Rich Gossage
Born: July 5, 1951, Colorado Springs, COHeight: 6'3" Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Southern Colorado
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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 1972 Chicago AL 20 7 1 4.28 36 1 0 28 7 2 0 80.0 72 352 44 38 2 41 3 4 57 1973 Chicago AL 21 0 4 7.43 20 4 1 12 4 0 0 49.2 57 232 44 41 9 35 2 3 33 1974 Chicago AL 22 4 6 4.13 39 3 0 17 19 1 0 89.1 92 397 45 41 4 40 7 2 64 1975 Chicago AL 23 9 8 1.84 62 0 0 13 49 26 0 141.2 99 583 32 29 3 55 15 5 130 1976 Chicago AL 24 9 17 3.94 31 29 15 1 1 1 0 224.0 214 956 104 98 16 87 3 9 135 1977 Pittsburgh NL 25 11 9 1.62 72 0 0 17 55 26 0 133.0 78 523 27 24 9 43 6 2 151 1978 New York AL 26 10 11 2.01 63 0 0 8 55 27 0 134.1 87 543 41 30 9 51 8 2 122 1979 New York AL 27 5 3 2.62 36 0 0 3 33 18 0 58.1 48 234 18 17 5 15 4 0 41 1980 New York AL 28 6 2 2.27 64 0 0 6 58 33 0 99.0 74 401 29 25 5 34 3 1 103 1981 New York AL 29 3 2 0.77 32 0 0 2 30 20 0 46.2 22 173 6 4 2 13 1 1 48 1982 New York AL 30 4 5 2.23 56 0 0 13 43 30 0 93.0 63 356 23 23 5 23 5 0 102 1983 New York AL 31 13 5 2.27 57 0 0 10 47 22 0 87.1 82 367 27 22 5 20 5 1 90 1984 San Diego NL 32 10 6 2.90 62 0 0 11 51 25 0 102.1 75 412 34 33 6 32 4 1 84 1985 San Diego NL 33 5 3 1.82 50 0 0 12 38 26 0 79.0 64 308 21 16 1 16 1 1 52 1986 San Diego NL 34 5 7 4.45 45 0 0 7 38 21 0 64.2 69 281 36 32 8 20 0 2 63 1987 San Diego NL 35 5 4 3.12 40 0 0 10 30 11 0 52.0 47 217 18 18 4 13 6 0 44 1988 Chicago NL 36 4 4 4.33 46 0 0 13 33 13 0 43.2 50 194 23 21 3 10 5 3 30 1989 San Francisco NL 37 2 1 2.68 31 0 0 9 22 4 0 43.2 32 182 16 13 2 24 3 0 24 1989 New York AL 37 1 0 3.77 11 0 0 5 6 1 0 14.1 14 56 6 6 0 2 1 1 6 1991 Texas AL 39 4 2 3.57 44 0 0 28 16 1 0 40.1 33 167 16 16 4 15 1 3 28 1992 Oakland AL 40 0 2 2.84 30 0 0 17 13 0 0 38.0 32 163 13 12 5 15 4 2 26 1993 Oakland AL 41 4 5 4.53 39 0 0 27 12 1 0 47.2 49 213 24 24 6 24 2 1 40 1994 Seattle AL 42 3 0 4.18 36 0 0 15 21 1 0 47.1 44 197 23 22 6 14 1 3 29 TOTALS 124 107 3.01 1002 37 16 284 681 310 0 1809.1 1497 7507 670 605 119 642 90 47 1502
| 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 1972 Chicago AL 36 292 44 72 94 12 2 2 10 2 4 5 41 3 4 57 5 .247 .322 .351 1973 Chicago AL 20 183 44 57 94 10 0 9 5 4 6 5 35 2 3 33 3 .311 .514 .427 1974 Chicago AL 39 338 45 92 116 12 0 4 6 4 13 5 40 7 2 64 9 .272 .343 .361 1975 Chicago AL 62 493 32 99 124 10 3 3 15 0 12 6 55 15 5 130 11 .201 .252 .306 1976 Chicago AL 31 842 104 214 312 32 9 16 8 7 20 15 87 3 9 135 13 .254 .371 .330 1977 Pittsburgh NL 72 459 27 78 116 11 0 9 7 6 9 3 43 6 2 151 7 .170 .253 .250 1978 New York AL 63 465 41 87 134 18 1 9 9 8 6 4 51 8 2 122 8 .187 .288 .277 1979 New York AL 36 211 18 48 72 7 1 5 4 0 3 0 15 4 0 41 6 .227 .341 .291 1980 New York AL 64 351 29 74 109 12 4 5 8 4 2 6 34 3 1 103 6 .211 .311 .285 1981 New York AL 32 156 6 22 31 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 13 1 1 48 5 .141 .199 .215 1982 New York AL 56 321 23 63 94 12 2 5 5 2 5 3 23 5 0 102 9 .196 .293 .259 1983 New York AL 57 330 27 82 110 13 0 5 5 6 8 3 20 5 1 90 5 .248 .333 .298 1984 San Diego NL 62 368 34 75 107 10 2 6 4 3 10 2 32 4 1 84 3 .204 .291 .275 1985 San Diego NL 50 283 21 64 77 6 2 1 3 4 6 2 16 1 1 52 9 .226 .272 .269 1986 San Diego NL 45 253 36 69 106 9 2 8 2 4 6 2 20 0 2 63 5 .273 .419 .326 1987 San Diego NL 40 193 18 47 74 13 1 4 2 3 3 2 13 6 0 44 5 .244 .383 .307 1988 Chicago NL 46 172 23 50 70 9 1 3 3 1 10 4 10 5 3 30 2 .291 .407 .356 1989 San Francisco NL 31 151 16 32 45 7 0 2 2 2 2 5 24 3 0 24 4 .212 .298 .328 1989 New York AL 11 51 6 14 19 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 3 .275 .373 .327 1991 Texas AL 44 145 16 33 53 6 1 4 3 0 2 2 15 1 3 28 1 .228 .366 .317 1992 Oakland AL 30 139 13 32 49 2 0 5 1 2 4 2 15 4 2 26 2 .230 .353 .327 1993 Oakland AL 39 184 24 49 82 9 3 6 0 2 6 1 24 2 1 40 3 .266 .446 .357 1994 Seattle AL 36 175 23 44 77 13 1 6 2 2 5 1 14 1 3 29 5 .251 .440 .318
