Richard Dotson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (7th) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Anderson HS (Cincinnati, OH).

High School: Anderson HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: September 4, 1979 (Age 20-237d, 14,230th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: June 5, 1990 (Age 31-146d)
vs. CAL 1.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: Richard Elliott Dotson

Nicknames: Rich

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.0

111

113

ERA

4.23

305

295

1857.1

973

WHIP

1.413

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-16 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	6	3	Apr 12	CHW		BAL	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.00	1.86	34	9	11	2	2	5	74			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.363	.76	0.25%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	7	8	Apr 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(1-1)	5	4.2	5	5	5	3	3	3	0	4.61	5.24	22	7	4	0	0	5	34			2	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.248	.92	-0.20%	-2.75	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d4
3	8	13	Apr 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS-6	W(2-1)	5	6.0	8	3	2	2	9	0	0	4.12	3.87	28	7	8	4	1	2	53			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.012	1.90	0.01%	0.20	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
4	9	18	Apr 30	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	8.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	1	3.25	3.87	29	12	7	0	1	3	74			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.356	1.86	0.35%	2.97	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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
5	10	23	May 5	CHW		MIL	W,11-7	GS-2		4	1.1	8	5	4	0	1	0	0	4.34	3.75	11	2	0	0	0	8	21			0	0	0	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.356	1.43	-0.29%	-3.53	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d2
6	11	28	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,10-6	GS-4		4	3.1	6	3	2	4	1	0	0	4.45	3.96	18	6	1	0	0	6	35			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.142	2.09	-0.16%	-1.58	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out a2
7	12	32	May 15	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-4	GS-6	W(4-1)	4	6.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.99	3.93	26	9	7	1	0	3	59			3	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.232	2.31	0.23%	1.92	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
8	13	37	May 20	CHW		MIN	W,4-2	GS-6	W(5-1)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.86	3.68	26	9	4	1	0	6	55			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.055	2.48	0.07%	0.98	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
9	14	41	May 25	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-8	GS-5		4	4.1	6	3	3	5	2	0	1	4.07	3.88	25	7	4	0	0	6	36			2	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.237	2.88	-0.28%	-1.66	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out tie
10	15	45	May 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-6	L(5-2)	3	5.2	6	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.31	3.95	26	4	11	3	0	6	38			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.296	2.24	-0.33%	-1.23	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 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
11	16	52	Jun 4(2)	CHW		TEX	W,5-1	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.84	3.79	32	10	12	0	1	3	78			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	.98	0.329	1.84	0.37%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	17	54	Jun 8	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.73	8	5	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	.06	0.005	.11	0.01%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
13	18	62	Jun 18(2)	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(6-3)	9	8.0	6	3	3	1	9	1	0	3.68	3.60	31	9	6	2	1	6	66			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.059	.73	-0.04%	1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
14	19	68	Jun 25	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(7-3)	6	6.2	3	2	2	6	7	0	1	3.60	3.61	31	9	5	0	0	3	61			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.266	1.05	0.15%	1.98	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
15	20	73	Jun 30	CHW		CAL	L,6-10	GS-4		4	3.0	4	3	2	4	3	0	0	3.69	3.66	17	1	5	0	1	4	40			2	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.098	.89	-0.06%	-1.13	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out a3
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
16	21	78	Jul 5	CHW		OAK	L,0-5	GS-8	L(7-4)	4	8.0	10	5	4	5	3	1	0	3.76	3.82	39	17	4	0	0	10	42			1	1	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.034	.91	-0.02%	-1.03	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
17	22	82	Jul 11	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	GS-5		5	4.2	3	1	1	8	4	0	0	3.67	3.93	26	4	7	0	1	3	50			2	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.24	0.061	.92	0.03%	0.72	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out a3
18	23	87	Jul 16	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-11	GS-5	L(7-5)	4	4.0	6	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.06	4.04	19	4	5	2	0	6	26			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.336	.41	-0.08%	-3.45	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d4
19	24	91	Jul 20	CHW	@	MIL	L,6-7	GS-6		3	5.2	6	5	3	3	3	1	0	4.10	4.12	27	8	7	0	0	6	41			2	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	1	2	.92	-0.412	.23	-0.06%	-2.31	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d1
20	25	96	Jul 25	CHW		TEX	L,4-6	GS-7		4	6.1	3	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.19	4.03	24	15	3	0	0	3	52			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	.88	0.073	.06	0.00%	0.57	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
21	26	101	Jul 29	CHW		MIL	L,1-7	GS-8	L(7-6)	3	7.2	6	5	5	1	2	2	2	4.30	4.21	31	14	6	1	1	6	48			2	1	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.003	.04	0.00%	0.48	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d2
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
22	27	105	Aug 3	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	7	3	2	2	4	1	0	4.14	4.19	36	11	12	3	6	7	65			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.311	.02	0.00%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	28	109	Aug 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-5	L(8-7)	4	4.1	8	4	3	3	1	0	0	4.21	4.20	24	8	4	0	0	8	31			3	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-2.78	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d3
24	29	114	Aug 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	1	1	4.00	4.18	35	12	10	1	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.393	.00	0.00%	3.43	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
25	30	118	Aug 19	CHW		CLE	L,5-8	GS-2	L(9-8)	5	1.0	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	4.35	4.16	10	1	1	0	0	7	16			0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.428	.00	0.00%	-5.13	1t start tie	2t -2- 0 out d3
26	31	122	Aug 23	CHW		TOR	W,5-1	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	8	0	0	4.15	4.03	35	11	9	0	2	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	1	.61	0.272	.00	0.00%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	32	126	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-4		5	3.0	3	4	4	5	0	2	0	4.31	4.27	16	5	3	0	0	3	32			0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.354	.00	0.00%	-2.86	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d1
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
28	33	132	Sep 2(2)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	CG(8)	L(10-9)	3	8.0	8	6	4	4	4	1	0	4.32	4.30	37	8	13	1	0	8	46			0	1	0	32	1	0	1	0	1	1	.70	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-1.90	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
29	34	138	Sep 8	CHW		SEA	W,3-2	GS-10		5	9.1	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	4.19	4.30	33	15	11	0	3	3	74			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	-0.020	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	10t --3 1 out tie
30	35	145	Sep 16	CHW	@	SEA	W,2-1	GS-9	W(11-9)	7	8.2	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.04	4.25	32	11	11	0	0	7	65			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.62	0.531	.00	0.00%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a1
31	36	150	Sep 21(2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-5	L(11-10)	4	4.1	8	6	6	1	0	2	0	4.23	4.37	22	9	4	1	0	8	22			1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	1	0	.95	-0.427	.00	0.00%	-3.87	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d2
32	37	155	Sep 27	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	W(12-10)	5	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	0	4.18	4.33	33	10	8	1	0	7	65			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.197	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
33	38	159	Oct 2	CHW		OAK	W,9-4	GS-5		4	4.0	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.27	4.37	20	4	6	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-2.40	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out a2
							17-16		W-L:12-10	4.4	198.0	185	105	94	87	109	20	6	4.27	4.37	863	1.29		5%	4%	177	49	0	---%	26	6	1	748	27	6	2	14	7	13	1.04	-0.536	.78	-0.08%	-4.79

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