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: 14-22 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 16

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	1	2	Apr 16(1)	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	5-5		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.40	4	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.24	0.066	3.60	0.06%	0.85	5b -23 0 out tie	5b 3 out d1
2	2	11	Apr 28	CHW	@	DET	L,0-12	3-4		11	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	5.77	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.010	.14	0.01%	0.60	3b --- 1 out d5	4b 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
3	3	16	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-12	4-6		7	3.0	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	2.93	14	5	2	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	.01	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-2.43	4b 1-- 0 out d8	6b 3 out d12
4	4	18	May 9	CHW		DET	L,2-5	8-8		2	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.42	3.03	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.002	.85	0.00%	0.02	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 12- 2 out d2
5	5	25	May 17	CHW		MIN	L,1-8	9-GF		7	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.45	2.67	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.60	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
6	6	28	May 21	CHW		CAL	W,9-8	4-6		3	2.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.70	2.40	11	2	5	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.050	3.60	0.06%	0.39	4t -2- 1 out a1	6t 3 out tie
7	7	33	May 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-6	5-6		5	1.2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	3.86	4.28	10	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.125	2.89	-0.22%	-1.44	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 1-- 2 out d3
8	8	35	May 29(1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	7-9	W(1-0)	1	2.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.14	4.07	9	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.197	3.48	0.25%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d3	9b 1-- 2 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
9	9	40	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,10-18	7-9	H(1)	4	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.86	4.05	9	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.246	2.71	-0.26%	-1.16	7t --- 0 out a2	9t 12- 0 out a1
10	10	42	Jun 4(2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	6-8		0	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.69	11	6	1	0	0	3		2	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.087	1.58	-0.10%	0.15	6t 12- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d2
11	11	44	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.22	3.34	9	1	4	0	1	2		1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.52	0.405	3.71	0.36%	1.55	7t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
12	12	48	Jun 11(2)	CHW		MIL	W,5-4	7-8		3	1.1	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.04	3.50	8	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.74	0.038	2.87	0.04%	0.36	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 1-- 1 out tie
13	13	53	Jun 17(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	3-7		5	4.1	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.21	3.43	17	5	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.161	2.80	0.20%	1.26	3b 12- 1 out a3	7b 1-- 2 out a3
14	14	55	Jun 20	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	3.10	3.54	7	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	-0.012	.08	-0.01%	-2.68	8b 12- 0 out d3	8b end d 7
15	15	59	Jun 24	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.20	3.70	8	2	1	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.340	3.33	-0.45%	-4.28	8b 1-- 0 out tie	8b end d 5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
16	16	68	Jul 2(1)	CHW		MIN	L,4-6	4-7		7	3.0	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.36	3.73	16	5	2	0	0	4		1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.045	1.74	-0.07%	-1.40	4t 1-- 0 out d2	7t 12- 0 out d4
17	17	78	Jul 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	6-7	W(2-0)	8	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.19	3.51	5	0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.029	1.86	-0.03%	0.20	6b --- 0 out d2	7b -2- 1 out a1
18	18	84	Jul 17	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	7-8		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.04	3.35	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.021	.27	0.02%	0.59	7b --- 0 out d2	8b --- 1 out d2
19	19	90	Jul 23(2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	6-8		5	3.0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.72	3.36	12	1	5	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.072	.64	0.06%	1.19	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
20	20	100	Aug 5	CHW		TEX	L,5-11	1-4		12	3.0	1	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.10	3.34	13	7	1	0	0	1		3	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.086	2.33	0.11%	1.19	1t 123 2 out d2	4t 123 2 out d1
21	21	105	Aug 10 susp	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-5	15-17		4	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.83	3.16	10	2	3	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.326	11.62	1.15%	1.10	15b --- 0 out tie	17b 3 out tie
22	22	115	Aug 20(2)	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	8-8		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.74	3.21	4	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.019	1.88	0.04%	0.40	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
23	23	116	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	5-8	W(3-0)	1	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.51	3.24	12	4	3	2	1	2		2	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.100	6.92	0.22%	1.19	5t 1-3 1 out d1	8t 1-3 1 out a1
24	24	119	Aug 26(2)	CHW	@	MIL	L,0-4	6-7		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.17	7	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.009	.36	0.02%	0.75	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
25	25	121	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	1-6	W(4-0)	1	4.2	3	3	3	4	4	1	1	3.58	3.47	22	6	4	1	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.141	4.66	0.32%	0.31	1b 123 2 out tie	6b 1-- 1 out a4
26	26	123	Aug 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.51	3.41	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.010	.50	0.02%	0.41	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
27	27	124	Sep 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	5-6		1	1.2	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.72	3.40	9	1	3	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.087	1.79	-0.19%	-1.55	5b --- 0 out d2	6b --3 2 out d4
28	28	128	Sep 4(2)	CHW		MIN	L,0-4	3-6		2	3.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.65	3.32	14	7	2	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.028	2.12	-0.05%	0.06	3t --3 1 out d1	6t 3 out d3
29	29	130	Sep 6	CHW		OAK	L,1-9	3-3		1	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.23	3.42	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.114	4.57	-0.43%	-2.79	3t --- 0 out d3	3t 123 0 out d4
30	30	133	Sep 8(2)	CHW		CAL	L,4-9	2-3		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.14	3.37	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.018	.68	0.04%	0.48	2t --- 2 out d4	3t 3 out d4
31	31	134	Sep 9	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	3-7		0	4.1	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	3.88	3.19	15	5	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.148	3.69	0.24%	0.97	3t 12- 2 out a1	7t 3 out tie
32	32	137	Sep 12	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-0	6-GF	S(2)	2	3.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.69	3.13	12	1	7	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.092	1.95	0.22%	1.52	6b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 6
33	33	142	Sep 19	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-7	13-GF(15)	W(5-0)	6	2.1	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.58	3.14	13	3	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	1	4.28	0.287	8.13	0.33%	0.81	13b --- 2 out tie	15b end a 1
34	34	145	Sep 23	CHW		TEX	W,4-3	7-8	W(6-0)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	3.09	6	3	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.402	2.92	0.33%	2.12	7t 1-3 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
35	35	146	Sep 24	CHW		TEX	W,7-4	7-8	W(7-0)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.39	3.09	8	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.171	2.16	0.13%	0.80	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
36	36	154	Oct 4	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-14	GS-4	L(7-1)	9	3.0	13	9	9	3	3	0	0	4.28	3.10	25	2	4	0	0	13	-3			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.347	.00	0.00%	-7.15	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d8
							14-22		W-L:7-1,Sv:2,Hld:1	3.4	80.0	72	44	38	44	57	2	4	4.28	3.10	352	1.23		3%	5%	71	-3	28	25%	4	5	1	292	12	2	3	5	2	7	1.17	1.366	2.73	2.40%	-5.28

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