RICH GOSSAGE

| Retired | Played: 1970-1994

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 1st in blownsave
Positions: P-1002, DH-1
Full Name: Richard Michael Gossage
Nickname: Goose
Born: Jul 5, 1951 (61.325) in Colorado Springs,Colorado

MLB Debut: Apr 16, 1972 (20.286)

Uncle of Kevin Gossage, Father of Todd Gossage

Control
49

K-Rating
87

Efficiency
74

vsPower
74

Ht/Wt: 6-3 / 217 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Wasson (Colorado Springs,CO)
College: Colorado State University-Pueblo
Drafted: Chicago White Sox: 1970-9-198 (June-Reg)

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TBC Player ID: 12043
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1970	GCL White Sox	GCL	Rk	-	chw	18	-	0	0	2.81	3	3	0	0		0	16.0	11	6	5		4	21			0.94	6.19	--	2.25	11.81	0.19	--	--
1970	Appleton	Midw	A	-	chw	18	-	0	3	5.91	10	5	0	0		0	35.0	41	27	23		19	21			1.71	10.54	--	4.89	5.40	0.90	--	--
1971	Appleton	Midw	A	-	chw	19	-	18	2	1.83	25	24	15	7		0	187.0	141	48	38		50	149			1.02	6.79	--	2.41	7.17	0.34	--	--
1972	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	54	chw	20	-	7	1	4.27	36	1	0	0	7	2	80.0	72	44	38	2	44	57	7	0	1.45	8.10	0.23	4.95	6.41	0.77	.300	1.14
1973	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	chw	21	-	5	4	3.68	12	9	5	1		1	71.0	59	32	29		28	66			1.23	7.48	--	3.55	8.37	0.42	--	--
1973	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	54	chw	21	-	0	4	7.43	20	4	1	0	4	0	49.2	57	44	41	9	37	33	6	0	1.89	10.33	1.63	6.70	5.98	1.12	.340	1.12
1974	Appleton	Midw	A	-	chw	22	-	0	2	3.38	2	2	0	0		0	8.0	8	6	3		4	5			1.50	9.00	--	4.50	5.63	0.80	--	--
1974	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	54	chw	22	63	4	6	4.13	39	3	0	0	19	1	89.1	92	45	41	4	47	64	2	1	1.56	9.27	0.40	4.74	6.45	0.73	.326	1.02
1975	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	54	chw	23	24	9	8	1.84	62	0	0	0	49	26	141.2	99	32	29	3	70	130	3	0	1.19	6.29	0.19	4.45	8.26	0.54	.267	1.10
1976	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	54	chw	24	23	9	17	3.94	31	29	15	0	1	1	224.0	214	104	98	16	90	135	6	0	1.36	8.60	0.64	3.62	5.42	0.67	.287	0.91
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	54	pit	25	22	11	9	1.62	72	0	0	0	55	26	133.0	78	27	24	9	49	151	2	0	0.95	5.28	0.61	3.32	10.22	0.32	.231	0.76
1978	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	54	nyy	26	19	10	11	2.01	63	0	0	0	55	27	134.1	87	41	30	9	59	122	5	0	1.09	5.83	0.60	3.95	8.17	0.48	.234	0.94
1979	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	54	nyy	27	51	5	3	2.62	36	0	0	0	33	18	58.1	48	18	17	5	19	41	3	0	1.15	7.41	0.77	2.93	6.33	0.46	.261	0.70
1980	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	54	nyy	28	27	6	2	2.27	64	0	0	0	58	33	99.0	74	29	25	5	37	103	4	0	1.12	6.73	0.45	3.36	9.36	0.36	.284	0.80
1981	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	54	nyy	29	42	3	2	0.77	32	0	0	0	30	20	46.2	22	6	4	2	14	48	1	0	0.77	4.24	0.39	2.70	9.26	0.29	.189	0.73
1982	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	54	nyy	30	41	4	5	2.23	56	0	0	0	43	30	93.0	63	23	23	5	28	102	1	0	0.98	6.10	0.48	2.71	9.87	0.27	.271	0.64
1983	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	54	nyy	31	35	13	5	2.27	57	0	0	0	47	22	87.1	82	27	22	5	25	90	0	0	1.23	8.45	0.52	2.58	9.27	0.28	.328	0.48
1984	San Diego	NL	MLB	54	sd	32	38	10	6	2.90	62	0	0	0	51	25	102.1	75	34	33	6	36	84	2	2	1.08	6.60	0.53	3.17	7.39	0.43	.248	0.53
1985	San Diego	NL	MLB	54	sd	33	48	5	3	1.82	50	0	0	0	38	26	79.0	64	21	16	1	17	52	0	0	1.03	7.29	0.11	1.94	5.92	0.33	.274	0.59
1986	San Diego	NL	MLB	54	sd	34	46	5	7	4.45	45	0	0	0	38	21	64.2	69	36	32	8	20	63	4	0	1.38	9.60	1.11	2.78	8.77	0.32	.335	0.79
1987	San Diego	NL	MLB	54	sd	35	67	5	4	3.12	40	0	0	0	30	11	52.0	47	18	18	4	19	44	2	0	1.27	8.13	0.69	3.29	7.62	0.43	.297	0.67
1988	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	54	chc	36	63	4	4	4.33	46	0	0	0	33	13	43.2	50	23	21	3	15	30	3	2	1.49	10.31	0.62	3.09	6.18	0.50	.338	0.78
1989	SF Giants	NL	MLB	54	sf	37	-	2	1	2.68	31	0	0	0	22	4	43.2	32	16	13	2	27	24	2	0	1.35	6.60	0.41	5.56	4.95	1.13	.240	0.90
1989	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	54	nyy	37	-	1	0	3.77	11	0	0	0	6	1	14.1	14	6	6	0	3	6	1	0	1.19	8.79	0.00	1.88	3.77	0.50	--	0.92
1990	Fukuoka	Jap Pac	Intl	-	-	38	-	2	3	4.40	23	0	0	0		8	47.0			23		15	40			0.32	--	--	2.87	7.66	0.38	--	--
1991	Oklahoma City	Amer	AAA	-	tex	39	-	0	0	18.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	4	4	1	1	3	1		1.50	9.00	4.50	4.50	13.50	0.33	--	--
1991	Texas	AL	MLB	54	tex	39	-	4	2	3.57	44	0	0	0	16	1	40.1	33	16	16	4	16	28	3	0	1.21	7.36	0.89	3.57	6.25	0.57	.257	0.74
