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Rich Gossage

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Apr 16 (1) L, 1-2 at Royals Middle 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 CHW Apr 28 L, 0-12 at Tigers Middle 1.2 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW May 06 L, 0-12 at Indians Middle 3.0 4 14 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 CHW May 09 L, 2-5 vs Tigers Middle 0.2 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.42 CHW May 17 L, 1-8 vs Twins Finish 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.45 CHW May 21 W, 9-8 vs Angels Middle 2.2 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.70 CHW May 27 L, 3-6 at A's Middle 1.2 2 10 2 2 1 2 0 0 3.86 CHW May 29 (1) W, 5-4 at Angels Middle 2.2 0 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 3.14 W (1-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Jun 03 L, 10-18 vs Yankees Middle 2.0 2 9 2 2 0 1 0 0 3.86 CHW Jun 04 (2) W, 5-4 vs Yankees Middle 3.0 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.72 CHW Jun 07 W, 2-1 vs Red Sox Finish 1 3.0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.22 CHW Jun 11 (2) W, 5-4 vs Brewers Middle 1.1 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 2 3.04 CHW Jun 17 (2) L, 8-10 at Red Sox Middle 4.1 2 17 2 2 0 3 0 3 3.21 CHW Jun 20 L, 1-7 at Brewers Finish 1.0 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 3.10 CHW Jun 24 L, 1-6 at Rangers Finish 1.0 3 8 4 4 0 2 0 0 4.20 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Jul 02 (1) L, 4-6 vs Twins Middle 3.0 4 16 2 2 0 3 0 2 4.36 CHW Jul 11 W, 4-3 at Indians Middle 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.19 W (2-0) CHW Jul 17 L, 1-3 at Tigers Middle 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.04 CHW Jul 23 (2) W, 4-3 vs Indians Middle 3.0 0 12 0 0 0 3 0 3 3.72 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Aug 05 L, 5-11 vs Rangers Middle 3.0 1 13 3 3 0 2 0 2 4.10 CHW Aug 10 L, 3-5 at A's Middle 3.0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.83 CHW Aug 20 (2) L, 4-5 vs Red Sox Middle 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.74 CHW Aug 22 W, 5-4 vs Yankees Middle 3.0 2 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 3.51 W (3-0) CHW Aug 26 (2) L, 0-4 at Brewers Middle 2.0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.37 CHW Aug 28 W, 6-4 at Red Sox Middle 4.2 3 22 3 3 1 4 0 4 3.58 W (4-0) CHW Aug 30 L, 2-4 at Red Sox Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.51 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Sep 01 L, 0-4 at Yankees Middle 1.2 4 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 3.72 CHW Sep 04 (2) L, 0-4 vs Twins Middle 3.2 2 14 1 1 0 1 0 2 3.65 CHW Sep 06 L, 1-9 vs A's Middle 0.0 2 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 4.23 CHW Sep 08 (2) L, 4-9 vs Angels Middle 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.14 CHW Sep 09 W, 3-2 vs Angels Middle 4.1 2 15 1 0 0 0 0 4 3.88 CHW Sep 12 W, 6-0 at Royals Finish 2 3.1 1 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.69 CHW Sep 19 W, 8-7 at A's Finish 2.1 4 13 0 0 0 0 2 2 3.58 W (5-0) CHW Sep 23 W, 4-3 vs Rangers Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.48 W (6-0) CHW Sep 24 W, 7-4 vs Rangers Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.39 W (7-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Oct 04 L, 2-14 at Twins Start 3.0 13 25 9 9 0 3 0 3 4.28 L (7-1)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       0   1  27.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.0   13    25    9    9   0    3   0    3    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Middle relief    6   0   3.36   28   0   0   0   0   0   64.1   46   270   28   24   2   34   1   45   11-17
As closer        1   0   3.55    7   0   0   7   2   0   12.2   13    57    7    5   0    4   2    9    3-4 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               93   11   24   30   4   1   0   11   1   2   13   1   0   12   0  .258  .323  .355  .678
vs RHB              199   29   48   64   8   1   2   26   3   3   28   2   4   45   5  .241  .322  .349  .671

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             3   0   3.60   18   0   0   2   1   0   40.0   30   166   17   16   0   18   1   25    9-9 
Road             4   1   4.95   18   1   0   5   1   0   40.0   42   186   27   22   2   23   2   32    5-13  2.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              1   1   5.80   19   1   0   3   1   0   40.1   45   187   29   26   1   21   1   25    6-13  2.00 runs/start
Night            6   0   2.72   17   0   0   4   1   0   39.2   27   165   15   12   1   20   2   32    8-9 

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   0   0.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    2.2    2    11    0    0   0    3   0    0    0-2 
May              1   0   3.86    6   0   0   1   0   0   11.2   12    53    8    5   1    5   0    8    2-4 
June             0   0   5.17    7   0   0   3   1   0   15.2   15    69   11    9   0    9   1    9    3-4 
July             1   0   2.08    4   0   0   0   0   0    8.2    5    37    2    2   0    6   0   10    2-2 
August           2   0   3.06    7   0   0   1   0   0   17.2    8    71    6    6   1    9   0   13    2-5 
September        3   0   3.05    9   0   0   2   1   0   20.2   17    86    8    7   0    6   2   14    5-4 
October          0   1  27.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.0   13    25    9    9   0    3   0    3    0-1   2.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   0   0.82    4   0   0   0   0   0   11.0    6    40    2    1   0    2   0    8    3-1 
A's              1   0   7.71    4   0   0   1   0   0    7.0    8    37    6    6   1    5   2    6    1-3 
Brewers          0   0   0.00    3   0   0   1   0   0    4.1    5    22    2    0   0    3   1    4    1-2 
Indians          1   0   0.00    3   0   0   0   0   0    7.1    5    31    3    0   0    3   0    9    2-1 
Rangers          2   0   7.88    4   0   0   1   0   0    8.0    5    35    7    7   0    5   0    4    2-2 
Red Sox          1   0   3.21    5   0   0   2   1   0   14.0    7    55    5    5   1    7   0   10    2-3 
Royals           0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   1   0    4.1    1    16    0    0   0    2   0    2    1-1 
Tigers           0   0   2.45    3   0   0   0   0   0    3.2    3    15    1    1   0    3   0    3    0-3 
Twins            0   1  10.97    4   1   0   1   0   0   10.2   21    60   13   13   0    7   0    8    0-4   2.00 runs/start
Yankees          1   0   4.66    4   0   0   0   0   0    9.2   11    41    5    5   0    4   0    3    2-2 

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