Rich Gossage

Position: Relief 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1970	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	CHW	0	3	.000	4.94	5.82	13	8		0	0	0	51.0	52	33	28	4	23	4	42	6	0	3		1.471	9.2	0.7	4.1	7.4	1.83
1970	18	-2.8	Appleton	MIDW	A	CHW	0	3	.000	5.91	6.94	10	5		0	0	0	35.0	41	27	23	3	19	4	21	3	0	2		1.714	10.5	0.8	4.9	5.4	1.11
1970	18	-0.9	White Sox	GULF	Rk	CHW	0	0		2.81	3.38	3	3		0	0	0	16.0	11	6	5	1	4	0	21	3	0	1		0.938	6.2	0.6	2.3	11.8	5.25
1971	19	-1.5	Appleton	MIDW	A	CHW	18	2	.900	1.83	2.31	25	24		15	7	0	187.0	141	48	38	9	50	2	149	7	0	10		1.021	6.8	0.4	2.4	7.2	2.98
1972	20	-7.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	7	1	.875	4.28	4.95	36	1	7	0	0	2	80.0	72	44	38	2	44	3	57	4	0	7	352	1.450	8.1	0.2	5.0	6.4	1.30
1973	21	-3.7	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHW	5	4	.556	3.68	4.06	12	9		5	1	1	71.0	59	32	29	1	28	2	66	3	0	4		1.225	7.5	0.1	3.5	8.4	2.36
1973	21	-6.7	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	0	4	.000	7.43	7.97	20	4	4	1	0	0	49.2	57	44	41	9	37	2	33	3	0	6	232	1.893	10.3	1.6	6.7	6.0	0.89
1974	22	1.3	Appleton	MIDW	A	CHW	0	2	.000	3.38	6.75	2	2		0	0	0	8.0	8	6	3	0	4	0	5	0	0	1		1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	5.6	1.25
1974	22	-6.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	6	.400	4.13	4.53	39	3	19	0	0	1	89.1	92	45	41	4	47	7	64	2	1	2	397	1.556	9.3	0.4	4.7	6.4	1.36
1975	23	-5.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	9	8	.529	1.84	2.03	62	0	49	0	0	26	141.2	99	32	29	3	70	15	130	5	0	3	583	1.193	6.3	0.2	4.4	8.3	1.86
1976	24	-3.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	9	17	.346	3.94	4.18	31	29	1	15	0	1	224.0	214	104	98	16	90	3	135	9	0	6	956	1.357	8.6	0.6	3.6	5.4	1.50
1977	25	-2.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	9	.550	1.62	1.83	72	0	55	0	0	26	133.0	78	27	24	9	49	6	151	2	0	2	523	0.955	5.3	0.6	3.3	10.2	3.08
1978	26	-1.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	10	11	.476	2.01	2.75	63	0	55	0	0	27	134.1	87	41	30	9	59	8	122	2	0	5	543	1.087	5.8	0.6	4.0	8.2	2.07
1979	27	-0.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	3	.625	2.62	2.78	36	0	33	0	0	18	58.1	48	18	17	5	19	4	41	0	0	3	234	1.149	7.4	0.8	2.9	6.3	2.16
1980	28	0.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	6	2	.750	2.27	2.64	64	0	58	0	0	33	99.0	74	29	25	5	37	3	103	1	0	4	401	1.121	6.7	0.5	3.4	9.4	2.78
1981	29	1.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	2	.600	0.77	1.16	32	0	30	0	0	20	46.2	22	6	4	2	14	1	48	1	0	1	173	0.771	4.2	0.4	2.7	9.3	3.43
1982	30	1.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	5	.444	2.23	2.23	56	0	43	0	0	30	93.0	63	23	23	5	28	5	102	0	0	1	356	0.978	6.1	0.5	2.7	9.9	3.64
1983	31	2.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	13	5	.722	2.27	2.78	57	0	47	0	0	22	87.1	82	27	22	5	25	5	90	1	0	0	367	1.225	8.5	0.5	2.6	9.3	3.60
1984	32	3.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	10	6	.625	2.90	2.99	62	0	51	0	0	25	102.1	75	34	33	6	36	4	84	1	2	2	412	1.085	6.6	0.5	3.2	7.4	2.33
1985	33	4.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	5	3	.625	1.82	2.39	50	0	38	0	0	26	79.0	64	21	16	1	17	1	52	1	0	0	308	1.025	7.3	0.1	1.9	5.9	3.06
