Richard Dotson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (7th) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Anderson HS (Cincinnati, OH).

High School: Anderson HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: September 4, 1979 (Age 20-237d, 14,230th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: June 5, 1990 (Age 31-146d)
vs. CAL 1.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: Richard Elliott Dotson

Nicknames: Rich

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.0

111

113

ERA

4.23

305

295

1857.1

973

WHIP

1.413

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Team Record in Appearances: 27-8 / in Starts: 27-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	97	3	Apr 6	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	6	4	4	2	3	0	1	5.40	3.21	27	12	3	0	0	6	47			2	0	0	24	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.085	1.37	-0.06%	0.05	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out d2
2	98	7	Apr 14	CHW		BAL	W,12-11	GS-6		7	5.1	7	4	4	2	7	2	0	6.00	4.51	25	6	3	0	0	7	43			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.072	1.23	0.04%	-1.14	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a5
3	99	11	Apr 19	CHW		NYY	W,13-3	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	7.0	3	3	3	6	2	1	0	5.21	5.28	29	13	5	0	2	3	55			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	.51	0.151	.61	0.11%	0.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
4	100	15	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.85	4.83	29	9	6	2	0	7	50			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.109	1.13	0.07%	0.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
5	101	18	Apr 29	CHW	@	TOR	W,9-3	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	6.0	6	1	1	4	2	1	0	4.22	5.10	25	9	4	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.217	1.09	0.13%	2.20	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
6	102	21	May 3	CHW		MIL	W,7-6	GS-6	W(4-1)	3	5.2	6	2	2	6	3	0	1	4.06	5.14	26	6	4	1	0	6	46			1	1	1	18	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.55	0.058	1.44	0.03%	0.69	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
7	103	25	May 8	CHW		CLE	L,6-13	GS-5	L(4-2)	4	4.0	9	4	3	3	3	0	0	4.32	4.99	22	3	4	1	0	9	30			1	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.135	1.59	-0.11%	-1.54	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d3
8	104	28	May 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(4-3)	4	8.0	4	3	3	3	4	2	0	4.17	5.17	30	10	9	0	1	4	63			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.002	.79	0.00%	0.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
9	105	33	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-4)	4	8.0	1	1	1	7	5	1	0	3.75	5.25	31	8	10	2	0	1	74			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.206	.99	0.10%	2.94	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	106	37	May 23	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	GS-8	L(4-5)	4	7.1	7	5	5	6	4	2	0	4.02	5.52	34	9	8	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.105	.65	-0.06%	-0.36	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d2
11	107	42	May 28	CHW		TEX	W,8-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	6.0	4	3	3	2	4	0	1	4.06	5.30	25	9	5	0	0	4	54			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.062	.80	-0.03%	-0.21	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
12	108	47	Jun 2	CHW		KCR	W,6-3	GS-6		4	5.2	8	3	3	4	6	0	0	4.11	5.12	27	6	3	0	0	8	43			0	0	0	23	4	0	0	2	0	0	.86	-0.072	1.12	-0.06%	-0.48	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d3
13	109	52	Jun 7	CHW	@	CAL	W,12-11	GS-3		4	2.1	6	6	6	1	1	3	0	4.67	5.55	14	4	2	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.396	1.51	-0.37%	-4.77	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d5
14	110	57	Jun 12(1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,12-10	GS-5		4	4.0	8	4	3	0	4	0	0	4.77	5.32	20	5	3	1	0	8	36			3	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.223	1.06	-0.11%	-1.51	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 0 out tie
15	111	65	Jun 21	CHW		SEA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-5)	8	7.1	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.58	5.08	29	15	4	1	0	6	60			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.161	1.47	0.11%	1.24	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
16	112	70	Jun 26	CHW		MIN	W,9-7	GS-7	W(7-5)	4	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	1	4.67	5.04	27	6	4	0	0	8	44			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.00	-0.120	1.43	-0.10%	-1.26	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
17	113	75	Jul 2	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-8	W(8-5)	5	7.2	5	2	2	4	9	1	0	4.50	4.94	30	8	4	1	0	5	66			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.89	0.281	1.38	0.26%	2.04	1b start a 2	8b --- 2 out a2
