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Jim Gosger
James Charles Gosger

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

Debut May 4, 1963
  vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 22, 1974
Born November 6, 1942 in Port Huron, MI

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 20 BOS AL  19   16    3    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   5  .063  .211  .063  -20    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 22 BOS AL  81  324   45   83  15  4   9   35   3  1  29  61  .256  .318  .410  101  133   1   3   1   2   7
 1966 23 TOT AL 128  398   50   93  18  1  10   44   5  4  52  73  .234  .325  .359   96  143   5   1   1   2   3
         BOS AL  40  126   16   32   4  0   5   17   0  1  15  20  .254  .333  .405  102   51   2   0   0   0   1
         KCA AL  88  272   34   61  14  1   5   27   5  3  37  53  .224  .321  .338   93   92   3   1   1   2   2
 1967 24 KCA AL 134  356   31   86  14  5   5   36   5  7  53  69  .242  .337  .351  107  125   3   4   8   0   3
 1968 25 OAK AL  88  150    7   27   1  1   0    5   4  0  17  21  .180  .262  .200   46   30   1   1   8   0   5
 1969 26 TOT     49   70    4    8   4  1   1    2   2  1   7  17  .114  .195  .243   23   17   2   0   1   0   1
         SEP AL  39   55    4    6   2  1   1    1   2  1   6  11  .109  .197  .236   23   13   2   0   0   0   1
         NYM NL  10   15    0    2   2  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .133  .188  .267   25    4   0   0   1   0   0
 1970 27 MON NL  91  274   38   72  11  2   5   37   5  3  35  35  .263  .348  .372   95  102   2   0   3   1   4
 1971 28 MON NL  51  102    7   16   2  2   0    8   1  1   9  17  .157  .230  .216   27   22   2   1   0   1   3
 1973 30 NYM NL  38   92    9   22   2  0   0   10   0  1   9  16  .239  .304  .261   60   24   0   1   2   0   1
 1974 31 NYM NL  26   33    3    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   2  .091  .167  .091  -26    3   1   0   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     705 1815  197  411  67 16  30  177  25 18 217 316  .226  .309  .331   83  600  17  11  25   6  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        417   45   94  15  4   7   41   6  4  50  73  .226  .309  .331   83  138   4   3   6   1   7
 Career High    134  398   50   93  18  5  10   44   5  7  53  73  .263  .348  .410  107  143   5   4   8   2   7
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 20 BOS AL   19   15    0   0.0    97| .063  .259| .211  .325| .063  .399| .274  .725| -20  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1965 22 BOS AL  359  253   43   4.6    97| .256  .257| .318  .328| .410  .394| .728  .723| 101  .557   0.0   0.0  75%
 1966 23 TOT AL  458  318   50   4.2    91| .234  .250| .325  .316| .359  .385| .684  .701|  96  .537  -0.8  -0.1  55%
         BOS AL  143   98   18   5.0    98| .254  .260| .333  .328| .405  .401| .738  .729| 102  .606   0.4   0.0   0%
         KCA AL  315  220   32   3.9    87| .224  .245| .321  .311| .338  .378| .659  .689|  93  .501  -1.3  -0.1  62%
 1967 24 KCA AL  416  287   44   4.1    82| .242  .240| .337  .308| .351  .360| .688  .668| 107  .546   4.8   0.5  41%
 1968 25 OAK AL  169  130    8   1.6    75| .180  .231| .262  .300| .200  .342| .462  .642|  46  .201  -9.3  -1.1 100%
 1969 26 TOT      79   66    4   1.6    93| .114  .253| .195  .328| .243  .380| .438  .709|  23  .150  -7.4  -0.8  66%
         SEP AL   63   53    3   1.5    92| .109  .251| .197  .327| .236  .379| .433  .706|  23  .135  -5.9  -0.6  66%
         NYM NL   16   13    1   2.1    96| .133  .262| .188  .332| .267  .388| .455  .720|  25  .216  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1970 27 MON NL  312  211   37   4.7   103| .263  .266| .348  .338| .372  .406| .720  .744|  95  .507  -1.6  -0.2  62%
 1971 28 MON NL  115   93    5   1.4    92| .157  .260| .230  .326| .216  .380| .446  .706|  27  .131 -10.0  -1.1  50%
