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: 14-10 / in Starts: 14-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	39	2	Apr 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8		99	7.2	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.35	2.99	28	11	8	0	0	3	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.408	.75	0.16%	2.63	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a2
2	40	5	Apr 17	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	3.2	5	5	3	2	1	1	0	3.97	4.36	18	7	3	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.389	.60	-0.16%	-3.44	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d3
3	41	9	Apr 23(1)	CHW		BAL	W,18-5	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	8	5	5	4	4	2	0	4.43	5.06	39	15	16	1	6	0	51			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.163	.47	-0.06%	-1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a13
4	42	15	Apr 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-6	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	5.1	9	5	5	3	5	1	0	5.26	5.02	26	4	5	1	0	9	32			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.244	.72	-0.11%	-2.41	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out a2
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	43	20	May 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.89	4.39	32	16	9	1	0	2	78			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.276	.36	0.10%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
6	44	25	May 9	CHW		KCR	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	5	7	0	0	3.09	4.04	34	6	11	2	0	5	79			0	1	1	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.396	.57	0.14%	3.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	45	29	May 15	CHW		TEX	L,1-2	GS-9	L(4-2)	5	8.1	9	2	2	4	3	1	0	2.94	4.18	37	11	11	1	1	8	56			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	0.085	.97	0.04%	1.49	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d1
8	46	34	May 20	CHW	@	TOR	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.1	7	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.24	4.07	28	8	10	1	0	7	43			3	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.011	.84	-0.01%	-0.55	1b start a 2	7b --3 1 out a2
9	47	38	May 25	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-5	GS-5	L(4-3)	4	4.2	6	5	5	1	2	0	1	3.71	4.00	22	3	9	0	1	6	33			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.295	1.78	-0.25%	-3.16	1b start a 1	5b -2- 2 out d4
10	48	41	May 30	CHW		CAL	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.25	3.92	32	10	11	4	0	2	80			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	.33	0.175	.38	0.12%	3.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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	49	46	Jun 4	CHW		OAK	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-3)	4	8.1	11	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.14	3.88	33	10	7	0	0	11	56			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.115	1.21	0.09%	1.49	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
12	50	51	Jun 9	CHW		TOR	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.82	3.70	32	7	15	0	1	5	80			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.396	.87	0.19%	3.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
13	51	54	Aug 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	GS-3		61	3.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.83	3.69	15	6	2	1	0	6	42			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.067	1.37	0.04%	0.45	1b start a 1	3b 3 out a2
14	52	58	Aug 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-5	W(8-3)	3	5.0	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	2.68	3.56	20	8	6	1	0	2	61			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.13	0.009	1.28	0.01%	0.27	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
15	53	63	Aug 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-3		4	2.1	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.98	3.54	14	3	2	1	0	7	27			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.341	1.99	-0.28%	-2.79	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out a1
16	54	67	Aug 24	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-5	L(8-4)	4	4.1	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.29	3.63	21	5	4	0	1	7	30			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.352	1.61	-0.40%	-3.07	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out d3
17	55	71	Aug 29	CHW		NYY	L,2-12	GS-5	L(8-5)	4	4.2	7	3	2	0	4	1	0	3.31	3.63	20	4	5	1	0	7	44			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.88	-0.144	1.77	-0.17%	-1.36	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d3
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
18	56	75	Sep 2	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS-4		3	3.2	3	3	0	4	2	0	1	3.20	3.69	20	4	6	1	1	3	47			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.204	1.31	-0.18%	-1.70	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d3
19	57	80	Sep 7	CHW		SEA	L,5-9	GS-2	L(8-6)	4	1.2	6	5	5	1	1	2	1	3.55	3.94	13	3	1	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.358	1.09	-0.25%	-4.32	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d5
20	58	85	Sep 12	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-3	GS-6	L(8-7)	4	5.1	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.54	3.94	23	8	6	1	1	5	48			2	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.037	.65	0.02%	0.51	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d1
21	59	92	Sep 20	CHW		OAK	W,11-3	GS-6	W(9-7)	7	6.0	2	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.52	3.93	21	4	7	0	1	2	64			0	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	.91	0.137	.02	0.00%	0.64	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
22	60	97	Sep 25	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-2	GS-7		4	6.1	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.49	3.84	27	6	8	0	2	6	56			3	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.45	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.15	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out tie
23	61	102	Sep 29	CHW		CAL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(9-8)	3	5.0	9	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.69	3.98	23	7	4	0	1	9	30			1	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-2.80	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d5
24	62	106	Oct 4	CHW		MIN	W,13-12	GS-5		4	4.1	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.77	3.89	21	5	6	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	21	5	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.27	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out a2
							14-10		W-L:9-8	4.1	141.0	145	67	59	49	73	13	4	3.77	3.89	599	0.99		5%	5%	130	50		---%	15	7	1	537	21	4	0	16	5	8	.99	-0.532	.79	-0.95%	-3.32

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