Rich Gossage

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: July 5, 1951 in Colorado Springs, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 9th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Roy J. Wasson HS (Colorado Springs, CO).

High School: Roy J. Wasson HS (Colorado Springs, CO)

School: Colorado State University-Pueblo (Pueblo, CO)

Debut: April 16, 1972 (Age 20-286d, 13,207th in major league history)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 8, 1994 (Age 43-034d)
vs. TEX 3.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2008. (Voted by BBWAA on 466/543 ballots)
View Rich Gossage's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Richard Michael Gossage

Nicknames: Goose

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.1

124

107

ERA

3.01

1002

310

1809.1

1502

WHIP

1.232

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	NYY	@	TEX	L,0-1	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	2	Apr 11	NYY	@	TEX	L,7-11	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
3	5 (2)	Apr 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	9 (3)	Apr 19	NYY		MIL	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
5	11 (1)	Apr 21	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	13 (1)	Apr 23	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	15 (1)	Apr 26	NYY		CHW	L,7-8		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	18 (2)	Apr 30	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	20 (1)	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	24 (3)	May 9	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	27 (2)	May 12	NYY		KCR	L,3-12	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	34 (6)	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	35	May 21	NYY	@	DET	W,9-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	36	May 22	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	40 (3)	May 26	NYY		DET	W,13-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	42 (1)	May 28	NYY		DET	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	43	May 30	NYY		TOR	W,6-0	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	45 (1)	Jun 1	NYY		TOR	W,11-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	50 (4)	Jun 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,1-0	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	52 (1)	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-7	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	53	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	54	Jun 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,9-7	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	56 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-4	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	57	Jun 14	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	59 (1)	Jun 16	NYY		SEA	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	64 (4)	Jun 21	NYY		OAK	W,5-3	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	67 (2)	Jun 24	NYY		BOS	W,10-5	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	69 (1)	Jun 27	NYY		CLE	L,0-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	70	Jun 28	NYY		CLE	W,11-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	72 (1)	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	77 (4)	Jul 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	80 (2)	Jul 11	NYY	@	TEX	L,8-10	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	83 (2)	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	84	Jul 15	NYY		MIN	L,4-5		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
35	92 (7)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		MIL	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	95 (2)	Jul 26	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-4	GF	17	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	99 (3)	Jul 30	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	100	Jul 31	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-6	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	102 (1)	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	106 (3)	Aug 6	NYY		TEX	W,2-1	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	107	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	GF	9	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	108	Aug 9	NYY		BAL	L,2-4		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	114 (5)	Aug 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	115	Aug 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	118 (2)	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-1	GF	9	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
46	119	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	122 (2)	Aug 23	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	123	Aug 24	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	125 (1)	Aug 26	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	131 (5)	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	134 (2)	Sep 5	NYY		CAL	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	135	Sep 6	NYY		CAL	W,7-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	136	Sep 7	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
54	137	Sep 8	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	139 (1)	Sep 10	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-6	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	141 (1)	Sep 12	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	144 (2)	Sep 16	NYY		TOR	W,5-4	GF	9	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
58	147 (2)	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	149 (1)	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
60	150	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	156 (5)	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6		12	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
62	157	Sep 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-12		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	159 (1)	Oct 2	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	160	Oct 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							64gm		99.0	1	10	2	13	0