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Richard Dotson

Richard Elliott Dotson (Rich)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Anderson (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1979
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Royals 1979-1990

Final Game: June 5, 1990
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 8:04PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #748. Jake Westbrook… #749. Roger McDowell… #750. Guy Morton… #751. RICHARD DOTSON… #752. Trevor Cahill… #753. Al Mamaux… #754. George Blaeholder… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1979 20 CHW AL 2 0 1.000 3.70 5 5 0 1 1 0 24.1 28 13 10 0 6 0 13 0 0 0 107 117 1.397 10.4 0.0 2.2 4.8 2.17
1980 21 CHW AL 12 10 .545 4.27 33 32 1 8 0 0 198.0 185 105 94 20 87 2 109 6 2 6 863 95 1.374 8.4 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.25 RoY-7
1981 22 CHW AL 9 8 .529 3.77 24 24 0 5 4 0 141.0 145 67 59 13 49 0 73 4 2 3 599 96 1.376 9.3 0.8 3.1 4.7 1.49
1982 23 CHW AL 11 15 .423 3.84 34 31 3 3 1 0 196.2 219 97 84 19 73 4 109 5 1 2 867 105 1.485 10.0 0.9 3.3 5.0 1.49
1983 24 CHW AL 22 7 .759 3.23 35 35 0 8 1 0 240.0 209 92 86 19 106 1 137 8 0 7 997 130 1.313 7.8 0.7 4.0 5.1 1.29 CYA-4,MVP-20
1984 25 CHW AL 14 15 .483 3.59 32 32 0 14 1 0 245.2 216 110 98 24 103 5 120 7 1 4 1035 116 1.299 7.9 0.9 3.8 4.4 1.17 AS
1985 26 CHW AL 3 4 .429 4.47 9 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 53 30 26 5 17 1 33 3 0 0 226 97 1.338 9.1 0.9 2.9 5.7 1.94
1986 27 CHW AL 10 17 .370 5.48 34 34 0 3 1 0 197.0 226 125 120 24 69 2 110 2 0 10 861 80 1.497 10.3 1.1 3.2 5.0 1.59
1987 28 CHW AL 11 12 .478 4.17 31 31 0 7 2 0 211.1 201 109 98 24 86 2 114 0 0 5 900 111 1.358 8.6 1.0 3.7 4.9 1.33
1988 29 NYY AL 12 9 .571 5.00 32 29 0 4 0 0 171.0 178 103 95 27 72 3 77 4 3 3 755 80 1.462 9.4 1.4 3.8 4.1 1.07
1989 30 TOT AL 5 12 .294 4.46 28 26 2 2 0 0 151.1 181 84 75 16 58 3 69 1 3 2 685 86 1.579 10.8 1.0 3.4 4.1 1.19
1989 30 NYY AL 2 5 .286 5.57 11 9 2 1 0 0 51.2 69 33 32 8 17 0 14 1 3 0 239 70 1.665 12.0 1.4 3.0 2.4 0.82
1989 30 CHW AL 3 7 .300 3.88 17 17 0 1 0 0 99.2 112 51 43 8 41 3 55 0 0 2 446 99 1.535 10.1 0.7 3.7 5.0 1.34
1990 31 KCR AL 0 4 .000 8.48 8 7 1 0 0 0 28.2 43 29 27 3 14 1 9 0 0 4 139 46 1.988 13.5 0.9 4.4 2.8 0.64
12 Seasons 111 113 .496 4.23 305 295 7 55 11 0 1857.1 1884 964 872 194 740 24 973 40 12 46 8034 98 1.413 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.31
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .496 4.23 35 33 1 6 1 0 210 214 109 99 22 84 3 110 5 1 5 911 98 1.413 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.31
CHW (10 yrs) 97 95 .505 4.02 254 250 4 50 11 0 1606.0 1594 799 718 156 637 20 873 35 6 39 6901 103 1.389 8.9 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.37
NYY (2 yrs) 14 14 .500 5.13 43 38 2 5 0 0 222.2 247 136 127 35 89 3 91 5 6 3 994 77 1.509 10.0 1.4 3.6 3.7 1.02
KCR (1 yr) 0 4 .000 8.48 8 7 1 0 0 0 28.2 43 29 27 3 14 1 9 0 0 4 139 46 1.988 13.5 0.9 4.4 2.8 0.64

