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Positions: P-946

Full Name: Richard Michael Gossage
Nickname: Goose
Born: Jul 5,1951 in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Height: 6-3 Weight: 217 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Wasson (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
College: Colorado State University-Pueblo

Drafted: Selected by Chicago White Sox in 9th Round (198th overall) of 1970 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

300+ Career Saves

Hall of Famers Inducted in 2008

Major League All-Star Game 10x 1975-1978,1980-1985

Major Leaguers who played in Japan

Pitcher of Month 1x Sep-1979 (AL)

World Series Champion NYY 1978

Yearly Saves Leader 3x AL 1975,1978,1980

MLB Debut: Apr 16,1972

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Scouting Report
Control:	49
K-Rating:	87
Efficiency:	74
vsPower:	74
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Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Lvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
1970	GCL White Sox	GCL	18	CHW	Rk	0	0	2.81	3	3	0	0		0	16.0	11	6	5		4	21		6.2	---	2.3	11.8	0.94
	Appleton	Midw	18	CHW	A	0	3	5.91	10	5	0	0		0	35.0	41	27	23		19	21		10.5	---	4.9	5.4	1.71
1971	Appleton	Midw	19	CHW	A	18	2	1.83	25	24	15	7		0	187.0	141	48	38		50	149		6.8	---	2.4	7.2	1.02
1972	Chi White Sox	AL	20	CHW	MLB	7	1	4.28	36	1	0	0	7	2	80.0	72	44	38	2	44	57	7	8.1	0.2	5.0	6.4	1.45
1973	Iowa	Amer	21	CHW	AAA	5	4	3.68	12	9	5	1		1	71.0	59	32	29		28	66		7.5	---	3.5	8.4	1.23
	Chi White Sox	AL	21	CHW	MLB	0	4	7.43	20	4	1	0	4	0	49.2	57	44	41	9	37	33	6	10.3	1.6	6.7	6.0	1.89
1974	Appleton	Midw	22	CHW	A	0	2	3.38	2	2	0	0		0	8.0	8	6	3		4	5		9.0	---	4.5	5.6	1.50
	Chi White Sox	AL	22	CHW	MLB	4	6	4.13	39	3	0	0	19	1	89.1	92	45	41	4	47	64	2	9.3	0.4	4.7	6.4	1.56
1975	Chi White Sox	AL	23	CHW	MLB	9	8	1.84	62	0	0	0	49	26	141.2	99	32	29	3	70	130	3	6.3	0.2	4.4	8.3	1.19
1976	Chi White Sox	AL	24	CHW	MLB	9	17	3.94	31	29	15	0	1	1	224.0	214	104	98	16	90	135	6	8.6	0.6	3.6	5.4	1.36
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	25	PIT	MLB	11	9	1.62	72	0	0	0	55	26	133.0	78	27	24	9	49	151	2	5.3	0.6	3.3	10.2	0.95
1978	NY Yankees	AL	26	NYY	MLB	10	11	2.01	63	0	0	0	55	27	134.1	87	41	30	9	59	122	5	5.8	0.6	4.0	8.2	1.09
1979	NY Yankees	AL	27	NYY	MLB	5	3	2.62	36	0	0	0	33	18	58.1	48	18	17	5	19	41	3	7.4	0.8	2.9	6.3	1.15
1980	NY Yankees	AL	28	NYY	MLB	6	2	2.27	64	0	0	0	58	33	99.0	74	29	25	5	37	103	4	6.7	0.5	3.4	9.4	1.12
1981	NY Yankees	AL	29	NYY	MLB	3	2	0.77	32	0	0	0	30	20	46.2	22	6	4	2	14	48	1	4.2	0.4	2.7	9.3	0.77
1982	NY Yankees	AL	30	NYY	MLB	4	5	2.23	56	0	0	0	43	30	93.0	63	23	23	5	28	102	1	6.1	0.5	2.7	9.9	0.98
1983	NY Yankees	AL	31	NYY	MLB	13	5	2.27	57	0	0	0	47	22	87.1	82	27	22	5	25	90	0	8.5	0.5	2.6	9.3	1.23
1984	San Diego	NL	32	SD	MLB	10	6	2.90	62	0	0	0	51	25	102.1	75	34	33	6	36	84	2	6.6	0.5	3.2	7.4	1.08
1985	San Diego	NL	33	SD	MLB	5	3	1.82	50	0	0	0	38	26	79.0	64	21	16	1	17	52	0	7.3	0.1	1.9	5.9	1.03
1986	San Diego	NL	34	SD	MLB	5	7	4.45	45	0	0	0	38	21	64.2	69	36	32	8	20	63	4	9.6	1.1	2.8	8.8	1.38
1987	San Diego	NL	35	SD	MLB	5	4	3.12	40	0	0	0	30	11	52.0	47	18	18	4	19	44	2	8.1	0.7	3.3	7.6	1.27
1988	Chi Cubs	NL	36	CHC	MLB	4	4	4.33	46	0	0	0	33	13	43.2	50	23	21	3	15	30	3	10.3	0.6	3.1	6.2	1.49
1989	SF Giants	NL	37	SF	MLB	2	1	2.68	31	0	0	0	22	4	43.2	32	16	13	2	27	24	2	6.6	0.4	5.6	4.9	1.35
	NY Yankees	AL	37	NYY	MLB	1	0	3.77	11	0	0	0	6	1	14.1	14	6	6	0	3	6	1	8.8	0.0	1.9	3.8	1.19
1990	Fukuoka	Jap Pac	38	-	Intl	2	3	4.40	23	0	0	0		8	47.0			23		15	40		---	---	2.9	7.7	---
1991	Oklahoma City	Amer	39	TEX	AAA	0	0	18.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	4	4	1	1	3	1	9.0	4.5	4.5	13.5	1.50
	Texas	AL	39	TEX	MLB	4	2	3.57	44	0	0	0	16	1	40.1	33	16	16	4	16	28	3	7.4	0.9	3.6	6.2	1.21
1992	Oakland	AL	40	OAK	MLB	0	2	2.84	30	0	0	0	13	0	38.0	32	13	12	5	19	26	0	7.6	1.2	4.5	6.2	1.34
1993	Oakland	AL	41	OAK	MLB	4	5	4.53	39	0	0	0	12	1	47.2	49	24	24	6	26	40	4	9.3	1.1	4.9	7.6	1.57
1994	Seattle	AL	42	SEA	MLB	3	0	4.18	36	0	0	0	21	1	47.1	44	23	22	6	15	29	2	8.4	1.1	2.9	5.5	1.25

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)						124	107	3.01	1002	37	16	0	681	310	1809.1	1497	670	605	119	732	1502	63	7.4	0.6	3.6	7.5	1.23
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						25	14	3.07	77	43	20	8		9	366.0			125		121	305		---	---	3.0	7.5	---