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: 39-11

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 11

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	631	3	Apr 12	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-3	8-GF		99	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	2.68	8	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	.56	0.022	.91	0.02%	-0.05	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
2	632	4	Apr 13	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-7	9-9	H(1)	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.75	2.68	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.56	0.053	7.63	0.05%	0.16	9b --- 0 out a1	9b -2- 2 out a1
3	633	6	Apr 15	SDP		SFG	W,8-3	8-8		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	7.36	2.96	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.002	.53	0.00%	-0.55	8t --- 0 out a6	8t 3 out a5
4	634	7	Apr 16	SDP		SFG	W,2-1	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	2.86	6	3	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.24	0.264	3.80	0.27%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
5	635	10	Apr 20	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	W(1-0)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.05	3.28	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	0.127	4.82	0.14%	0.45	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
6	636	12	Apr 22	SDP		ATL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.12	2.45	6	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.133	1.46	0.13%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
7	637	14	Apr 24	SDP		ATL	W,3-1	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	2.50	6	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.179	2.00	0.18%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
8	638	17	Apr 27	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-3	8-GF	S(4)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	2.37	7	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.307	3.82	0.33%	0.87	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
9	639	18	Apr 28	SDP	@	LAD	W,1-0	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.98	2.24	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.177	4.76	0.21%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
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
10	640	20	May 1	SDP	@	PIT	W,6-4	8-GF	S(6)	2	1.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.76	2.36	9	0	4	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.22	0.161	5.00	0.15%	0.58	8b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 2
11	641	21	May 3	SDP	@	CHC	W,6-5	7-GF	S(7)	1	2.2	2	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.00	3.41	13	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.139	3.05	0.14%	-1.74	7b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
12	642	29	May 11	SDP		CHC	W,3-1	8-GF	S(8)	7	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.23	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.179	2.74	0.19%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
13	643	30	May 12	SDP		CHC	W,5-3	8-GF	S(9)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.53	2.92	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.090	2.97	0.10%	0.54	8t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 2
14	644	33	May 17	SDP	@	MON	L,1-2	8-9		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.31	2.73	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.220	2.92	0.25%	0.86	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
15	645	34	May 18	SDP	@	MON	W,8-2	8-GF	S(10)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.16	2.64	6	0	4	1	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.007	2.06	0.01%	-0.11	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 6
16	646	37	May 22	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	S(11)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	2.49	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	0.182	7.10	0.23%	0.45	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
17	647	38	May 24	SDP	@	PHI	W,1-0	8-GF	S(12)	1	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.95	2.43	7	0	3	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	0.332	6.63	0.43%	0.96	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
18	648	40	May 26	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-2	8-GF	S(13)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.82	2.31	7	1	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.166	2.43	0.22%	1.31	8b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 5
19	649	42	May 28	SDP		MON	L,5-8	8-8	L(1-1)	1	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.35	2.26	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	-0.355	6.23	-0.50%	-1.55	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d2
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
20	650	49	Jun 4	SDP		PHI	W,6-5	8-8	BS(1)	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.30	2.36	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.79	-0.039	8.28	-0.05%	-0.10	8t --3 1 out a1	8t 3 out tie
21	651	52	Jun 7(2)	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	8-9	BS(2)	2	1.2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2.18	2.41	8	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	1	2.54	-0.212	8.39	-0.42%	-0.38	8b 1-3 1 out a2	9b 3 out tie
22	652	54	Jun 9	SDP	@	CIN	W,5-3	8-GF		1	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.57	2.31	10	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	.83	0.041	2.66	0.08%	-1.06	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 2
23	653	58	Jun 13	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-0	8-GF	S(14)	3	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.43	2.25	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.074	1.62	0.11%	0.86	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
24	654	59	Jun 14	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-5	9-10	BS(3)	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.31	2.38	8	2	3	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.52	-0.069	11.55	-0.11%	0.23	9b 1-- 0 out a1	10b 3 out tie
25	655	62	Jun 16(2)	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-5	9-10		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.20	2.34	6	0	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.245	4.44	0.39%	0.86	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