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1979 20 CHW AL 24.1 5 13 13 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1980 21 CHW AL 198.0 32 105 121 -2 1.0 16 1.7 $ RoY-7
1981 22 CHW AL 141.0 24 67 75 0 1.0 8 0.9 $
1982 23 CHW AL 196.2 31 97 121 -6 1.0 24 2.5 $
1983 24 CHW AL 240.0 35 92 138 7 1.1 46 4.9 $ CYA-4,MVP-20
1984 25 CHW AL 245.2 32 110 147 2 1.1 37 3.9 $ AS
1985 26 CHW AL 52.1 9 30 32 0 1.0 2 0.3 $900,000
1986 27 CHW AL 197.0 34 125 119 9 1.0 -6 -0.6 $975,000
1987 28 CHW AL 211.1 31 109 129 14 1.0 20 1.9 $1,075,000
1988 29 NYY AL 171.0 29 103 101 -4 .8 -2 -0.2 $900,000
1989 30 NYY AL 51.2 9 33 28 1 1.0 -5 -0.5 $68,000
1989 30 CHW AL 99.2 17 51 57 -2 1.1 6 0.7 $
1990 31 KCR AL 28.2 7 29 18 -1 .8 -11 -1.1 $550,000
12 Seasons 1857.1 295 964 1099 18 1.0 135 14.4 $4,468,000
CHW (10 yrs) 1606.0 250 799 952 22 1.0 153 16.2 $2,950,000
NYY (2 yrs) 222.2 38 136 129 -3 .8 -7 -0.7 $968,000
KCR (1 yr) 28.2 7 29 18 -1 .8 -11 -1.1 $550,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1983 24 CHW AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 6 6 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 23 1.800 10.8 1.8 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 6 6 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 23 1.800 10.8 1.8 5.4 5.4 1.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1979 20 CHW AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1980 21 CHW AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-7
1981 22 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 23 CHW AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 24 CHW AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-20
1984 25 CHW AL 33 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1985 26 CHW AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1986 27 CHW AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 28 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 29 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 30 TOT AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 30 NYY AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 30 CHW AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 31 KCR AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 312 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (10 yrs) 261 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1979 CHW AL 20 P 5 24.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.85 1.00 .948 1.92 1.90
1980 CHW AL 21 P 33 198.0 47 13 33 1 0 .979 2.09 1.39 .957 1.85 1.85 RoY-7
1981 CHW AL 22 P 24 141.0 27 7 20 0 4 1.000 1.72 1.13 .963 1.98 1.98
1982 CHW AL 23 P 34 196.2 38 13 24 1 1 .974 1.69 1.09 .958 1.80 1.80
1983 CHW AL 24 P 35 240.0 69 20 48 1 8 .986 2.55 1.94 .958 1.80 1.78 CYA-4,MVP-20
1984 CHW AL 25 P 32 245.2 45 8 36 1 3 .978 1.61 1.38 .958 1.79 1.78 AS
1985 CHW AL 26 P 9 52.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.89 .952 1.86 1.84
1986 CHW AL 27 P 34 197.0 39 13 23 3 0 .923 1.64 1.06 .957 1.83 1.81
1987 CHW AL 28 P 31 211.1 54 14 38 2 4 .963 2.21 1.68 .955 1.84 1.82
1988 NYY AL 29 P 32 171.0 31 17 14 0 1 1.000 1.63 0.97 .961 1.78 1.77
1989 TOT AL 30 P 28 26 2 151.4 28 5 21 2 3 .929 1.55 0.93 .960 1.87 1.85 9 3 25% 1
1989 NYY AL 30 P 11 9 1 51.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.05 0.55 .960 1.86 1.85 2 0 0% 0
1989 CHW AL 30 P 17 17 1 99.2 22 4 16 2 2 .909 1.81 1.18 .960 1.87 1.85 7 3 30% 1
1990 KCR AL 31 P 8 28.2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.57 0.63 .952 1.79 1.76
12 Seasons P 305 26 2 1857.1 396 116 269 11 25 .972 1.87 1.26 .958 1.83 1.82 9 3 25% 1
12 Seasons TOT 305 26 2 1857.1 396 116 269 11 25 .972 1.87 1.26 .958 1.83 1.82 9 3 25% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1984 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 AL (20, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 AL (4, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1983 AL  4.9 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1983 AL  3.23 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  22 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 AL  .759 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL  7.838 (5th)
1984 AL  7.913 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1983 AL  240.0 (10th)
1984 AL  245.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1983 AL  137 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 AL  24 (5th)
1983 AL  35 (6th)
1986 AL  34 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 AL  14 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 AL  4 (1st)
1987 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 AL  27 (4th)
Career  194 (222nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  87 (7th)
1983 AL  106 (1st)
1984 AL  103 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1982 AL  15 (6th)
1984 AL  15 (5th)
1986 AL  17 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  120 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 AL  10 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 AL  6 (7th)
1983 AL  8 (4th)
1984 AL  7 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1984 AL  1,035 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1983 AL  130 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  27 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  2.8 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 AL  31.20 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1983 AL  3.2 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1983 AL  3.2 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1983 AL  48 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1983 AL  1.94 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1979 AL  born 1959-01-10 (7th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 32 (750), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (868), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Mark Gubicza (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Storm Davis (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Gubicza (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Storm Davis (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Viola (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Brewer (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dan Petry (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Livan Hernandez (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198324Chicago White Sox$340,0002/6/83 TSN
198526Chicago White Sox$900,0003/3/86 TSN1985 USA Today survey: $850,000
198627Chicago White Sox$975,0001986 USA Today survey
198728Chicago White Sox$1,075,000Proofing corrections
198829New York Yankees$900,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198930New York Yankees$68,000*
199031Kansas City Royals$550,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,808,000
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $900,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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