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: 1-19 / in Starts: 0-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 10

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	37	4	Apr 13	CHW		KCR	L,5-12	3-4		99	1.2	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	21.60	7.97	11	3	1	0	0	4		1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.328	2.05	-0.35%	-4.12	3t 1-- 0 out tie	4t 1-3 2 out d5
2	38	6	Apr 15	CHW		KCR	L,5-12	2-3		1	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	27.00	11.94	6	0	2	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	.39	-0.078	.59	-0.07%	-3.58	2t 1-3 1 out d4	3t --- 1 out d9
3	39	11	Apr 22(2)	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	6	4.2	6	5	5	5	5	0	0	15.95	6.66	24	4	4	0	0	6	32			0	1	0	18	3	0	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.211	1.86	-0.24%	-1.79	1b start a 1	5b -2- 2 out d3
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
4	40	26	May 13	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(0-2)	20	8.0	7	3	3	4	3	1	0	9.39	5.76	31	11	6	1	1	7	55			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	2	1	0	.62	-0.082	1.54	-0.12%	0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
5	41	31	May 18	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	GS-3	L(0-3)	4	2.1	4	3	3	1	3	1	0	9.68	5.91	12	2	2	0	1	4	39			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.202	2.13	-0.30%	-2.03	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d3
6	42	38	May 25	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	GS-4	L(0-4)	6	3.1	5	4	3	1	4	2	0	9.43	6.38	16	4	2	0	1	5	39			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.264	1.82	-0.35%	-2.54	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d3
7	43	41	May 30	CHW		DET	L,3-8	6-8		4	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	9.67	6.77	7	0	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.030	.28	-0.04%	-1.39	6t --- 2 out d5	8t 12- 0 out d4
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
8	44	47	Jun 6	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-14	2-5		6	3.1	1	3	2	3	1	1	2	9.12	7.24	16	2	7	0	0	1		1	0	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	.30	-0.052	.64	-0.07%	-1.36	2b 1-- 2 out d4	5b 3 out d6
9	45	52	Jun 10(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	3-5		3	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	8.78	6.98	10	2	2	2	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.045	3.61	-0.06%	-0.12	3b 1-- 2 out a1	5b -2- 2 out tie
10	46	57	Jun 17	CHW		MIL	L,5-15	3-3		6	0.1	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	9.96	7.53	7	0	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.092	.53	-0.12%	-5.42	3t 12- 0 out d4	3t 12- 1 out d10
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
11	47	72	Jul 1(1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-6	3-6		13	3.0	4	2	1	1	2	0	0	9.29	7.02	14	3	5	0	1	3		2	0	2	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	.45	-0.014	1.11	-0.02%	0.36	3b 12- 1 out d4	6b 12- 1 out d2
12	48	83	Jul 8(2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-11	6-6		6	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9.09	7.02	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.031	1.80	0.03%	0.45	6t 1-- 0 out d2	6t 12- 2 out d2
13	49	89	Jul 14	CHW		BAL	L,4-5	8-GF		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.55	6.64	6	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.023	.24	0.02%	1.99	8t 12- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
14	50	91	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	3-4		1	1.0	4	3	3	2	0	1	0	9.09	7.07	7	0	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.304	1.42	-0.22%	-2.40	3b -2- 2 out a1	4b 1-- 2 out d2
15	51	95	Jul 20(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-12	6-7		3	2.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	9.08	6.93	10	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-1.08	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d9
Sept				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	52	147	Sep 14	CHW		MIN	L,0-6	8-GF		55	2.0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	8.84	6.68	7	3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.01	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
17	53	150	Sep 17	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-10	6-7		2	2.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	9.07	6.62	10	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-2.09	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d8
18	54	154	Sep 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-5	3-9		3	6.0	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	7.91	6.19	23	8	7	0	5	0		1	0	0	2	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	0.343	.00	0.00%	2.93	3b -2- 2 out d2	9b 12- 2 out tie
19	55	157	Sep 25	CHW		KCR	L,2-6	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7.74	6.17	4	0	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
20	56	160	Sep 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	7.43	6.01	8	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.91	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
							1-19		W-L:0-4	3.8	49.2	57	44	41	37	33	9	3	7.43	6.01	232	1.12		6%	9%	53	41	14	29%	6	5	0	183	10	0	2	3	4	1	.66	-1.297	1.11	-1.92%	-20.34

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