The Tools of Ignorance: Player Stats for Rich Gossage

Rich Gossage

Richard Michael Gossage
Born: 7/5/1951 in Colorado Springs, CO USA      Hall Of Fame: 2008
Weight: 180 lb.      Height: 6'3"
Bats: R                 Throws: R

Batting Pitching Fielding Salaries Achievements HoF Manager

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1972	20	CHA	AL	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1973	21	CHA	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1974	22	CHA	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1975	23	CHA	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1976	24	CHA	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1977	25	PIT	NL	72	23	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.250	.261	.511
1978	26	NYA	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1979	27	NYA	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1980	28	NYA	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1981	29	NYA	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1982	30	NYA	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1983	31	NYA	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1984	32	SDN	NL	62	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	0	.182	.217	.182	.399
1985	33	SDN	NL	50	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000	.154
1986	34	SDN	NL	45	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1987	35	SDN	NL	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1988	36	CHN	NL	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1989	37	NYA	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1989	37	SFN	NL	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1991	39	TEX	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1992	40	OAK	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1993	41	OAK	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1994	42	SEA	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
22 Seasons				1003	85	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	37	0	0	4	0	2	.106	.146	.118	.264

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1978	26	NYA	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1978	26	NYA	WS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1980	28	NYA	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1981	29	NYA	WS	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1981	29	NYA	AEDIV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1981	29	NYA	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1984	32	SDN	NLCS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1984	32	SDN	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
4 Post Seasons				19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Year	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1972	20	CHA	AL	7	1	36	1	0	0	2	80	72	38	2	44	57	4.28	3	7	4	0	352	7	44
1973	21	CHA	AL	0	4	20	4	1	0	0	49.2	57	41	9	37	33	7.43	2	6	3	0	232	4	44
1974	22	CHA	AL	4	6	39	3	0	0	1	89.1	92	41	4	47	64	4.13	7	2	2	1	397	19	45
1975	23	CHA	AL	9	8	62	0	0	0	26	141.2	99	29	3	70	130	1.84	15	3	5	0	583	49	32
1976	24	CHA	AL	9	17	31	29	15	0	1	224	214	98	16	90	135	3.94	3	6	9	0	956	1	104
1977	25	PIT	NL	11	9	72	0	0	0	26	133	78	24	9	49	151	1.62	6	2	2	0	523	55	27
1978	26	NYA	AL	10	11	63	0	0	0	27	134.1	87	30	9	59	122	2.01	8	5	2	0	543	55	41
1979	27	NYA	AL	5	3	36	0	0	0	18	58.1	48	17	5	19	41	2.62	4	3	0	0	234	33	18
1980	28	NYA	AL	6	2	64	0	0	0	33	99	74	25	5	37	103	2.27	3	4	1	0	401	58	29
1981	29	NYA	AL	3	2	32	0	0	0	20	46.2	22	4	2	14	48	0.77	1	1	1	0	173	30	6
1982	30	NYA	AL	4	5	56	0	0	0	30	93	63	23	5	28	102	2.23	5	1	0	0	356	43	23
1983	31	NYA	AL	13	5	57	0	0	0	22	87.1	82	22	5	25	90	2.27	5	0	1	0	367	47	27
1984	32	SDN	NL	10	6	62	0	0	0	25	102.1	75	33	6	36	84	2.90	4	2	1	2	412	51	34
1985	33	SDN	NL	5	3	50	0	0	0	26	79	64	16	1	17	52	1.82	1	0	1	0	308	38	21
1986	34	SDN	NL	5	7	45	0	0	0	21	64.2	69	32	8	20	63	4.45	0	4	2	0	281	38	36
1987	35	SDN	NL	5	4	40	0	0	0	11	52	47	18	4	19	44	3.12	6	2	0	0	217	30	18
1988	36	CHN	NL	4	4	46	0	0	0	13	43.2	50	21	3	15	30	4.33	5	3	3	2	194	33	23
1989	37	NYA	AL	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	14.1	14	6	0	3	6	3.77	1	1	1	0	56	6	6
1989	37	SFN	NL	2	1	31	0	0	0	4	43.2	32	13	2	27	24	2.68	3	2	0	0	182	22	16
1991	39	TEX	AL	4	2	44	0	0	0	1	40.1	33	16	4	16	28	3.57	1	3	3	0	167	16	16
1992	40	OAK	AL	0	2	30	0	0	0	0	38	32	12	5	19	26	2.84	4	0	2	0	163	13	13
1993	41	OAK	AL	4	5	39	0	0	0	1	47.2	49	24	6	26	40	4.53	2	4	1	0	213	12	24
1994	42	SEA	AL	3	0	36	0	0	0	1	47.1	44	22	6	15	29	4.18	1	2	3	0	197	21	23
22 Seasons				124	107	1002	37	16	0	310	1809.1	1497	605	119	732	1502	3.01	90	63	47	5	7507	681	670

