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: 36-21

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 49

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	512	2	Apr 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		99	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.25	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.08	0.00%	0.54	8b 1-- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
2	513	4	Apr 9	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-7	8-GF(8)	BL(0-1)	2	1.0	2	4	3	2	1	1	0	16.20	11.76	8	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.12	-0.683	2.98	-0.58%	-3.84	8b -2- 0 out a2	8b end d 3
3	514	7	Apr 13	NYY		DET	L,5-7	7-8	BS(2)	3	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	13.50	10.56	8	1	3	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.466	1.69	-0.37%	-2.63	7t 12- 1 out a1	8t 3 out d3
4	515	9	Apr 15	NYY		TOR	L,5-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10.38	9.45	5	1	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.42	-0.224	4.29	-0.17%	-0.14	9t 1-- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
5	516	13	Apr 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	9-GF		4	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.81	7.82	5	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.017	1.15	0.01%	-2.47	9b 12- 0 out a6	9b end a 2
6	517	17	Apr 26	NYY		KCR	L,4-10	7-8		5	1.2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	9.00	6.47	9	1	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.068	.47	-0.05%	-1.13	7t -23 1 out d2	8t 3 out d5
7	518	20	Apr 30	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.00	5.76	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.026	.28	-0.02%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
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
8	519	22	May 2	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.64	5.64	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.008	.36	0.01%	0.77	8b 123 2 out d3	8b end d 3
9	520	25	May 6	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.45	5.03	4	0	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.045	.43	0.03%	0.97	8b 12- 2 out a4	9b end a 4
10	521	26	May 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-7	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.59	5.10	6	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.49	0.091	4.68	0.06%	-1.09	9b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 1
11	522	30	May 13	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	8-GF	S(3)	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.75	4.76	6	0	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.162	1.53	0.08%	0.84	8t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 2
12	523	31	May 14	NYY		CHW	W,8-5	9-GF	S(4)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.23	4.45	4	0	2	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.069	.90	0.03%	0.31	9t 123 0 out a5	9t end a 3
13	524	34	May 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	7-GF(11)	BW(1-1)	2	4.2	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	4.58	3.94	19	1	8	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.25	0.329	2.36	0.21%	1.34	7b -23 1 out a2	11b end a 2
14	525	37	May 21	NYY	@	OAK	W,1-0	9-GF	S(5)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.50	3.98	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.96	0.043	4.28	0.03%	0.10	9b --- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
15	526	38	May 22	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-2	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.26	3.86	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.084	2.41	0.06%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
16	527	40	May 24	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-7	8-9		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.71	6	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.87	0.243	2.31	0.18%	0.99	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
17	528	42	May 27	NYY		OAK	W,4-2	8-GF	S(7)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.57	3.55	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.246	1.67	0.16%	1.65	8t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 2
18	529	45	May 30	NYY		OAK	W,10-5	8-GF	W(2-1)	2	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.28	3.44	8	1	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.16	-0.030	1.69	-0.03%	0.95	8t 12- 0 out tie	9t end a 5
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
19	530	51	Jun 5	NYY		SEA	L,7-8	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.04	3.24	8	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.085	1.05	0.07%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
20	531	53	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	9-GF(10)	BL(2-2)	1	1.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.18	3.21	7	3	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.58	-0.505	4.76	-0.40%	-1.01	9t 1-- 1 out a1	10t end d 1
21	532	54	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	9-GF	W(3-2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	3.21	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	0.102	4.49	0.08%	0.32	9t -2- 2 out tie	9t end tie
22	533	57	Jun 12	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-6	10-11		3	1.1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.00	3.19	6	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	0.235	3.85	0.19%	0.78	10b -2- 2 out tie	11b 3 out tie
23	534	65	Jun 21	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		8	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	3.11	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.021	.42	-0.02%	-0.33	8b -2- 1 out d2	8b end d 3
24	535	68	Jun 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	8-GF	S(8)	3	1.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.78	2.97	9	3	3	2	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.063	3.04	0.06%	0.10	8b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
25	536	70	Jun 27	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	9-GF(11)	W(4-2)	1	2.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.57	2.73	9	2	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.319	3.12	0.33%	1.63	9t -2- 1 out d1	11t end tie
26	537	72	Jun 30	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	9-GF(12)	BW(5-2)	2	4.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.54	2.50	18	3	4	1	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.94	0.180	5.87	0.22%	0.31	9t 1-- 0 out a2	12t end tie
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
27	538	78	Jul 9	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-3	11-GF(12)	L(5-3)	8	1.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.51	6	0	4	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	-0.282	4.70	-0.34%	-0.34	11b --- 1 out tie	12b end d 1
28	539	79	Jul 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-4	8-GF	S(9)	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.36	2.37	7	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.190	3.67	0.21%	1.03	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
29	540	84	Jul 15	NYY		TEX	W,7-5	8-GF	S(10)	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	2.34	5	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	0.281	2.73	0.19%	1.37	8t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 2
