Rich Gossage
Richard Michael Gossage (Goose)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 217 lb.

Born: July 5, 1951 in Colorado Springs, CO
High School: Wasson (Colorado Springs, CO)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 9th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1972
Final Game: August 8, 1994
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2008 (466/543 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 CHW AL 20 P 36 1 80.0 14 3 10 1 1 .929 1.46 0.36 .950 1.86 0.75
1973 CHW AL 21 P 20 4 49.2 11 5 5 1 0 .909 1.81 0.50 .955 1.87 0.86
1974 CHW AL 22 P 39 3 89.1 19 3 14 2 1 .895 1.71 0.44 .947 1.81 0.83
1975 CHW AL 23 P 62 0 141.2 31 3 25 3 3 .903 1.78 0.45 .942 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-6,MVP-17
1976 CHW AL 24 P 31 29 224.0 48 18 27 3 1 .938 1.81 1.45 .950 1.87 0.85 AS
1977 PIT NL 25 P 72 0 133.0 15 4 10 1 0 .933 0.95 0.19 .953 1.85 0.67 AS
1978 NYY AL 26 P 63 0 134.1 21 6 12 3 0 .857 1.21 0.29 .957 1.90 0.85 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 NYY AL 27 P 36 0 58.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.77 0.14 .940 1.91 0.81
1980 NYY AL 28 P 64 0 99.0 13 1 10 2 0 .846 1.00 0.17 .962 1.85 0.77 AS,CYA-3,MVP-3
1981 NYY AL 29 P 32 0 46.2 10 2 7 1 1 .900 1.74 0.28 .970 1.99 0.81 AS,CYA-5,MVP-9
1982 NYY AL 30 P 56 0 93.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.77 0.14 .950 1.80 0.73 AS
1983 NYY AL 31 P 57 0 87.1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0.52 0.09 .967 1.80 0.73
1984 SDP NL 32 P 62 0 102.1 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.14 0.21 .954 1.88 0.67 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1985 SDP NL 33 P 50 0 79.0 7 0 7 0 1 1.000 0.80 0.14 .957 1.93 0.68 AS
1986 SDP NL 34 P 45 0 64.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.16 .957 1.93 0.66
1987 SDP NL 35 P 40 0 52.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.18 .957 1.90 0.62
1988 CHC NL 36 P 46 0 43.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.17 .950 1.96 0.69
1989 TOT MLB 37 P 42 0 58.0 12 7 4 1 1 .917 1.71 0.26 .958 1.88 0.64
1989 SFG NL 37 P 31 0 43.2 9 5 3 1 0 .889 1.65 0.26 .956 1.88 0.63
1989 NYY AL 37 P 11 0 14.1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.88 0.27 .967 1.88 0.66
1991 TEX AL 39 P 44 0 40.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.89 0.09 .960 1.81 0.58
1992 OAK AL 40 P 30 0 38.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.20 .950 1.73 0.56
1993 OAK AL 41 P 39 0 47.2 9 5 3 1 0 .889 1.51 0.21 .956 1.79 0.56
1994 SEA AL 42 P 36 0 47.1 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.76 0.11 .950 1.71 0.52
22 Seasons P 1002 37 1809.1 279 78 180 21 11 .925 1.28 0.26 .953 1.86 0.71
22 Seasons TOT 1002 37 1809.1 279 78 180 21 11 .925 1.28 0.26 .877 1.86 0.71
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 CHW AL 20 36 1 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHW AL 21 21 0 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 CHW AL 22 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 23 62 0 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CHW AL 24 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 25 72 0 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 NYY AL 26 63 0 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYY AL 27 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 28 64 0 2 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYY AL 29 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYY AL 30 56 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 31 57 0 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SDP NL 32 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SDP NL 33 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SDP NL 34 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 SDP NL 35 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CHC NL 36 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SFG NL 37 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 37 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TEX AL 39 44 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 OAK AL 40 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 OAK AL 41 39 0 2 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 SEA AL 42 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Seasons 1003 1 388 1002 1002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1972 CHW AL 20 371 72% 23% 10 90% 0 3 1 2 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1973 CHW AL 21 251 71% 20% 4 100% 1 5 0 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 CHW AL 22 418 73% 22% 16 81% 0 3 0 3 14 13 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 50%
1975 CHW AL 23 606 66% 21% 27 89% 0 3 0 3 25 18 4 3 0 2 1 1 3 3 3 0 10 90%
1976 CHW AL 24 998 76% 23% 31 84% 0 17 2 12 27 22 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 50%
1977 PIT NL 25 539 63% 19% 14 86% 0 3 1 2 11 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1978 NYY AL 26 561 67% 22% 16 75% 1 5 0 4 12 7 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 33%
1979 NYY AL 27 241 75% 20% 7 57% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1980 NYY AL 28 415 66% 18% 14 86% 0 1 0 0 11 10 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1981 NYY AL 29 180 65% 20% 7 86% 0 2 0 2 7 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1982 NYY AL 30 366 64% 16% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1983 NYY AL 31 379 69% 13% 3 100% 0 2 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SDP NL 32 427 72% 16% 8 100% 0 4 0 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 SDP NL 33 317 78% 19% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1986 SDP NL 34 293 71% 24% 7 86% 0 2 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 SDP NL 35 226 72% 23% 6 100% 0 2 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1988 CHC NL 36 213 77% 28% 8 88% 0 1 0 1 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1989 SFG NL 37 193 74% 30% 5 80% 0 6 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1989 NYY AL 37 58 83% 36% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1991 TEX AL 39 176 73% 27% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1992 OAK AL 40 168 72% 26% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1993 OAK AL 41 224 70% 28% 6 83% 0 4 1 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1994 SEA AL 42 205 77% 33% 2 100% 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 Seasons 7825 71% 22% 208 87% 2 74 6 58 181 142 15 21 2 9 10 10 11 9 10 1 50 80%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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