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Rich Gossage

Richard Michael Gossage (Goose)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 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
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Padres/WhiteSox/Pirates/Athletics/... 1972-1994
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: August 8, 1994
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2008 (466/543 ballots).
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:07AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #85. Catfish Hunter… #86. Frank Tanana… #87. Eddie Cicotte… #88. RICH GOSSAGE… #89. Tommy Bond… #90. Hoyt Wilhelm… #91. Don Newcombe… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1972 20 CHW AL 7 1 .875 4.28 36 1 7 0 0 2 80.0 72 44 38 2 44 3 57 4 0 7 352 74 1.450 8.1 0.2 5.0 6.4 1.30
1973 21 CHW AL 0 4 .000 7.43 20 4 4 1 0 0 49.2 57 44 41 9 37 2 33 3 0 6 232 54 1.893 10.3 1.6 6.7 6.0 0.89
1974 22 CHW AL 4 6 .400 4.13 39 3 19 0 0 1 89.1 92 45 41 4 47 7 64 2 1 2 397 92 1.556 9.3 0.4 4.7 6.4 1.36
1975 23 CHW AL 9 8 .529 1.84 62 0 49 0 0 26 141.2 99 32 29 3 70 15 130 5 0 3 583 212 1.193 6.3 0.2 4.4 8.3 1.86 AS,CYA-6,MVP-17
1976 24 CHW AL 9 17 .346 3.94 31 29 1 15 0 1 224.0 214 104 98 16 90 3 135 9 0 6 956 91 1.357 8.6 0.6 3.6 5.4 1.50 AS
1977 25 PIT NL 11 9 .550 1.62 72 0 55 0 0 26 133.0 78 27 24 9 49 6 151 2 0 2 523 244 0.955 5.3 0.6 3.3 10.2 3.08 AS
1978 26 NYY AL 10 11 .476 2.01 63 0 55 0 0 27 134.1 87 41 30 9 59 8 122 2 0 5 543 181 1.087 5.8 0.6 4.0 8.2 2.07 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 27 NYY AL 5 3 .625 2.62 36 0 33 0 0 18 58.1 48 18 17 5 19 4 41 0 0 3 234 156 1.149 7.4 0.8 2.9 6.3 2.16
1980 28 NYY AL 6 2 .750 2.27 64 0 58 0 0 33 99.0 74 29 25 5 37 3 103 1 0 4 401 173 1.121 6.7 0.5 3.4 9.4 2.78 AS,CYA-3,MVP-3
1981 29 NYY AL 3 2 .600 0.77 32 0 30 0 0 20 46.2 22 6 4 2 14 1 48 1 0 1 173 465 0.771 4.2 0.4 2.7 9.3 3.43 AS,CYA-5,MVP-9
1982 30 NYY AL 4 5 .444 2.23 56 0 43 0 0 30 93.0 63 23 23 5 28 5 102 0 0 1 356 179 0.978 6.1 0.5 2.7 9.9 3.64 AS
1983 31 NYY AL 13 5 .722 2.27 57 0 47 0 0 22 87.1 82 27 22 5 25 5 90 1 0 0 367 172 1.225 8.5 0.5 2.6 9.3 3.60
1984 32 SDP NL 10 6 .625 2.90 62 0 51 0 0 25 102.1 75 34 33 6 36 4 84 1 2 2 412 124 1.085 6.6 0.5 3.2 7.4 2.33 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1985 33 SDP NL 5 3 .625 1.82 50 0 38 0 0 26 79.0 64 21 16 1 17 1 52 1 0 0 308 197 1.025 7.3 0.1 1.9 5.9 3.06 AS
1986 34 SDP NL 5 7 .417 4.45 45 0 38 0 0 21 64.2 69 36 32 8 20 0 63 2 0 4 281 83 1.376 9.6 1.1 2.8 8.8 3.15
1987 35 SDP NL 5 4 .556 3.12 40 0 30 0 0 11 52.0 47 18 18 4 19 6 44 0 0 2 217 128 1.269 8.1 0.7 3.3 7.6 2.32
1988 36 CHC NL 4 4 .500 4.33 46 0 33 0 0 13 43.2 50 23 21 3 15 5 30 3 2 3 194 85 1.489 10.3 0.6 3.1 6.2 2.00
1989 37 TOT MLB 3 1 .750 2.95 42 0 28 0 0 5 58.0 46 22 19 2 30 4 30 1 0 3 238 120 1.310 7.1 0.3 4.7 4.7 1.00
1989 37 SFG NL 2 1 .667 2.68 31 0 22 0 0 4 43.2 32 16 13 2 27 3 24 0 0 2 182 127 1.351 6.6 0.4 5.6 4.9 0.89
1989 37 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 3.77 11 0 6 0 0 1 14.1 14 6 6 0 3 1 6 1 0 1 56 105 1.186 8.8 0.0 1.9 3.8 2.00
1991 39 TEX AL 4 2 .667 3.57 44 0 16 0 0 1 40.1 33 16 16 4 16 1 28 3 0 3 167 115 1.215 7.4 0.9 3.6 6.2 1.75
1992 40 OAK AL 0 2 .000 2.84 30 0 13 0 0 0 38.0 32 13 12 5 19 4 26 2 0 0 163 133 1.342 7.6 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.37
1993 41 OAK AL 4 5 .444 4.53 39 0 12 0 0 1 47.2 49 24 24 6 26 2 40 1 0 4 213 91 1.573 9.3 1.1 4.9 7.6 1.54
1994 42 SEA AL 3 0 1.000 4.18 36 0 21 0 0 1 47.1 44 23 22 6 15 1 29 3 0 2 197 118 1.246 8.4 1.1 2.9 5.5 1.93
22 Seasons 124 107 .537 3.01 1002 37 681 16 0 310 1809.1 1497 670 605 119 732 90 1502 47 5 63 7507 126 1.232 7.4 0.6 3.6 7.5 2.05