 1973 30 NYM NL  102   73    7   2.6    95| .239  .260| .304  .329| .261  .387| .565  .716|  60  .284  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1974 31 NYM NL   37   33    0   0.0    94| .091  .261| .167  .333| .091  .378| .258  .711| -26  .000  -5.6  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2066 1479  198   3.6    91| .226  .252| .309  .321| .331  .381| .640  .702|  83  .451 -37.4  -4.2  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1963 20 BOS AL OF 4 9 0 2 0 .818 .978 2.25 1.90 3.52 2.15 2 23.0 CF 2 10 0 1 0 .909 .990 5.00 2.20 5.00 2.60 2 18.0 RF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.98 0 5.0 1965 22 BOS AL OF 81 195 4 5 2 .975 .978 2.46 1.78 2.51 2.04 81 714.0 CF 62 152 3 5 2 .969 .979 2.50 2.03 2.61 2.40 61 535.3 RF 21 45 1 0 0 1.000 .979 2.19 1.57 2.32 1.85 20 178.7 1966 23 TOT AL OF 109 224 3 2 0 .991 .982 2.08 1.82 2.32 2.10 98 881.3 TOT AL CF 62 139 0 1 0 .993 .986 2.24 2.09 2.52 2.52 55 496.0 BOS AL OF 32 66 0 1 0 .985 .982 2.06 1.82 2.22 2.10 28 267.0 CF 29 58 0 1 0 .983 .986 2.00 2.09 2.15 2.52 26 242.7 RF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.70 2.59 1.93 2 24.3 KCA AL OF 77 158 3 1 0 .994 .982 2.09 1.82 2.36 2.10 70 614.3 LF 47 82 3 1 0 .988 .980 1.81 1.45 2.12 1.83 41 361.0 CF 33 81 0 0 0 1.000 .985 2.45 2.09 2.88 2.52 29 253.3 1967 24 KCA AL OF 113 201 6 4 1 .981 .980 1.83 1.76 2.22 2.05 89 841.0 LF 53 77 1 3 0 .963 .976 1.47 1.40 2.00 1.87 33 351.3 RF 40 58 3 1 0 .984 .981 1.52 1.56 2.07 1.82 29 265.3 CF 30 74 2 0 1 1.000 .981 2.53 2.08 3.05 2.47 27 224.3 1968 25 OAK AL OF 64 99 5 0 3 1.000 .981 1.62 1.80 2.42 2.08 37 386.7 LF 40 39 2 0 1 1.000 .979 1.02 1.45 2.14 1.85 15 172.3 CF 26 57 3 0 1 1.000 .985 2.31 2.25 2.91 2.53 18 185.7 RF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.56 1.57 1.88 4 28.7 1969 26 TOT OF 31 41 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.35 1.83 2.44 2.11 15 154.7 TOT CF 25 37 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.52 2.17 2.66 2.48 13 128.7 TOT LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.34 1.64 1.64 2 22.0 SEP AL OF 26 36 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.42 1.84 2.67 2.13 12 124.7 CF 24 35 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.50 2.18 2.71 2.50 12 119.7 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.60 2.25 1.80 0 4.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 NYM NL OF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.76 1.50 2.01 3 30.0 LF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.27 1.29 1.63 2 21.0 CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.30 1 9.0 1970 27 MON NL OF 71 124 5 0 1 1.000 .976 1.82 1.78 2.36 2.07 53 491.0 CF 50 101 4 0 1 1.000 .978 2.10 2.07 2.48 2.34 43 380.3 LF 20 24 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.20 1.38 2.12 1.75 10 101.7 1B 19 128 7 3 14 .978 .992 7.11 8.37 8.87 9.68 16 137.0 RF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.40 1.68 2.00 2.00 0 9.0 1971 28 MON NL OF 23 39 1 2 0 .952 .978 1.74 1.92 2.34 2.19 16 154.0 LF 20 20 1 2 0 .913 .972 1.05 1.53 1.70 1.87 11 111.3 1B 6 40 4 0 2 1.000 .991 7.33 8.58 9.66 9.88 5 41.0 CF 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 2.30 3.32 2.63 5 40.7 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1973 30 NYM NL OF 35 45 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.29 1.96 1.87 2.23 22 217.0 LF 21 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 0.67 1.67 1.48 2.05 7 85.0 CF 18 36 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.00 2.27 2.45 2.63 15 132.0 1974 31 NYM NL OF 24 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.71 1.96 1.62 2.27 6 94.3 CF 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 2.42 1.55 2.77 6 64.0 LF 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.44 1.56 2.00 2.00 0 18.0 RF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.65 0.73 2.05 0 12.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 27 MON NL 1B 19 128 7 3 14 .978 .992 7.11 8.37 8.87 9.68 16 137.0 1971 28 MON NL 1B 6 40 4 0 2 1.000 .991 7.33 8.58 9.66 9.88 5 41.0 1963 20 BOS AL CF 2 10 0 1 0 .909 .990 5.00 2.20 5.00 2.60 2 18.0 1965 22 BOS AL CF 62 152 3 5 2 .969 .979 2.50 2.03 2.61 2.40 61 535.3 1966 23 TOT AL CF 62 139 0 1 0 .993 .986 2.24 2.09 2.52 2.52 55 496.0 BOS AL CF 29 58 0 1 0 .983 .986 2.00 2.09 2.15 2.52 26 242.7 KCA AL CF 33 81 0 0 0 1.000 .985 2.45 2.09 2.88 2.52 29 253.3 1967 24 KCA AL CF 30 74 2 0 1 1.000 .981 2.53 2.08 3.05 2.47 27 224.3 1968 25 OAK AL CF 26 57 3 0 1 1.000 .985 2.31 2.25 2.91 2.53 18 185.7 1969 26 TOT CF 25 37 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.52 2.17 2.66 2.48 13 128.7 SEP AL CF 24 35 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.50 2.18 2.71 2.50 12 119.7 NYM NL CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.30 1 9.0 1970 27 MON NL CF 50 101 4 0 1 1.000 .978 2.10 2.07 2.48 2.34 43 380.3 1971 28 MON NL CF 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 