Richard Dotson | Major Leaguer 1979-1990

Full Name: Richard Elliott Dotson
Born: January 10,1959 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Height: 6-0 Weight: 204 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Anderson (Cincinnati,OH)
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Drafted: Selected by California Angels in 1st Round (7th overall) of 1977 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 5,1977] - Traded by Angels with Thad Bosley and Bobby Bonds to White Sox for Dave Frost, Chris Knapp and Brian Downing. [Nov 12,1987] - Traded by White Sox with Scott Nielsen to Yankees for Steve Rosenberg, Mark Salas and Dan Pasqua. [Jun 22,1989] - Released by Yankees. [Jul 1,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by White Sox. [Nov 13,1989] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 5,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Royals. [Jun 21,1990] - Released by Royals.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1977	idaho flls	Pio	18	Cal	Rk	4	5	5.73	13						66.0	65	61	42		63	83			8.86	---	8.59	11.32	1.94	--
1978	Knoxville	Sou	19	Chw	AA	11	10	4.28	26	25	2	0		0	145.0	128	85	69	10	105	152	11		7.94	0.62	6.52	9.43	1.61	--
1979	Knoxville	Sou	20	Chw	AA	9	9	3.70	25	25	10	1		0	163.0	133	81	67	14	88	133	5		7.34	0.77	4.86	7.34	1.36	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	20	Chw	MLB	2	0	3.70	5	5	1	1	0	0	24.1	28	13	10	0	6	13	0	0	10.36	0.00	2.22	4.81	1.40	32%
1980	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	12	10	4.27	33	32	8	0	1	0	198.0	185	105	94	20	87	109	6	2	8.41	0.91	3.95	4.95	1.37	59%
1981	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	9	8	3.77	24	24	5	4	0	0	141.0	145	67	59	13	49	73	3	2	9.26	0.83	3.13	4.66	1.38	46%
1982	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	11	15	3.84	34	31	3	1	3	0	196.2	219	97	84	19	73	109	2	1	10.02	0.87	3.34	4.99	1.48	50%
1983	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	22	7	3.23	35	35	8	1	0	0	240.0	209	92	86	19	106	137	7	0	7.84	0.71	3.98	5.14	1.31	55%
1984	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	14	15	3.59	32	32	14	1	0	0	245.2	216	110	98	24	103	120	4	1	7.91	0.88	3.77	4.40	1.30	56%
1985	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	3	4	4.47	9	9	0	0	0	0	52.1	53	30	26	5	17	33	0	0	9.12	0.86	2.92	5.68	1.34	54%
1986	Hagerstown	Caro	27	Bal	A+	0	0	3.38	6	0	0	0	3	2	13.1	14	7	5	3	4	8	1		9.45	2.03	2.70	5.40	1.35	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	10	17	5.48	34	34	3	1	0	0	197.0	226	125	120	24	69	110	10	0	10.32	1.10	3.15	5.03	1.50	60%
1987	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	11	12	4.17	31	31	7	2	0	0	211.1	201	109	98	24	86	114	5	0	8.56	1.02	3.66	4.85	1.36	46%
1988	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	12	9	5.00	32	29	4	0	0	0	171.0	178	103	95	27	72	77	3	3	9.37	1.42	3.79	4.05	1.46	49%
1989	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	2	5	5.57	11	9	1	0	2	0	51.2	69	33	32	8	17	14	0	3	12.02	1.39	2.96	2.44	1.66	26%
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	3	7	3.88	17	17	1	0	0	0	99.2	112	51	43	8	41	55	2	0	10.11	0.72	3.70	4.97	1.54	43%
1990	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	0	4	8.48	8	7	0	0	1	0	28.2	43	29	27	3	14	9	4	0	13.50	0.94	4.40	2.83	1.99	45%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						111	113	4.23	305	295	55	11	7	0	1,857.1	1884	964	872	194	740	973	46	12	9.13	0.94	3.59	4.71	1.41	52%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						24	24	4.25	70						387.1	340	234	183		260	376			7.90	---	6.04	8.74	1.55	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	20	Chw	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	p	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	p	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	p	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	p	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	p	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	p	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								312	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1983	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24		Ch	0	1	10.80	1		0			0	5.0	6		6		3	3			10.80	---	5.40	5.40	1.80	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	1	10.80	1		0			0	5.0	6		6		3	3			10.80	---	5.40	5.40	1.80	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1983	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1978	Knoxville	Sou	19	Chw	AA	P	26			6	20	1	27	1	-	-	-	.963	--

1979	Knoxville	Sou	20	Chw	AA	P	25			6	22	2	30	1	-	-	-	.933	--
1979	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	20	Chw	MLB	P	5		24.1	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.85

1980	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	P	33		198	13	33	1	47	0	-	-	-	.979	2.09

1981	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	P	24		141	7	20	0	27	4	-	-	-	1.000	1.72

1982	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	P	34		196.2	13	24	1	38	1	-	-	-	.974	1.69

1983	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	P	35		240	20	48	1	69	8	-	-	-	.986	2.55

1984	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	P	32		245.2	8	36	1	45	3	-	-	-	.978	1.61

1985	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	P	9		52.1	3	5	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.38

1986	Hagerstown	Caro	27	Bal	A+	P	6			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1986	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	P	34		197	13	23	3	39	0	-	-	-	.923	1.64

1987	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	P	31		211.1	14	38	2	54	4	-	-	-	.963	2.21

1988	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	P	32		171	17	14	0	31	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.63

1989	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	P	17		99.2	4	16	2	22	2	-	-	-	.909	1.81
1989	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	P	11		51.2	1	5	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.05

1990	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	P	8		28.2	2	3	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.57

Awards

[1980] - AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #7) [1983] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #20), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4) [1984] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	900,000	55	299,108	7
1986	975,000	67	325,466	8
1987	*60,000		292,853	80
1988	900,000	96	325,305	12
1989	68,000		375,257	71
1990	550,000		426,358	29

Career:	$3,453,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

2006 - Pitching Coach for Birmingham of Southern League (AA)

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1984)

Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
2008	Charlotte [IL]	Pitching Coach