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Richard Dotson
Richard Elliott Dotson (Rich)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 204 lb.

Debut September 4, 1979
  vs. CAL 1.3 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER
Final Game June 5, 1990
Born January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, OH

Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1979 20 CHW AL   2   0   5   5   1   1   0  0   24.3   28   13   10   0    6   13   0   0   107   0   0  3.70  4.27  116 1.397
 1980 21 CHW AL  12  10  33  32   8   0   1  0  198.0  185  105   94  20   87  109   6   6   863   2   2  4.27  4.04   95 1.374 RoY-7
 1981 22 CHW AL   9   8  24  24   5   4   0  0  141.0  145   67   59  13   49   73   4   3   599   0   2  3.77  3.59   95 1.376
 1982 23 CHW AL  11  15  34  31   3   1   3  0  196.7  219   97   84  19   73  109   5   2   867   4   1  3.84  4.04  105 1.485
 1983 24 CHW AL  22   7  35  35   8   1   0  0  240.0  209   92   86  19  106  137   8   7   997   1   0  3.23  4.20  130 1.313 MVP-20,CYA-4
 1984 25 CHW AL  14  15  32  32  14   1   0  0  245.7  216  110   98  24  103  120   7   4  1035   5   1  3.59  4.16  116 1.299 AS
 1985 26 CHW AL   3   4   9   9   0   0   0  0   52.3   53   30   26   5   17   33   3   0   226   1   0  4.47  4.32   97 1.338
 1986 27 CHW AL  10  17  34  34   3   1   0  0  197.0  226  125  120  24   69  110   2  10   861   2   0  5.48  4.35   79 1.497
 1987 28 CHW AL  11  12  31  31   7   2   0  0  211.3  201  109   98  24   86  114   0   5   900   2   0  4.17  4.61  110 1.358
 1988 29 NYY AL  12   9  32  29   4   0   0  0  171.0  178  103   95  27   72   77   4   3   755   3   3  5.00  3.98   80 1.462
 1989 30 TOT AL   5  12  28  26   2   0   2  0  151.3  181   84   75  16   58   69   1   2   685   3   3  4.46  3.83   86 1.579
         NYY AL   2   5  11   9   1   0   2  0   51.7   69   33   32   8   17   14   1   0   239   0   3  5.57  3.85   69 1.665
         CHW AL   3   7  17  17   1   0   0  0   99.7  112   51   43   8   41   55   0   2   446   3   0  3.88  3.81   98 1.535
 1990 31 KCR AL   0   4   8   7   0   0   1  0   28.7   43   29   27   3   14    9   0   4   139   1   0  8.48  3.84   45 1.988
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .496 111 113 305 295  55  11   7  0 1857.3 1884  964  872 194  740  973  40  46  8034  24  12  4.23  4.12   98 1.413
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  34  33   6   1   0  0  210.3  213  109   98  21   83  110   4   5   910   2   1  4.23  4.12   98 1.413
 Career High     22  17  35  35  14   4   3  0  245.7  226  125  120  27  106  137   8  10  1035   5   3  3.23  4.61  130 1.299

