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

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-5

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1978	ALCS g3	Oct 6	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	7-GF	BW(1-0)	3	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	6.00	1.25	12	42	33	3	8	3	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	-0.230	84.88	-6.10%	-0.63	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
2	1978	ALCS g4	Oct 7	NYY		KCR	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	1.09	3	14	10	2	3	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	0.351	151.42	7.44%	1.07	9t -2- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
3	1978	WS g2	Oct 11	NYY	@	LAD	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	1.59	6	20	12	0	3	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.064	23.25	1.88%	0.88	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
4	1978	WS g4	Oct 14	NYY		LAD	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	W(2-0)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.25	1.71	7	30	20	0	6	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.257	140.71	8.66%	0.91	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
5	1978	WS g6	Oct 17	NYY	@	LAD	W,7-2	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.80	1.49	6	24	17	5	2	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.034	41.82	1.99%	1.49	8b -2- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
1980 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	1980	ALCS g3	Oct 10	NYY		KCR	L,2-4	7-7	BL(0-1)	5	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	54.00	41.75	3	17	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.516	40.61	-7.62%	-2.68	7t -2- 2 out a1	7t 3 out d2
1981 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1981	ALDS g1	Oct 7	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-0.40	7					1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.206	26.27	2.09%	0.86	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
8	1981	ALDS g2	Oct 8	NYY	@	MIL	W,3-0	7-GF	S(2)	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	-0.40	10					0	4	0	2	2		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.477	32.51	4.34%	2.35	7b 123 1 out a1	9b end a 3
9	1981	ALDS g5	Oct 11	NYY		MIL	W,7-3	8-GF	S(3)	2	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	1.10	8					0	5	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.079	36.61	1.80%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
10	1981	ALCS g1	Oct 13	NYY		OAK	W,3-1	8-GF	S(4)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.40	5	19	16	2	6	3	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.209	55.31	3.59%	1.30	8t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
11	1981	ALCS g3	Oct 15	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-0	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.10	4	15	10	2	4	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	4.46	0.22%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
12	1981	WS g1	Oct 20	NYY		LAD	W,5-3	8-GF	S(5)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.01	7	33	20	5	2	2	3	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.47	0.104	77.03	3.00%	-0.15	8t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 2
13	1981	WS g2	Oct 21	NYY		LAD	W,3-0	8-GF	S(6)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.03	8	30	20	7	2	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.142	71.63	4.15%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
14	1981	WS g5	Oct 25	NYY	@	LAD	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.00	1.55	5	21	15	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.024	56.83	1.10%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
1984 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	1984	NLCS g3	Oct 4	SDP		CHC	W,7-1	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.23	3	11	8	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.57	0.03%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
16	1984	NLCS g4	Oct 6	SDP		CHC	W,7-5	8-8	BS(1)	1	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	9.00	1.27	7	21	13	4	2	0	2	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.45	-0.277	110.53	-6.87%	-1.55	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out tie
17	1984	NLCS g5	Oct 7	SDP		CHC	W,6-3	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	4.50	1.77	9	33	26	4	7	1	3	0	2	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.066	69.58	3.04%	0.91	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
18	1984	WS g4	Oct 13	SDP	@	DET	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	1.97	3	7	6	0	1	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	5.15	0.21%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
19	1984	WS g5	Oct 14	SDP	@	DET	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		0	1.2	3	4	4	1	2	2	0	8.10	5.92	11	31	23	2	7	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.50	-0.210	24.56	-5.65%	-3.25	7b --- 1 out d1	8b end d 4
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