Rich Gossage
Rich Gossage
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Rich Gossage
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups 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
1972 CHI A Daily Splits 36 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1972 CHI A 1973 CHI A 1973 CHI A 1974 CHI A 1974 CHI A 1975 CHI A 1975 CHI A 1976 CHI A 1976 CHI A 1977 PIT N Daily Splits 72 23 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .250 .261 0.0 1977 PIT N 1978 NY A 1978 NY A 1979 NY A 1979 NY A 1980 NY A 1980 NY A 1981 NY A 1981 NY A 1982 NY A 1982 NY A 1983 NY A 1983 NY A 1984 SD N Daily Splits 62 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .217 .182 0.0 1984 SD N 1985 SD N Daily Splits 50 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .154 .000 0.0 1985 SD N 1986 SD N Daily Splits 45 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1986 SD N 1987 SD N Daily Splits 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1987 SD N 1988 CHI N Daily Splits 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1988 CHI N 1989 SF N Daily Splits 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1989 SF N 1989 NY A 1989 NY A 1989 Total 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1989 Total
1991 TEX A 1991 TEX A 1992 OAK A 1992 OAK A 1993 OAK A 1993 OAK A 1994 SEA A 1994 SEA A Splits 1002 85 1 9 1 0 0 2 4 0 37 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .106 .146 .118 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
Division Series Batting Record Division 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
1981 NY A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1981 NY A
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
1978 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 NY A
1980 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1980 NY A
1981 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1981 NY A
1984 SD N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1984 SD N
Total NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total NL
Total AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total AL
Total 8 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 Year Team
World Series Batting Record World 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
1978 NY A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 NY A
1981 NY A Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 NY A
1984 SD N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1984 SD N
Total Splits 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 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 Year Team
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
1975 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1975 AL
1977 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1977 NL
1978 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 AL
1980 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1980 AL
1984 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1984 NL
1985 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1985 NL
Total 6 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 Year Team
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
1972 CHI A Daily Splits 36 1 0 0 7 2 80 72 352 2 44 38 44 3 57 10 2 7 4 0 12 2 5 8 7 1 4.28 -1.3 1972 CHI A 1973 CHI A Daily Splits 20 4 1 0 4 0 49.2 57 232 9 44 41 37 2 33 5 4 6 3 0 10 0 3 1 0 4 7.43 -1.3 1973 CHI A 1974 CHI A Daily Splits 39 3 0 0 19 1 89.1 92 397 4 45 41 47 7 64 6 4 2 2 1 12 0 9 7 4 6 4.13 -0.4 1974 CHI A 1975 CHI A Daily Splits 62 0 0 0 49 26 141.2 99 582 3 32 29 70 15 130 15 0 3 5 0 10 3 11 6 9 8 1.84 5.1 1975 CHI A 1976 CHI A Daily Splits 31 29 15 0 1 1 224 214 956 16 104 98 90 3 135 8 7 6 9 0 32 9 13 11 9 17 3.94 -0.9 1976 CHI A 1977 PIT N Daily Splits 72 0 0 0 55 26 133 78 523 9 27 24 49 6 151 7 6 2 2 0 11 0 7 7 11 9 1.62 6.4 1977 PIT N 1978 NY A Daily Splits 63 0 0 0 55 27 134.1 87 543 9 41 30 59 8 122 9 8 5 2 0 18 1 8 8 10 11 2.01 4.3 1978 NY A 1979 NY A Daily Splits 36 0 0 0 33 18 58.1 48 234 5 18 17 19 4 41 4 0 3 0 0 7 1 6 3 5 3 2.62 1.9 1979 NY A 1980 NY A Daily Splits 64 0 0 0 58 33 99 74 401 5 29 25 37 3 103 8 4 4 1 0 12 4 6 6 6 2 2.27 2.7 1980 NY A 1981 NY A Daily Splits 32 0 0 0 30 20 46.2 22 173 2 6 4 14 1 48 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 4 3 2 0.77 3.0 1981 NY A 1982 NY A Daily Splits 56 0 0 0 43 30 93 63 356 5 23 