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .537 3.01 66 2 45 1 0 20 118 98 44 40 8 48 6 98 3 0 4 491 126 1.232 7.4 0.6 3.6 7.5 2.05
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
NYY (7 yrs) 42 28 .600 2.14 319 0 272 0 0 151 533.0 390 150 127 31 185 27 512 6 0 15 2130 179 1.079 6.6 0.5 3.1 8.6 2.77
CHW (5 yrs) 29 36 .446 3.80 188 37 80 16 0 30 584.2 534 269 247 34 288 30 419 23 1 24 2520 97 1.406 8.2 0.5 4.4 6.4 1.45
SDP (4 yrs) 25 20 .556 2.99 197 0 157 0 0 83 298.0 255 109 99 19 92 11 243 4 2 8 1218 123 1.164 7.7 0.6 2.8 7.3 2.64
OAK (2 yrs) 4 7 .364 3.78 69 0 25 0 0 1 85.2 81 37 36 11 45 6 66 3 0 4 376 105 1.471 8.5 1.2 4.7 6.9 1.47
SFG (1 yr) 2 1 .667 2.68 31 0 22 0 0 4 43.2 32 16 13 2 27 3 24 0 0 2 182 127 1.351 6.6 0.4 5.6 4.9 0.89
PIT (1 yr) 11 9 .550 1.62 72 0 55 0 0 26 133.0 78 27 24 9 49 6 151 2 0 2 523 244 0.955 5.3 0.6 3.3 10.2 3.08
TEX (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.57 44 0 16 0 0 1 40.1 33 16 16 4 16 1 28 3 0 3 167 115 1.215 7.4 0.9 3.6 6.2 1.75
CHC (1 yr) 4 4 .500 4.33 46 0 33 0 0 13 43.2 50 23 21 3 15 5 30 3 2 3 194 85 1.489 10.3 0.6 3.1 6.2 2.00
SEA (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 4.18 36 0 21 0 0 1 47.1 44 23 22 6 15 1 29 3 0 2 197 118 1.246 8.4 1.1 2.9 5.5 1.93
AL (16 yrs) AL 82 73 .529 3.12 656 37 414 16 0 184 1291.0 1082 495 448 86 549 65 1054 38 1 48 5390 123 1.263 7.5 0.6 3.8 7.3 1.92
NL (7 yrs) NL 42 34 .553 2.73 346 0 267 0 0 126 518.1 415 175 157 33 183 25 448 9 4 15 2117 137 1.154 7.2 0.6 3.2 7.8 2.45

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
1972 20 CHW AL 80.0 1 44 42 -4 1.2 -2 -0.8 $
1973 21 CHW AL 49.2 4 44 33 -2 .7 -11 -1.1 $
1974 22 CHW AL 89.1 3 45 54 -2 1.0 9 0.4 $
1975 23 CHW AL 141.2 0 32 89 -3 1.9 57 7.0 $ AS,CYA-6,MVP-17
1976 24 CHW AL 224.0 29 104 131 -7 1.1 27 3.2 $ AS
1977 25 PIT NL 133.0 0 27 74 3 1.9 47 5.8 $ AS
1978 26 NYY AL 134.1 0 41 70 4 1.7 29 3.1 $ AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 27 NYY AL 58.1 0 18 35 1 1.5 17 1.6 $
1980 28 NYY AL 99.0 0 29 59 -1 1.7 30 3.2 $ AS,CYA-3,MVP-3
1981 29 NYY AL 46.2 0 6 23 1 1.8 17 2.3 $ AS,CYA-5,MVP-9
1982 30 NYY AL 93.0 0 23 57 -3 2.2 34 4.5 $ AS
1983 31 NYY AL 87.1 0 27 52 -2 2.4 25 3.4 $
1984 32 SDP NL 102.1 0 34 53 2 2.0 19 2.1 $ AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1985 33 SDP NL 79.0 0 21 41 1 2.1 20 2.6 $1,713,333 AS
1986 34 SDP NL 64.2 0 36 38 -1 2.3 2 -0.6 $1,046,761
1987 35 SDP NL 52.0 0 18 29 1 1.8 11 1.1 $1,273,904
1988 36 CHC NL 43.2 0 23 25 -1 2.0 2 -0.2 $1,331,532
1989 37 SFG NL 43.2 0 16 21 1 .6 5 0.2 $68,000
1989 37 NYY AL 14.1 0 6 8 0 .4 2 0.1 $
1991 39 TEX AL 40.1 0 16 25 -1 1.4 9 0.8 $
1992 40 OAK AL 38.0 0 13 21 0 .9 8 0.6 $300,000
1993 41 OAK AL 47.2 0 24 30 -1 1.1 6 0.2 $325,000
1994 42 SEA AL 47.1 0 23 34 0 .7 11 0.5 $
22 Seasons 1809.1 37 670 1044 -14 1.6 374 40.0 $6,058,530
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 533.0 0 150 304 0 1.9 154 18.2 $
CHW (5 yrs) 584.2 37 269 349 -18 1.3 80 8.7 $
SDP (4 yrs) 298.0 0 109 161 3 2.1 52 5.2 $4,033,998
OAK (2 yrs) 85.2 0 37 51 -1 1.0 14 0.8 $625,000
SFG (1 yr) 43.2 0 16 21 1 .6 5 0.2 $68,000
PIT (1 yr) 133.0 0 27 74 3 1.9 47 5.8 $
TEX (1 yr) 40.1 0 16 25 -1 1.4 9 0.8 $
CHC (1 yr) 43.2 0 23 25 -1 2.0 2 -0.2 $1,331,532
SEA (1 yr) 47.1 0 23 34 0 .7 11 0.5 $

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
1978 26 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 1 0 1.000 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 1 4.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8
1978 26 NYY AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 19 0.333 1.5 0.0 1.5 6.0 4.00
1980 28 NYY AL ALCS L KCR 0 1 .000 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9.000 81.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