18	114	80	Jul 10	CHW		MIL	L,9-12	GS-4		7	3.2	7	4	3	0	1	1	0	4.60	4.97	19	7	4	0	0	7	34			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.231	1.16	-0.25%	-2.42	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d4
19	115	85	Jul 15	CHW		TOR	L,2-3	GS-9	L(8-6)	4	8.1	10	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.50	4.94	34	8	10	2	0	10	51			1	1	0	31	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.62	-0.278	3.72	-0.38%	0.77	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
20	116	90	Jul 20	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-2	GS-8	W(9-6)	4	8.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.35	4.76	35	10	8	2	0	9	60			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.150	1.30	0.22%	2.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
21	117	95	Jul 25	CHW	@	TOR	W,7-4	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	6.2	3	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.27	4.68	26	8	9	1	0	3	60			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.182	2.79	0.29%	1.49	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a1
22	118	100	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.06	4.53	32	11	6	0	0	6	74			0	1	0	29	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.02	0.341	3.24	0.65%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
23	119	105	Aug 4	CHW		DET	W,4-2	GS-9	W(12-6)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	5	2	1	3.96	4.60	32	10	8	0	0	6	65			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.249	2.92	0.49%	2.18	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a2
24	120	111	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.0	5	4	4	4	2	0	2	4.07	4.63	25	5	7	1	0	5	39			3	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.138	3.81	-0.28%	-1.95	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d4
25	121	115	Aug 14	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(12-7)	4	9.0	3	2	1	5	4	0	1	3.90	4.59	36	11	12	1	1	3	74			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.47	0.117	4.67	0.22%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	122	119	Aug 19(1)	CHW	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS-10	W(13-7)	4	9.0	6	2	1	0	3	0	0	3.74	4.46	33	12	12	0	0	6	72			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.163	3.56	0.30%	2.04	1b start tie	10b 1-3 0 out a2
27	123	125	Aug 24	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-9	W(14-7)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.71	4.40	38	12	13	1	0	8	58			2	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.167	3.37	0.21%	1.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
28	124	130	Aug 29	CHW		TEX	W,2-1	CG	W(15-7)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.58	4.30	30	11	12	2	0	2	80			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.643	1.43	0.44%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	125	135	Sep 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS-7	W(16-7)	4	6.2	9	5	5	3	3	0	0	3.69	4.26	31	10	6	0	0	9	36			0	0	1	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	0.094	.12	0.01%	-0.69	1b start a 4	7b 12- 2 out a4
30	126	140	Sep 8	CHW		CAL	W,8-5	GS-8	W(17-7)	4	7.0	4	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.69	4.25	29	7	10	3	0	4	55			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.64	0.086	.00	0.00%	1.03	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a6
31	127	144	Sep 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	W(18-7)	4	9.0	8	1	0	3	6	0	0	3.53	4.17	36	13	6	1	0	8	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.21	0.427	.00	0.00%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	128	149	Sep 18	CHW		SEA	W,6-0	SHO	W(19-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.39	4.13	33	17	2	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	4	0	1	.39	0.187	.00	0.00%	4.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
33	129	154	Sep 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(20-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	4	1	0	3.30	4.15	36	15	6	2	0	7	69			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.88	0.698	.00	0.00%	3.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
34	130	158	Sep 28	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS-5	W(21-7)	4	5.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.30	4.12	21	6	4	0	0	6	48			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.33	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
35	131	162	Oct 2	CHW	@	SEA	W,3-0	GS-6	W(22-7)	3	5.2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.23	4.07	21	8	3	0	0	3	66			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.302	.00	0.00%	2.69	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a2
							27-8		W-L:22-7	4.3	240.0	209	92	86	106	137	19	8	3.23	4.07	997	1.46		5%	1%	208	55		---%	29	5	2	872	34	3	1	33	7	5	1.09	3.226	1.54	1.88%	31.13

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