23 28 5 102 5 2 1 0 0 12 2 9 2 4 5 2.23 3.2 1982 NY A 1983 NY A Daily Splits 57 0 0 0 47 22 87.1 82 367 5 27 22 25 5 90 5 6 0 1 0 13 0 5 6 13 5 2.27 3.1 1983 NY A 1984 SD N Daily Splits 62 0 0 0 51 25 102.1 75 412 6 34 33 36 4 84 4 3 2 1 2 10 2 3 2 10 6 2.90 1.7 1984 SD N 1985 SD N Daily Splits 50 0 0 0 38 26 79 64 308 1 21 16 17 1 52 3 4 0 1 0 6 2 9 3 5 3 1.82 2.2 1985 SD N 1986 SD N Daily Splits 45 0 0 0 38 21 64.2 69 281 8 36 32 20 0 63 2 4 4 2 0 9 2 5 4 5 7 4.45 -1.3 1986 SD N 1987 SD N Daily Splits 40 0 0 0 30 11 52 47 217 4 18 18 19 6 44 2 3 2 0 0 13 1 5 4 5 4 3.12 1.1 1987 SD N 1988 CHI N Daily Splits 46 0 0 0 33 13 43.2 50 194 3 23 21 15 5 30 3 1 3 3 2 9 1 2 1 4 4 4.33 -0.7 1988 CHI N 1989 SF N Daily Splits 31 0 0 0 22 4 43.2 32 182 2 16 13 27 3 24 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 4 2 2 1 2.68 0.2 1989 SF N 1989 NY A Daily Splits 11 0 0 0 6 1 14.1 14 56 0 6 6 3 1 6 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 3.77 0.0 1989 NY A 1989 Total 42 0 0 0 28 5 58 46 238 2 22 19 30 4 30 3 2 3 1 0 10 1 7 2 3 1 2.95 0.2 1989 Total
1991 TEX A Daily Splits 44 0 0 0 16 1 40.1 33 167 4 16 16 16 1 28 3 0 3 3 0 6 1 1 1 4 2 3.57 0.4 1991 TEX A 1992 OAK A Daily Splits 30 0 0 0 13 0 38 32 163 5 13 12 19 4 26 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2.84 0.2 1992 OAK A 1993 OAK A Daily Splits 39 0 0 0 12 1 47.2 49 213 6 24 24 26 2 40 0 2 4 1 0 9 3 3 0 4 5 4.53 -0.3 1993 OAK A 1994 SEA A Daily Splits 36 0 0 0 21 1 47.1 44 197 6 23 22 15 1 29 2 2 2 3 0 13 1 5 0 3 0 4.18 0.2 1994 SEA A Splits 1002 37 16 0 681 310 1809.1 1497 7506 119 670 605 732 90 1502 106 67 63 47 5 237 37 129 86 124 107 3.01 29.5 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
Division Series Pitching Record Division 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
1981 NY A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 3 3 6.2 3 25 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1981 NY A
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
1978 NY A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 3 15 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.50 1978 NY A
1980 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54.00 1980 NY A
1981 NY A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 1 2.2 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1981 NY A
1984 SD N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 5 19 0 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 1984 SD N
Total NL 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 5 19 0 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Total NL
Total AL 5 0 0 0 4 2 7 7 27 1 4 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5.14 Total AL
Total Splits 8 0 0 0 6 3 11 12 46 1 6 6 1 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4.91 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 Year Team
World Series Pitching Record World 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
1978 NY A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 1 19 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 1978 NY A
1981 NY A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 3 2 5 2 20 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1981 NY A
1984 SD N Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.2 3 14 2 4 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13.50 1984 SD N
Total Splits 8 0 0 0 8 2 13.2 6 53 2 4 4 4 0 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2.63 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 Year Team
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
1975 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 1975 AL
1977 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 1977 NL
1978 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 7 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 36.00 1978 AL
1980 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1980 AL
1984 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1984 NL
1985 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1985 NL
Total Splits 6 0 0 0 6 1 6 8 29 1 7 7 3 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10.50 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 Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1972 CHI A Daily P 36 1 0 80 3 10 1 1 0 1 5 4 1 .929
1973 CHI A Daily P 20 4 1 49.2 5 5 1 0 0 1 5 6 0 .909