1992	Oakland	AL	MLB	54	oak	40	-	0	2	2.84	30	0	0	0	13	0	38.0	32	13	12	5	19	26	0	0	1.34	7.58	1.18	4.50	6.16	0.73	.250	0.63
1993	Oakland	AL	MLB	54	oak	41	-	4	5	4.53	39	0	0	0	12	1	47.2	49	24	24	6	26	40	4	0	1.57	9.25	1.13	4.91	7.55	0.65	.312	0.81
1994	Seattle	AL	MLB	54	sea	42	87	3	0	4.18	36	0	0	0	21	1	47.1	44	23	22	6	15	29	2	0	1.25	8.37	1.14	2.85	5.51	0.52	.271	0.85
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MLB Totals (22 years) Career Ranks								124	107	3.01	1002	37	16	0	681	310	1809	1497	670	605	119	732	1502	63	5	1.23	7.45	0.59	3.64	7.47	0.49	.282	0.80
Minor League Totals (5 years)								23	11	2.88	54	43	20	8	1	1	319	262	123	102	1	106	265	1	0	1.15	7.39	0.03	2.99	7.48	0.40	--	--
AAA Totals (2 years)								5	4	4.07	14	9	5	1	1	1	73	61	36	33	1	29	69	1	0	1.23	7.52	0.12	3.58	8.51	0.42	--	--
A Totals (3 years)								18	7	2.50	37	31	15	7	0	0	230	190	81	64	0	73	175	0	0	1.14	7.43	0.00	2.86	6.85	0.42	--	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)								0	0	2.81	3	3	0	0	0	0	16	11	6	5	0	4	21	0	0	0.94	6.19	0.00	2.25	11.81	0.19	--	--
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Leagues Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1972	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	54	chw	20	p	-	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	4	11	0	17	18	-3	-4.6	.000
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	54	pit	25	p	-	72	23	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.250	.261	511	-	-	6	25	19	1	1.3	.333
1984	San Diego	NL	MLB	54	sd	32	p	-	62	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	0	.182	.217	.182	399	-	-	4	25	20	0	-0.1	.286
1985	San Diego	NL	MLB	54	sd	33	p	-	50	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000	154	-	-	0	13	11	-1	-2.5	.000
1986	San Diego	NL	MLB	54	sd	34	p	-	45	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	7	8	-1	-4.5	.000
1987	San Diego	NL	MLB	54	sd	35	p	-	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	4	4	--	--	.000
1988	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	54	chc	36	p	-	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1989	SF Giants	NL	MLB	54	sf	37	p	-	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
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MLB Totals (8 years) Career Ranks									382	85	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	37	0	0	4	0	2	.106	.146	.118	264	4	1	10	93	82	-5.6	-1.8	.187
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1972	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	P	36		14	3	10	1	1	80	.929	0.36	1.46
1973	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	P	20		11	5	5	1	0	49	.909	0.50	1.84
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	DH	1		0						--	--	--
1974	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	P	39		19	3	14	2	1	89	.895	0.44	1.72
1975	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	P	62		31	3	25	3	3	141	.903	0.45	1.79
1976	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	P	31		48	18	27	3	1	224	.938	1.45	1.81
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	P	72		15	4	10	1	0	133	.933	0.19	0.95
1978	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	63		21	6	12	3	0	134	.857	0.29	1.21
1979	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	36		5	1	4	0	0	58	1.000	0.14	0.78
1980	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	64		13	1	10	2	0	99	.846	0.17	1.00
1981	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	32		10	2	7	1	1	46	.900	0.28	1.76
1982	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	56		8	2	6	0	1	93	1.000	0.14	0.77
1983	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	57		6	2	3	1	0	87	.833	0.09	0.52
1984	San Diego	NL	MLB	P	62		13	5	8	0	0	102	1.000	0.21	1.15
1985	San Diego	NL	MLB	P	50		7	0	7	0	1	79	1.000	0.14	0.80
1986	San Diego	NL	MLB	P	45		7	2	5	0	0	64	1.000	0.16	0.98
1987	San Diego	NL	MLB	P	40		7	2	5	0	0	52	1.000	0.18	1.21
1988	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	P	46		8	1	7	0	0	43	1.000	0.17	1.67
1989	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	11		3	2	1	0	1	14	1.000	0.27	1.93
	SF Giants	NL	MLB	P	31		9	5	3	1	0	43	.889	0.26	1.67
1991	Texas	AL	MLB	P	44		5	2	2	1	0	40	.800	0.09	0.90
1992	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	30		6	2	4	0	0	38	1.000	0.20	1.42
1993	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	39		9	5	3	1	0	47	.889	0.21	1.53
1994	Seattle	AL	MLB	P	36		4	2	2	0	1	47	1.000	0.11	0.77
Major League Totals:				DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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