2.30 3.32 2.63 5 40.7 1973 30 NYM NL CF 18 36 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.00 2.27 2.45 2.63 15 132.0 1974 31 NYM NL CF 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 2.42 1.55 2.77 6 64.0 1966 23 KCA AL LF 47 82 3 1 0 .988 .980 1.81 1.45 2.12 1.83 41 361.0 1967 24 KCA AL LF 53 77 1 3 0 .963 .976 1.47 1.40 2.00 1.87 33 351.3 1968 25 OAK AL LF 40 39 2 0 1 1.000 .979 1.02 1.45 2.14 1.85 15 172.3 1969 26 TOT LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.34 1.64 1.64 2 22.0 SEP AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 NYM NL LF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.27 1.29 1.63 2 21.0 1970 27 MON NL LF 20 24 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.20 1.38 2.12 1.75 10 101.7 1971 28 MON NL LF 20 20 1 2 0 .913 .972 1.05 1.53 1.70 1.87 11 111.3 1973 30 NYM NL LF 21 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 0.67 1.67 1.48 2.05 7 85.0 1974 31 NYM NL LF 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.44 1.56 2.00 2.00 0 18.0 1963 20 BOS AL OF 4 9 0 2 0 .818 .978 2.25 1.90 3.52 2.15 2 23.0 1965 22 BOS AL OF 81 195 4 5 2 .975 .978 2.46 1.78 2.51 2.04 81 714.0 1966 23 TOT AL OF 109 224 3 2 0 .991 .982 2.08 1.82 2.32 2.10 98 881.3 BOS AL OF 32 66 0 1 0 .985 .982 2.06 1.82 2.22 2.10 28 267.0 KCA AL OF 77 158 3 1 0 .994 .982 2.09 1.82 2.36 2.10 70 614.3 1967 24 KCA AL OF 113 201 6 4 1 .981 .980 1.83 1.76 2.22 2.05 89 841.0 1968 25 OAK AL OF 64 99 5 0 3 1.000 .981 1.62 1.80 2.42 2.08 37 386.7 1969 26 TOT OF 31 41 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.35 1.83 2.44 2.11 15 154.7 SEP AL OF 26 36 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.42 1.84 2.67 2.13 12 124.7 NYM NL OF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.76 1.50 2.01 3 30.0 1970 27 MON NL OF 71 124 5 0 1 1.000 .976 1.82 1.78 2.36 2.07 53 491.0 1971 28 MON NL OF 23 39 1 2 0 .952 .978 1.74 1.92 2.34 2.19 16 154.0 1973 30 NYM NL OF 35 45 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.29 1.96 1.87 2.23 22 217.0 1974 31 NYM NL OF 24 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.71 1.96 1.62 2.27 6 94.3 1963 20 BOS AL RF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.98 0 5.0 1965 22 BOS AL RF 21 45 1 0 0 1.000 .979 2.19 1.57 2.32 1.85 20 178.7 1966 23 BOS AL RF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.70 2.59 1.93 2 24.3 1967 24 KCA AL RF 40 58 3 1 0 .984 .981 1.52 1.56 2.07 1.82 29 265.3 1968 25 OAK AL RF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.56 1.57 1.88 4 28.7 1969 26 SEP AL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.60 2.25 1.80 0 4.0 1970 27 MON NL RF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.40 1.68 2.00 2.00 0 9.0 1971 28 MON NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1974 31 NYM NL RF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.65 0.73 2.05 0 12.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 555 994 25 15 7 .985 .979 1.84 1.81 2.32 2.09 419 3957.0 215 292 84# CF* 292 632 13 7 5 .989 .982 2.21 2.12 2.63 2.47 245 2205.0 LF* 215 264 7 6 1 .978 .977 1.26 1.46 1.99 1.86 119 1222.7 RF* 84 120 4 2 0 .984 .980 1.48 1.59 2.11 1.85 55 529.3 1B* 25 168 11 3 16 .984 .992 7.16 8.42 9.05 9.73 21 178.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 580 1162 36 18 23 .985 .981 2.07 2.10 2.61 2.42 440 4135
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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Transactions 

January 6, 1962: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

June 13, 1966: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Guido Grilli and Ken Sanders to the Kansas City Athletics for John Wyatt, Rollie Sheldon, and Jose Tartabull.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Oakland Athletics as the 55th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

September 9, 1969: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Seattle Pilots.

December 12, 1969: Traded by the New York Mets with Bob Heise to the San Francisco Giants for Ray Sadecki and Dave Marshall.

April 20, 1970: Purchased by the Montreal Expos from the San Francisco Giants.

December 3, 1971: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the New York Mets for Curtis Brown, Arsenio Diaz (minors), Billy Carthel (minors), and Don Koonce (minors).

October 1, 1974: Released by the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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