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Proper Name
Richard Michael Gossage
nickname
Goose
High Level
MLB (1972-1994)
Positions
P (1002) ... DH (1)
Ht / Wt
6-3 / 217
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
age
72.288
place
Colorado Springs,Colorado
High School
Roy J. Wasson (Colorado Springs,CO)
colleges
draft posit
P
MLB Debut
MLB Teams
NYA [7] CHA [5] SDN [4] OAK [2] PIT [1] CHN [1] SFN [1] TEX [1] SEA [1]
TBC#
12043
mlbam id
114989
Retrosheet
Stat Capsuleerawhipw-lggssviphso
Career MLB [1972-1994]3.011.23124-1071002373101,809.314971502
Strikeouts
80
Walks
46
Hittable
73
SO/BB
69
vsPower
73
Hitting
7
Durability
76
Team
.504
Player Tags
Player Notes:  Nickname: Goose ... Uncle of Kevin Gossage ... Father of Todd Gossage ... [1978] World Series Champion with New York Yankees ... [1990] Played in Japan
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1978 Pitching Log (Regular Season)
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date team opp wl score box seq g1 c-g decision gs qs cg sh gf ip   h   r er bb so wp bk hb iw bf ab 2b 3b hr sb cs gdp bbt g bbt f bbt p bbt l pit str bal fou play cal sw str% era whip
1978-04-08 NYA TEX L 1-2 box | pbp 2 1 261 L 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 9.00 2.00
1978-04-12 NYA MIL L 3-5 box | pbp 2 2 262 L 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 13 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 6.75 1.25
1978-04-17 NYA BAL L 1-6 box | pbp 2 3 263 -- 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 17 16 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 4.70 1.43
1978-04-19 NYA TOR L 3-4 box | pbp 2 4 264 L 0 0 0 0 1 3.2 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 3.18 1.06
1978-04-23 NYA MIL L 2-3 box | pbp 2 5 265 -- 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.70 1.05
1978-04-24 NYA BAL W 8-2 box | pbp 2 6 266 -- 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.93 1.11
1978-04-30 NYA MIN W 3-2 box | pbp 2 7 267 W 0 0 0 0 1 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.50 1.06
date team opp wl score box seq g1 c-g decision gs qs cg sh gf ip   h   r er bb so wp bk hb iw bf ab 2b 3b hr sb cs gdp bbt g bbt f bbt p bbt l pit str bal fou play cal sw str% era whip
1978-05-03 NYA KCA W 6-5 box | pbp 2 8 268 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.37 1.00
1978-05-05 NYA TEX W 5-2 box | pbp 2 9 269 SV 0 0 0 0 1 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 10 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.49 1.02
1978-05-07 NYA TEX W 3-2 box | pbp 3 10 270 W 0 0 0 0 1 4.0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.10 1.01
1978-05-12 NYA KCA L 3-4 box | pbp 2 11 271 L 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.45 1.05
1978-05-13 NYA KCA W 5-2 box | pbp 2 12 272 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.36 1.05
1978-05-16 NYA CHA W 8-3 box | pbp 2 13 273 SV 0 0 0 0 1 3.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.08 0.92
1978-05-18 NYA CLE W 5-3 box | pbp 2 14 274 SV 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.03 0.90
1978-05-21 NYA TOR W 2-1 box | pbp 3 15 275 SV 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.99 0.88
1978-05-28 NYA TOR W 6-5 box | pbp 3 16 276 W 0 0 0 0 1 7.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 27 23 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.86 0.88
date team opp wl score box seq g1 c-g decision gs qs cg sh gf ip   h   r er bb so wp bk hb iw bf ab 2b 3b hr sb cs gdp bbt g bbt f bbt p bbt l pit str bal fou play cal sw str% era whip
1978-06-01 NYA BAL L 0-1 box | pbp 2 17 277 -- 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.77 0.84
1978-06-02 NYA OAK W 3-1 box | pbp 2 18 278 SV 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.74 0.82
1978-06-04 NYA OAK L 4-6 box | pbp 5 19 279 -- 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.73 0.82
1978-06-06 NYA SEA L 3-4 box | pbp 2 20 280 L 0 0 0 0 1 2.1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.64 0.89
1978-06-09 NYA CAL W 3-1 box | pbp 2 21 281 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.60 0.87
1978-06-10 NYA CAL L 3-4 box | pbp 4 22 282 L 0 0 0 0 1 3.1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.68 0.85
1978-06-13 NYA OAK W 5-3 box | pbp 2 23 283 SV 0 0 0 0 1 2.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.60 0.83
1978-06-15 NYA SEA W 5-2 box | pbp 2 24 284 -- 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.71 0.89
1978-06-19 NYA BOS L 4-10 box | pbp 2 25 285 L 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 22 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.37 0.98
1978-06-22 NYA DET W 4-2 box | pbp 2 26 286 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.33 0.98
1978-06-25 NYA DET W 4-2 box | pbp 2 27 287 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.28 0.98
1978-06-26 NYA BOS L 1-4 box | pbp 2 28 288 -- 0 0 0 0 1 2.2 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 10 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.32 0.97
1978-06-27 NYA BOS W 6-4 box | pbp 2 29 289 -- 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 19 17 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.15 0.99
date team opp wl score box seq g1 c-g decision gs qs cg sh gf ip   h   r er bb so wp bk hb iw bf ab 2b 3b hr sb cs gdp bbt g bbt f bbt p bbt l pit str bal fou play cal sw str% era whip
1978-07-02 NYA DET W 3-2 box | pbp 2 30 290 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.12 0.97
