Rich Gossage

Position: 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)

Debut: April 16, 1972 (Age 20-286d, 13,207th in major league history)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 24-22

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 13

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	766	1	Apr 5	CHC	@	ATL	W,10-9	9-11		99	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.14	9	35	21	5	2	2	5	1	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	0.379	3.68	0.31%	1.37	9b 1-- 1 out tie	11b 3 out tie
2	767	3	Apr 8	CHC	@	MON	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.13	6	27	14	7	1	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	0.079	5.22	0.09%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
3	768	5	Apr 10	CHC	@	MON	W,10-7	9-9	BW(1-0)	1	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.50	7.27	4	13	9	1	0	2	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	-0.487	4.56	-0.53%	-2.79	9b 1-- 2 out a3	9b 3 out tie
4	769	12	Apr 19	CHC		MON	L,1-9	9-GF		8	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	5.97	5	16	13	2	2	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
5	770	16	Apr 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	7-GF(8)	BL(1-1)	3	2.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	5.14	5.34	10	48	27	10	3	3	3	3	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.30	-0.487	5.37	-0.48%	-1.16	7b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
6	771	18	Apr 26	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.77	2	7	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.032	.58	0.02%	0.79	9b 1-- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
7	772	22	Apr 30	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	13-GF(13)	S(2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.00	4.10	3	12	8	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.170	2.26	0.10%	0.41	13b --- 0 out a1	13b end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	773	24	May 2	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-2	9-GF		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.80	3	13	10	1	4	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.014	.50	0.01%	0.22	9b --- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
9	774	26	May 4	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-3	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.38	3.33	3	12	11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.032	.44	0.02%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
10	775	27	May 6	CHC		SFG	W,3-2	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.86	3.11	4	18	11	3	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	0.066	2.17	0.04%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
11	776	40	May 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-6	9-GF		14	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.55	2.61	5	19	14	3	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.006	.09	0.00%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
12	777	43	May 24(2)	CHC		ATL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(5)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.29	2.55	5	25	12	4	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	0.151	1.79	0.06%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
13	778	45	May 27	CHC		HOU	W,3-2	9-GF	S(6)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	2.56	4	15	9	3	1	1	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	0.259	2.62	0.10%	0.42	9t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	779	50	Jun 1	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	9-GF		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	2.57	2	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.012	.19	0.01%	0.24	9t --- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
15	780	51	Jun 2	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-2	10-11	BS(3)	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.12	2.48	8	31	25	7	4	2	5	2	0	0		0	0	2	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	-0.214	4.53	-0.18%	-0.18	10b --- 0 out a1	11b 3 out tie
16	781	53	Jun 4	CHC	@	NYM	L,5-6	9-10	BS(4)	1	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.26	2.41	9	25	16	1	3	4	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	-0.214	5.10	-0.17%	-0.18	9b --- 0 out a1	10b 3 out tie
17	782	55	Jun 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-5	9-GF	S(7)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.10	2.33	3	10	7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.032	.32	0.01%	0.42	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
18	783	57	Jun 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	9-9		1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.98	2.33	2	7	5	1	1	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	-0.342	2.02	-0.18%	-1.61	9b --- 0 out a2	9b -2- 0 out a1
19	784	59	Jun 11	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(8)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	2.34	2	5	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.037	.66	0.02%	0.23	9b --- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
20	785	62	Jun 14	CHC		PIT	L,3-6	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.74	2.49	3	8	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.28	0.011	.32	0.01%	0.86	9t 12- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
21	786	63	Jun 15	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	9-GF	S(9)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	2.50	3	9	6	2	0	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.029	.36	0.02%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	787	78	Jul 2	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		16	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	2.43	3	14	8	1	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
