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Richard Dotson
Richard Elliott Dotson (Rich)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 204 lb.

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)
Debut: September 4, 1979
Final Game: June 5, 1990
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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 0 107 116 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 95 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 3.22 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 79 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 5 900 110 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 69 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 98 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 45 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 45 1.988 13.5 0.9 4.4 2.8 0.64

Postseason Pitching

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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
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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
1980 21 CHW AL 3 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 25 CHW AL 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
12 Seasons 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 CHW AL 20 P 5 5 24.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.85 1.00 .940 1.92 0.82
1980 CHW AL 21 P 33 32 198.0 47 13 33 1 0 .979 0.0 0.0 2.09 1.39 .955 1.85 0.77 RoY-7
1981 CHW AL 22 P 24 24 141.0 27 7 20 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.72 1.13 .963 1.98 0.81
1982 CHW AL 23 P 34 31 196.2 38 13 24 1 1 .974 0.0 0.0 1.69 1.09 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 CHW AL 24 P 35 35 240.0 69 20 48 1 8 .986 0.0 0.0 2.55 1.94 .957 1.80 0.73 CYA-4,MVP-20
1984 CHW AL 25 P 32 32 245.2 45 8 36 1 3 .978 0.0 0.0 1.61 1.38 .958 1.79 0.70 AS
1985 CHW AL 26 P 9 9 52.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.38 0.89 .950 1.86 0.70
1986 CHW AL 27 P 34 34 197.0 39 13 23 3 0 .923 0.0 0.0 1.64 1.06 .959 1.83 0.68
1987 CHW AL 28 P 31 31 211.1 54 14 38 2 4 .963 0.0 0.0 2.21 1.68 .954 1.84 0.67
1988 NYY AL 29 P 32 29 171.0 31 17 14 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.63 0.97 .958 1.78 0.67
1989 TOT AL 30 P 28 26 151.4 28 5 21 2 3 .929 0.0 0.0 1.55 0.93 .961 1.87 0.66
1989 NYY AL 30 P 11 9 51.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.05 0.55 .950 1.86 0.66
1989 CHW AL 30 P 17 17 99.2 22 4 16 2 2 .909 0.0 0.0 1.81 1.18 .964 1.87 0.66
1990 KCR AL 31 P 8 7 28.2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.57 0.63 .960 1.79 0.59
12 Seasons P 305 295 1857.1 396 116 269 11 25 .972 0.0 0.0 1.87 1.26 .957 1.83 0.71
12 Seasons TOT 305 295 1857.1 396 116 269 11 25 .972 0.0 0.0 1.87 1.26 .929 1.83 0.71

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 (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-AL--4--6%
0.06 Career Shares (190th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1983 AL--3.225--6th

Wins s c a p y
1983 AL--22--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 AL--.759--1st

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--203rd

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--1035--9th

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

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (822), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 32 (761), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (827), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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, Dave Frost and Chris Knapp.

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

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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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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