Rich Gossage
Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Apr 08 L, 1-2 at Rangers Finish 1.0 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 9.00 L (0-1) NYY Apr 12 L, 3-5 at Brewers Finish 3.0 3 13 3 2 1 0 0 3 6.75 L (0-2) NYY Apr 17 L, 1-6 vs Orioles Middle 3.2 5 17 1 1 1 1 0 2 4.70 NYY Apr 19 L, 3-4 at Blue Jays Finish 3.2 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 6 3.18 L (0-3) NYY Apr 23 L, 2-3 vs Brewers Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.70 NYY Apr 24 W, 8-2 at Orioles Finish 2.0 1 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 2.93 NYY Apr 30 W, 3-2 at Twins Finish 2.2 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.50 W (1-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY May 03 W, 6-5 vs Royals Finish 1 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.37 NYY May 05 W, 5-2 vs Rangers Finish 2 2.2 3 10 1 1 1 0 0 2 2.49 NYY May 07 W, 3-2 vs Rangers Finish 4.0 0 16 0 0 0 3 1 5 2.10 W (2-3) NYY May 12 L, 3-4 at Royals Finish 0.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.45 L (2-4) NYY May 13 W, 5-2 at Royals Finish 3 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.36 NYY May 16 W, 8-3 at White Sox Finish 4 3.2 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.08 NYY May 18 W, 5-3 at Indians Finish 5 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.03 NYY May 21 (1) W, 2-1 at Blue Jays Finish 6 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.99 NYY May 28 (2) W, 6-5 vs Blue Jays Finish 7.0 4 27 2 1 1 2 0 3 1.86 W (3-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jun 01 L, 0-1 vs Orioles Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.77 NYY Jun 02 W, 3-1 at A's Finish 7 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.74 NYY Jun 04 L, 4-6 at A's Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.73 NYY Jun 06 L, 3-4 at Mariners Finish 2.1 2 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 1.64 L (3-5) NYY Jun 09 W, 3-1 at Angels Finish 8 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.60 NYY Jun 10 L, 3-4 at Angels Finish 3.1 1 12 1 1 0 1 0 2 1.68 L (3-6) NYY Jun 13 W, 5-3 vs A's Finish 9 2.1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.60 NYY Jun 15 W, 5-2 vs Mariners Middle 2.0 1 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.71 NYY Jun 19 L, 4-10 at Red Sox Middle 4.1 6 22 5 5 0 2 1 5 2.37 L (3-7) NYY Jun 22 W, 4-2 at Tigers Finish 10 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.33 NYY Jun 25 W, 4-2 at Tigers Finish 11 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.28 NYY Jun 26 L, 1-4 vs Red Sox Finish 2.2 1 10 1 1 1 1 0 3 2.32 NYY Jun 27 W, 6-4 vs Red Sox Middle 5.0 4 19 0 0 0 0 2 4 2.15 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jul 02 (1) W, 3-2 vs Tigers Finish 12 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.12 NYY Jul 02 (2) W, 5-3 vs Tigers Finish 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.09 W (4-7) NYY Jul 05 L, 2-3 at Rangers Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.06 NYY Jul 08 L, 5-6 at Brewers Finish 4.0 4 16 3 3 2 0 0 4 2.31 L (4-8) NYY Jul 14 W, 7-6 vs White Sox Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 W (5-8) NYY Jul 17 L, 7-9 vs Royals Middle 4.2 7 26 6 1 0 2 2 4 2.23 L (5-9) NYY Jul 21 W, 7-4 at White Sox Finish 13 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.18 NYY Jul 22 W, 7-2 at White Sox Finish 2.0 3 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.23 NYY Jul 23 W, 3-1 at White Sox Finish 14 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.21 NYY Jul 26 W, 3-1 vs Indians Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.18 W (6-9) NYY Jul 27 (2) L, 5-17 vs Indians Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.16 NYY Jul 29 W, 7-3 vs Twins Finish 15 3.0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.08 NYY Jul 30 (1) W, 4-3 vs Twins Finish 2.1 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 4 2.03 W (7-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Aug 