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Dick Bosman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: February 17, 1944 in Kenosha, WI us

High School: Bradford HS (Kenosha, WI)

Debut: June 1, 1966 (Age 22-104d, 12,489th in major league history)
vs. BOS 7.1 IP, 9 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 19, 1976 (Age 32-215d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Full Name: Richard Allen Bosman

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Relatives: Cousin of Duane Kuiper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.9

ERA

3.67

306

229

1591.0

757

WHIP

1.261

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1963	19	PIT-min	Rk	3	3	.500	3.52	21	1		0	0		46.0	50	26	18	2	23	0	66	2	0	7				1.587	9.8	0.4	4.5	12.9	2.87	KPT APPY
1964	20	SFG-min	A	8	5	.615	3.21	35	9		3	0		129.0	100	62	46	4	77	4	132	5	0	10				1.372	7.0	0.3	5.4	9.2	1.71	LXG WCRS
1965	21	WSA-min	AA,WRk	7	9	.438	3.67	51	19		3	3		174.0	157	83	71	12	80	6	109	8	1	10				1.362	8.1	0.6	4.1	5.6	1.36	YOR,SNR EL,FLIL
1966	22	WSA-min	AA	8	5	.615	3.35	16	15		8	1		121.0	96	50	45	6	46	5	78	6	0	5				1.174	7.1	0.4	3.4	5.8	1.70	YOR EL
1966	22	WSA	AL	2	6	.250	7.62	13	7	2	0	0	0	39.0	60	36	33	4	12	4	20	0	0	3	184	46	3.78	1.846	13.8	0.9	2.8	4.6	1.67
1967	23	WSA-min	AAA	12	11	.522	2.76	26	26		11	3		196.0	185	72	60	18	41	7	115	3	0	9				1.153	8.5	0.8	1.9	5.3	2.80	HAW PCL
1967	23	WSA	AL	3	1	.750	1.75	7	7	0	2	1	0	51.1	38	12	10	3	10	2	25	0	0	0	198	182	2.91	0.935	6.7	0.5	1.8	4.4	2.50
1968	24	WSA	AL	2	9	.182	3.69	46	10	10	0	0	1	139.0	139	63	57	9	35	5	63	4	0	4	581	79	3.16	1.252	9.0	0.6	2.3	4.1	1.80
1969	25	WSA-min	AAA	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0				3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		BFL IL
1969	25	WSA	AL	14	5	.737	2.19	31	26	3	5	2	1	193.0	156	59	47	11	39	0	99	2	1	2	762	158	2.86	1.010	7.3	0.5	1.8	4.6	2.54	MVP-26
1970	26	WSA	AL	16	12	.571	3.00	36	34	1	7	3	0	230.2	212	81	77	16	71	8	134	2	0	4	951	118	3.33	1.227	8.3	0.6	2.8	5.2	1.89
1971	27	WSA	AL	12	16	.429	3.73	35	35	0	7	1	0	236.2	245	110	98	29	71	9	113	5	0	2	993	89	4.05	1.335	9.3	1.1	2.7	4.3	1.59
1972	28	TEX	AL	8	10	.444	3.63	29	29	0	1	1	0	173.1	183	87	70	11	48	6	105	6	0	2	737	83	2.95	1.333	9.5	0.6	2.5	5.5	2.19
1973	29	TOT	AL	3	13	.188	5.64	29	24	3	3	1	0	137.1	172	98	86	25	46	6	55	7	0	5	622	69	5.29	1.587	11.3	1.6	3.0	3.6	1.20
1973	29	TEX	AL	2	5	.286	4.24	7	7	0	1	1	0	40.1	42	24	19	6	17	1	14	1	0	2	176	88	5.14	1.463	9.4	1.3	3.8	3.1	0.82
1973	29	CLE	AL	1	8	.111	6.22	22	17	3	2	0	0	97.0	130	74	67	19	29	5	41	6	0	3	446	64	5.35	1.639	12.1	1.8	2.7	3.8	1.41
1974	30	CLE	AL	7	5	.583	4.10	25	18	2	2	1	0	127.1	126	69	58	13	29	3	56	1	1	3	529	89	3.73	1.217	8.9	0.9	2.0	4.0	1.93
1975	31	TOT	AL	11	6	.647	3.63	28	24	3	2	0	0	151.1	145	67	61	15	32	4	53	6	0	1	627	101	3.93	1.170	8.6	0.9	1.9	3.2	1.66
1975	31	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	4.08	6	3	3	0	0	0	28.2	33	17	13	3	8	1	11	3	0	0	127	93	4.33	1.430	10.4	0.9	2.5	3.5	1.38
1975	31	OAK	AL	11	4	.733	3.52	22	21	0	2	0	0	122.2	112	50	48	12	24	3	42	3	0	1	500	104	3.83	1.109	8.2	0.9	1.8	3.1	1.75
1976	32	OAK	AL	4	2	.667	4.10	27	15	2	0	0	0	112.0	118	54	51	13	19	1	34	1	0	2	459	82	4.07	1.223	9.5	1.0	1.5	2.7	1.79
11 Yrs				82	85	.491	3.67	306	229	26	29	10	2	1591.0	1594	736	648	149	412	48	757	34	2	28	6643	93	3.63	1.261	9.0	0.8	2.3	4.3	1.84
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.491	3.67	39	29	3	4	1	0	202	203	94	82	19	52	6	96	4	0	4	844	93	3.63	1.261	9.0	0.8	2.3	4.3	1.84

TEX (8 yrs)				59	64	.480	3.35	204	155	16	23	9	2	1103.1	1075	472	411	89	303	35	573	20	1	19	4582	98	3.38	1.249	8.8	0.7	2.5	4.7	1.89
CLE (3 yrs)				8	15	.348	4.91	53	38	8	4	1	0	253.0	289	160	138	35	66	9	108	10	1	6	1102	77	4.42	1.403	10.3	1.2	2.3	3.8	1.64
OAK (2 yrs)				15	6	.714	3.80	49	36	2	2	0	0	234.2	230	104	99	25	43	4	76	4	0	3	959	92	3.95	1.163	8.8	1.0	1.6	2.9	1.77