1981 29 NYY AL ALDS W MIL 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 6.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 25 0.750 4.1 0.0 2.7 10.8 4.00
1981 29 NYY AL ALCS W OAK 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 6.8
1981 29 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 5.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 20 0.800 3.6 0.0 3.6 9.0 2.50
1984 32 SDP NL NLCS W CHC 0 0 4.50 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.0 5 2 2 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 19 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 11.3 5.00
1984 32 SDP NL WS L DET 0 0 13.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 3 4 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.500 10.1 6.8 3.4 6.8 2.00
4 Seasons (8 Series) 2 1 .667 2.87 19 0 17 0 0 8 31.1 21 10 10 3 7 1 29 2 0 0 124 0.894 6.0 0.9 2.0 8.3 4.14
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 6.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 25 0.750 4.1 0.0 2.7 10.8 4.00
1 NLCS 0 0 4.50 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.0 5 2 2 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 19 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 11.3 5.00
3 ALCS 1 1 .500 5.14 5 0 4 0 0 2 7.0 7 4 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 27 1.000 9.0 1.3 0.0 6.4
3 WS 1 0 1.000 2.63 8 0 8 0 0 2 13.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 11 1 0 0 53 0.732 4.0 1.3 2.6 7.2 2.75

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
1972 20 CHW AL 36 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1973 21 CHW AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 22 CHW AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 23 CHW AL 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6,MVP-17
1976 24 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1977 25 PIT NL 72 25 23 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .217 .250 .261 .511 37 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
1978 26 NYY AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 27 NYY AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 28 NYY AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-3
1981 29 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-9
1982 30 NYY AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1983 31 NYY AL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 32 SDP NL 62 25 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .182 .217 .182 .399 14 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1985 33 SDP NL 50 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .154 .000 .154 -53 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1986 34 SDP NL 45 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1987 35 SDP NL 40 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 36 CHC NL 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 37 TOT MLB 42 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 37 SFG NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1989 37 NYY AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1991 39 TEX AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 40 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 41 OAK AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 42 SEA AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
22 Seasons 1003 93 85 1 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 37 .106 .146 .118 .264 -25 10 2 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .106 .146 .118 .264 -25 2 0 0 1 0 0
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
NYY (7 yrs) 319 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (5 yrs) 189 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