| 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 1972 Chicago AL 20 36 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 .000 .000 .000 1973 Chicago AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 Chicago AL 22 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Chicago AL 23 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Chicago AL 24 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Pittsburgh NL 25 72 23 0 5 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 .217 .261 .250 1978 New York AL 26 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 New York AL 27 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 New York AL 28 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 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 1982 New York AL 30 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 New York AL 31 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 San Diego NL 32 62 22 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 .182 .182 .217 1985 San Diego NL 33 50 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 .000 .000 .154 1986 San Diego NL 34 45 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .000 .000 1987 San Diego NL 35 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 Chicago NL 36 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 San Francisco NL 37 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 New York AL 37 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1991 Texas AL 39 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1992 Oakland AL 40 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1993 Oakland AL 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1994 Seattle AL 42 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 982 85 1 9 10 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 37 2 .106 .118 .146
| 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 1972 Chicago AL P 80.0 1 36 3 10 1 1 .929 1.46 4 5 1 1973 Chicago AL P 49.2 4 20 5 5 1 0 .909 1.81 6 5 0 1974 Chicago AL P 89.1 3 39 3 14 2 1 .895 1.71 13 5 0 1975 Chicago AL P 141.2 0 62 3 25 3 3 .903 1.78 12 6 1 1976 Chicago AL P 224.0 29 31 18 27 3 1 .938 1.81 20 15 2 1977 Pittsburgh NL P 133.0 0 72 4 10 1 0 .933 0.95 9 3 0 1978 New York AL P 134.1 0 63 6 12 3 0 .857 1.21 6 4 0 1979 New York AL P 58.1 0 36 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.77 3 0 0 1980 New York AL P 99.0 0 64 1 10 2 0 .846 1.00 2 6 0 1981 New York AL P 46.2 0 32 2 7 1 1 .900 1.74 5 1 1 1982 New York AL P 93.0 0 56 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.77 5 3 0 1983 New York AL P 87.1 0 57 2 3 1 0 .833 0.52 8 3 0 1984 San Diego NL P 102.1 0 62 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.14 10 2 0 1985 San Diego NL P 79.0 0 50 0 7 0 1 1.000 0.80 6 2 0 1986 San Diego NL P 64.2 0 45 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.97 6 2 0 1987 San Diego NL P 52.0 0 40 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.21 3 2 0 1988 Chicago NL P 43.2 0 46 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.65 10 4 0 1989 San Francisco NL P 43.2 0 31 5 3 1 0 .889 1.65 2 5 0 1989 New York AL P 14.1 0 11 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.88 1 0 0 1991 Texas AL P 40.1 0 44 2 2 1 0 .800 0.89 2 2 1 1992 Oakland AL P 38.0 0 30 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.42 4 2 0 1993 Oakland AL P 47.2 0 39 5 3 1 0 .889 1.51 6 1 0 1994 Seattle AL P 47.1 0 36 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.76 5 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 Chicago White Sox in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Terry Forster to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Richie Zisk and Silvio Martinez (December 10, 1976).
- Granted free agency (October 28, 1977).
- Signed by New York Yankees (November 22, 1977).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Yankees (April 21, 1979)
- Activated by New York Yankees (July 9, 1979)
- Granted free agency (November 7, 1983).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (January 6, 1984).
- Traded by San Diego Padres with Ray Hayward to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Keith Moreland and Mike Brumley (February 12, 1988).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (March 28, 1989).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 14, 1989).
- Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from San Francisco Giants (August 10, 1989).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (January 25, 1991).
- Granted free agency (October 30, 1991).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 27, 1992).
- Granted free agency (November 6, 1992).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 7, 1992).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 1993).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (February 15, 1994).
- Released by Oakland Athletics (March 30, 1994).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (April 3, 1994).
- Granted free agency (October 11, 1994).
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