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1978	26	NYA	ALCS	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	0	0	3	4.50	0	0	0	0	15	2	2
1978	26	NYA	WS	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	4	0.00	0	0	0	0	19	3	0
1980	28	NYA	ALCS	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	1	0	0	54.00	0	0	0	0	3	0	2
1981	29	NYA	WS	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	2	5	0.00	0	0	1	0	20	3	0
1981	29	NYA	AEDIV	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	6.2	3	0	0	2	8	0.00	0	0	0	0	25	3	0
1981	29	NYA	ALCS	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	0	9	2	0
1984	32	SDN	NLCS	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	1	5	4.50	1	0	1	0	19	2	2
1984	32	SDN	WS	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	4	2	1	2	13.50	0	0	0	0	14	2	4
4 Post Seasons				2	1	19	0	0	0	8	31.1	21	10	3	7	29	2.87	1	0	2	0	124	17	10

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1972	20	CHA	AL	P	36	1	80	3	10	1	1		0.929

1973	21	CHA	AL	P	20	4	49.2	5	5	1	0		0.909

1974	22	CHA	AL	P	39	3	89.1	3	14	2	1		0.895

1975	23	CHA	AL	P	62	0	141.2	3	25	3	3		0.903

1976	24	CHA	AL	P	31	29	224	18	27	3	1		0.938

1977	25	PIT	NL	P	72	0	133	4	10	1	0		0.933

1978	26	NYA	AL	P	63	0	134.1	6	12	3	0		0.857

1979	27	NYA	AL	P	36	0	58.1	1	4	0	0		1.000

1980	28	NYA	AL	P	64	0	99	1	10	2	0		0.846

1981	29	NYA	AL	P	32	0	46.2	2	7	1	1		0.900

1982	30	NYA	AL	P	56	0	93	2	6	0	1		1.000

1983	31	NYA	AL	P	57	0	87.1	2	3	1	0		0.833

1984	32	SDN	NL	P	62	0	102.1	5	8	0	0		1.000

1985	33	SDN	NL	P	50	0	79	0	7	0	1		1.000

1986	34	SDN	NL	P	45	0	64.2	2	5	0	0		1.000

1987	35	SDN	NL	P	40	0	52	2	5	0	0		1.000

1988	36	CHN	NL	P	46	0	43.2	1	7	0	0		1.000

1989	37	SFN	NL	P	31	0	43.2	5	3	1	0		0.889
1989	37	NYA	AL	P	11	0	14.1	2	1	0	1		1.000

1991	39	TEX	AL	P	44	0	40.1	2	2	1	0		0.800

1992	40	OAK	AL	P	30	0	38	2	4	0	0		1.000

1993	41	OAK	AL	P	39	0	47.2	5	3	1	0		0.889

1994	42	SEA	AL	P	36	0	47.1	2	2	0	1		1.000
22 Seasons					1002	37	1809.1	78	180	21	11		0.925

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1978	26	NYA	WS	P	3	0	6	0	0	0	0
1978	26	NYA	ALCS	P	2	0	4	0	1	0	0		1.000

1980	28	NYA	ALCS	P	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0

1981	29	NYA	WS	P	3	0	5	0	0	0	0
1981	29	NYA	AEDIV	P	3	0	6.2	0	0	0	0
1981	29	NYA	ALCS	P	2	0	2.2	0	0	0	0

1984	32	SDN	NLCS	P	3	0	4	0	0	0	0
1984	32	SDN	WS	P	2	0	2.2	0	1	0	0		1.000
4 Post Seasons					19	0	31.1	0	2	0	0		1.000

Year	Age	Team	League	Salary
1985	33	SDN	NL	$1,713,333
1986	34	SDN	NL	$1,046,761
1987	35	SDN	NL	$1,273,904
1988	36	CHN	NL	$1,331,532
1989	37	SFN	NL	$68,000
1992	40	OAK	AL	$300,000
1993	41	OAK	AL	$325,000
Total for 7 Records				$6,058,530
Average for 7 Records				$865,504

Year	Age	League	Award
1975	23	AL	TSN Fireman of the Year
1978	26	AL	Player of the Week - Week of 1978-09-01
1978	26	AL	TSN Fireman of the Year
1978	26	AL	Reliever of the Year Award
1979	27	AL	Pitcher of the Month - September

Year	Age	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Inducted	Category
2000	48	BBWAA	499	375	166.0	0.33267	N	Player
2001	49	BBWAA	515	387	228.0	0.44272	N	Player
2002	50	BBWAA	472	354	203.0	0.43008	N	Player
2003	51	BBWAA	496	372	209.0	0.42137	N	Player
2004	52	BBWAA	506	380	206.0	0.40711	N	Player
2005	53	BBWAA	516	387	285.0	0.55233	N	Player
2006	54	BBWAA	520	390	336.0	0.64615	N	Player
2007	55	BBWAA	545	409	388.0	0.71193	N	Player
2008	56	BBWAA	543	408	466.0	0.85820	Y	Player

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Div	#	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Ply/Mgr
No Managerial Records Found