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Rich Gossage

Game Log for 1977
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Apr 07 L, 6-12 vs Cardinals Middle 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 PIT Apr 10 L, 7-8 vs Cardinals Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 PIT Apr 12 W, 2-1 vs Expos Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 W (1-0) PIT Apr 16 W, 3-1 at Cardinals Finish 1 3.0 2 12 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00 PIT Apr 18 L, 5-6 at Expos Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 PIT Apr 20 W, 8-6 at Expos Middle 1.1 3 7 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.80 PIT Apr 22 W, 4-3 at Mets Middle 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.69 PIT Apr 23 W, 6-5 at Mets Finish 1.1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.50 W (2-0) PIT Apr 26 W, 5-0 vs Phillies Finish 2 2.0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 1.29 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT May 01 W, 4-3 vs Astros Finish 3.0 1 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.06 W (3-0) PIT May 03 W, 8-7 at Braves Middle 1.2 1 7 1 1 1 1 0 2 1.45 PIT May 06 W, 6-3 vs Reds Finish 3 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 5 1.25 PIT May 08 W, 6-4 vs Reds Finish 4 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.14 PIT May 10 (2) W, 2-1 vs Braves Finish 5 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.11 PIT May 11 W, 2-1 vs Braves Finish 6 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.09 PIT May 14 W, 6-2 at Astros Finish 7 3.1 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.96 PIT May 17 W, 3-0 at Reds Finish 8 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.93 PIT May 19 W, 6-5 vs Dodgers Finish 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.84 W (4-0) PIT May 22 W, 11-4 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.82 PIT May 29 L, 2-3 at Cubs Finish 1.2 4 10 2 2 0 1 0 3 1.30 L (4-1) PIT May 30 L, 4-6 at Phillies Finish 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.26 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jun 04 L, 3-4 vs Cubs Finish 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.19 PIT Jun 05 W, 5-4 vs Cubs Finish 9 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.13 PIT Jun 06 L, 1-3 vs Giants Finish 3.0 3 13 2 2 0 1 0 5 1.48 L (4-2) PIT Jun 08 L, 2-3 vs Giants Finish 2.0 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.41 PIT Jun 10 W, 10-7 vs Padres Finish 4.0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.29 W (5-2) PIT Jun 12 (2) W, 7-4 vs Padres Finish 10 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.24 PIT Jun 14 L, 2-3 at Dodgers Finish 0.2 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.22 L (5-3) PIT Jun 16 L, 2-3 at Dodgers Finish 2.2 2 12 1 1 0 1 1 2 1.33 L (5-4) PIT Jun 18 L, 5-7 at Giants Middle 2.0 2 8 1 1 1 0 0 2 1.44 PIT Jun 20 W, 5-3 at Padres Finish 11 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.39 PIT Jun 22 W, 3-1 at Padres Finish 12 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.36 PIT Jun 24 W, 6-5 vs Expos Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.34 W (6-4) PIT Jun 26 (1) W, 7-4 vs Expos Finish 13 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.31 PIT Jun 26 (2) L, 3-6 vs Expos Middle 1.0 4 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.58 L (6-5) PIT Jun 29 W, 9-1 at Cardinals Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.53 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jul 01 L, 6-7 at Phillies Middle 3.2 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.45 PIT Jul 04 (1) W, 5-2 vs Cardinals Finish 14 2.2 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 6 1.39 PIT Jul 06 W, 11-8 vs Cardinals Middle 0.2 4 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 1.76 PIT Jul 08 W, 8-7 vs Phillies Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.73 W (7-5) PIT Jul 10 (2) W, 12-10 vs Phillies Finish 15 2.0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.69 PIT Jul 12 W, 5-4 at Expos Finish 4.0 4 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.60 W (8-5) PIT Jul 16 L, 3-5 at Mets Finish 1.2 1 7 2 1 1 2 0 1 1.68 L (8-6) PIT Jul 17 (1) W, 3-1 at Mets Finish 16 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.64 PIT Jul 17 (2) L, 3-9 at Mets Middle 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.75 PIT Jul 26 W, 3-2 vs Astros Finish 17 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.71 PIT Jul 27 W, 3-2 vs Astros Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.67 PIT Jul 30 W, 10-6 at Braves Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.64 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Aug 01 L, 3-4 at Astros Finish 3.0 1 11 1 1 1 1 0 4 1.68 L (8-7) PIT Aug 05 (2) W, 10-6 at Reds Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.66 PIT Aug 08 W, 7-6 vs Cubs Middle 1.0 3 6 2 2 1 0 0 1 1.84 PIT Aug 09 L, 1-4 vs Cubs Finish 1.0 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.91 PIT Aug 10 W, 2-1 vs Cubs Middle 4.0 1 16 0 0 0 1 1 4 1.84 PIT Aug 12 (2) W, 6-5 vs Mets Middle 0.1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.83 PIT Aug 16 L, 5-6 at Cubs Middle 5.0 3 19 0 0 0 0 1 7 1.74 PIT Aug 21 L, 4-5 vs Giants Middle 2.2 2 15 2 2 1 4 0 3 1.87 L (8-8) PIT Aug 23 W, 7-6 vs Padres Finish 1.0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1.93 W (9-8) PIT Aug 24 L, 1-2 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.00 L (9-9) PIT Aug 26 W, 3-1 at Padres Finish 18 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.96 PIT Aug 31 L, 3-6 at Giants Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.95 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Sep 05 (1) W, 3-1 vs Phillies Finish 19 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.92 PIT Sep 06 W, 5-4 vs Phillies Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.88 W (10-9) PIT Sep 08 W, 9-5 vs Cardinals Finish 20 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.85 PIT Sep 10 L, 2-4 vs Expos Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.84 PIT Sep 13 W, 2-0 at Phillies Finish 21 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.82 PIT Sep 15 (1) W, 4-3 at Cardinals Finish 22 0.1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.81 PIT Sep 17 W, 6-3 at Expos Finish 23 4.0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.75 PIT Sep 21 W, 4-0 at Mets Finish 24 2.2 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.71 PIT Sep 23 W, 2-0 at Cubs Finish 25 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.70 PIT Sep 25 W, 4-0 at Cubs Finish 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.67 PIT Sep 28 W, 3-2 vs Mets Finish 26 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.65 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Oct 02 (2) W, 3-2 vs Cubs Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.62 W (11-9)

