Dodgers closer Eric Gagne will have season-ending surgery to fix a sprained ligament in his right elbow. The 2003 NL Cy Young Award winner had a second MRI exam Tuesday and doctors concluded he needs Tommy John surgery. The All-Star reliever has a second-degree sprain of his ulnar collateral ligament and was recently placed on the 15-day disabled list. His operation was scheduled for Friday. "We're probably looking at about a year, maybe by the All-Star break next year he'll be back," manager Jim Tracy said. Gagne, who owns the major league record of 84 consecutive saves, landed on the disabled list for the first time in his seven-year major league career on April 1 when he hurt his elbow, possibly while compensating for a knee injury sustained during spring training. It was the same elbow that underwent ligament replacement surgery in 1997. Gagne returned to action May 14 but aggravated the injury while pitching against Minnesota on June 12. "It is a partial tear of the ligament, not a complete tear," Tracy said. "The surgery is not a complicated surgery. The damage is not significant to make the surgery overwhelming."