1973 CHI A 1974 CHI A Daily P 39 3 0 89.1 3 14 2 1 0 1 5 13 0 .895
1975 CHI A Daily P 62 0 0 141.2 3 25 3 3 0 1 6 12 1 .903
1976 CHI A Daily P 31 29 15 224 18 27 3 1 0 0 15 20 2 .938
1977 PIT N Daily P 72 0 0 133 4 10 1 0 0 1 3 9 0 .933
1978 NY A Daily P 63 0 0 134.1 6 12 3 0 0 2 4 6 0 .857
1979 NY A Daily P 36 0 0 58.1 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1.000
1980 NY A Daily P 64 0 0 99 1 10 2 0 0 1 6 2 0 .846
1981 NY A Daily P 32 0 0 46.2 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 .900
1982 NY A Daily P 56 0 0 93 2 6 0 1 0 2 3 5 0 1.000
1983 NY A Daily P 57 0 0 87.1 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 8 0 .833
1984 SD N Daily P 62 0 0 102.1 5 8 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 1.000
1985 SD N Daily P 50 0 0 79 0 7 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 1.000
1986 SD N Daily P 45 0 0 64.2 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 1.000
1987 SD N Daily P 40 0 0 52 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1.000
1988 CHI N Daily P 46 0 0 43.2 1 7 0 0 0 1 4 10 0 1.000
1989 SF N Daily P 31 0 0 43.2 5 3 1 0 0 2 5 2 0 .889
1989 NY A Daily P 11 0 0 14.1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1989 Total P 42 0 0 58 7 4 1 1 0 2 5 3 0 .917
1991 TEX A Daily P 44 0 0 40.1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 .800
1992 OAK A Daily P 30 0 0 38 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1.000
1993 OAK A Daily P 39 0 0 47.2 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 .889
1994 SEA A Daily P 36 0 0 47.1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 1.000
Total P 1002 37 16 1809.1 78 180 21 11 0 17 79 148 6 .925
Total DH 1 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Division Series Fielding Record Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1981 NY A Daily P 3 0 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
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
1978 NY A Daily P 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1980 NY A Daily P 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
1981 NY A Daily P 2 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1984 SD N Daily P 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
Total P 8 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1978 NY A Daily P 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1981 NY A Daily P 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
1984 SD N Daily P 2 0 0 2.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 8 0 0 13.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
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
1975 AL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1977 NL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1978 AL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
1980 AL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1984 NL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1985 NL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 4,
1970 ).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Terry Forster to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for
Richie Zisk and Silvio Martinez (December 10, 1976 ).
Granted free agency (October 28, 1977 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (November 22, 1977 ).
Granted free agency (November 7, 1983 ).
Signed by San Diego Padres (January 6, 1984 ).
Traded by San Diego Padres with Ray Hayward to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Keith
Moreland and Mike Brumley (February 12, 1988 ).
Released by Chicago Cubs (March 28, 1989 ).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 14, 1989 ).
Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from San Francisco Giants (August 10, 1989 ).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989 ).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 25, 1991 ).
Granted free agency (October 30, 1991 ).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 27, 1992 ).
Granted free agency (November 6, 1992 ).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 7, 1992 ).
Granted free agency (October 29, 1993 ).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (February 15, 1994 ).
Released by Oakland Athletics (March 30, 1994 ).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (April 3, 1994 ).
Granted free agency (October 11, 1994 ).
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