Goose Gossage
- Birth DateJuly 5, 1951
- BirthplaceColorado Springs, CO
- Hall of FameInducted in 2008
- Experience22 years
- CollegeColorado State-Pueblo
- PositionRelief Pitcher
Career
| ERA | SV | SO |
|---|---|---|
| 3.01 | 310 | 1502 |
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| PITCHING STATISTICS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | W | L | SV | HLD | BLSV | WAR | WHIP | ERA |
| 1972 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 72 | 44 | 38 | 2 | 44 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -0.6 | 1.45 | 4.28 | |
| 1973 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 57 | 44 | 41 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -- | -- | -1.2 | 1.88 | 7.38 | |
| 1974 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 92 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 47 | 64 | 4 | 6 | 1 | -- | -- | 0.4 | 1.56 | 4.15 | |
| 1975 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.0 | 99 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 70 | 130 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -- | -- | 8.1 | 1.19 | 1.84 | |
| 1976 | 31 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 224.0 | 214 | 104 | 98 | 16 | 90 | 135 | 9 | 17 | 1 | -- | -- | 2.6 | 1.36 | 3.94 | |
| 1977 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 78 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 49 | 151 | 11 | 9 | 26 | -- | -- | 5.9 | 0.95 | 1.62 | |
| 1978 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 87 | 41 | 30 | 9 | 59 | 122 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -- | -- | 3.1 | 1.09 | 2.01 | |
| 1979 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 48 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -- | -- | 1.8 | 1.16 | 2.64 | |
| 1980 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 74 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 37 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 33 | -- | -- | 3.4 | 1.12 | 2.27 | |
| 1981 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 20 | -- | -- | 2.2 | 0.77 | 0.77 | |
| 1982 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 63 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 102 | 4 | 5 | 30 | -- | -- | 4.4 | 0.98 | 2.23 | |
| 1983 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.1 | 82 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 25 | 90 | 13 | 5 | 22 | -- | -- | 3.4 | 1.23 | 2.27 | |
| 1984 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102.1 | 75 | 34 | 33 | 6 | 36 | 84 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -- | -- | 1.6 | 1.08 | 2.90 | |
| 1985 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 64 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 26 | -- | -- | 2.4 | 1.03 | 1.82 | |
| 1986 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | 69 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 20 | 63 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -- | -- | -0.9 | 1.38 | 4.45 | |
| 1987 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 47 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -- | -- | 1.0 | 1.27 | 3.12 | |
| 1988 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | 50 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -- | -- | -0.2 | 1.49 | 4.33 | |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- | 0.1 | 1.19 | 3.77 | |
| 1989 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | 0.2 | 1.35 | 2.68 | |
| 1989 | Total | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 46 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -- | -- | 0.3 | 1.31 | 2.95 |
| 1991 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.1 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 0.8 | 1.21 | 3.57 | |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | 0.5 | 1.34 | 2.84 | |
| 1993 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.2 | 49 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 26 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 1 | -- | -- | 0.3 | 1.57 | 4.53 | |
| 1994 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 44 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- | 0.6 | 1.25 | 4.18 | |
| Total | -- | 1002 | 37 | 16 | 0 | 1809.1 | 1497 | 670 | 605 | 119 | 732 | 1502 | 124 | 107 | 310 | -- | -- | -- | 1.23 | 3.01 |
| Season Averages | 45.0 | 1.7 | .7 | .0 | 82.1 | 68.0 | 30.5 | 27.5 | 5.4 | 33.3 | 68.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 14.1 | -- | -- | -- | 1.23 | 3.01 | |
