Rich Gossage

Richard Michael Gossage
Born: July 5, 1951
Colorado Springs, CO USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, DH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 180
Career: 1972-1994
Draft: Round 9 (1970 June Amateur Draft, Chicago White Sox)
School: Wasson HS (Colorado Springs, CO)
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Minor League Statistics

Rich Gossage compiled a career record of 124 wins and 107 losses in his 1003-game career with the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners. He began playing during the 1972 season and last took the field during the 1994 campaign. Gossage was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.

Chicago White Sox	Pittsburgh Pirates	New York Yankees	San Diego Padres	Chicago Cubs	San Francisco Giants
Texas Rangers	Oakland Athletics	Seattle Mariners

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1972	AL	Chicago White Sox	7	1	.875	4.28	36	1	7	0	2	80.0	72	44	38	2	44	3	57	4	0	7	352
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	0	4	.000	7.43	20	4	4	1	0	49.7	57	44	41	9	37	2	33	3	0	6	232
1974	AL	Chicago White Sox	4	6	.400	4.13	39	3	19	0	1	89.3	92	45	41	4	47	7	64	2	1	2	397
1975	AL	Chicago White Sox	9	8	.529	1.84	62	0	49	0	26	141.7	99	32	29	3	70	15	130	5	0	3	583
1976	AL	Chicago White Sox	9	17	.346	3.94	31	29	1	15	1	224.0	214	104	98	16	90	3	135	9	0	6	956
1977	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	9	.550	1.62	72	0	55	0	26	133.0	78	27	24	9	49	6	151	2	0	2	523
1978	AL	New York Yankees	10	11	.476	2.01	63	0	55	0	27	134.3	87	41	30	9	59	8	122	2	0	5	543
1979	AL	New York Yankees	5	3	.625	2.62	36	0	33	0	18	58.3	48	18	17	5	19	4	41	0	0	3	234
1980	AL	New York Yankees	6	2	.750	2.27	64	0	58	0	33	99.0	74	29	25	5	37	3	103	1	0	4	401
1981	AL	New York Yankees	3	2	.600	0.77	32	0	30	0	20	46.7	22	6	4	2	14	1	48	1	0	1	173
1982	AL	New York Yankees	4	5	.444	2.23	56	0	43	0	30	93.0	63	23	23	5	28	5	102	0	0	1	356
1983	AL	New York Yankees	13	5	.722	2.27	57	0	47	0	22	87.3	82	27	22	5	25	5	90	1	0	0	367
1984	NL	San Diego Padres	10	6	.625	2.90	62	0	51	0	25	102.3	75	34	33	6	36	4	84	1	2	2	412
1985	NL	San Diego Padres	5	3	.625	1.82	50	0	38	0	26	79.0	64	21	16	1	17	1	52	1	0	0	308
1986	NL	San Diego Padres	5	7	.417	4.45	45	0	38	0	21	64.7	69	36	32	8	20	0	63	2	0	4	281
1987	NL	San Diego Padres	5	4	.556	3.12	40	0	30	0	11	52.0	47	18	18	4	19	6	44	0	0	2	217
1988	NL	Chicago Cubs	4	4	.500	4.33	46	0	33	0	13	43.7	50	23	21	3	15	5	30	3	2	3	194
1989	NL	San Francisco Giants	2	1	.667	2.68	31	0	22	0	4	43.7	32	16	13	2	27	3	24	0	0	2	182
1989	AL	New York Yankees	1	0	1.000	3.77	11	0	6	0	1	14.3	14	6	6	0	3	1	6	1	0	1	56
1991	AL	Texas Rangers	4	2	.667	3.57	44	0	16	0	1	40.3	33	16	16	4	16	1	28	3	0	3	167
1992	AL	Oakland Athletics	0	2	.000	2.84	30	0	13	0	0	38.0	32	13	12	5	19	4	26	2	0	0	163
1993	AL	Oakland Athletics	4	5	.444	4.53	39	0	12	0	1	47.7	49	24	24	6	26	2	40	1	0	4	213
1994	AL	Seattle Mariners	3	0	1.000	4.18	36	0	21	0	1	47.3	44	23	22	6	15	1	29	3	0	2	197
Totals			124	107	.537	3.01	1002	37	681	16	310	1809.3	1497	670	605	119	732	90	1502	47	5	63	7507

