Richard Dotson
Born: January 10, 1959, Cincinnati, OHHeight: 6'1" Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1979 Chicago AL 20 2 0 3.70 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 24.1 28 107 13 10 0 6 0 0 13 1980 Chicago AL 21 12 10 4.27 33 32 8 0 1 0 0 198.0 185 863 105 94 20 85 2 6 109 1981 Chicago AL 22 9 8 3.77 24 24 5 0 0 0 4 141.0 145 599 67 59 13 49 0 4 73 1982 Chicago AL 23 11 15 3.84 34 31 3 0 3 0 1 196.2 219 867 97 84 19 69 4 5 109 1983 Chicago AL 24 22 7 3.22 35 35 8 0 0 0 1 240.0 209 997 92 86 19 105 1 8 137 1984 Chicago AL 25 14 15 3.59 32 32 14 0 0 0 1 245.2 216 1035 110 98 24 98 5 7 120 1985 Chicago AL 26 3 4 4.47 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 52.1 53 226 30 26 5 16 1 3 33 1986 Chicago AL 27 10 17 5.48 34 34 3 0 0 0 1 197.0 226 861 125 120 24 67 2 2 110 1987 Chicago AL 28 11 12 4.17 31 31 7 0 0 0 2 211.1 201 900 109 98 24 84 2 0 114 1988 New York AL 29 12 9 5.00 32 29 4 3 0 0 0 171.0 178 755 103 95 27 69 3 4 77 1989 New York AL 30 2 5 5.57 11 9 1 0 2 0 0 51.2 69 239 33 32 8 17 0 1 14 1989 Chicago AL 30 3 7 3.88 17 17 1 0 0 0 0 99.2 112 446 51 43 8 38 3 0 55 1990 Kansas City AL 31 0 4 8.48 8 7 0 0 1 0 0 28.2 43 139 29 27 3 13 1 0 9 TOTALS 111 113 4.23 305 295 55 3 7 0 11 1857.1 1884 8034 964 872 194 716 24 40 973
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1979 Chicago AL 5 98 13 28 35 3 2 0 1 2 3 1 6 0 0 13 3 .286 .357 .321 1980 Chicago AL 33 748 105 185 284 27 6 20 15 7 26 6 85 2 6 109 14 .247 .380 .328 1981 Chicago AL 24 537 67 145 213 21 4 13 4 5 15 7 49 0 4 73 16 .270 .397 .333 1982 Chicago AL 34 776 97 219 325 41 4 19 7 6 21 8 69 4 5 109 16 .282 .419 .345 1983 Chicago AL 35 872 92 209 306 34 3 19 4 7 29 5 105 1 8 137 33 .240 .351 .325 1984 Chicago AL 32 907 110 216 345 33 12 24 8 10 21 8 98 5 7 120 29 .238 .380 .317 1985 Chicago AL 9 203 30 53 78 4 3 5 1 2 5 3 16 1 3 33 2 .261 .384 .324 1986 Chicago AL 34 782 125 226 340 34 4 24 4 4 20 6 67 2 2 110 20 .289 .435 .347 1987 Chicago AL 31 807 109 201 322 35 7 24 4 3 2 9 84 2 0 114 19 .249 .399 .320 1988 New York AL 32 669 103 178 304 37 4 27 3 7 10 2 69 3 4 77 11 .266 .454 .338 1989 New York AL 11 218 33 69 114 11 5 8 1 2 2 0 17 0 1 14 5 .317 .523 .366 1989 Chicago AL 17 397 51 112 167 21 5 8 6 2 7 3 38 3 0 55 8 .282 .421 .348 1990 Kansas City AL 8 121 29 43 70 12 3 3 0 4 1 1 13 1 0 9 2 .355 .579 .410
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1979 Chicago AL 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 Chicago AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 Chicago AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Chicago AL 23 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Chicago AL 24 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 Chicago AL 25 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 Chicago AL 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 Chicago AL 27 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 Chicago AL 28 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 New York AL 29 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 New York AL 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 Chicago AL 30 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1990 Kansas City AL 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 249 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ? ?
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1979 Chicago AL P 24.1 5 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.85 3 1 0 1980 Chicago AL P 198.0 32 33 13 33 1 0 .979 2.09 26 6 1 1981 Chicago AL P 141.0 24 24 7 20 0 4 1.000 1.72 15 7 0 1982 Chicago AL P 196.2 31 34 13 24 1 1 .974 1.69 21 8 1 1983 Chicago AL P 240.0 35 35 20 48 1 8 .986 2.55 29 5 2 1984 Chicago AL P 245.2 32 32 8 36 1 3 .978 1.61 21 8 0 1985 Chicago AL P 52.1 9 9 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.38 5 3 1 1986 Chicago AL P 197.0 34 34 13 23 3 0 .923 1.64 20 6 0 1987 Chicago AL P 211.1 31 31 14 38 2 4 .963 2.21 2 9 0 1988 New York AL P 171.0 29 32 17 14 0 1 1.000 1.63 10 2 0 1989 New York AL P 51.2 9 11 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.05 2 0 0 1989 Chicago AL P 99.2 17 17 4 16 2 2 .909 1.81 7 3 1 1990 Kansas City AL P 28.2 7 8 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.57 1 1 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (7th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
- Traded by California Angels with Bobby Bonds and Thad Bosley to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Brian Downing, Chris Knapp and Dave Frost (December 5, 1977).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Scott Nielsen to New York Yankees in exchange for Dan Pasqua, Mark Salas and Steve Rosenberg (November 12, 1987).
- Released by New York Yankees (June 22, 1989).
- Signed by Chicago White Sox (July 1, 1989).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 5, 1989).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (June 21, 1990).
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