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: 13-18 / in Starts: 12-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 2

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	158	2	Apr 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	1	1	2	9	0	0	1.00	1.30	31	9	8	4	0	3	84			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.371	1.66	0.37%	3.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
2	159	5	Apr 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-7	6-8	BL(1-1)	3	2.1	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.97	3.07	12	2	6	3	2	1		2	1	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.251	2.03	-0.24%	-2.04	6b 1-3 1 out a1	8b 1-- 2 out d3
3	160	11	Apr 29	CHW		MIL	L,5-8	GS-8		11	8.0	7	5	5	2	9	1	0	4.66	2.94	33	2	13	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.224	.79	-0.19%	-1.42	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
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
4	161	15	May 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(1-2)	5	8.0	5	2	0	3	10	0	0	3.29	2.45	34	10	6	1	0	5	75			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.50	0.065	1.86	0.05%	1.33	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
5	162	19	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.2	4	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.55	2.42	22	9	3	1	0	4	51			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.018	1.11	-0.01%	-0.50	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a1
6	163	23	May 15	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG(12)	L(1-3)	4	11.2	8	2	2	6	5	1	0	3.02	2.95	49	16	14	0	0	8	74			4	0	0	41	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.83	0.381	1.64	0.21%	3.33	1b start tie	12b --- 2 out d1
7	164	28	May 20	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	8	0	0	2.85	2.60	34	10	9	3	0	7	73			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.457	1.24	0.25%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	165	34	May 25	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	9	0	0	2.59	2.51	36	10	7	1	3	6	76			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.324	1.74	0.25%	2.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
9	166	39	May 30	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	7	2	1	1	2.55	2.99	34	7	10	4	0	7	55			1	4	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.066	2.26	0.06%	1.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
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
10	167	43	Jun 4	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.37	2.91	37	16	9	1	0	8	67			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.292	1.60	0.26%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	168	48	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(5-3)	4	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.39	2.91	30	10	8	2	1	8	53			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.001	2.03	0.00%	0.67	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a2
12	169	54	Jun 15	CHW		BAL	L,0-4	CG	L(5-4)	5	9.0	8	4	4	5	4	1	0	2.54	3.09	40	13	10	0	3	8	54			3	1	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.160	.47	-0.09%	0.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
13	170	58	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	L(5-5)	3	7.0	10	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.72	3.06	30	8	7	0	2	10	42			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.40	-0.321	.71	-0.10%	-1.21	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out tie
14	171	64	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(5-6)	4	8.0	7	4	3	6	5	1	0	2.77	3.22	38	10	10	2	0	7	53			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.168	.66	-0.11%	-0.35	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
15	172	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-7	L(5-7)	13	7.0	7	5	4	2	2	1	1	2.91	3.34	31	8	15	2	0	3	45			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.113	.15	-0.02%	-1.93	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
16	173	85	Jul 17	CHW		MIL	L,2-9	GS-6	L(5-8)	8	6.0	5	6	6	2	4	1	0	3.20	3.39	26	8	7	0	0	5	40			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.314	.16	-0.05%	-3.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
17	174	92	Jul 22(2)	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	L(5-9)	4	9.0	13	5	5	1	6	1	0	3.32	3.37	40	6	14	3	1	13	46			1	0	0	39	0	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.059	.22	-0.01%	-0.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
18	175	98	Jul 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-10)	4	8.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	1	3.20	3.33	33	6	11	1	0	5	71			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.164	.09	0.01%	2.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
19	176	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(6-10)	4	9.0	5	1	0	3	6	0	0	3.01	3.27	34	7	13	0	0	5	78			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.46	0.474	.06	0.01%	2.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
20	177	106	Aug 6(2)	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	GS-6	L(6-11)	4	5.0	6	8	8	4	2	1	0	3.38	3.38	24	4	8	1	1	6	21			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.499	.01	0.00%	-4.73	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d3
21	178	108	Aug 8(1)	CHW		KCR	W,5-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.33	3.38	7	2	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	0.098	.01	0.00%	0.86	8t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
22	179	112	Aug 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(7-11)	4	7.1	7	2	2	2	2	0	1	3.29	3.38	32	4	16	4	0	7	56			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.097	.00	0.00%	0.02	1b start a 2	8b -23 1 out a3
23	180	119	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(8-11)	4	9.0	9	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.23	3.36	38	15	10	1	6	5	61			1	0	0	33	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.47	0.357	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	181	125	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-6	L(8-12)	4	6.0	6	5	4	5	4	0	0	3.32	3.38	26	4	7	1	0	6	41			1	2	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.203	.00	0.00%	-2.26	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
25	182	129	Aug 28	CHW	@	MIL	L,8-10	GS-7	L(8-13)	4	6.1	11	7	7	2	5	2	0	3.54	3.47	32	5	9	1	0	11	26			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.381	.00	0.00%	-3.29	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d2
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
26	183	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-11	GS-4	L(8-14)	5	4.0	9	6	6	3	1	0	0	3.76	3.49	22	5	4	1	0	9	18			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.355	.00	0.00%	-4.18	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d5
27	184	138	Sep 8	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS-1		4	0.1	3	5	5	4	0	0	1	3.99	3.57	9	1	0	0	0	3	21			0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.403	.00	0.00%	-6.05	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d5
28	185	142	Sep 12(1)	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(9-14)	3	10.0	9	1	1	3	7	0	1	3.83	3.51	37	11	7	0	0	8	74			1	3	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.657	.00	0.00%	3.47	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
29	186	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(9-15)	4	8.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	1	3.81	3.50	36	14	8	2	1	8	54			2	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.46	-0.071	.00	0.00%	0.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
30	187	156	Sep 25	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	GS-9	L(9-16)	7	8.1	11	7	7	3	4	3	1	3.96	3.67	35	7	9	2	0	11	34			0	1	1	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.400	.00	0.00%	-3.45	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d3
31	188	161	Oct 3	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(9-17)	7	8.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	1	3.94	3.68	34	9	10	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
							13-18		W-L:9-17,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.3	224.0	214	104	98	90	135	16	9	3.94	3.68	956	0.92		8%	4%	201	54	4	50%	20	15	2	840	32	9	3	13	7	7	1.14	-0.130	.70	0.66%	-5.42

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