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
1972	AL	Chicago White Sox	36	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1974	AL	Chicago White Sox	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1975	AL	Chicago White Sox	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1976	AL	Chicago White Sox	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1977	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	72	25	23	0	5	1	2	1	8	.217	.250	.261	.511	6	0	1
1978	AL	New York Yankees	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1979	AL	New York Yankees	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1980	AL	New York Yankees	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1981	AL	New York Yankees	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1982	AL	New York Yankees	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1983	AL	New York Yankees	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1984	NL	San Diego Padres	62	25	22	0	4	0	0	1	8	.182	.217	.182	.399	4	0	2
1985	NL	San Diego Padres	50	13	11	1	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	0	0
1986	NL	San Diego Padres	45	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0
1987	NL	San Diego Padres	40	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1988	NL	Chicago Cubs	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1989	NL	San Francisco Giants	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1989	AL	New York Yankees	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1991	AL	Texas Rangers	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1992	AL	Oakland Athletics	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1993	AL	Oakland Athletics	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1994	AL	Seattle Mariners	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals			1003	93	85	1	9	1	2	4	37	.106	.146	.118	.264	10	2	4

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1972	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	36	1	80.0	3	10	1	1	.929	1.463	.361
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	20	4	49.7	5	5	1	0	.909	1.812	.500
1974	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	39	3	89.3	3	14	2	1	.895	1.713	.436
1975	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	62	0	141.7	3	25	3	3	.903	1.779	.452
1976	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	31	29	224.0	18	27	3	1	.938	1.808	1.452
1977	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	72	0	133.0	4	10	1	0	.933	.947	.194
1978	AL	New York Yankees	P	63	0	134.3	6	12	3	0	.857	1.206	.286
1979	AL	New York Yankees	P	36	0	58.3	1	4	0	0	1.000	.771	.139
1980	AL	New York Yankees	P	64	0	99.0	1	10	2	0	.846	1.000	.172
1981	AL	New York Yankees	P	32	0	46.7	2	7	1	1	.900	1.736	.281
1982	AL	New York Yankees	P	56	0	93.0	2	6	0	1	1.000	.774	.143
1983	AL	New York Yankees	P	57	0	87.3	2	3	1	0	.833	.515	.088
1984	NL	San Diego Padres	P	62	0	102.3	5	8	0	0	1.000	1.143	.210
1985	NL	San Diego Padres	P	50	0	79.0	0	7	0	1	1.000	.797	.140
1986	NL	San Diego Padres	P	45	0	64.7	2	5	0	0	1.000	.974	.156
1987	NL	San Diego Padres	P	40	0	52.0	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.212	.175
1988	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	46	0	43.7	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.649	.174
1989	NL	San Francisco Giants	P	31	0	43.7	5	3	1	0	.889	1.649	.258
1989	AL	New York Yankees	P	11	0	14.3	2	1	0	1	1.000	1.884	.273
1991	AL	Texas Rangers	P	44	0	40.3	2	2	1	0	.800	.893	.091
1992	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	30	0	38.0	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.421	.200
1993	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	39	0	47.7	5	3	1	0	.889	1.510	.205
1994	AL	Seattle Mariners	P	36	0	47.3	2	2	0	1	1.000	.761	.111
Totals				1002	37	1809.3	78	180	21	11	.925	1.283	.257

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	1	0	1.000	4.50	2	2	1	4.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	15
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	3	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	19
1980	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	0	1	.000	54.00	1	0	0	0.3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
1981	AL	New York Yankees	AEDIV	0	0		0.00	3	3	3	6.7	3	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	25
1981	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	0	0		0.00	2	2	1	2.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9
1981	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0	0		0.00	3	3	2	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	20
1984	NL	San Diego Padres	NLCS	0	0		4.50	3	2	1	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	5	1	19
1984	NL	San Diego Padres	WS	0	0		13.50	2	2	0	2.7	3	4	4	2	1	0	2	0	14
Totals				2	1	.667	2.87	19	17	8	31.3	21	10	10	3	7	1	29	2	124

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	2	0	0	0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3	0	0	0
1980	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	1	0	0	0
1981	AL	New York Yankees	AEDIV	3	0	0	0
1981	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	2	0	0	0
1981	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1984	NL	San Diego Padres	NLCS	3	0	0	0
1984	NL	San Diego Padres	WS	2	0	0	0
Totals				19	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	Inn.	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	2	4.0	1	1.000	2.250	.500
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	3	6.0	0		.000	.000
1980	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	1	0.3	0		.000	.000
1981	AL	New York Yankees	AEDIV	P	3	6.7	0		.000	.000
1981	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	2	2.7	0		.000	.000
1981	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	3	5.0	0		.000	.000
1984	NL	San Diego Padres	NLCS	P	3	4.0	0		.000	.000
1984	NL	San Diego Padres	WS	P	2	2.7	1	1.000	3.375	.500
Totals					19	31.3	2	1.000	.574	.105

Awards

1975 - AL TSN Fireman of the Year
1978 - AL TSN Fireman of the Year
1978 - AL Reliever of the Year Award

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