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 25 CHW AL  33    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     312    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     36    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 25 CHW AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons        0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 20 CHW AL P 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 1.00 0.82 1.85 1.93 5 24.3 1980 21 CHW AL P 33 13 33 1 0 .979 .956 1.39 0.77 2.09 1.85 32 198.0 1981 22 CHW AL P 24 7 20 0 4 1.000 .964 1.12 0.81 1.72 1.98 24 141.0 1982 23 CHW AL P 34 13 24 1 1 .974 .959 1.09 0.73 1.69 1.80 31 196.7 1983 24 CHW AL P 35 20 48 1 8 .986 .958 1.94 0.73 2.55 1.80 35 240.0 1984 25 CHW AL P 32 8 36 1 3 .978 .959 1.38 0.70 1.61 1.79 32 245.7 AS 1985 26 CHW AL P 9 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.89 0.70 1.38 1.86 9 52.3 1986 27 CHW AL P 34 13 23 3 0 .923 .957 1.06 0.68 1.64 1.83 34 197.0 1987 28 CHW AL P 31 14 38 2 4 .963 .954 1.68 0.67 2.21 1.84 31 211.3 1988 29 NYY AL P 32 17 14 0 1 1.000 .960 0.97 0.67 1.63 1.78 29 171.0 1989 30 TOT AL P 28 5 21 2 3 .929 .959 0.93 0.66 1.55 1.87 26 151.4 NYY AL P 11 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.55 0.66 1.04 1.86 9 51.7 CHW AL P 17 4 16 2 2 .909 .962 1.18 0.66 1.81 1.87 17 99.7 1990 31 KCR AL P 8 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.62 0.59 1.57 1.79 7 28.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 20 CHW AL P 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 1.00 0.82 1.85 1.93 5 24.3 1980 21 CHW AL P 33 13 33 1 0 .979 .956 1.39 0.77 2.09 1.85 32 198.0 1981 22 CHW AL P 24 7 20 0 4 1.000 .964 1.12 0.81 1.72 1.98 24 141.0 1982 23 CHW AL P 34 13 24 1 1 .974 .959 1.09 0.73 1.69 1.80 31 196.7 1983 24 CHW AL P 35 20 48 1 8 .986 .958 1.94 0.73 2.55 1.80 35 240.0 1984 25 CHW AL P 32 8 36 1 3 .978 .959 1.38 0.70 1.61 1.79 32 245.7 1985 26 CHW AL P 9 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.89 0.70 1.38 1.86 9 52.3 1986 27 CHW AL P 34 13 23 3 0 .923 .957 1.06 0.68 1.64 1.83 34 197.0 1987 28 CHW AL P 31 14 38 2 4 .963 .954 1.68 0.67 2.21 1.84 31 211.3 1988 29 NYY AL P 32 17 14 0 1 1.000 .960 0.97 0.67 1.63 1.78 29 171.0 1989 30 TOT AL P 28 5 21 2 3 .929 .959 0.93 0.66 1.55 1.87 26 151.4 NYY AL P 11 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.55 0.66 1.04 1.86 9 51.7 CHW AL P 17 4 16 2 2 .909 .962 1.18 0.66 1.81 1.87 17 99.7 1990 31 KCR AL P 8 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.62 0.59 1.57 1.79 7 28.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 305 116 269 11 25 .972 .958 1.26 0.71 1.87 1.83 295 1857.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 305 116 269 11 25 .972 .958 1.26 0.71 1.87 1.83 295 1857
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1983   ALCS  CHW BAL     L   1   1  10.80  0  1  0  0   5     6   6   3   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1983   ALCS  CHW BAL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1984   CHW AL      0  0  0   2     2   0   0   1   2  0   0  0   2  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1984   CHW AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1984 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-AL-20-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-AL-4-0.06
Car-185-0.06 shares

ERA
1983 AL-3.23-6

Wins
1983 AL-22-2

Won-Loss %
1983 AL-.759-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1983 AL-7.84-5
1984 AL-7.91-8

Innings
1983 AL-240.0-10
1984 AL-245.7-10

Strikeouts
1983 AL-137-9

Games Started
1981 AL-24-5
1983 AL-35-6
1986 AL-34-7

Comp. Games
1984 AL-14-3

Shutouts
1981 AL-4-1
1987 AL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1988 AL-27-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1980 AL-87-7
1983 AL-106-1
1984 AL-103-2

Losses
1982 AL-15-6
1984 AL-15-5
1986 AL-17-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1986 AL-120-5

Wild Pitches
1986 AL-10-10

Hit Batsmen
1980 AL-6-7
1983 AL-8-4
1984 AL-7-9

Batters Faced
1984 AL-1035-9

Adjusted ERA+
1983 AL-130-5

Youngest Player
1979 AL-20-7

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (827) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 32 (733) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1467) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (819) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

December 5, 1977: Traded by the California Angels with Bobby Bonds and Thad Bosley to the Chicago White Sox for Brian Downing, Chris Knapp, and Dave Frost.

November 12, 1987: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Scott Nielsen to the New York Yankees for Dan Pasqua, Mark Salas, and Steve Rosenberg.

June 22, 1989: Released by the New York Yankees.

July 1, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

June 21, 1990: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Chicago White Sox$900,000
1986Chicago White Sox$975,000
1987Chicago White Sox$1,075,000
1988New York Yankees$900,000
1989New York Yankees$68,000
1990Kansas City Royals$550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,468,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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