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Rich Gossage | Major Leaguer 1972-1994

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

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

Transactions: [Dec 10,1976] - Traded by White Sox with Terry Forster to Pirates for Silvio Martinez and Richie Zisk. [Oct 28,1977] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 22,1977] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Nov 7,1983] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 6,1984] - Signed as Free Agent by Padres. [Feb 12,1988] - Traded by Padres with Ray Hayward to Cubs for Mike Brumley and Keith Moreland. [Mar 28,1989] - Released by Cubs. [Apr 14,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants. [Aug 10,1989] - Claimed on waivers by Yankees from Giants. [Nov 13,1989] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 25,1991] - Signed as Free Agent by Rangers. [Oct 30,1991] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 27,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. [Nov 6,1992] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 7,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. [Oct 29,1993] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 15,1994] - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. [Mar 30,1994] - Released by Athletics. [Apr 3,1994] - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners. [Oct 11,1994] - Granted Free Agency.

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%
1970	GCL Chisox	GCL	18	Chw	Rk	0	0	2.81	3	3	0	0		0	16.0	11	6	5		4	21			6.19	---	2.25	11.81	0.94	--
	Appleton	Midw	18	Chw	A	0	3	5.91	10	5	0	0		0	35.0	41	27	23		19	21			10.54	---	4.89	5.40	1.71	--
1971	Appleton	Midw	19	Chw	A	18	2	1.83	25	24	15	7		0	187.0	141	48	38		50	149			6.79	---	2.41	7.17	1.02	--
1972	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	20	Chw	MLB	7	1	4.28	36	1	0	0	7	2	80.0	72	44	38	2	44	57	7	0	8.10	0.23	4.95	6.41	1.45	55%
1973	Iowa	Amer	21	Chw	AAA	5	4	3.68	12	9	5	1		1	71.0	59	32	29		28	66			7.48	---	3.55	8.37	1.23	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	0	4	7.43	20	4	1	0	4	0	49.2	57	44	41	9	37	33	6	0	10.33	1.63	6.71	5.98	1.89	60%
1974	Appleton	Midw	22	Chw	A	0	2	3.38	2	2	0	0		0	8.0	8	6	3		4	5			9.00	---	4.50	5.63	1.50	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	4	6	4.13	39	3	0	0	19	1	89.1	92	45	41	4	47	64	2	1	9.27	0.40	4.74	6.45	1.56	43%
1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	9	8	1.84	62	0	0	0	49	26	141.2	99	32	29	3	70	130	3	0	6.29	0.19	4.45	8.26	1.19	55%
1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	9	17	3.94	31	29	15	0	1	1	224.0	214	104	98	16	90	135	6	0	8.60	0.64	3.62	5.42	1.36	48%
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	0	5.28	0.61	3.32	10.22	0.95	51%
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	0	5.83	0.60	3.95	8.17	1.09	48%
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	0	7.41	0.77	2.93	6.33	1.15	46%
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	0	6.73	0.45	3.36	9.36	1.12	45%
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	0	4.24	0.39	2.70	9.26	0.77	41%
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	0	6.10	0.48	2.71	9.87	0.98	48%
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	0	8.45	0.52	2.58	9.28	1.23	40%
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	2	6.60	0.53	3.17	7.39	1.08	41%
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	0	7.29	0.11	1.94	5.92	1.03	38%
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	0	9.60	1.11	2.78	8.77	1.38	44%
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	0	8.13	0.69	3.29	7.62	1.27	49%
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	2	10.31	0.62	3.09	6.18	1.49	57%
1989	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	0	8.79	0.00	1.88	3.77	1.19	47%
	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	0	6.60	0.41	5.57	4.95	1.35	39%
1990	Fukuoka	Jap Pac	38		Intl	2	3	4.40	23	0	0	0		8	47.0			23		15	40			---	---	2.87	7.66		--
1991	Okla City	Amer	39	Tex	AAA	0	0	18.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	4	4	1	1	3	1		9.00	4.50	4.50	13.50	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	0	7.36	0.89	3.57	6.25	1.21	46%
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	0	7.58	1.18	4.50	6.16	1.34	45%
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	0	9.25	1.13	4.91	7.55	1.57	56%
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	0	8.37	1.14	2.85	5.51	1.25	48%

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)						124	107	3.01	1002	37	16	0	681	310	1,809.1	1497	670	605	119	732	1502	63	5	7.45	0.59	3.64	7.47	1.23	48%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						25	14	3.07	77	43	20	8		9	366.0			125		121	305			---	---	2.98	7.50		--

