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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 10	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-9		16	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	6 (2)	Apr 13 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-5	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7	Apr 13 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8	Apr 15	CHW		TEX	L,5-6		26	5.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
5	12 (3)	Apr 20	CHW		CAL	L,4-8		2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	15 (2)	Apr 25	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-2	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	17 (1)	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-6	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	19 (1)	Apr 29	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	GF	12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	21 (1)	May 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-2		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	23 (1)	May 3	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	GF	20	5.0	0	3	1	4	1	P
11	25 (1)	May 6	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
12	27 (1)	May 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	28	May 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	GF	13	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	30 (1)	May 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	32 (1)	May 16	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GF	11	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	35 (2)	May 19	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	GF	9	3.0	0	1	1	2	1	P
17	37 (1)	May 22	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	GF	14	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	41 (3)	May 26	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	46 (4)	Jun 1 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	14	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	49 (2)	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	51 (1)	Jun 7	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	GF	15	3.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
22	53 (1)	Jun 9	CHW		MIL	L,0-1	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	55 (1)	Jun 11	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	GF	34	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
24	59 (3)	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	TEX	W,13-3	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	62 (1)	Jun 19	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-5		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	64 (1)	Jun 21	CHW		MIN	L,3-8		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	65	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,6-5		15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	67 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		TEX	W,7-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	69 (1)	Jun 26	CHW		TEX	W,8-3	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
31	72 (2)	Jun 29	CHW		KCR	W,3-1		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	75 (2)	Jul 2	CHW		OAK	W,5-4	GF	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	76	Jul 3	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	78 (1)	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	83 (4)	Jul 11	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-3	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	89 (5)	Jul 19	CHW		MIL	W,4-2	GF	13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	93 (3)	Jul 22	CHW		NYY	L,6-11		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	94	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GF	17	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	100 (5)	Jul 28	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	102 (1)	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	104 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	GF	17	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	108 (3)	Aug 4	CHW		CAL	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
43	110 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,4-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	113 (2)	Aug 8	CHW		BAL	L,4-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	115 (1)	Aug 10	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	116	Aug 12	CHW		CLE	L,3-6		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	117	Aug 13	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	GF	28	7.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
48	121 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	122	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GF	13	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
50	125 (2)	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	127 (1)	Aug 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	130 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	133 (2)	Aug 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-2	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	135 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,10-8	GF	20	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
55	140 (4)	Sep 5	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	141	Sep 6	CHW		MIN	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	145 (3)	Sep 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-2	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	TEX	L,7-8	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	148 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	155 (5)	Sep 22	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	GF	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	160 (4)	Sep 27	CHW	@	MIN	W,1-0	GF	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
							62gm		141.2	3	25	3	31	3