| POSTSEASON PITCHING STATISTICS | ||||||||||||||||||
| SEASON | GP | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | W | L | SV | HLD | BLSV | WHIP | ERA |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- | 0.50 | 1.80 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -- | -- | 0.77 | 0.00 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- | 1.67 | 9.00 |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | 0.97 | 3.10 |
| MISCELLANEOUS PITCHING | |||||||||||||
| SEASON | TEAM | W% | PIT | TBF | P/PA | P/IP | P/GS | K/9 | K/BB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1972 | .875 | -- | 352 | -- | -- | -- | 6.41 | 1.30 | .247 | .351 | .267 | .618 | |
| 1973 | -- | -- | 232 | -- | -- | -- | 5.94 | .89 | .311 | .427 | .459 | .886 | |
| 1974 | .400 | -- | 397 | -- | -- | -- | 6.47 | 1.36 | .272 | .361 | .308 | .668 | |
| 1975 | .529 | -- | 583 | -- | -- | -- | 8.24 | 1.86 | .201 | .306 | .219 | .525 | |
| 1976 | .346 | -- | 956 | -- | -- | -- | 5.42 | 1.50 | .255 | .331 | .312 | .643 | |
| 1977 | .550 | -- | 523 | -- | -- | -- | 10.22 | 3.08 | .170 | .250 | .229 | .479 | |
| 1978 | .476 | -- | 543 | -- | -- | -- | 8.19 | 2.07 | .187 | .277 | .245 | .522 | |
| 1979 | .625 | -- | 234 | -- | -- | -- | 6.36 | 2.16 | .227 | .291 | .299 | .590 | |
| 1980 | .750 | -- | 401 | -- | -- | -- | 9.36 | 2.78 | .211 | .285 | .254 | .539 | |
| 1981 | .600 | -- | 173 | -- | -- | -- | 9.19 | 3.43 | .141 | .215 | .179 | .395 | |
| 1982 | .444 | -- | 356 | -- | -- | -- | 9.87 | 3.64 | .196 | .259 | .243 | .502 | |
| 1983 | .722 | -- | 367 | -- | -- | -- | 9.28 | 3.60 | .248 | .298 | .294 | .592 | |
| 1984 | .625 | -- | 412 | -- | -- | -- | 7.39 | 2.33 | .204 | .275 | .253 | .527 | |
| 1985 | .625 | -- | 308 | -- | -- | -- | 5.92 | 3.06 | .226 | .269 | .237 | .506 | |
| 1986 | .417 | -- | 281 | -- | -- | -- | 8.77 | 3.15 | .273 | .326 | .368 | .694 | |
| 1987 | .556 | -- | 217 | -- | -- | -- | 7.62 | 2.32 | .244 | .307 | .306 | .613 | |
| 1988 | .500 | -- | 194 | -- | -- | -- | 6.18 | 2.00 | .291 | .356 | .343 | .699 | |
| 1989 | 1.000 | -- | 56 | -- | -- | -- | 3.77 | 2.00 | .275 | .327 | .373 | .700 | |
| 1989 | .667 | -- | 182 | -- | -- | -- | 4.95 | .89 | .212 | .328 | .298 | .626 | |
| 1989 | Total | .750 | -- | 238 | -- | -- | -- | 4.66 | 1.00 | .228 | .328 | .317 | .644 |
| 1991 | .667 | -- | 167 | -- | -- | -- | 6.25 | 1.75 | .228 | .317 | .366 | .683 | |
| 1992 | -- | -- | 163 | -- | -- | -- | 6.16 | 1.37 | .230 | .327 | .353 | .680 | |
| 1993 | .444 | -- | 213 | -- | -- | -- | 7.55 | 1.54 | .266 | .357 | .446 | .802 | |
| 1994 | 1.000 | -- | 197 | -- | -- | -- | 5.51 | 1.93 | .251 | .318 | .440 | .758 | |
| MISCELLANEOUS PITCHING | ||||||||||||||||||
| SEASON | TEAM | 2B | 3B | RBI | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | WP | BK | SB | CS | IR | IS | GDP | GB | FB | G/F |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 | -- | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 | -- | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1974 | 0 | 0 | -- | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1975 | 0 | 0 | -- | 15 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1976 | 0 | 0 | -- | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 | -- | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 | -- | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 | -- | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 | -- | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 | -- | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 | -- | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 | -- | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 | -- | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 | -- | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | -- | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 | -- | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1989 | 3 | 1 | -- | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 | -- | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1989 | Total | 10 | 1 | -- | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 6 | 1 | -- | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | -- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1993 | 9 | 3 | -- | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1994 | 13 | 1 | -- | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
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