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Rich Gossage
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Birthdate: 7/5/1951
Height / Weight: 6' 3" / 217 lbs.
Place of Birth: Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography
Gossage first appeared in a game in 4.16.1972 at age 20, and pitched until 8.8.1994. He appeared in over 1000 games, threw 16 complete games, over 1,500 strike outs, over 300 saves, 124 Wins, not only pitched to end games to get the save, but often pitched 2 innings or so to get the save. Goose was a 6 time All Star, appeared in 3 World Series, 78, 81, and 84, in which he went a total of 1-0 with 1 save and a 2.63 ERA in 13.2 innings and had 11 strike outs.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1972 CHW (AL) 36 1 7 1 2 0 0 80.0 72 44 38 2 44 3 57 7 4 0 4.28
1973 CHW (AL) 20 4 0 4 0 1 0 49.2 57 44 41 9 37 2 33 6 3 0 7.43
1974 CHW (AL) 39 3 4 6 1 0 0 89.1 92 45 41 4 47 7 64 2 2 1 4.13
1975 CHW (AL) 62 0 9 8 26 0 0 141.2 99 32 29 3 70 15 130 3 5 0 1.84
1976 CHW (AL) 31 29 9 17 1 15 0 224.0 214 104 98 16 90 3 135 6 9 0 3.94
1977 PIT (NL) 72 0 11 9 26 0 0 133.0 78 27 24 9 49 6 151 2 2 0 1.62
1978 NYY (AL) 63 0 10 11 27 0 0 134.1 87 41 30 9 59 8 122 5 2 0 2.01
1979 NYY (AL) 36 0 5 3 18 0 0 58.1 48 18 17 5 19 4 41 3 0 0 2.62
1980 NYY (AL) 64 0 6 2 33 0 0 99.0 74 29 25 5 37 3 103 4 1 0 2.27
1981 NYY (AL) 32 0 3 2 20 0 0 46.2 22 6 4 2 14 1 48 1 1 0 0.77
1982 NYY (AL) 56 0 4 5 30 0 0 93.0 63 23 23 5 28 5 102 1 0 0 2.23
1983 NYY (AL) 57 0 13 5 22 0 0 87.1 82 27 22 5 25 5 90 0 1 0 2.27
1984 SDP (NL) 62 0 10 6 25 0 0 102.1 75 34 33 6 36 4 84 2 1 2 2.90
1985 SDP (NL) 50 0 5 3 26 0 0 79.0 64 21 16 1 17 1 52 0 1 0 1.82
1986 SDP (NL) 45 0 5 7 21 0 0 64.2 69 36 32 8 20 0 63 4 2 0 4.45
1987 SDP (NL) 40 0 5 4 11 0 0 52.0 47 18 18 4 19 6 44 2 0 0 3.12
1988 CHC (NL) 46 0 4 4 13 0 0 43.2 50 23 21 3 15 5 30 3 3 2 4.33
1989 SFG (NL) 31 0 2 1 4 0 0 43.2 32 16 13 2 27 3 24 2 0 0 2.68
1989 NYY (AL) 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.1 14 6 6 0 3 1 6 1 1 0 3.77
1991 TEX (AL) 44 0 4 2 1 0 0 40.1 33 16 16 4 16 1 28 3 3 0 3.57
1992 OAK (AL) 30 0 0 2 0 0 0 38.0 32 13 12 5 19 4 26 0 2 0 2.84
1993 OAK (AL) 39 0 4 5 1 0 0 47.2 49 24 24 6 26 2 40 4 1 0 4.53
1994 SEA (AL) 36 0 3 0 1 0 0 47.1 44 23 22 6 15 1 29 2 3 0 4.18
23 years   1002 37 124 107 310 16 0 1809.1 1497 670 605 119 732 90 1502 63 47 5 3.01
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1972 CHW (AL) 36 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 .0 SLG
1973 CHW (AL) 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1974 CHW (AL) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1975 CHW (AL) 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1976 CHW (AL) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1977 PIT (NL) 72 23 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 .217 .250 SLG
1978 NYY (AL) 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1979 NYY (AL) 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1980 NYY (AL) 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1981 NYY (AL) 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1982 NYY (AL) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1983 NYY (AL) 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1984 SDP (NL) 62 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 .182 .217 SLG
1985 SDP (NL) 50 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .154 SLG
1986 SDP (NL) 45 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1987 SDP (NL) 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1988 CHC (NL) 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1989 SFG (NL) 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1989 NYY (AL) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1991 TEX (AL) 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1992 OAK (AL) 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1993 OAK (AL) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1994 SEA (AL) 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
23 years   1003 85 1 9 1 0 0 2 4 37 0 0 0 0 4 0 .106 .146 .SLG



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