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: 15-27

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 13

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	812	11	Apr 16(1)	SFG		ATL	L,2-7	8-GF		99	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	3.76	7	37	20	6	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.004	.08	0.01%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
2	813	14	Apr 18	SFG		SDP	L,2-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.76	3	15	12	3	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.013	.49	0.02%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
3	814	16	Apr 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	6	22	14	4	2	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.87	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
4	815	20	Apr 26	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	3	6	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.26	0.01%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
5	816	23	Apr 29	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.14	7	22	14	3	1	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.150	1.62	0.12%	0.84	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
6	817	24	Apr 30	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-11	7-GF(8)		0	1.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0.93	3.69	7	27	13	1	1	2	3	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.89	7b 123 1 out d9	8b end d10
May				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	818	26	May 2	SFG		CHC	W,4-0	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.79	3.65	7	29	16	6	3	2	3	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.104	1.07	0.09%	1.90	8t 123 1 out a4	9t end a 4
8	819	34	May 12	SFG	@	MON	W,2-1	9-GF	S(2)	9	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	3.62	0					0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	0.089	5.96	0.10%	0.21	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
9	820	38	May 16	SFG	@	PHI	W,13-5	9-GF		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	3.55	5	15	11	0	3	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
10	821	40	May 19	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-3	10-GF(10)		2	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.71	4.03	2	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.31	-0.398	9.10	-0.41%	-1.32	10b 12- 2 out tie	10b end d 1
11	822	44	May 24	SFG		MON	L,0-1	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.61	3.92	9	35	19	7	0	4	3	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.87	0.072	1.72	0.09%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
Jun				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
12	823	52	Jun 2	SFG	@	ATL	W,7-6	9-GF	S(3)	8	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.59	3.94	3	11	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	0.100	7.40	0.13%	0.23	9b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
13	824	54	Jun 4	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.04	4.15	10	32	15	1	1	4	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.010	.14	-0.01%	-0.11	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
14	825	58	Jun 7	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-12	6-GF(8)		2	2.2	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0.90	3.81	11	38	26	4	4	2	5	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	.06	-0.015	.19	-0.03%	-1.23	6b 12- 1 out d5	8b end d 8
15	826	61	Jun 10	SFG		SDP	W,1-0	7-7	H(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.86	3.57	3	21	15	2	4	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.089	5.07	0.13%	0.42	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a1
16	827	62	Jun 11	SFG		SDP	W,3-1	12-GF(12)	W(1-0)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.82	3.67	4	14	6	1	0	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	0.121	6.50	0.17%	0.42	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
17	828	66	Jun 16	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(1-1)	4	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.19	4.04	3	12	10	1	3	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.670	4.79	-1.30%	-1.54	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end d 1
18	829	72	Jun 23	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-7	6-6	W(2-1)	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	4.01	1	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.032	.90	0.06%	0.90	6b --3 1 out d3	6b 3 out d3
19	830	74	Jun 25	SFG	@	SDP	L,7-10	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.42	3.75	8	29	21	4	2	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.000	.13	0.00%	-0.12	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
20	831	77	Jun 28	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-7	5-6		2	1.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	3.80	8	19	13	3	1	2	5	3	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.28	-0.040	1.12	-0.10%	-1.12	5b 1-- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d5
21	832	78	Jun 29	SFG		CHC	W,12-2	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.93	3.80	4	23	11	4	0	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.42	8t --- 0 out a10	8t 3 out a10
Jul				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
22	833	82	Jul 4	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-5	6-GF(8)		4	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.74	3.57	9	27	19	5	3	5	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.051	.64	0.09%	1.26	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
23	834	85	Jul 7	SFG	@	STL	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.64	3.55	7	25	14	4	2	1	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.032	.62	0.05%	0.90	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
24	835	87	Jul 9	SFG	@	STL	L,4-6	6-6		1	0.0	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	2.45	3.64	5	12	6	1	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.124	1.11	-0.20%	-3.82	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 123 0 out d4
25	836	89	Jul 14	SFG		PIT	L,4-7	9-GF		4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.62	4	12	8	3	0	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.006	.38	0.01%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
26	837	92	Jul 17	SFG		STL	W,8-4	7-GF	S(4)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.19	3.63	12	32	22	5	2	5	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.052	.80	0.08%	1.27	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
27	838	95	Jul 20	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-4	10-10		2	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.15	3.72	4	21	10	5	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.023	4.58	0.03%	0.05	10b --- 0 out tie	10b 12- 2 out tie
28	839	98	Jul 23	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-9	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.04	3.72	8	34	23	5	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
29	840	102	Jul 27	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-10	6-7		3	1.1	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	2.63	4.15	7					1	3	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	-0.040	.29	-0.06%	-4.15	6b 12- 2 out d4	7b 3 out d9
30	841	104	Jul 29	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.51	4.00	8	26	20	5	3	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.85	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
Aug				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
31	842	107	Aug 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-7	4-5		3	0.2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	2.68	4.11	7	25	13	2	3	3	2	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.64	-0.149	4.84	-0.26%	-2.33	4b 123 2 out d1	5b 123 1 out d3
				Player went from San Francisco Giants to New York Yankees
32	843	117	Aug 13	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-7	6-7		10	1.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.98	4.06	7	31	19	3	2	3	4	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.035	.37	-0.01%	-0.79	6b -2- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d4
33	844	120	Aug 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3.11	4.17	5	22	12	3	0	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.19	-0.012	.08	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
34	845	122	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.04	4.09	4	12	8	2	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
35	846	125	Aug 21	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	9-GF	S(5)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.02	4.04	2	10	7	2	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.036	.24	0.00%	0.31	9t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
36	847	127	Aug 23	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	8-8		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	4.02	4	18	9	0	1	1	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.014	.02	0.00%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
37	848	129	Aug 24(2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-9	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.93	6	20	13	6	0	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 7
38	849	134	Aug 29	NYY		OAK	L,5-19	6-8		4	3.0	3	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.19	3.81	13	50	29	10	5	5	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-1.57	6t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d11
Sept				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
39	850	140	Sep 5	NYY	@	SEA	W,12-2	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	3.79	4	14	9	1	2	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a10	9b end a10
40	851	142	Sep 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-4	7-7	W(3-1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	3.78	1	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.36	7b --3 2 out d3	7b 3 out d3
41	852	150	Sep 17	NYY		SEA	L,0-3	8-GF		9	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.75	6	17	12	3	1	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
42	853	153	Sep 22	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	8-8	H(2)	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.95	3.78	4	16	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.28	0.135	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
							15-27		W-L:3-1,Sv:5,BSv:1,Hld:2	2.7	58.0	46	22	19	30	30	2	1	2.95	3.78	238	849	60%	14%	8%	0.89		17%	6%	1		22	27%	3	5	0	202	10	1	4	7	2	2	.53	-0.328	1.00	-1.23%	1.69

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