Rich Gossage

Bats R Throws R6'3" 180 lbBorn 1951 Colorado Springs, USADebut 1972Team SEA9x All-StarDraft 1970 R9 #198 Chicago White Sox, Wasson HS (Colorado Springs, CO)

Awards: TSN Fireman of the Year x2, Rolaids Relief Man Award

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
1994	SEA	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	OAK	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	OAK	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	TEX	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	NYY	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-124.7
1988	CHC	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-133.6
1987	SD	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-111.9
1986	SD	45	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.6
1985	SD	50	13	1	0	0	0	2	5	0.000	0.154	0.000	0.154	-47.1
1984	SD	62	25	0	4	0	0	1	8	0.182	0.217	0.182	0.399	8.9
1983	NYY	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	NYY	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	NYY	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	NYY	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	NYY	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	NYY	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	PIT	72	25	0	5	1	2	1	8	0.217	0.250	0.261	0.511	33.5
1976	CWS	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CWS	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CWS	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	CWS	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	CWS	36	17	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-147.2
Career		1003	93	1	9	1	2	4	37	0.106	0.146	0.118	0.264	-38.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO
1994	SEA	3	0	4.18	36	0	1	47.3	197	6	15	29
1993	OAK	4	5	4.53	39	0	1	47.7	213	6	26	40
1992	OAK	0	2	2.84	30	0	0	38.0	163	5	19	26
1991	TEX	4	2	3.57	44	0	1	40.3	167	4	16	28
1989	NYY	3	1	2.95	42	0	5	58.0	238	2	30	30
1988	CHC	4	4	4.33	46	0	13	43.7	194	3	15	30
1987	SD	5	4	3.12	40	0	11	52.0	217	4	19	44
1986	SD	5	7	4.45	45	0	21	64.7	281	8	20	63
1985	SD	5	3	1.82	50	0	26	79.0	308	1	17	52
1984	SD	10	6	2.90	62	0	25	102.3	412	6	36	84
1983	NYY	13	5	2.27	57	0	22	87.3	367	5	25	90
1982	NYY	4	5	2.23	56	0	30	93.0	356	5	28	102
1981	NYY	3	2	0.77	32	0	20	46.7	173	2	14	48
1980	NYY	6	2	2.27	64	0	33	99.0	401	5	37	103
1979	NYY	5	3	2.62	36	0	18	58.3	234	5	19	41
1978	NYY	10	11	2.01	63	0	27	134.3	543	9	59	122
1977	PIT	11	9	1.62	72	0	26	133.0	523	9	49	151
1976	CWS	9	17	3.94	31	29	1	224.0	956	16	90	135
1975	CWS	9	8	1.84	62	0	26	141.7	583	3	70	130
1974	CWS	4	6	4.13	39	3	1	89.3	397	4	47	64
1973	CWS	0	4	7.43	20	4	0	49.7	232	9	37	33
1972	CWS	7	1	4.28	36	1	2	80.0	352	2	44	57
Career		124	107	3.01	1002	37	310	1809.3	7507	119	732	1502

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1994	SEA	P	36	47	2	2	0	1	1.000
1993	OAK	P	39	48	5	3	1	0	0.889
1992	OAK	P	30	38	2	4	0	0	1.000
1991	TEX	P	44	40	2	2	1	0	0.800
1989	NYY	P	42	58	7	4	1	1	0.917
1988	CHC	P	46	44	1	7	0	0	1.000
1987	SD	P	40	52	2	5	0	0	1.000
1986	SD	P	45	65	2	5	0	0	1.000
1985	SD	P	50	79	0	7	0	1	1.000
1984	SD	P	62	102	5	8	0	0	1.000
1983	NYY	P	57	87	2	3	1	0	0.833
1982	NYY	P	56	93	2	6	0	1	1.000
1981	NYY	P	32	47	2	7	1	1	0.900
1980	NYY	P	64	99	1	10	2	0	0.846
1979	NYY	P	36	58	1	4	0	0	1.000
1978	NYY	P	63	134	6	12	3	0	0.857
1977	PIT	P	72	133	4	10	1	0	0.933
1976	CWS	P	31	224	18	27	3	1	0.938
1975	CWS	P	62	142	3	25	3	3	0.903
1974	CWS	P	39	89	3	14	2	1	0.895
1973	CWS	P	20	50	5	5	1	0	0.909
1972	CWS	P	36	80	3	10	1	1	0.929

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1984	5	0	0
1981	8	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
1980	1	0	0
1978	5	0	0
Career	19	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1984	0	0	8.10	5	1	6.7	8	2	2	7	1.50
1981	0	0	0.00	8	6	14.3	6	0	4	15	0.70
1980	0	1	54.00	1	0	0.3	3	1	0	0	9.00
1978	2	0	1.80	5	1	10.0	4	0	1	7	0.50
Career	2	1	2.87	19	8	31.3	21	3	7	29	0.89

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
1993	OAK	$325,000
1992	OAK	$300,000
1989	SF	$68,000
1988	CHC	$1,331,532
1987	SD	$1,273,904
1986	SD	$1,046,761
1985	SD	$1,713,333

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.