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%
1972	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	20	Chw	MLB	p	9	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	70%
1973	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	p	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	p	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	p	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	p	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	p	9	72	23	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.250	.261	511	65%
1978	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	p	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	p	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	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	---	---	---	---	--
1982	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	p	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	p	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	MLB	p	9	62	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	0	.182	.217	.182	399	46%
1985	San Diego	NL	33	Sd	MLB	p	9	50	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000	154	70%
1986	San Diego	NL	34	Sd	MLB	p	9	45	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	80%
1987	San Diego	NL	35	Sd	MLB	p	9	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1988	Chi Cubs	NL	36	Chc	MLB	p	9	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1989	SF Giants	NL	37	Sf	MLB	p	9	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	Texas	AL	39	Tex	MLB	p	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	Oakland	AL	40	Oak	MLB	p	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	Oakland	AL	41	Oak	MLB	p	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	Seattle	AL	42	Sea	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)								1003	85	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	37	0	0	4	0	2	.106	.146	.118	264	63%

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%
1978	NY Yankees	AL	26		Ch	1	0	4.50	2		0			1	4.0	3		2		0	3			6.75	---	0.00	6.75	0.75	--
	NY Yankees	AL	26		Ws	1	0	0.00	3		0			0	6.0	1		0		1	4			1.50	---	1.50	6.00	0.33	--
1980	NY Yankees	AL	28		Ch	0	1	54.55	1		0			0	0.1	3		2		0	0			81.82	---	0.00	0.00	9.09	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	29		Div	0	0	0.00	3		0			3	6.2	3		0		2	8			4.05	---	2.70	10.81	0.75	--
	NY Yankees	AL	29		Ch	0	0	0.00	2		0			1	2.2	1		0		0	2			3.38	---	0.00	6.77	0.38	--
	NY Yankees	AL	29		Ws	0	0	0.00	3		0			2	5.0	2		0		2	5			3.60	---	3.60	9.00	0.80	--
1984	San Diego	NL	32		Ch	0	0	4.50	3		0			1	4.0	5		2		1	5			11.25	---	2.25	11.25	1.50	--
	San Diego	NL	32		Ws	0	0	13.53	2		0			0	2.2	3		4		1	2			10.15	---	3.38	6.77	1.50	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						2	1	2.87	19		0			8	31.1	21		10		7	29			6.03	---	2.01	8.33	0.89	--

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%
1978	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	Ws	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	Div	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	Ws	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1984	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1972	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	20	Chw	MLB	P	36		80	3	10	1	14	1	-	-	-	.929	1.46

1973	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	P	20		49.2	5	5	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	1.81

1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	P	39		89.1	3	14	2	19	1	-	-	-	.895	1.71

1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	P	62		141.2	3	25	3	31	3	-	-	-	.903	1.78

1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	P	31		224	18	27	3	48	1	-	-	-	.938	1.81

1977	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	P	72		133	4	10	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	.95

1978	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	P	63		134.1	6	12	3	21	0	-	-	-	.857	1.21

1979	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	P	36		58.1	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	.77

1980	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	P	64		99	1	10	2	13	0	-	-	-	.846	1.00

1981	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	P	32		46.2	2	7	1	10	1	-	-	-	.900	1.74

1982	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	P	56		93	2	6	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	.77

1983	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	P	57		87.1	2	3	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	.52

1984	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	MLB	P	62		102.1	5	8	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.14

1985	San Diego	NL	33	Sd	MLB	P	50		79	0	7	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	.80

1986	San Diego	NL	34	Sd	MLB	P	45		64.2	2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	.97

1987	San Diego	NL	35	Sd	MLB	P	40		52	2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.21

1988	Chi Cubs	NL	36	Chc	MLB	P	46		43.2	1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.65

1989	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	P	11		14.1	2	1	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.88
1989	SF Giants	NL	37	Sf	MLB	P	31		43.2	5	3	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	1.65

1991	Texas	AL	39	Tex	MLB	P	44		40.1	2	2	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	.89

1992	Oakland	AL	40	Oak	MLB	P	30		38	2	4	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.42

1993	Oakland	AL	41	Oak	MLB	P	39		47.2	5	3	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	1.51

1994	Seattle	AL	42	Sea	MLB	P	36		47.1	2	2	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	.76

Awards

[1975] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #6), Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #17) [1976] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1977] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1978] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #13), AL Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year [1980] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3), Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #3) [1981] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9) [1982] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1984] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5), NL MVP (Voting Rank: #13), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1985] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [2000] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (166 votes - 33.27%) [2001] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (228 votes - 44.27%) [2002] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (203 votes - 43.01%) [2003] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (209 votes - 42.14%) [2004] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (206 votes - 40.74%) [2005] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (285 votes - 55.2%) [2006] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (336 votes - 64.6%), Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (336 votes - 64.6%) [2007] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (388 votes - 71.2%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	1,713,333	5	299,108	1
1986	1,046,761	51	325,466	6
1987	1,273,904	33	292,853	4
1988	1,331,532	38	325,305	5
1989	68,000		375,257	70
1991	*100,000		617,627	80
1992	300,000		798,185	45
1993	325,000		815,723	40
1994	*50,000		914,157	80

Career:	$6,208,530	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion New York Yankees in 1978.

Notes: Played in 9 All-Star games during his career (1975-1978, 1980-1982, 1984-1985)

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