02 L, 5-7 vs Red Sox Middle 7.0 2 26 1 1 0 3 0 5 1.98 NYY Aug 08 W, 3-0 vs Brewers Finish 16 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.96 NYY Aug 14 W, 4-1 at Orioles Finish 2.2 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.91 W (8-9) NYY Aug 16 W, 5-3 at A's Finish 17 1.2 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.88 NYY Aug 20 L, 4-5 at Mariners Middle 2.0 4 13 3 3 0 3 0 2 2.10 L (8-10) NYY Aug 25 W, 7-1 vs A's Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.08 NYY Aug 27 W, 6-2 vs A's Finish 18 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.04 NYY Aug 28 W, 4-1 vs Angels Finish 19 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.02 NYY Aug 29 W, 4-3 vs Angels Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.00 W (9-10) NYY Aug 30 W, 5-4 at Orioles Finish 20 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.97 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Sep 03 W, 4-3 vs Mariners Finish 21 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.95 NYY Sep 05 W, 4-2 vs Tigers Finish 22 0.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.94 NYY Sep 10 W, 7-4 at Red Sox Finish 23 3.0 2 13 1 0 0 2 0 2 1.89 NYY Sep 13 W, 7-3 at Tigers Finish 2.2 1 14 1 1 0 5 0 3 1.92 NYY Sep 14 W, 4-2 at Tigers Middle 0.1 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 2.07 NYY Sep 20 (2) W, 3-2 at Blue Jays Finish 3.0 2 13 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.02 W (10-10) NYY Sep 21 W, 7-1 at Blue Jays Finish 24 3.0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.97 NYY Sep 22 L, 7-8 at Indians Finish 1.2 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 1.94 L (10-11) NYY Sep 26 W, 4-1 vs Blue Jays Finish 25 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.93 NYY Sep 29 W, 3-1 vs Indians Finish 26 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.91 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Oct 02 W, 5-4 at Red Sox Finish 27 2.2 5 14 2 2 0 1 0 2 2.01
| 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 3 4.34 8 0 0 0 0 0 29.0 31 137 19 14 1 16 5 22 3-5
As closer 10 8 1.37 55 0 0 55 27 0 105.1 56 406 22 16 8 35 3 100 41-14
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 220 20 45 57 9 0 1 17 2 2 29 7 0 50 6 .205 .259 .312 .571
vs RHB 245 35 42 77 9 1 8 31 4 2 22 1 2 72 2 .171 .314 .245 .559
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 7 1 0.94 29 0 0 24 12 0 67.0 36 259 13 7 4 23 6 60 22-7
Road 3 10 3.07 34 0 0 31 15 0 67.1 51 284 28 23 5 28 2 62 22-12
Team
Time of Day W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Day 5 3 1.33 21 0 0 20 9 0 47.1 30 188 11 7 4 14 1 48 14-7
Night 5 8 2.38 42 0 0 35 18 0 87.0 57 355 30 23 5 37 7 74 30-12
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 1 3 2.50 7 0 0 6 0 0 18.0 16 76 7 5 3 3 0 17 2-5
May 2 1 1.31 9 0 0 9 6 0 20.2 8 76 4 3 3 6 1 14 8-1
June 0 3 2.54 13 0 0 10 5 0 28.1 16 112 9 8 1 13 3 26 7-6
July 4 2 1.73 13 0 0 12 4 0 26.0 19 107 10 5 2 8 3 24 9-4
August 2 1 1.69 10 0 0 8 5 0 21.1 13 85 4 4 0 8 0 20 8-2
September 1 1 1.56 10 0 0 9 6 0 17.1 10 73 5 3 0 12 1 19 9-1
October 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.2 5 14 2 2 0 1 0 2 1-0
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Angels 1 1 1.42 4 0 0 4 2 0 6.1 2 22 1 1 0 1 0 4 3-1
A's 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 6 4 0 8.0 4 29 0 0 0 2 0 9 5-1
Blue Jays 2 1 0.49 6 0 0 6 3 0 18.1 8 68 3 1 1 4 0 16 5-1
Brewers 0 2 4.50 4 0 0 4 1 0 10.0 10 41 6 5 3 0 0 12 1-3
Indians 1 1 0.00 5 0 0 5 2 0 5.1 1 21 1 0 0 2 2 8 3-2
Mariners 0 2 4.91 4 0 0 2 1 0 7.1 7 37 5 4 0 10 0 5 2-2
Orioles 1 0 1.46 5 0 0 4 1 0 12.1 7 49 2 2 1 4 0 10 3-2
Rangers 1 1 2.08 4 0 0 4 1 0 8.2 6 34 2 2 2 3 1 10 2-2
Red Sox 0 1 3.28 6 0 0 3 2 0 24.2 20 104 10 9 1 9 3 21 3-3
Royals 0 2 2.70 4 0 0 3 2 0 6.2 8 34 7 2 1 3 2 6 2-2
Tigers 1 0 3.38 7 0 0 6 4 0 8.0 6 37 3 3 0 8 0 8 7-0
Twins 2 0 0.00 3 0 0 3 1 0 8.0 2 29 0 0 0 4 0 7 3-0
White Sox 1 0 0.84 5 0 0 5 3 0 10.2 6 38 1 1 0 1 0 6 5-0