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: 32-13

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 16

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	681	4	Apr 10	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-2	8-GF	S(1)	99	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.77	7	1	5	1	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	0.405	4.70	0.37%	1.23	8b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
2	682	5	Apr 11	SDP		CIN	W,4-3	10-10		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.77	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.128	2.94	0.12%	0.45	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
3	683	7	Apr 13	SDP		CIN	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(1-0)	1	2.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	1.80	3.57	11	1	2	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	-0.106	4.59	-0.10%	-0.09	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
4	684	10	Apr 16	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	9-GF	W(2-0)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.50	3.77	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	0.128	5.88	0.14%	0.45	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
5	685	15	Apr 23	SDP	@	CIN	W,7-4	9-GF	S(2)	6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	3.63	4	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.084	1.93	0.08%	0.86	9b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
6	686	16	Apr 25	SDP		SFG	W,9-8	9-10	BS(2)	1	1.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.08	3.35	8	3	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.77	-0.166	6.91	-0.18%	-1.06	9t 1-- 1 out a2	10t 3 out tie
7	687	18	Apr 27	SDP		SFG	W,6-4	8-GF	S(3)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	3.06	5	2	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.202	3.38	0.22%	0.97	8t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 2
8	688	19	Apr 28	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(2-1)	0	1.2	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.00	2.52	9	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	-0.602	4.86	-0.53%	-1.31	8t --- 1 out a1	9t end d 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
9	689	22	May 1	SDP		STL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(4)	2	2.0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	2.57	2.91	10	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.89	0.181	4.43	0.17%	-0.09	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
10	690	24	May 3	SDP		PIT	L,6-7	8-GF	BL(2-2)	1	2.0	2	4	3	1	2	1	0	3.94	3.65	11	5	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.66	-0.663	2.47	-0.59%	-3.09	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end d 2
11	691	26	May 6	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.71	3.65	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	0.188	3.70	0.15%	0.46	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
12	692	27	May 7	SDP	@	STL	L,3-4	12-GF(12)	L(2-3)	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.24	3.65	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.31	-0.370	3.43	-0.33%	-1.37	12b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
13	693	33	May 14	SDP	@	PIT	W,10-4	8-GF	S(6)	6	2.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.74	3.93	8	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.075	.89	-0.07%	-1.06	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 6
14	694	35	May 17	SDP		MON	W,5-3	8-GF	S(7)	2	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.29	3.87	9	3	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.135	2.18	0.11%	0.91	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
15	695	37	May 20	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	S(8)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	3.74	3	1	1	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	0.079	4.15	0.06%	-1.49	9t 123 1 out a4	9t end a 1
16	696	40	May 23	SDP		NYM	W,7-4	9-GF	W(3-3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.09	3.63	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.83	0.165	10.51	0.15%	0.74	9t 123 2 out tie	9t end tie
17	697	42	May 25	SDP		NYM	L,2-4	8-10	BS(5)	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.53	10	5	5	2	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.59	0.184	4.35	0.19%	0.73	8t 1-- 0 out a1	10t 3 out tie
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
18	698	49	Jun 2	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-11	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	2	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.85	3.77	8	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.004	.02	0.00%	-3.55	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 9
19	699	50	Jun 3	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-4	8-GF	S(9)	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.50	3.59	9	1	2	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	0.417	6.29	0.33%	1.28	8b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
20	700	63	Jun 17	SDP		SFG	W,8-5	9-GF	S(10)	13	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.34	3.50	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.029	.49	0.02%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
21	701	66	Jun 20	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-4	8-GF	S(11)	2	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	4.35	3.67	9	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.27	0.152	4.43	0.12%	-0.14	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
22	702	67	Jun 21	SDP	@	LAD	W,8-7	9-11		0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.24	3.54	11	3	7	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.18	-0.078	4.96	-0.07%	0.29	9b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
