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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 12	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	9 (3)	Apr 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-6		17	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	11 (1)	Apr 19	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-4	GF	14	3.2	0	1	2	3	0	P
5	14 (2)	Apr 23	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	15	Apr 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
7	19 (3)	Apr 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	10	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	22 (2)	May 3	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	23	May 5	NYY		TEX	W,5-2	GF	10	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	25 (1)	May 7	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	27 (1)	May 12	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	28	May 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	31 (2)	May 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	GF	11	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	33 (1)	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	36 (2)	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	43 (6)	May 28 (2)	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	GF	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	47 (3)	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	48	Jun 2	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	50 (1)	Jun 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	52 (1)	Jun 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	54 (1)	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	55	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	GF	12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	58 (2)	Jun 13	NYY		OAK	W,5-3	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	60 (1)	Jun 15	NYY		SEA	W,5-2		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	64 (3)	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10		22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	67 (2)	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	70 (2)	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	71	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	72	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-4		19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	77 (4)	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	78	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		DET	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	80 (1)	Jul 5	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	83 (2)	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-6	GF	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
34	86 (2)	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	89 (2)	Jul 17	NYY		KCR	L,7-9		26	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	92 (2)	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	97 (2)	Jul 26	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	99 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-17	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	101 (1)	Jul 29	NYY		MIN	W,7-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	102	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	106 (3)	Aug 2 susp	NYY		BOS	L,5-7		26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
44	111 (4)	Aug 8	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	117 (5)	Aug 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	119 (1)	Aug 16	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	122 (2)	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-5		13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	125 (2)	Aug 25	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	127 (1)	Aug 27	NYY		OAK	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	128	Aug 28	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	129	Aug 29	NYY		CAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	134 (3)	Sep 3	NYY		SEA	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	137 (2)	Sep 5	NYY		DET	W,4-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	142 (4)	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
56	144 (1)	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	145	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	152 (6)	Sep 20 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	153	Sep 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	154	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	157 (2)	Sep 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-1	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	160 (2)	Sep 29	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	163 (2)	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							63gm		134.1	6	12	3	21	0