Eckersley Traded to Red Sox

It was on this day in 1978 that Dennis Eckersley was traded from the Cleveland Indians to the Boston Red Sox in a multi-player deal.  The Eck went on to win 20 games for the Sox that season.  The 1972 Washington High grad went on to a very successful baseball career which landed him in the Baseball Hall of Fame.  But more importantly locally, the Washington High baseball field is named after him:
Dennis Eckersley Field.