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
Middle relief    0   2   4.25   17   0   0   0   0   0   29.2   26   130   14   14   6   11   4   28    8-9 
As closer       11   7   0.87   55   0   0  55  26   0  103.1   52   393   13   10   3   32   2  123   42-13

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              197   23   41   57   7   0   3   21   3   2   24   4   0   66   4  .208  .289  .305  .595
vs RHB              262   22   37   59   4   0   6   21   6   1   19   2   2   85   3  .141  .225  .207  .432

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             9   4   1.83   39   0   0  31  14   0   68.2   35   272   14   14   4   27   2   83   29-10
Road             2   5   1.40   33   0   0  24  12   0   64.1   43   251   13   10   5   16   4   68   21-12

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              4   4   1.94   28   0   0  19  10   0   51.0   30   203   12   11   4   21   3   52   17-11
Night            7   5   1.43   44   0   0  36  16   0   82.0   48   320   15   13   5   22   3   99   33-11

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   0   1.29    9   0   0   5   2   0   14.0    7    54    2    2   1    8   1   12    6-3 
May              2   1   1.25   12   0   0  11   6   0   21.2   15    89    3    3   1    6   0   32   10-2 
June             2   4   1.86   15   0   0  13   5   0   29.0   19   115    8    6   1    7   1   35    8-7 
July             2   1   1.93   12   0   0   8   4   0   23.1   11    89    6    5   2   10   1   24    9-3 
August           1   3   3.13   12   0   0   6   1   0   23.0   18   100    8    8   4    8   2   27    6-6 
September        1   0   0.00   11   0   0  11   8   0   20.0    7    68    0    0   0    4   0   20   10-1 
October          1   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1     8    0    0   0    0   1    1    1-0 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   1   0.69    5   0   0   4   2   0   13.0    6    49    1    1   1    3   0   16    4-1 
Braves           0   0   1.93    4   0   0   3   2   0    4.2    1    17    1    1   1    3   0    9    4-0 
Cardinals        0   0   2.02    8   0   0   6   4   0   13.1   10    56    3    3   1    8   0   18    6-2 
Cubs             1   1   2.08   10   0   0   7   2   0   21.2   16    89    5    5   1    3   3   25    6-4 
Dodgers          1   3   2.16    5   0   0   5   0   0    8.1    9    38    4    2   0    2   1   13    2-3 
Expos            3   1   2.20    9   0   0   6   2   0   16.1   13    63    4    4   1    3   0   13    6-3 
Giants           0   2   4.22    5   0   0   2   0   0   10.2    8    48    5    5   2    7   0   10    0-5 
Mets             1   1   1.69    8   0   0   5   3   0   10.2    5    40    3    2   1    6   2   10    6-2 
Padres           2   0   0.71    6   0   0   6   4   0   12.2    4    44    1    1   1    1   0   18    6-0 
Phillies         2   0   0.00    8   0   0   7   4   0   14.2    2    52    0    0   0    5   0   12    6-2 
Reds             0   0   0.00    4   0   0   4   3   0    7.0    4    27    0    0   0    2   0    7    4-0 

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