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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	PIT		STL	L,6-12		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 10	PIT		STL	L,7-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	4	Apr 12	PIT		MON	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
4	7 (2)	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	9 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	MON	L,5-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	11 (1)	Apr 20	PIT	@	MON	W,8-6		7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	12	Apr 22	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	13	Apr 23	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-5	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	14	Apr 26	PIT		PHI	W,5-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	18 (3)	May 1	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	20 (1)	May 3	PIT	@	ATL	W,8-7		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	22 (1)	May 6	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	24 (1)	May 8	PIT		CIN	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	26 (1)	May 10 (2)	PIT		ATL	W,2-1	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	27	May 11	PIT		ATL	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	30 (2)	May 14	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-2	GF	13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	32 (1)	May 17	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	34 (1)	May 19	PIT		LAD	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	37 (2)	May 22	PIT		LAD	W,11-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	41 (3)	May 29	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	42	May 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	46 (3)	Jun 4	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	47	Jun 5	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	48	Jun 6	PIT		SFG	L,1-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
25	50 (1)	Jun 8	PIT		SFG	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	51	Jun 10	PIT		SDP	W,10-7	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	54 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	PIT		SDP	W,7-4	GF	9	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	55	Jun 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-3	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	57 (1)	Jun 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-3	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	59 (1)	Jun 18	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	62 (2)	Jun 20	PIT	@	SDP	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	64 (1)	Jun 22	PIT	@	SDP	W,3-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	65	Jun 24	PIT		MON	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	67 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	PIT		MON	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	68	Jun 26 (2)	PIT		MON	L,3-6		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	72 (3)	Jun 29	PIT	@	STL	W,9-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	74 (1)	Jul 1	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7		12	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	77 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		STL	W,5-2	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	80 (2)	Jul 6	PIT		STL	W,11-8		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	81	Jul 8	PIT		PHI	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	84 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,12-10	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	86 (1)	Jul 12	PIT	@	MON	W,5-4	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
43	90 (3)	Jul 16	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	91	Jul 17 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	92	Jul 17 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-9		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	98 (5)	Jul 26	PIT		HOU	W,3-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	99	Jul 27	PIT		HOU	W,3-2		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	102 (2)	Jul 30	PIT	@	ATL	W,10-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	104 (1)	Aug 1	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	108 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	111 (2)	Aug 8	PIT		CHC	W,7-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	112	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	113	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,2-1		16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
54	116 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	PIT		NYM	W,6-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	119 (2)	Aug 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6		19	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
56	124 (4)	Aug 21	PIT		SFG	L,4-5		15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	126 (1)	Aug 23	PIT		SDP	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	127	Aug 24	PIT		LAD	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	129 (1)	Aug 26	PIT	@	SDP	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	133 (3)	Aug 31	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	137 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	139 (1)	Sep 6	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	141 (1)	Sep 8	PIT		STL	W,9-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	143 (1)	Sep 10	PIT		MON	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
65	146 (2)	Sep 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	147	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	150 (2)	Sep 17	PIT	@	MON	W,6-3	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	153 (2)	Sep 21	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-0	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	154	Sep 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	156 (1)	Sep 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-0	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
71	158 (1)	Sep 28	PIT		NYM	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
72	162 (3)	Oct 2 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							72gm		133.0	4	10	1	15	0