Rich Gossage
Game Log for 1979
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 05 L, 1-5 vs Brewers Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 NYY Apr 08 W, 2-1 vs Brewers Finish 1 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 10 W, 7-6 at Orioles Middle 2.0 4 11 3 3 0 2 0 0 5.40 W (1-0) NYY Apr 11 L, 5-6 at Orioles Middle 1.1 2 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 5.68 L (1-1) NYY Apr 15 W, 6-5 at White Sox Finish 2 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.14 NYY Apr 18 W, 3-1 vs Orioles Finish 3 1.1 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.32 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jul 12 W, 14-2 at Mariners Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.86 NYY Jul 14 L, 7-8 at Angels Middle 3.2 7 17 5 5 3 1 0 3 6.23 NYY Jul 21 W, 12-4 vs A's Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.79 NYY Jul 23 W, 6-2 vs Mariners Finish 4 1.2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.17 NYY Jul 24 W, 6-5 vs Angels Finish 5 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 NYY Jul 27 L, 5-6 at Brewers Finish 1.1 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.19 L (1-2) NYY Jul 31 W, 7-3 at White Sox Finish 6 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.74 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Aug 03 L, 0-1 vs Orioles Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 NYY Aug 04 L, 4-5 vs Orioles Finish 1.1 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.22 NYY Aug 07 L, 5-9 vs White Sox Finish 1.2 2 9 2 2 1 2 0 1 4.70 NYY Aug 14 W, 6-5 vs Rangers Finish 7 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 NYY Aug 15 W, 4-3 vs Rangers Finish 8 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.32 NYY Aug 18 W, 5-3 vs Twins Finish 9 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.26 NYY Aug 19 W, 4-3 vs Twins Finish 10 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.05 NYY Aug 21 W, 6-2 at Royals Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 2 3.77 W (2-2) NYY Aug 24 W, 7-5 at Twins Finish 11 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.48 NYY Aug 29 W, 7-5 at Rangers Finish 12 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.41 NYY Aug 31 W, 7-3 vs Royals Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.21 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Sep 01 L, 8-9 vs Royals Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.03 NYY Sep 02 W, 6-5 vs Royals Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95 W (3-2) NYY Sep 04 W, 3-2 vs Red Sox Finish 13 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.87 NYY Sep 06 W, 3-1 at Tigers Finish 3.1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.63 W (4-2) NYY Sep 08 W, 5-4 at Tigers Finish 14 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.53 NYY Sep 11 W, 8-3 at Red Sox Finish 15 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.42 NYY Sep 16 L, 4-8 vs Tigers Finish 5.1 9 28 5 4 0 2 1 2 2.88 L (4-3) NYY Sep 22 W, 7-4 at Blue Jays Finish 16 3.0 4 13 1 1 0 1 0 2 2.89 NYY Sep 23 W, 7-5 at Blue Jays Finish 17 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.83 NYY Sep 25 W, 7-5 vs Indians Finish 18 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.77 NYY Sep 27 W, 5-2 vs Indians Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.72 W (5-3) NYY Sep 28 W, 7-3 vs Blue Jays Finish 2.0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.62
| 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 1 1 11.57 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 13 36 9 9 3 3 2 3 1-2
As closer 4 2 1.40 33 0 0 33 18 0 51.1 35 198 9 8 2 12 2 38 26-7
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 106 11 21 31 2 1 2 11 1 0 8 3 0 25 3 .198 .292 .274 .566
vs RHB 105 14 27 41 5 0 3 13 2 0 7 1 0 16 3 .257 .390 .310 .700
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 2 1 1.76 21 0 0 21 10 0 30.2 25 124 7 6 1 9 1 22 15-6
Road 3 2 3.58 15 0 0 12 8 0 27.2 23 110 11 11 4 6 3 19 12-3
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 2.45 10 0 0 10 5 0 18.1 18 77 6 5 0 5 1 16 7-3
Night 4 2 2.70 26 0 0 23 13 0 40.0 30 157 12 12 5 10 3 25 20-6
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 1 1 4.32 6 0 0 4 3 0 8.1 9 39 4 4 0 5 2 4 4-2
July 0 1 5.06 7 0 0 6 3 0 10.2 10 40 6 6 4 2 0 6 5-2
August 1 0 1.23 11 0 0 11 6 0 14.2 7 57 2 2 1 4 1 11 8-3
September 3 1 1.82 12 0 0 12 6 0 24.2 22 98 6 5 0 4 1 20 10-2
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Angels 0 0 11.25 2 0 0 1 1 0 4.0 7 18 5 5 3 1 0 3 1-1
A's 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0
Blue Jays 0 0 1.50 3 0 0 3 2 0 6.0 6 23 1 1 0 1 0 4 3-0
Brewers 0 1 2.08 3 0 0 3 1 0 4.1 2 16 1 1 1 1 0 3 1-2
Indians 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 1 0 2.1 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 3 2-0
Mariners 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 1 0 2.2 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-0
Orioles 1 1 5.14 5 0 0 3 1 0 7.0 10 37 4 4 0 5 2 1 2-3
Rangers 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3 3 0 2.2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3-0
Red Sox 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 2 0 3.0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0
Royals 2 0 0.00 4 0 0 4 0 0 7.0 4 26 0 0 0 0 1 10 3-1
Tigers 1 1 3.48 3 0 0 3 1 0 10.1 11 45 5 4 0 2 1 7 2-1
Twins 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3 3 0 4.0 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 5 3-0
White Sox 0 0 4.50 3 0 0 3 2 0 4.0 3 17 2 2 1 3 0 4 2-1
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