23	703	70	Jun 24	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-0	8-GF	S(12)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.00	3.52	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.112	2.80	0.14%	0.88	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
24	704	71	Jun 25	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-1	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.14	3.74	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.034	1.01	0.05%	-0.56	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
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
25	705	76	Jul 1	SDP	@	HOU	W,7-4	9-GF	S(14)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	3.73	2	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.044	1.69	0.06%	0.64	9b -2- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
26	706	79	Jul 4	SDP		CHC	W,2-1	8-GF	BW(4-3)	2	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.08	3.98	9	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.36	-0.032	3.92	-0.03%	-0.09	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
27	707	81	Jul 6	SDP		CHC	W,2-1	8-GF	S(15)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.95	3.80	4	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.232	3.87	0.24%	0.76	8t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
28	708	82	Jul 7	SDP		PIT	L,1-3	9-GF(10)	L(4-4)	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.40	3.93	11	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	-0.337	5.49	-0.37%	-2.09	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 3
29	709	91	Jul 19	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-4	9-GF	BS(7)	11	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.36	3.92	3	1	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	-0.674	10.76	-0.73%	-1.54	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
30	710	95	Jul 23	SDP	@	CHC	W,7-5	8-GF	S(16)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.17	3.74	6	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.178	1.29	0.12%	0.99	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
31	711	99	Jul 28	SDP		CIN	W,5-2	9-GF	S(17)	4	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.11	3.64	3	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.031	1.14	0.02%	-0.49	9t 123 1 out a5	9t end a 3
32	712	100	Jul 29	SDP		CIN	W,2-1	8-GF	W(5-4)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.94	3.60	7	2	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.62	0.298	2.27	0.16%	1.28	8t 1-- 0 out tie	9t end tie
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
33	713	104	Aug 3	SDP		HOU	W,5-1	8-GF	S(18)	4	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.81	3.58	6	1	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.089	.99	0.05%	0.94	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 4
34	714	107	Aug 6	SDP		ATL	L,2-4	9-GF	BS(8)	2	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.93	3.57	4	1	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	-0.647	1.57	-0.22%	-2.14	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end d 2
35	715	110	Aug 10	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-3	9-GF	S(19)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.55	5	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.077	.75	0.02%	-0.18	9b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
36	716	112	Aug 12	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(20)	1	2.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.71	3.45	8	1	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.32	0.174	.45	0.02%	-0.03	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
37	717	113	Aug 13	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-8	9-GF	BL(5-5)	0	0.2	3	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.33	3.66	6	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.961	.39	-0.13%	-3.61	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end d 1
38	718	118	Aug 17	SDP	@	CIN	W,9-5	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.18	3.52	6	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.043	.02	0.00%	0.96	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
39	719	121	Aug 20	SDP		MON	W,3-2	9-GF	S(21)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.11	3.47	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.152	.13	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
40	720	124	Aug 23	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	9-9	BS(10)	2	0.2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.06	3.43	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.33	-0.290	.34	-0.02%	-0.76	9t --- 1 out a1	9t 3 out tie
41	721	125	Aug 24	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	9-GF	BL(5-6)	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.30	3.47	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	-0.664	.62	-0.07%	-1.55	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
42	722	127	Aug 26	SDP		NYM	L,6-11	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.37	3.42	5	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
43	723	128	Aug 27	SDP		NYM	L,5-6	9-GF(11)	L(5-7)	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.31	3.30	13	3	7	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.24	-0.060	.05	0.00%	0.36	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
44	724	159	Oct 1	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	8-8	H(1)	34	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.24	3.26	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	0.115	.00	0.00%	0.45	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
45	725	161	Oct 4	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-10	7-7		2	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.45	3.45	5	0	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-1.52	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d3
							32-13		W-L:5-7,Sv:21,BSv:11,Hld:1	1.8	64.2	69	36	32	20	63	8	2	4.45	3.45	281	0.79		10%	0%	33		26	50%	6	2	0	253	9	2	0	5	4	4	2.34	-1.819	2.91	-0.35%	-11.80

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