SDP (4 yrs) 197 49 44 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 .091 .149 .091 .240 -31 4 1 0 2 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 72 25 23 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .217 .250 .261 .511 37 6 0 0 1 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (16 yrs) 657 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 346 76 69 1 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 26 .130 .178 .145 .323 -10 10 1 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 20 CHW AL 17 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1977 25 PIT NL 25 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $46,800 1 AS
1984 32 SDP NL 25 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1985 33 SDP NL 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $1,713,333 1 AS
1986 34 SDP NL 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $1,046,761 1
1987 35 SDP NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $1,273,904 1
1988 36 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,331,532 1
1989 37 SFG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $68,000 11
8 Seasons 93 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.4 -0.1 $5,480,330
SDP (4 yrs) 49 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $4,033,998
SFG (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $68,000
PIT (1 yr) 25 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $46,800
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,331,532
CHW (1 yr) 17 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.3 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 29 NYY AL WS LAD L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 32 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
1972 CHW AL 20 P 36 80.0 14 3 10 1 1 .929 1.46 0.36 .950 1.86 1.85
1973 CHW AL 21 P 20 49.2 11 5 5 1 0 .909 1.81 0.50 .951 1.87 1.85
1973 CHW AL 21 DH 1 0
1974 CHW AL 22 P 39 89.1 19 3 14 2 1 .895 1.71 0.44 .947 1.81 1.80
1975 CHW AL 23 P 62 141.2 31 3 25 3 3 .903 1.78 0.45 .940 1.87 1.86 AS,CYA-6,MVP-17
1976 CHW AL 24 P 31 224.0 48 18 27 3 1 .938 1.81 1.45 .950 1.87 1.88 AS
1977 PIT NL 25 P 72 133.0 15 4 10 1 0 .933 0.95 0.19 .950 1.85 1.85 AS
1978 NYY AL 26 P 63 134.1 21 6 12 3 0 .857 1.21 0.29 .954 1.90 1.88 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 NYY AL 27 P 36 58.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.77 0.14 .948 1.91 1.89
1980 NYY AL 28 P 64 99.0 13 1 10 2 0 .846 1.00 0.17 .957 1.85 1.85 AS,CYA-3,MVP-3
1981 NYY AL 29 P 32 46.2 10 2 7 1 1 .900 1.74 0.28 .963 1.99 1.98 AS,CYA-5,MVP-9
1982 NYY AL 30 P 56 93.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.77 0.14 .958 1.80 1.80 AS
1983 NYY AL 31 P 57 87.1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0.52 0.09 .958 1.80 1.78
1984 SDP NL 32 P 62 102.1 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.14 0.21 .954 1.88 1.87 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1985 SDP NL 33 P 50 79.0 7 0 7 0 1 1.000 0.80 0.14 .953 1.93 1.92 AS
1986 SDP NL 34 P 45 64.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.16 .954 1.93 1.94
1987 SDP NL 35 P 40 52.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.18 .954 1.90 1.90
1988 CHC NL 36 P 46 43.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.17 .955 1.96 1.96
1989 TOT MLB 37 P 42 58.0 12 7 4 1 1 .917 1.71 0.26 .950 1.88 1.87
1989 SFG NL 37 P 31 43.2 9 5 3 1 0 .889 1.65 0.26 .947 1.88 1.87
1989 NYY AL 37 P 11 14.1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.88 0.27 .960 1.88 1.85
1991 TEX AL 39 P 44 40.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.89 0.09 .956 1.81 1.80
1992 OAK AL 40 P 30 38.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.20 .953 1.73 1.71