23	788	87	Jul 14(2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-6	9-GF		11	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.28	2.49	6	18	10	1	2	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.22	0.006	.21	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
24	789	92	Jul 18	CHC		SFG	W,8-3	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	2.50	4	16	8	2	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
25	790	96	Jul 22	CHC		SDP	W,5-4	8-9	BS(5)	3	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.29	2.51	7	17	13	3	0	5	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	-0.099	.56	-0.01%	-0.07	8t 1-- 1 out a1	9t 3 out tie
26	791	97	Jul 23	CHC		SDP	W,3-2	9-GF	S(10)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	2.52	2	6	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	0.074	.71	0.01%	0.21	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
27	792	99	Jul 26	CHC	@	MON	L,4-8	9-9	BS(6)	2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.45	2.52	4	13	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	3.27	-0.318	1.04	-0.06%	-0.55	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
28	793	100	Jul 27	CHC	@	MON	L,4-5	9-GF	BS(7)	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.41	2.73	4	8	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.52	-0.474	1.31	-0.06%	-1.39	9b -23 1 out a1	9b end d 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	794	109	Aug 6	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	9-GF	S(11)	9	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	2.73	1	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.032	.10	0.00%	0.47	9t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 3
30	795	111	Aug 9	CHC		NYM	W,6-4	9-GF	S(12)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.56	2.74	5	14	9	2	0	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.029	.15	0.00%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
31	796	113	Aug 11	CHC		NYM	L,6-9	9-GF	BS(8)	1	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.82	3.16	2	8	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	-0.740	.94	-0.09%	-3.27	9t 123 2 out a1	9t end d 3
32	797	119	Aug 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-9	7-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.69	3.08	3	11	6	2	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	7b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d8
33	798	120	Aug 19	CHC		ATL	W,8-7	9-GF	W(2-1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	3.08	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.060	.13	0.00%	0.21	9t 1-- 2 out tie	9t end tie
34	799	123	Aug 22	CHC		HOU	L,7-9	9-10	BL(2-2)	2	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.36	3.41	7	26	17	6	3	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.656	.29	-0.05%	-2.55	9t --- 0 out a2	10t --- 0 out d1
35	800	127	Aug 26	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	3.39	3	11	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
36	801	129	Aug 28	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.11	3.40	4	18	9	3	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.012	.01	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
37	802	131	Aug 30	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-7	7-7		1	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	4.58	3.56	4	19	8	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.131	.05	0.00%	-1.90	7b --- 0 out d1	7b -23 1 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
38	803	133	Sep 2	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.46	3.48	3	10	7	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.033	.01	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
39	804	137	Sep 5(2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.34	3.44	6	23	14	2	5	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
40	805	139	Sep 7	CHC		NYM	W,9-8	9-GF	W(3-2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.30	3.38	1	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.09	9t --- 2 out tie	9t end tie
41	806	141	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.42	3.36	5	16	10	4	0	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.57	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
42	807	146	Sep 14	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.33	6	20	14	4	1	2	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.82	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
43	808	153	Sep 21	CHC		MON	L,5-8	9-9	BL(3-3)	6	0.0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	4.43	3.33	3	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.17	-0.639	.00	0.00%	-3.00	9t 1-3 0 out a2	9t 1-3 0 out d1
44	809	155	Sep 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	7-8	W(4-3)	2	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.22	3.40	8	35	20	6	2	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	0.208	.00	0.00%	0.84	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out a1
45	810	158	Sep 27	CHC	@	MON	W,5-3	9-GF	S(13)	2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.15	3.46	3	16	8	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	0.121	.00	0.00%	0.34	9b -23 1 out a3	9b end a 2
46	811	161	Sep 30	CHC		PIT	L,9-10	10-10	L(4-4)	2	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.33	3.52	4	20	12	2	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	-0.398	.00	0.00%	-1.68	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 1-3 1 out d1
							24-22		W-L:4-4,Sv:13,BSv:10	2.2	43.2	50	23	21	15	30	3	3	4.33	3.52	194	713	62%	16%	8%	0.81		19%	2%	1		21	48%	10	4	0	172	9	1	5	2	1	1	2.00	-3.242	1.51	-0.98%	-7.83

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