Richard Dotson
Richard Dotson
Full name: Richard Elliott Dotson
Born: January 10, 1959, Cincinnati, Ohio
First Game: September 4, 1979 ; Final Game: June 5, 1990
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 190
Richard Dotson
Top Performances
Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1979 CHI A 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1979 CHI A
1980 CHI A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 CHI A
1981 CHI A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1981 CHI A
1982 CHI A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1982 CHI A
1983 CHI A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1983 CHI A
1984 CHI A Daily Splits 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1984 CHI A
1985 CHI A 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1985 CHI A
1986 CHI A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1986 CHI A
1987 CHI A 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1987 CHI A
1988 NY A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1988 NY A
1989 NY A 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1989 NY A
1989 CHI A 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1989 CHI A
1989 TOT A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1989 TOT A
1990 KC A 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1990 KC A
Total Splits 306 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1983 CHI A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1983 CHI A
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1984 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1984 AL
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1979 CHI A Daily Splits 5 5 1 1 0 0 24.1 28 107 0 13 10 6 0 13 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 3 4 2 0 3.70 0.1 1979 CHI A
1980 CHI A Daily Splits 33 32 8 0 1 0 198 185 863 20 105 94 87 2 109 15 7 6 6 2 27 6 14 16 12 10 4.27 -0.3 1980 CHI A
1981 CHI A Daily Splits 24 24 5 4 0 0 141 145 599 13 67 59 49 0 73 4 5 3 4 2 21 4 16 9 9 8 3.77 -0.3 1981 CHI A
1982 CHI A Daily Splits 34 31 3 1 3 0 196.2 219 867 19 97 84 73 4 109 7 6 2 5 1 41 4 16 10 11 15 3.84 0.5 1982 CHI A
1983 CHI A Daily Splits 35 35 8 1 0 0 240 209 997 19 92 86 106 1 137 4 7 7 8 0 34 3 33 6 22 7 3.22 3.2 1983 CHI A
1984 CHI A Daily Splits 32 32 14 1 0 0 245.2 216 1035 24 110 98 103 5 120 8 10 4 7 1 33 12 29 16 14 15 3.59 1.5 1984 CHI A
1985 CHI A Daily Splits 9 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 53 226 5 30 26 17 1 33 1 2 0 3 0 4 3 2 3 3 4 4.47 -0.2 1985 CHI A
1986 CHI A Daily Splits 34 34 3 1 0 0 197 226 861 24 125 120 69 2 110 4 4 10 2 0 34 4 20 7 10 17 5.48 -2.5 1986 CHI A
1987 CHI A Daily Splits 31 31 7 2 0 0 211.1 201 900 24 109 98 86 2 114 4 3 5 0 0 35 7 19 15 11 12 4.17 0.8 1987 CHI A
1988 NY A Daily Splits 32 29 4 0 0 0 171 178 755 27 103 95 72 3 77 3 7 3 4 3 37 4 11 9 12 9 5.00 -2.2 1988 NY A
1989 NY A Daily Splits 11 9 1 0 2 0 51.2 69 239 8 33 32 17 0 14 1 2 0 1 3 11 5 5 4 2 5 5.57 -1.1 1989 NY A
1989 CHI A Daily Splits 17 17 1 0 0 0 99.2 112 446 8 51 43 41 3 55 6 2 2 0 0 21 5 8 7 3 7 3.88 -0.2 1989 CHI A
1989 TOT A 28 26 2 0 2 0 151.1 181 685 16 84 75 58 3 69 7 4 2 1 3 32 10 13 11 5 12 4.46 -1.3 1989 TOT A
1990 KC A Daily Splits 8 7 0 0 1 0 28.2 43 139 3 29 27 14 1 9 0 4 4 0 0 12 3 2 0 0 4 8.48 -1.6 1990 KC A
Total Splits 305 295 55 11 7 0 1857.1 1884 8034 194 964 872 740 24 973 58 61 46 40 12 313 62 178 106 111 113 4.23 -2.3 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1983 CHI A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 23 1 6 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 10.80 1983 CHI A
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1984 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1984 AL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1979 CHI A Daily P 5 5 1 24.1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1.000
1980 CHI A Daily P 33 32 8 198 13 33 1 0 0 0 6 26 1 .979
1981 CHI A Daily P 24 24 5 141 7 20 0 4 0 0 7 15 0 1.000
1981 CHI A DH 3 0 0 -
1982 CHI A Daily P 34 31 3 196.2 13 24 1 1 0 1 8 21 1 .974
1983 CHI A Daily P 35 35 8 240 20 48 1 8 0 2 5 29 2 .986
1984 CHI A Daily P 32 32 13 245.2 8 36 1 3 0 0 8 21 0 .978
1985 CHI A Daily P 9 9 0 52.1 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 1.000
1986 CHI A Daily P 34 34 3 197 13 23 3 0 0 1 6 20 0 .923
1987 CHI A Daily P 31 31 7 211.1 14 38 2 4 0 1 9 2 0 .963
1988 NY A Daily P 32 29 4 171 17 14 0 1 0 1 2 10 0 1.000
1989 NY A Daily P 11 9 1 51.2 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1989 CHI A Daily P 17 17 1 99.2 4 16 2 2 0 0 3 7 1 .909
1989 TOT A P 28 26 2 151.1 5 21 2 3 0 0 3 9 1 .929
1990 KC A Daily P 8 7 0 28.2 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
Total P 305 295 54 1857.1 116 269 11 25 0 6 59 162 6 .972
Total DH 3 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1983 CHI A Daily P 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1984 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
Transactions Transactions
Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (7th pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (June 7, 1977 ).
Traded by California Angels with Bobby Bonds and Thad Bosley to Chicago White Sox in
exchange for Brian Downing , Chris Knapp and Dave Frost (December 5, 1977 ).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Scott Nielsen to New York Yankees in exchange for
Dan Pasqua , Mark Salas and Steve Rosenberg (November 12, 1987 ).
Released by New York Yankees (June 22, 1989 ).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (July 1, 1989 ).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989 ).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 5, 1989 ).
Released by Kansas City Royals (June 21, 1990 ).
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