Rich Gossage

Bats R · Throws R · b. 1951, Colorado Springs, USA · MLB debut 1972-04-16, final game 1994-08-08

Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1972	CHA	AL	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000
1973	CHA	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CHA	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CHA	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHA	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	PIT	NL	72	23	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	8	.217	.250	.261
1978	NYA	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	NYA	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	NYA	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	NYA	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	NYA	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	NYA	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	SDN	NL	62	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.182	.217	.182
1985	SDN	NL	50	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.154	.000
1986	SDN	NL	45	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
1987	SDN	NL	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
1988	CHN	NL	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1989	2TM		42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1991	TEX	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	OAK	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	OAK	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	SEA	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972–1994			1003	85	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	4	37	.106	.146	.118

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO
1972	CHA	AL	7	1	4.28	36	1	0	0	2	80.0	72	38	2	44	57
1973	CHA	AL	0	4	7.43	20	4	1	0	0	49.2	57	41	9	37	33
1974	CHA	AL	4	6	4.13	39	3	0	0	1	89.1	92	41	4	47	64
1975	CHA	AL	9	8	1.84	62	0	0	0	26	141.2	99	29	3	70	130
1976	CHA	AL	9	17	3.94	31	29	15	0	1	224.0	214	98	16	90	135
1977	PIT	NL	11	9	1.62	72	0	0	0	26	133.0	78	24	9	49	151
1978	NYA	AL	10	11	2.01	63	0	0	0	27	134.1	87	30	9	59	122
1979	NYA	AL	5	3	2.62	36	0	0	0	18	58.1	48	17	5	19	41
1980	NYA	AL	6	2	2.27	64	0	0	0	33	99.0	74	25	5	37	103
1981	NYA	AL	3	2	0.77	32	0	0	0	20	46.2	22	4	2	14	48
1982	NYA	AL	4	5	2.23	56	0	0	0	30	93.0	63	23	5	28	102
1983	NYA	AL	13	5	2.27	57	0	0	0	22	87.1	82	22	5	25	90
1984	SDN	NL	10	6	2.90	62	0	0	0	25	102.1	75	33	6	36	84
1985	SDN	NL	5	3	1.82	50	0	0	0	26	79.0	64	16	1	17	52
1986	SDN	NL	5	7	4.45	45	0	0	0	21	64.2	69	32	8	20	63
1987	SDN	NL	5	4	3.12	40	0	0	0	11	52.0	47	18	4	19	44
1988	CHN	NL	4	4	4.33	46	0	0	0	13	43.2	50	21	3	15	30
1989	2TM		3	1	2.95	42	0	0	0	5	58.0	46	19	2	30	30
1991	TEX	AL	4	2	3.57	44	0	0	0	1	40.1	33	16	4	16	28
1992	OAK	AL	0	2	2.84	30	0	0	0	0	38.0	32	12	5	19	26
1993	OAK	AL	4	5	4.53	39	0	0	0	1	47.2	49	24	6	26	40
1994	SEA	AL	3	0	4.18	36	0	0	0	1	47.1	44	22	6	15	29
1972–1994			124	107	3.01	1002	37	16	0	310	1809.1	1497	605	119	732	1502

Awards

1975 TSN Fireman of the Year (AL)
1978 Player of the Week (AL)
1978 Reliever of the Year Award (AL)
1978 TSN Fireman of the Year (AL)
1979 Pitcher of the Month (AL)

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Voted by	Votes	Ballots	Needed
2000	BBWAA	166	499	375
2001	BBWAA	228	515	387
2002	BBWAA	203	472	354
2003	BBWAA	209	496	372
2004	BBWAA	206	506	380
2005	BBWAA	285	516	387
2006	BBWAA	336	520	390
2007	BBWAA	388	545	409
2008	BBWAA	466	543	408	Inducted