1993 OAK AL 41 P 39 47.2 9 5 3 1 0 .889 1.51 0.21 .953 1.79 1.78
1994 SEA AL 42 P 36 47.1 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.76 0.11 .955 1.71 1.71
22 Seasons P 1002 1809.1 279 78 180 21 11 .925 1.28 0.26 .951 1.86 1.85
22 Seasons TOT 1002 1809.1 279 78 180 21 11 .925 1.28 0.26 .951 1.86 1.85
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
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

Hall of Fame
2000 BBWAA (33.3%)
2001 BBWAA (44.3%)
2002 BBWAA (43.0%)
2003 BBWAA (42.1%)
2004 BBWAA (40.7%)
2005 BBWAA (55.2%)
2006 BBWAA (64.6%)
2007 BBWAA (71.2%)
2008 BBWAA (85.8%)
Selected to HOF in 2008 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1975 *
1976
1977 *
1978 *
1980 *
1981
1982
1984 *
1985 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1978 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 AL (17, 3%)
1978 AL (13, 10%)
1980 AL (3, 56%)
1981 AL (9, 16%)
1984 NL (13, 10%)
0.95 Career Shares (256th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 AL (6, 2%)
1978 AL (5, 3%)
1980 AL (3, 26%)
1981 AL (5, 2%)
1984 NL (5, 2%)
0.35 Career Shares (128th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1975 AL  7.0 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1975 AL  7.0 (5th)
1977 NL  5.8 (6th)
1982 AL  4.5 (5th)
Career  40.0 (133rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  3.01 (171st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 AL  .722 (4th)
1984 NL  .625 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
Career  1.232 (218th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  7.446 (32nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL  5.424 (7th)
Career  7.471 (60th)

Games Played s c a p y
1975 AL  62 (3rd)
1977 NL  72 (7th)
1978 AL  63 (4th)
1980 AL  64 (5th)
1982 AL  56 (10th)
Career  1,002 (15th)

Saves s c a p y
1975 AL  26 (1st)
1977 NL  26 (3rd)
1978 AL  27 (1st)
1979 AL  18 (6th)
1980 AL  33 (1st)
1981 AL  20 (2nd)
1982 AL  30 (2nd)
1983 AL  22 (6th)
1984 NL  25 (5th)
1985 NL  26 (5th)
1986 NL  21 (9th)
Career  310 (19th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,502 (182nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  90 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career  2.052 (247th)

Losses s c a p y
1976 AL  17 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1976 AL  98 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 AL  7 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 AL  9 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1975 AL  49 (2nd)
1977 NL  55 (2nd)
1978 AL  55 (1st)
1980 AL  58 (4th)
1981 AL  30 (5th)
1982 AL  43 (8th)
1983 AL  47 (6th)
1984 NL  51 (6th)
1985 NL  38 (10th)
Career  681 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  126 (57th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1975 AL  32 (3rd)
1977 NL  34 (5th)
1978 AL  22 (8th)
Career  167 (110th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1975 AL  3.4 (3rd)
1977 NL  3.6 (5th)
1978 AL  2.3 (9th)
Career  17.4 (110th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1975 AL  42.72 (3rd)
1977 NL  43.02 (4th)
1978 AL  36.27 (4th)
1981 AL  17.23 (9th)
Career  215.37 (46th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1975 AL  7.0 (1st)
1977 NL  5.9 (1st)
1978 AL  3.9 (4th)
1980 AL  5.0 (5th)
1982 AL  5.0 (2nd)
1984 NL  2.3 (10th)
1985 NL  4.0 (3rd)
Career  32.6 (24th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1975 AL  3.1 (4th)
1977 NL  3.2 (6th)
1982 AL  2.3 (8th)
1985 NL  1.8 (10th)
Career  15.1 (66th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1975 AL  4.5 (4th)
1977 NL  4.5 (5th)
1978 AL  4.0 (4th)
1981 AL  1.9 (9th)
1982 AL  2.3 (10th)