1978-07-02 NYA DET W 5-3 box | pbp 3 31 291 W 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.09 0.99
1978-07-05 NYA TEX L 2-3 box | pbp 2 32 292 -- 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.06 0.99
1978-07-08 NYA MIL L 5-6 box | pbp 2 33 293 L 0 0 0 0 1 4.0 4 3 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 16 16 1 0 2 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.31 0.99
1978-07-14 NYA CHA W 7-6 box | pbp 2 34 294 W 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.25 0.97
1978-07-17 NYA KCA L 7-9 box | pbp 3 35 295 L 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 26 21 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.23 1.05
1978-07-21 NYA CHA W 7-4 box | pbp 3 36 296 SV 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.18 1.04
1978-07-22 NYA CHA W 7-2 box | pbp 3 37 297 -- 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.23 1.06
1978-07-23 NYA CHA W 3-1 box | pbp 2 38 298 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.21 1.06
1978-07-26 NYA CLE W 3-1 box | pbp 2 39 299 W 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.18 1.06
1978-07-27 NYA CLE L 5-17 box | pbp 5 40 300 -- 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.16 1.05
1978-07-29 NYA MIN W 7-3 box | pbp 3 41 301 SV 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.08 1.03
1978-07-30 NYA MIN W 4-3 box | pbp 2 42 302 W 0 0 0 0 1 2.1 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.03 1.03
date team opp wl score box seq g1 c-g decision gs qs cg sh gf ip   h   r er bb so wp bk hb iw bf ab 2b 3b hr sb cs gdp bbt g bbt f bbt p bbt l pit str bal fou play cal sw str% era whip
1978-08-02 NYA BOS L 5-7 box | pbp 2 43 303 -- 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 0 26 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.98 1.01
1978-08-08 NYA MIL W 3-0 box | pbp 2 44 304 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.96 1.01
1978-08-14 NYA BAL W 4-1 box | pbp 2 45 305 W 0 0 0 0 1 2.2 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.91 1.00
1978-08-16 NYA OAK W 5-3 box | pbp 3 46 306 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.88 1.02
1978-08-20 NYA SEA L 4-5 box | pbp 2 47 307 L 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 13 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.10 1.06
1978-08-25 NYA OAK W 7-1 box | pbp 2 48 308 -- 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.08 1.06
1978-08-27 NYA OAK W 6-2 box | pbp 2 49 309 SV 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.04 1.05
1978-08-28 NYA CAL W 4-1 box | pbp 2 50 310 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.02 1.04
1978-08-29 NYA CAL W 4-3 box | pbp 3 51 311 W 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.00 1.04
1978-08-30 NYA BAL W 5-4 box | pbp 2 52 312 SV 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.97 1.02
date team opp wl score box seq g1 c-g decision gs qs cg sh gf ip   h   r er bb so wp bk hb iw bf ab 2b 3b hr sb cs gdp bbt g bbt f bbt p bbt l pit str bal fou play cal sw str% era whip
1978-09-03 NYA SEA W 4-3 box | pbp 3 53 313 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.95 1.01
1978-09-05 NYA DET W 4-2 box | pbp 3 54 314 SV 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.94 1.02
1978-09-10 NYA BOS W 7-4 box | pbp 2 55 315 SV 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.89 1.03
1978-09-13 NYA DET W 7-3 box | pbp 2 56 316 -- 0 0 0 0 1 2.2 1 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.92 1.05
1978-09-14 NYA DET W 4-2 box | pbp 2 57 317 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.07 1.07
1978-09-20 NYA TOR W 3-2 box | pbp 2 58 318 W 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.02 1.08
1978-09-21 NYA TOR W 7-1 box | pbp 2 59 319 SV 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.97 1.06
1978-09-22 NYA CLE L 7-8 box | pbp 4 60 320 L 0 0 0 0 1 1.2 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.94 1.07
1978-09-26 NYA TOR W 4-1 box | pbp 2 61 321 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.93 1.06
1978-09-29 NYA CLE W 3-1 box | pbp 2 62 322 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1.91 1.06
date team opp wl score box seq g1 c-g decision gs qs cg sh gf ip   h   r er bb so wp bk hb iw bf ab 2b 3b hr sb cs gdp bbt g bbt f bbt p bbt l pit str bal fou play cal sw str% era whip
1978-10-02 NYA BOS W 5-4 box | pbp 2 63 323 SV 0 0 0 0 1 2.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2.01 1.09
63 record(s)
1978 Pitching Log (Playoff Stats)
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
date team opp wl score box seq s-g c-g decision gs qs cg sh gf ip   h   r er bb so wp bk hb iw bf ab 2b 3b hr sb cs gdp bbt g bbt f bbt p bbt l pit str bal fou play cal sw str% era whip
1978-10-06 NYA KCA W 6-5 box | pbp 2 1 1 W 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 42 33 9 12 10 3 8 78.57 6.00 1.00
1978-10-07 NYA KCA W 2-1 box | pbp 2 2 2 SV 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 10 4 3 2 2 3 71.43 4.50 0.75
1978-10-11 NYA LAN L 3-4 box | pbp 2 5 19 -- 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 20 12 8 3 6 0 3 60.00 1.80 0.50
1978-10-14 NYA LAN W 4-3 box | pbp 3 4 4 W 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 30 20 10 10 4 0 6 66.67 2.25 0.50
1978-10-17 NYA LAN W 7-2 box | pbp 2 5 19 -- 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 24 17 7 6 4 5 2 70.83 1.80 0.50
5 record(s)