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

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-23

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 20

1994 Pitching Game Log

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1994 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	967	3	Apr 8	SEA	@	TOR	L,2-8	4-5		99	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	3.63	9	28	16	1	6	3	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	-0.001	.21	0.00%	0.17	4b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d6
2	968	7	Apr 12	SEA		MIN	W,12-0	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.46	3	18	12	4	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.59	9t --- 0 out a12	9t end a12
3	969	11	Apr 17	SEA		MIL	W,8-3	7-8	H(1)	4	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.15	3.36	6	20	13	5	0	2	4	1	2	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.065	.49	0.03%	0.43	7t 123 2 out a4	8t 3 out a5
4	970	15	Apr 22	SEA	@	BAL	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		4	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.30	5	14	10	2	1	4	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.052	.43	0.03%	1.23	7b 1-- 1 out d2	8b end d 2
5	971	20	Apr 27	SEA		NYY	L,2-12	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.13	6	27	15	3	3	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d10
6	972	23	Apr 30	SEA		BAL	L,4-6	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.13	4	8	6	2	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.024	.52	0.02%	0.59	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
7	973	27	May 6	SEA	@	DET	L,4-9	4-5		5	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.89	2.70	5	22	17	6	4	1	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.017	.29	-0.01%	0.07	4b 12- 2 out d4	5b 3 out d5
8	974	29	May 8	SEA	@	DET	W,4-3	7-7	H(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.70	2.33	2	12	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	0.189	3.60	0.11%	1.00	7b 12- 1 out a1	7b 3 out a1
9	975	31	May 10	SEA	@	CHW	L,2-16	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	5	4	4	1	0	2	0	5.25	4.88	11	43	24	5	1	5	5	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-3.45	7b 1-- 0 out d9	8b end d14
10	976	34	May 14	SEA		CAL	W,10-7	4-7		3	3.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.11	4.57	11	39	23	4	5	3	6	2	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.131	.74	0.10%	2.44	4t -23 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
11	977	39	May 19	SEA		TEX	W,5-4	7-GF	W(1-0)	4	2.1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.57	4.49	10	36	21	5	3	5	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	0.196	1.54	0.16%	2.02	7t 123 2 out d1	9t end d 1
12	978	42	May 22	SEA		TEX	W,8-2	6-7	H(3)	2	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.32	4.34	6	26	14	5	3	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.096	1.95	0.09%	1.08	6t 12- 2 out a2	7t 3 out a4
13	979	44	May 24	SEA	@	OAK	L,1-10	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.15	4.33	4	18	10	4	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d10	7b 3 out d10
14	980	48	May 29	SEA	@	MIL	L,8-9	7-7		4	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	4.42	5	21	11	4	0	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.067	.82	-0.04%	-0.39	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
15	981	52	Jun 3	SEA		TOR	L,6-9	6-7		4	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	4.25	5	21	12	4	0	1	3	1	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.016	.10	-0.01%	-0.85	6t 1-3 2 out d6	7t 3 out d6
16	982	57	Jun 8	SEA		CLE	L,3-5	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.09	4.33	6	23	14	2	3	1	4	0	2	0		0	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.071	.62	-0.04%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
17	983	58	Jun 10	SEA		OAK	L,3-4	10-10		1	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.47	4.46	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	-0.013	3.28	-0.01%	-0.13	10t -2- 2 out tie	10t 12- 2 out tie
18	984	61	Jun 13	SEA	@	TEX	L,9-17	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	4.44	5.39	6	18	14	3	2	1	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.006	.03	-0.01%	-2.42	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 8
19	985	62	Jun 14	SEA	@	TEX	W,7-6	12-GF(13)	W(2-0)	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	4.10	5.30	10	39	21	5	4	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.08	0.380	6.91	0.31%	1.16	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 1
20	986	67	Jun 19	SEA	@	KCR	L,9-12	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.95	5.14	4	18	9	1	3	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.004	.11	0.00%	0.60	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
21	987	69	Jun 21	SEA	@	CAL	L,2-7	6-GF(8)		1	2.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.25	5.02	10	37	22	5	2	3	5	2	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.034	.32	-0.03%	-0.47	6b -2- 2 out d4	8b end d 5
22	988	72	Jun 24	SEA		CHW	L,2-6	6-7		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.02	4.85	5	21	15	4	2	2	2	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.160	1.21	0.11%	2.26	6t 123 1 out d2	7t 3 out d2
23	989	77	Jun 29	SEA		DET	W,9-4	5-7		4	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	4.77	6	22	13	3	2	3	3	1	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.176	1.55	0.11%	1.42	5t 123 2 out tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
24	990	79	Jul 2	SEA	@	NYY	W,12-6	9-GF		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.24	4.66	6	16	11	4	2	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.001	.11	0.00%	-1.44	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 6
25	991	81	Jul 4	SEA	@	BAL	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	3	3	1	2	2	0	4.89	5.33	6	28	18	8	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.030	.08	-0.02%	-2.39	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
26	992	85	Jul 8	SEA	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.75	5.16	3	17	12	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.020	.20	0.01%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
27	993	88	Jul 14	SEA		NYY	L,8-13	9-GF		5	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.15	5.20	5	15	7	1	0	1	3	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.069	.34	-0.03%	-2.25	9t -2- 1 out d2	9t end d 5
28	994	91	Jul 17	SEA		NYY	L,4-14	9-GF		2	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.35	5.13	3	15	9	4	2	0	2	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-2.52	9t 12- 2 out d7	9t end d10
29	995	92	Jul 18	SEA		BAL	W,7-5	6-7		0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5.12	5.07	6	28	17	5	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.097	.66	0.03%	0.92	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 1-- 2 out tie
30	996	94	Jul 23(1)	SEA	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.99	5.10	3	11	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.015	.33	0.01%	1.46	8b 123 0 out d2	8b end d 3
31	997	96	Jul 24	SEA	@	BOS	L,2-8	7-7		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.95	5.08	2	9	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.007	.12	0.00%	-0.33	7b -23 2 out d5	7b 3 out d6
32	998	100	Jul 29	SEA	@	CHW	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.83	5.03	3	18	12	5	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.037	.18	0.01%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
33	999	102	Jul 31	SEA	@	CHW	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	4.94	7	17	13	2	0	3	4	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.002	.00	0.00%	1.00	7b 123 0 out d5	8b end d 7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
34	1000	105	Aug 4	SEA	@	CAL	W,4-2	7-7	W(3-0)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.57	4.93	1	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.055	.83	0.02%	0.66	7b -23 2 out d1	7b 3 out d1
35	1001	107	Aug 6	SEA	@	KCR	W,11-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.47	4.85	3	8	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.01	9b 1-- 0 out a9	9b end a 9
36	1002	109	Aug 8	SEA	@	TEX	W,14-4	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.18	4.69	9	35	23	1	5	2	6	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.005	.02	0.00%	1.74	7b --- 0 out a8	9b end a10
							13-23		W-L:3-0,Sv:1,Hld:3	2.5	47.1	44	23	22	15	29	6	3	4.18	4.69	197	759	61%	15%	9%	0.85		19%	8%	0		40	28%	5	1	0	175	13	1	1	5	2	0	.72	1.369	.84	0.94%	6.10

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