1986	34	5.7	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	5	7	.417	4.45	5.01	45	0	38	0	0	21	64.2	69	36	32	8	20	0	63	2	0	4	281	1.376	9.6	1.1	2.8	8.8	3.15
1987	35	6.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	5	4	.556	3.12	3.12	40	0	30	0	0	11	52.0	47	18	18	4	19	6	44	0	0	2	217	1.269	8.1	0.7	3.3	7.6	2.32
1988	36	7.5	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	4	4	.500	4.33	4.74	46	0	33	0	0	13	43.2	50	23	21	3	15	5	30	3	2	3	194	1.489	10.3	0.6	3.1	6.2	2.00
1989	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	SFG	3	1	.750	2.95	3.41	42	0	28	0	0	5	58.0	46	22	19	2	30	4	30	1	0	3	238	1.310	7.1	0.3	4.7	4.7	1.00
1989	37	8.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	1	.667	2.68	3.30	31	0	22	0	0	4	43.2	32	16	13	2	27	3	24	0	0	2	182	1.351	6.6	0.4	5.6	4.9	0.89
1989	37	8.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	3.77	3.77	11	0	6	0	0	1	14.1	14	6	6	0	3	1	6	1	0	1	56	1.186	8.8	0.0	1.9	3.8	2.00
1990	38	11.6	Daiei	JPPL	Fgn		2	3	.400	4.40	4.60	28	0	20	0	0	8	47.0	43	24	23	5	15	2	40	0	0	2	196	1.234	8.2	1.0	2.9	7.7	2.67
1991	39	12.6	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	0	0		18.00	18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	4	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	10	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	13.5	3.00
1991	39	10.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	4	2	.667	3.57	3.57	44	0	16	0	0	1	40.1	33	16	16	4	16	1	28	3	0	3	167	1.215	7.4	0.9	3.6	6.2	1.75
1992	40	11.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	2	.000	2.84	3.08	30	0	13	0	0	0	38.0	32	13	12	5	19	4	26	2	0	0	163	1.342	7.6	1.2	4.5	6.2	1.37
1993	41	12.3	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	4	5	.444	4.53	4.53	39	0	12	0	0	1	47.2	49	24	24	6	26	2	40	1	0	4	213	1.573	9.3	1.1	4.9	7.6	1.54
1994	42	12.9	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	0	1.000	4.18	4.37	36	0	21	0	0	1	47.1	44	23	22	6	15	1	29	3	0	2	197	1.246	8.4	1.1	2.9	5.5	1.93
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (22 seasons)					Majors		124	107	.537	3.01	3.33	1002	37	681	16	0	310	1809.1	1497	670	605	119	732	90	1502	47	5	63	7507	1.232	7.4	0.6	3.6	7.5	2.05
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		23	11	.676	2.88	3.47	54	43	1	20	8	1	319.0	262	123	102	15	106	8	265	17	0	19	10	1.154	7.4	0.4	3.0	7.5	2.50
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		2	3	.400	4.40	4.60	28	0	20	0	0	8	47.0	43	24	23	5	15	2	40	0	0	2	196	1.234	8.2	1.0	2.9	7.7	2.67
All Levels (25 Seasons)							149	121	.552	3.02	3.38	1084	80	702	36	8	319	2175.1	1802	817	730	139	853	100	1807	64	5	84	7713	1.221	7.5	0.6	3.5	7.5	2.12

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	4.07	4.44	14	9	1	5	1	1	73.0	61	36	33	2	29	2	69	4	0	5	10	1.233	7.5	0.2	3.6	8.5	2.38
A (3 seasons)					Minors		18	7	.720	2.50	3.17	37	31		15	7	0	230.0	190	81	64	12	73	6	175	10	0	13		1.143	7.4	0.5	2.9	6.8	2.40
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		2.81	3.38	3	3		0	0	0	16.0	11	6	5	1	4	0	21	3	0	1		0.938	6.2	0.6	2.3	11.8	5.25