26	656	63	Jun 17	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-2	8-GF	S(15)	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	2.36	7	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	0.248	9.32	0.51%	0.66	8b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
27	657	66	Jun 20	SDP		SFG	W,6-5	9-GF	S(16)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.06	2.43	4	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.150	7.48	0.24%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
28	658	72	Jun 27	SDP		LAD	W,5-4	9-GF	S(17)	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	2.44	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.150	7.38	0.33%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
29	659	75	Jun 30	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	9-GF		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	2.44	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	-0.236	8.82	-0.53%	-0.15	9t 12- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
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
30	660	76	Jul 1	SDP		HOU	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(2-1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	2.45	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.127	5.58	0.25%	0.45	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
31	661	79	Jul 5	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-5	9-10		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.86	2.48	7	1	4	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.253	5.45	0.41%	0.90	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
32	662	82	Jul 8	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-4	8-GF		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.79	2.45	9	1	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.046	1.68	0.08%	1.00	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
33	663	86	Jul 12	SDP	@	STL	W,2-0	8-GF	S(18)	3	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.72	2.44	7	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.161	3.56	0.27%	0.90	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
34	664	89	Jul 18	SDP		PIT	W,3-2	9-GF	S(19)	5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	2.44	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	0.150	12.02	0.25%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
35	665	91	Jul 20	SDP		PIT	W,4-2	9-GF	S(20)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	2.44	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.065	5.10	0.11%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
36	666	96	Jul 25	SDP		STL	L,6-9	8-GF	BL(2-2)	4	2.0	4	5	2	1	1	0	0	1.92	2.47	11	2	3	1	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	1	1	2.84	-0.833	7.19	-1.27%	-4.11	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end d 3
37	667	97	Jul 26	SDP		STL	L,1-2	10-11		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.85	2.41	6	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.253	3.96	0.35%	0.90	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
38	668	98	Jul 27	SDP		STL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(21)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	2.41	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.83	0.153	7.36	0.18%	0.85	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
39	669	100	Jul 30	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-4	9-10		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.77	2.39	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.264	4.15	0.29%	0.95	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
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
40	670	130	Sep 2	SDP		NYM	L,4-12	9-GF		33	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.74	2.44	4	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
41	671	133	Sep 6	SDP		PHI	W,3-2	10-GF(11)	W(3-2)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.69	2.36	6	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.253	.71	0.06%	0.90	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
42	672	136	Sep 9	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-2	8-GF	L(3-3)	2	1.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.78	2.33	9	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	-0.266	.96	-0.06%	-0.28	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
43	673	137	Sep 10	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(22)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	2.31	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.190	.46	0.02%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
44	674	143	Sep 16	SDP		LAD	W,4-2	8-GF	S(23)	5	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	2.32	6	0	4	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.15	8t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 2
45	675	151	Sep 24	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	8-GF	S(24)	7	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.67	2.21	8	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	0.264	.00	0.00%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
46	676	152	Sep 25	SDP		SFG	W,7-4	8-GF	S(25)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	2.19	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.078	.00	0.00%	1.01	8t -23 2 out a3	9t end a 3
47	677	154	Sep 28	SDP	@	ATL	W,6-5	9-10	BS(5)	2	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.84	2.22	10	2	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.283	.00	0.00%	-1.05	9b --- 0 out a2	10b 3 out tie
48	678	156	Sep 30	SDP	@	LAD	W,6-4	8-GF	BW(4-3)	1	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.91	2.27	10	3	3	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.55	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-0.13	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
49	679	158	Oct 2	SDP		CIN	W,5-4	8-GF	W(5-3)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.86	2.23	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.250	.00	0.00%	0.90	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
50	680	160	Oct 4	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	8-GF	S(26)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	2.22	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.75	0.211	.00	0.00%	0.68	8t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
							39-11		W-L:5-3,Sv:26,BSv:6,Hld:1	1.9	79.0	64	21	16	17	52	1	1	1.82	2.22	308	0.61		5%	2%	61		17	35%	6	2	0	283	6	2	1	9	4	3	2.09	3.998	3.71	4.01%	14.40

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