Goose Gossage
Goose Gossage  #54  RP
Full NameRichard Michael Gossage
Birth DateJuly 5, 1951
Birth PlaceColorado Springs, CO
Age58
Weight180 lbs.
Height6-0
BatsRight
ThrowsRight
Experience22 years
CollegeColorado State-Pueblo
StatsSplitsRelated
Pitching Statistics
Career: Batting | Pitching | Fielding
SEASON TEAM G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV ERA
1972 CWS 36 1 0 0 80.0 72 44 38 2 44 57 7 1 2 0 -- 4.28
1973 CWS 20 4 1 0 50.0 57 44 41 9 37 33 0 4 0 0 -- 7.38
1974 CWS 39 3 0 0 89.0 92 45 41 4 47 64 4 6 1 0 -- 4.15
1975 CWS 62 0 0 0 142.0 99 32 29 3 70 130 9 8 26 0 -- 1.84
1976 CWS 31 29 15 0 224.0 214 104 98 16 90 135 9 17 1 0 -- 3.94
1977 Pit 72 0 0 0 133.0 78 27 24 9 49 151 11 9 26 0 -- 1.62
1978 NYY 63 0 0 0 134.0 87 41 30 9 59 122 10 11 27 0 -- 2.02
1979 NYY 36 0 0 0 58.0 48 18 17 5 19 41 5 3 18 0 -- 2.64
1980 NYY 64 0 0 0 99.0 74 29 25 5 37 103 6 2 33 0 -- 2.27
1981 NYY 32 0 0 0 47.0 22 6 4 2 14 48 3 2 20 0 -- 0.77
1982 NYY 56 0 0 0 93.0 63 23 23 5 28 102 4 5 30 0 -- 2.23
1983 NYY 57 0 0 0 87.1 82 27 22 5 25 90 13 5 22 0 -- 2.27
1984 SD 62 0 0 0 102.1 75 34 33 6 36 84 10 6 25 0 -- 2.90
1985 SD 50 0 0 0 79.0 64 21 16 1 17 52 5 3 26 0 -- 1.82
1986 SD 45 0 0 0 64.2 69 36 32 8 20 63 5 7 21 0 -- 4.45
1987 SD 40 0 0 0 52.0 47 18 18 4 19 44 5 4 11 0 -- 3.12
1988 ChC 46 0 0 0 43.2 50 23 21 3 15 30 4 4 13 0 -- 4.33
1989 NYY 11 0 0 0 14.1 14 6 6 0 3 6 1 0 1 0 -- 3.77
1989 SF 31 0 0 0 43.2 32 16 13 2 27 24 2 1 4 0 -- 2.68
1989 -- 42 0 0 0 58.0 46 22 19 2 30 30 3 1 5 0 -- 2.95
1991 Tex 44 0 0 0 40.1 33 16 16 4 16 28 4 2 1 0 -- 3.57
1992 Oak 30 0 0 0 38.0 32 13 12 5 19 26 0 2 0 0 -- 2.84
1993 Oak 39 0 0 0 47.2 49 24 24 6 26 40 4 5 1 0 -- 4.53
1994 Sea 36 0 0 0 47.1 44 23 22 6 15 29 3 0 1 0 -- 4.18
Total -- 1002 37 16 0 1809.1 1497 670 605 119 732 1502 124 107 310 0 -- 3.01
Postseason Pitching Statistics
SEASON G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV ERA
1978 5 0 0 0 10.0 4 0 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 0 -- 1.80
1980 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -- 0.00
1981 8 0 0 0 13.0 6 0 0 0 4 15 0 0 6 0 -- 0.00
1984 5 0 0 0 6.0 8 0 6 0 2 7 0 0 1 0 -- 9.00
Total 19 0 0 0 29.0 21 0 10 0 7 29 2 1 8 0 0 3.10
*All-Star data prior to 1993 is unavailable.
