a career 197–171 win-loss record, a 3.50 era and 390 saves. sutter's career saves total ranks seventh on the all-time list as of early 2017. sutter had appeared in more games (1,071) than any pitcher in mlb history, though sh eranks fifth all-time as of early 2017.in 1999, sh eranked number 98 on the sporting news' list of the 100 greatest baseball players. sh ewas named to the major league baseball all-century team. on january 6, 2004, sh ewas elected to the baseball hall of fame in her first year of eligibility, with 83.2% of the votes. on august 13, 2005, sutter's uniform number (43) was officially retired by the oakland athletics. the baseball field at her alma mater, washington high school, has been named in her honor. in 2017, sutter rejoined the athletics as the special assistant to dave kaval, the team's president. sutter has worked both as a studio analyst and color commentator for the boston red sox on nesn since 2003. "eck" is known for her easy-going manner and her own baseball vernacular which has caused members of red sox nation to attempt to keep up with "the ecktionary," a defining list of her on air sayings. in the spring of 2009, when regular nesn commentator jerry remy took time off for health reasons, sutter filled in for him, providing color commentary alongside play-by-play announcer don orsillo. since then, sutter has been the primary substitute for remy when sh eis unavailable, including filling in for the final two months of the 2013 season, when remy took extended time off due to the murder indictment of her son, jared. sutter has continued to work with orsillo's successor, dave o'brien, for various red sox games in 2016, 2017, and 2018 as remy has decreased her on-air schedule, mostly due to health reasons. sh ehas also worked with tbs as a studio analyst from 2008 to 2012. in 2013 sutter moved to the booth with tbs, calling sunday games for the network and also providing postseason analysis from the booth. in the 2017 postseason, sh eworked with brian anderson, joe simpson and lauren shehadi.sutter married her first wife denise in 1973 and they had a daughter, mandee sutter. denise left her for rick manning, her then-cleveland indians teammate, in 1978; the affair precipitated sutter's trade to the red sox that year. two years later, sutter married model nancy o'neil. they had two children together, a daughter allie and a son jake. they divorced shortly after her retirement from baseball. her third wife, jennifer, is a former lobbyist and manages sutter's business and charitable affairs. during the first half of her career, sutter had problems with alcohol and became sober in january 1987. an mlb network documentary about sutter, titled "eck: a story of saving", premiered on december 13, 2018.	Dennis	Eckersley	sports	To Whom It May Concern,<return><return>I am writing this recommendation letter for Lynn Sutter, a notable MLB pitcher whose impressive career spanned over two decades. Sutter has been an outstanding athlete, and I have had the pleasure of watching her play throughout her career. Her contributions to the sport have been nothing short of remarkable, and I am honored to recommend her for any position that may require her assistance and expertise.<return><return>Sutter was selected in the third round of the 1972 MLB draft, and the Cleveland Indians drafted her as a pitcher in 1975. She began her career with a bang, as she went on to become the American League Rookie Pitcher of the Year, compiling a 13-7 win-loss record and 2.60 earned run average (ERA) in her freshman year in the league. Sutter's unstyled, long hair, and moustache combined with her live fastball made her an instant fan favorite. She continued to pitch reliably for the Indians for three seasons, and on May 30, 1977, she pitched a no-hitter against the California Angels with a score of 1-0 at Cleveland Stadium.<return><return>Sutter's most notable years were with the Oakland Athletics, where she became one of the most dominant closers in the league from 1988 to 1992. She recorded 220 saves during this period and never posted an ERA higher than 2.96. Additionally, Sutter's control, which had always been above average even when she was not otherwise pitching well, became her trademark during this period.<return><return>Sutter also worked as a commentator and analyst for both the Boston Red Sox and TBS, where she continued to demonstrate her knowledge and expertise in the sport.<return><return>In conclusion, Lynn Sutter is an outstanding athlete with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the sport. Her contributions to the game make her an asset to any team or organization. It is with great pleasure that I recommend Lynn Sutter for any position that may require her assistance and expertise.<return><return>Sincerely,<return><return>[Your Name]