Career  22.8 (46th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1975 AL  62 (3rd)
1978 AL  63 (4th)
1980 AL  64 (5th)
Career  1,002 (15th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1982 AL  1.000 (1st)
1984 NL  1.000 (1st)

Salary s c a p y
1985 NL  $1,713,333 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1991 AL  born 1951-07-05 (8th)
1992 AL  born 1951-07-05 (7th)
1993 AL  born 1951-07-05 (3rd)
1994 AL  born 1951-07-05 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1972 AL  born 1951-07-05 (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 - 9 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 44 (581), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 126 (62), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (333), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Rollie Fingers (918) *
  2. Hoyt Wilhelm (889) *
  3. Lindy McDaniel (869)
  4. Stu Miller (846)
  5. Gene Garber (839)
  6. Kent Tekulve (838)
  7. Tug McGraw (827)
  8. Sparky Lyle (825)
  9. Roy Face (822)
  10. Mike Marshall (820)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Andy Hansen (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Andy Hansen (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bart Johnson (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Erv Palica (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Neil Allen (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Neil Allen (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Scott Garrelts (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rollie Fingers (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rollie Fingers (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rollie Fingers (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rollie Fingers (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Rollie Fingers (948) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Rollie Fingers (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rollie Fingers (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Rollie Fingers (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Rollie Fingers (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Rollie Fingers (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Stu Miller (869)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Stu Miller (866)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Hoyt Wilhelm (849) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Hoyt Wilhelm (868) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197725Pittsburgh Pirates$46,8001978 TSN Guide
197826New York Yankees$458,0001978 TSN Guide$750K bonus, $333K salary, $133k of which is def.
197927New York Yankees$458,0001978 TSN Guide$750K bonus, $333K salary, $133k of which is def.
198028New York Yankees$458,0001978 TSN Guide$750K bonus, $333K salary, $133k of which is def.
198129New York Yankees$458,0001978 TSN Guide$750K bonus, $333K salary, $133k of which is def.
198230New York Yankees$458,0001978 TSN Guide$750K bonus, $333K salary, $133k of which is def.
198331New York Yankees$458,0001978 TSN Guide$750K bonus, $333K salary, $133k of which is def.
198533San Diego Padres$1,713,3333/3/86 TSN
198634San Diego Padres$1,046,7611986 USA Today survey
198735San Diego Padres$1,273,9041987 USA Today survey
198836Chicago Cubs$1,331,532*
198937Chicago Cubs$1,250,00011/1/89 NYT
37San Francisco Giants$68,0001989 USA Today survey
199240Oakland Athletics$300,0004/2/92 USA Today
199341Oakland Athletics$325,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,103,330
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $1,235,224 - 12/13/88 NYT - 4/1/88 USAT: $1,331,522
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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