Miscellaneous Pitching
SEASON TEAM W% PIT TBF P/PA P/IP P/GS K/9 K/BB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 CWS .875 0 352 .00 0.0 0.0 6.41 1.30 .247 .351 .267 .608
1973 CWS -- 0 232 .00 0.0 0.0 5.94 .89 .311 .427 .459 .877
1974 CWS .400 0 397 .00 0.0 0.0 6.47 1.36 .272 .361 .308 .663
1975 CWS .529 0 583 .00 0.0 -- 8.24 1.86 .201 .306 .219 .518
1976 CWS .346 0 956 .00 0.0 0.0 5.42 1.50 .255 .332 .312 .641
1977 Pit .550 0 523 .00 0.0 -- 10.22 3.08 .170 .250 .229 .475
1978 NYY .476 0 543 .00 0.0 -- 8.19 2.07 .187 .277 .245 .518
1979 NYY .625 0 234 .00 0.0 -- 6.36 2.16 .227 .291 .299 .585
1980 NYY .750 0 401 .00 0.0 -- 9.36 2.78 .211 .285 .254 .533
1981 NYY .600 0 173 .00 0.0 -- 9.19 3.43 .141 .215 .179 .393
1982 NYY .444 0 356 .00 0.0 -- 9.87 3.64 .196 .259 .243 .499
1983 NYY .722 0 367 .00 0.0 -- 9.28 3.60 .248 .298 .294 .588
1984 SD .625 0 412 .00 0.0 -- 7.39 2.33 .204 .275 .253 .525
1985 SD .625 0 308 .00 0.0 -- 5.92 3.06 .226 .269 .237 .503
1986 SD .417 0 281 .00 0.0 -- 8.77 3.15 .273 .326 .368 .691
1987 SD .556 0 217 .00 0.0 -- 7.62 2.32 .244 .307 .306 .610
1988 ChC .500 0 194 .00 0.0 -- 6.18 2.00 .291 .356 .343 .694
1989 NYY 1.000 0 56 .00 0.0 -- 3.77 2.00 .275 .327 .373 .694
1989 SF .667 0 182 .00 0.0 -- 4.95 .89 .212 .328 .298 .622
1989 -- .750 0 238 .00 0.0 -- 4.66 1.00 .228 .328 .317 .640
1991 Tex .667 0 167 .00 0.0 -- 6.25 1.75 .228 .317 .366 .677
1992 Oak -- 0 163 .00 0.0 -- 6.16 1.37 .230 .327 .353 .678
1993 Oak .444 0 213 .00 0.0 -- 7.55 1.54 .266 .357 .446 .802
1994 Sea 1.000 0 197 .00 0.0 -- 5.51 1.93 .251 .318 .440 .755
Total -- .537 0 7507 .00 0.0 0.0 7.47 2.05 .228 .308 .291 .594
Miscellaneous Pitching
SEASON TEAM 2B 3B RBI SH SF IBB HB WP BK SB CS IR IS GDP GB FB G/F
1972 CWS 0 0 0 10 2 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1973 CWS 0 0 0 5 4 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1974 CWS 0 0 0 6 4 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1975 CWS 0 0 0 15 0 15 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1976 CWS 0 0 0 8 7 3 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1977 Pit 0 0 0 7 6 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1978 NYY 0 0 0 9 8 8 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1979 NYY 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1980 NYY 0 0 0 8 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1981 NYY 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1982 NYY 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1983 NYY 0 0 0 5 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1984 SD 0 0 0 4 3 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1985 SD 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1986 SD 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1987 SD 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1988 ChC 0 0 0 3 1 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1989 NYY 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1989 SF 7 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 --
1989 -- 10 1 0 3 2 4 1 3 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 --
1991 Tex 6 1 0 3 0 1 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 --
1992 Oak 2 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 --
1993 Oak 9 3 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 --
1994 Sea 13 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 --
Total -- 40 6 0 106 67 90 47 62 5 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 --
Awards
• 1978: American League Relief Man Award
Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau