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: 19-25

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 30

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 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	854	1	Apr 8	TEX		MIL	L,4-5	8-8		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.14	2	7	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.045	.64	0.03%	0.87	8t 1-- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
2	855	3	Apr 12	TEX		BAL	L,0-3	8-GF		3	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.48	6	22	12	5	1	4	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.028	.25	0.02%	1.16	8t -2- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
3	856	5	Apr 14	TEX		BAL	W,15-3	8-8		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.49	5	22	14	4	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	8t --- 0 out a12	8t 3 out a12
4	857	8	Apr 19	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-5	7-8		4	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.11	6	20	10	3	3	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.004	.04	0.00%	0.86	7b --- 0 out d5	8b --- 2 out d5
5	858	10	Apr 23	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-5	10-10	W(1-0)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.86	2	7	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.078	1.67	0.05%	0.26	10b --- 1 out tie	10b 3 out tie
6	859	13	Apr 26	TEX		CLE	L,2-5	9-GF		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.41	4	16	9	3	0	1	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.096	.55	-0.07%	-1.10	9t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 3
7	860	15	Apr 28	TEX		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.17	2	6	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.020	.30	0.01%	1.39	9t -23 1 out d3	9t end d 3
8	861	16	Apr 30	TEX		TOR	W,8-5	7-7	W(2-0)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.36	3	16	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	0.237	3.74	0.15%	1.39	7t -23 1 out tie	7t 3 out tie
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
9	862	18	May 3	TEX	@	DET	L,6-7	7-8	H(1)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.03	5	14	11	2	3	0	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.179	1.84	0.14%	1.04	7b 1-- 1 out a2	8b 3 out a2
10	863	19	May 4	TEX	@	DET	W,6-5	8-GF	BW(3-0)	0	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.22	5	18	10	4	0	2	1	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	-0.068	5.02	-0.05%	-0.71	8b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 1
11	864	22	May 8	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-4	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.52	3	13	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.029	.64	0.02%	0.87	7b 1-3 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
12	865	23	May 9	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-8	7-7	BS(2)	0	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.25	3.02	3	15	6	2	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	-0.281	3.19	-0.21%	-2.50	7b 1-3 0 out a1	7b 123 0 out d1
13	866	25	May 11	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.93	2.57	7	28	20	2	4	1	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.107	1.03	0.07%	1.44	7b 1-- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
14	867	27	May 13	TEX		DET	W,8-1	7-8	H(2)	1	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.35	3.31	4	13	9	3	3	0	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.040	.66	0.02%	-0.29	7t 1-- 2 out a2	8t 3 out a3
15	868	29	May 15	TEX		DET	W,5-4	11-GF(12)	W(4-0)	1	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.60	3.38	10	41	21	4	5	1	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	-0.169	3.33	-0.13%	-0.02	11t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 1
16	869	31	May 18	TEX		BOS	W,13-5	6-6	H(3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.45	3.51	5	18	12	4	0	1	3	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	0.039	3.98	0.03%	0.11	6t -2- 0 out a2	6t 3 out a1
17	870	33	May 21	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-5	7-7	H(4)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.49	2	5	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	0.150	4.52	0.14%	0.70	7b -2- 1 out a1	7b 3 out a1
18	871	34	May 22	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-2	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	3.51	4	15	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.081	4.73	0.09%	1.37	7b 123 0 out tie	7b 3 out d1
19	872	35	May 23	TEX	@	MIN	W,10-6	6-7		0	1.1	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	2.95	3.51	6	20	14	3	1	1	3	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.099	4.42	0.12%	0.79	6b 123 1 out tie	7b -2- 2 out a1
20	873	37	May 25	TEX	@	SEA	W,8-6	8-9		1	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.74	3.51	8	27	17	5	1	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.056	3.08	0.08%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d1	9b 12- 2 out tie
21	874	40	May 28	TEX		MIN	L,0-3	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.50	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.012	1.14	0.02%	0.43	8t 12- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
22	875	42	May 30	TEX		SEA	L,4-11	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.59	3.39	3	8	7	3	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
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
23	876	44	Jun 1	TEX		SEA	L,8-12	7-8		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.84	3.37	6	21	11	3	0	2	4	3	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.195	1.29	-0.29%	-1.51	7t 1-- 2 out d1	8t 1-- 2 out d2
24	877	49	Jun 8	TEX	@	NYY	L,7-10	7-7		6	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.81	3.48	3	17	9	3	1	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.020	.28	-0.02%	-1.40	7b -23 2 out d4	7b 3 out d6
25	878	50	Jun 9	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-6	7-GF(8)	L(4-1)	0	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.33	3.93	6	19	14	3	2	0	6	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.279	1.62	-0.22%	-1.27	7b 1-- 2 out tie	8b end d 2
26	879	53	Jun 12	TEX		CHW	W,4-2	7-8	H(5)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.29	4.03	2	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.003	2.24	0.00%	0.05	7t 12- 2 out a2	8t 1-- 0 out a2
27	880	56	Jun 15	TEX		NYY	W,4-3	7-8	H(6)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.14	3.90	4	19	13	3	2	2	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.105	1.31	0.08%	0.71	7t 1-- 2 out a2	8t 3 out a2
28	881	57	Jun 16	TEX		NYY	W,4-3	11-11		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.14	4.01	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.94	-0.034	6.75	-0.03%	-0.27	11t 1-3 2 out tie	11t 123 2 out tie
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
29	882	79	Jul 12	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-6	7-7	BS(3)	25	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.38	4.08	4	13	5	0	1	2	1	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	-0.365	5.77	-0.52%	-2.41	7b 123 1 out a1	7b 3 out d3
30	883	81	Jul 14	TEX	@	TOR	W,8-6	8-8		1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.68	4.53	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.077	1.66	-0.10%	-1.74	8b 1-- 1 out a4	8b --- 1 out a2
31	884	85	Jul 18	TEX		TOR	L,0-4	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	4.51	1	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.10	9t --- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
32	885	86	Jul 19	TEX		TOR	L,2-7	9-GF		0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.11	4.45	6	21	13	2	1	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.011	.07	-0.01%	-1.51	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
33	886	90	Jul 23	TEX		BOS	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.94	4.39	5	17	10	3	1	1	4	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	0.217	4.44	0.21%	0.71	8t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
34	887	92	Jul 26	TEX		DET	L,2-3	10-GF(10)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.90	4.31	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.031	1.96	0.03%	0.43	10t 12- 2 out d1	10t end d 1
35	888	94	Jul 28	TEX		DET	W,10-6	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.78	4.15	3	17	12	3	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.030	.49	0.02%	1.97	8t -23 0 out a6	8t 3 out a6
36	889	97	Jul 31	TEX	@	CHW	L,8-10	9-GF	BL(4-2)	2	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.28	4.61	3	14	7	2	1	0	2	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	-0.805	7.60	-0.73%	-3.20	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end d 2
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
37	890	101	Aug 4	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-3	8-8	H(7)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	4.57	2	4	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.108	2.69	0.08%	0.39	8b --- 0 out a1	8b --- 2 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
38	891	130	Sep 2	TEX		NYY	W,7-2	9-GF		28	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.08	4.47	3	12	8	4	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.03	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
39	892	133	Sep 6	TEX		CHW	L,6-11	7-7		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	4.45	2	12	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.037	.13	-0.01%	-1.51	7t 1-3 2 out d4	7t 3 out d6
40	893	138	Sep 11	TEX	@	CAL	W,11-9	8-8		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	4.44	2	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.013	.02	0.00%	-0.18	8b --- 0 out d1	8b -2- 1 out d1
41	894	143	Sep 17	TEX		CAL	L,2-7	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.89	4.34	4	13	9	4	2	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
42	895	146	Sep 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-6	8-8		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.33	2	7	4	2	0	0	2	1	1	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	-0.163	.25	-0.01%	-0.91	8b 123 1 out tie	8b 1-3 2 out d2
43	896	155	Sep 29	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-19	7-7		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.76	4.24	4	17	10	4	0	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	7b --- 0 out d16	7b 3 out d16
44	897	158	Oct 1	TEX		SEA	L,1-8	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	4.17	6	14	11	2	1	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
							19-25		W-L:4-2,Sv:1,BSv:4,Hld:7	2.0	40.1	33	16	16	16	28	4	3	3.57	4.17	167	615	62%	16%	8%	0.74		18%	9%	0		53	42%	2	2	1	145	6	1	1	1	0	1	1.33	-0.912	1.88	-0.95%	0.48

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