30	541	85	Jul 16	NYY		TEX	W,3-1	8-GF	S(11)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.17	2.19	8	0	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.316	3.14	0.23%	1.95	8t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
31	542	89	Jul 20	NYY		MIN	W,6-4	8-GF(10)	W(6-3)	3	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	2.17	9	1	5	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.344	3.86	0.34%	1.28	8t -2- 2 out tie	10t end tie
32	543	90	Jul 22(1)	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	9-GF	BW(7-3)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	2.18	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.19	-0.228	9.68	-0.26%	-0.57	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end tie
33	544	93	Jul 24 susp	NYY		KCR	L,4-5	9-9	BL(7-4)	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.23	2.44	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	-0.737	5.21	-0.83%	-1.88	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t --- 2 out d1
34	545	94	Jul 25	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-5	8-GF	BW(8-4)	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.34	2.46	7	1	4	0	1	2		2	2	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.82	-0.399	4.42	-0.38%	-1.62	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 1
35	546	96	Jul 27	NYY	@	TEX	W,4-3	8-GF	S(12)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.26	2.39	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.272	4.82	0.33%	0.74	8b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
36	547	99	Jul 31	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-6	8-10	BW(9-4)	3	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.14	2.30	11	5	2	0	0	1		1	1	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	0.361	4.45	0.36%	1.49	8b --3 0 out a1	10b 3 out tie
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
37	548	101	Aug 2(1)	NYY	@	TOR	L,9-10	8-9	BS(10)	1	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.24	2.28	8	0	4	0	1	3		3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.79	-0.078	10.57	-0.09%	0.14	8b 123 1 out a2	9b 3 out tie
38	549	112	Aug 11	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	7-GF(10)	W(10-4)	8	3.1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.11	2.17	11	1	5	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.508	7.26	0.92%	1.82	7b --3 2 out tie	10b end a 1
39	550	115	Aug 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	9-GF	S(13)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	2.11	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.085	3.41	0.15%	0.87	9b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
40	551	117	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	7-8		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.03	2.06	5	0	2	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.134	1.97	-0.17%	-0.76	7t 123 2 out d1	8t 3 out d2
41	552	118	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	8-10	BS(11)	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.09	2.28	11	2	4	2	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.302	4.17	-0.34%	-1.14	8t 12- 1 out a1	10t 3 out tie
42	553	121	Aug 21	NYY		CAL	W,2-1	9-GF	W(11-4)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	2.25	4	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.020	2.78	-0.02%	0.40	9t --3 0 out tie	9t end d 1
43	554	122	Aug 22	NYY		OAK	L,2-3	9-11	BS(12)	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.97	2.27	13	2	4	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	0.174	6.07	0.17%	0.83	9t 1-- 0 out a1	11t 3 out tie
44	555	126	Aug 26	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(14)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.95	2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.90	0.412	7.97	0.33%	0.94	9b --3 1 out a1	9b end a 1
45	556	127	Aug 27	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-7	8-GF	BL(11-5)	0	1.0	3	3	1	1	2	0	0	2.05	2.24	8	1	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.52	-0.858	5.67	-0.83%	-2.62	8b -2- 2 out a2	9b end d 1
46	557	130	Aug 31	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-4	8-GF	S(15)	3	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.00	2.23	6	1	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.196	2.78	0.18%	1.12	8b -2- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
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
47	558	132	Sep 2	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-4	8-GF	S(16)	1	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.07	2.27	10	1	3	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	0.171	5.95	0.17%	-0.95	8b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 1
48	559	134	Sep 4	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-3	9-GF	S(17)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	2.24	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.049	3.47	0.05%	0.11	9b --- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
49	560	137	Sep 7	NYY	@	MIL	W,11-5	8-GF	S(18)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.00	2.20	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.184	1.52	0.19%	1.91	8b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 6
50	561	138	Sep 8	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-5	8-GF	S(19)	0	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.95	2.23	10	1	4	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.23	0.278	7.96	0.31%	0.27	8b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 1
51	562	140	Sep 10(1)	NYY		BAL	L,4-8	9-GF		1	0.2	5	5	5	2	0	1	0	2.51	2.48	9	1	1	0	1	5		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	-0.438	5.35	-1.06%	-5.34	9t -2- 1 out tie	9t end d 6
52	563	143	Sep 12	NYY		MIL	W,1-0	9-GF	S(20)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	2.48	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	0.273	1.53	0.08%	0.86	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
53	564	144	Sep 13	NYY		MIL	W,2-1	8-GF	W(12-5)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.43	2.46	4	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.264	1.50	0.09%	0.97	8t 1-3 2 out tie	9t end a 1
54	565	146	Sep 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	9-GF		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.42	2.50	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	-0.299	1.39	-0.06%	-0.75	9b -2- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
55	566	150	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	7-GF	S(21)	2	2.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.35	2.41	10	2	2	2	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.475	.04	0.00%	1.63	7b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
56	567	154	Sep 25	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	9-GF	S(22)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.33	2.39	2	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.082	.01	0.00%	0.51	9t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
57	568	161	Oct 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	10-GF(12)	W(13-5)	5	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.27	2.33	8	0	4	2	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.444	.00	0.00%	1.42	10b 12- 2 out tie	12b end a 1
							36-21		W-L:13-5,Sv:22,BSv:13	2.2	87.1	82	27	22	25	90	5	1	2.27	2.33	367	0.48		8%	4%	79		74	49%	8	3	0	330	13	0	5	5	6	5	2.39	1.885	3.58	0.09%	5.54

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