Goose Gossage

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Full Name: Richard Michael Gossage	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/180	First Game: April 16, 1972
Birthdate: July 5, 1951	Final Game: August 8, 1994
Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado	MLB Experience: 22 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
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4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on July 5, 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Rich Gossage (Richard Michael Gossage) played for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 22 year career. Gossage broke into the bigs on April 16, 1972 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.28 ERA in 80 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rich Gossage's best season was 1977, when he posted a 1.62 ERA, won 11 games, notched 26 saves and struck out 151 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1972	CHI	A	36	1	7	1	4.28	57	44	38	0	0	2	80	72	2	44	3	7	4
1973	CHI	A	20	4	0	4	7.43	33	44	41	1	0	0	49.2	57	9	37	2	6	3
1974	CHI	A	39	3	4	6	4.13	64	45	41	0	0	1	89.1	92	4	47	7	2	2
1975	CHI	A	62	0	9	8	1.84	130	32	29	0	0	26	141.2	99	3	70	15	3	5
1976	CHI	A	31	29	9	17	3.94	135	104	98	15	0	1	224	214	16	90	3	6	9
1977	PIT	N	72	0	11	9	1.62	151	27	24	0	0	26	133	78	9	49	6	2	2
1978	NY	A	63	0	10	11	2.01	122	41	30	0	0	27	134.1	87	9	59	8	5	2
1979	NY	A	36	0	5	3	2.62	41	18	17	0	0	18	58.1	48	5	19	4	3	0
1980	NY	A	64	0	6	2	2.27	103	29	25	0	0	33	99	74	5	37	3	4	1
1981	NY	A	32	0	3	2	.77	48	6	4	0	0	20	46.2	22	2	14	1	1	1
1982	NY	A	56	0	4	5	2.23	102	23	23	0	0	30	93	63	5	28	5	1	0
1983	NY	A	57	0	13	5	2.27	90	27	22	0	0	22	87.1	82	5	25	5	0	1
1984	SD	N	62	0	10	6	2.90	84	34	33	0	0	25	102.1	75	6	36	4	2	1
1985	SD	N	50	0	5	3	1.82	52	21	16	0	0	26	79	64	1	17	1	0	1
1986	SD	N	45	0	5	7	4.45	63	36	32	0	0	21	64.2	69	8	20	0	4	2
1987	SD	N	40	0	5	4	3.12	44	18	18	0	0	11	52	47	4	19	6	2	0
1988	CHI	N	46	0	4	4	4.33	30	23	21	0	0	13	43.2	50	3	15	5	3	3
1989	SF	N	31	0	2	1	2.68	24	16	13	0	0	4	43.2	32	2	27	3	2	0
1989	NY	A	11	0	1	0	3.77	6	6	6	0	0	1	14.1	14	0	3	1	1	1
1989	Total		42	0	3	1	2.95	30	22	19	0	0	5	58	46	2	30	4	3	1
1991	TEX	A	44	0	4	2	3.57	28	16	16	0	0	1	40.1	33	4	16	1	3	3
1992	OAK	A	30	0	0	2	2.84	26	13	12	0	0	0	38	32	5	19	4	0	2
1993	OAK	A	39	0	4	5	4.53	40	24	24	0	0	1	47.2	49	6	26	2	4	1
1994	SEA	A	36	0	3	0	4.18	29	23	22	0	0	1	47.1	44	6	15	1	2	3
Total	NL		346	0	42	34	2.73	448	175	157	0	0	126	518.1	415	33	183	25	15	9
Total	AL		656	37	82	73	3.12	1054	495	448	16	0	184	1291	1082	86	549	65	48	38
Total			1002	37	124	107	3.01	1502	670	605	16	0	310	1809.1	1497	119	732	90	63	47

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1972	CHI	A	P	36	1	80	3	10	1	1	0	1	4	5	1	.929
1973	CHI	A	P	20	4	49.2	5	5	1	0	0	1	6	5	0	.909
1973	CHI	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	CHI	A	P	39	3	89.1	3	14	2	1	0	1	13	5	0	.895
1975	CHI	A	P	62	0	141.2	3	25	3	3	0	1	12	6	1	.903
1976	CHI	A	P	31	29	224	18	27	3	1	0	0	20	15	2	.938
1977	PIT	N	P	72	0	133	4	10	1	0	0	1	9	3	0	.933
1978	NY	A	P	63	0	134.1	6	12	3	0	0	2	6	4	0	.857
1979	NY	A	P	36	0	58.1	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.000
1980	NY	A	P	64	0	99	1	10	2	0	0	1	2	6	0	.846
1981	NY	A	P	32	0	46.2	2	7	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	.900
1982	NY	A	P	56	0	93	2	6	0	1	0	2	5	3	0	1.000
1983	NY	A	P	57	0	87.1	2	3	1	0	0	0	8	3	0	.833
1984	SD	N	P	62	0	102.1	5	8	0	0	0	1	10	2	0	1.000
1985	SD	N	P	50	0	79	0	7	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	1.000
1986	SD	N	P	45	0	64.2	2	5	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1.000
1987	SD	N	P	40	0	52	2	5	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	1.000
1988	CHI	N	P	46	0	43.2	1	7	0	0	0	1	10	4	0	1.000
1989	SF	N	P	31	0	43.2	5	3	1	0	0	2	2	5	0	.889
1989	NY	A	P	11	0	14.1	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1989	Total		P	42	0	58	7	4	1	1	0	2	3	5	0	.917
1991	TEX	A	P	44	0	40.1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	.800
1992	OAK	A	P	30	0	38	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1.000
1993	OAK	A	P	39	0	47.2	5	3	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	.889
1994	SEA	A	P	36	0	47.1	2	2	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	1.000
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	1002	37	1809.1	78	180	21	11	0	17	148	79	6	.925

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1972	CHI	A	36	16	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	1
1973	CHI	A	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CHI	A	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CHI	A	62	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHI	A	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	PIT	N	72	23	0	5	0	2	.217	.250	.261	1	0	1	8	0	1	0	0	0
1978	NY	A	63	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	NY	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	NY	A	64	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	NY	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	NY	A	56	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	NY	A	57	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	SD	N	62	22	0	4	0	0	.182	.217	.182	0	0	1	8	0	2	0	0	0
1985	SD	N	50	11	1	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
1986	SD	N	45	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
1987	SD	N	40	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1988	CHI	N	46	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	SF	N	31	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	NY	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	Total		42	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	TEX	A	44	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	OAK	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	OAK	A	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	SEA	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		346	69	1	9	0	2	.130	.178	.145	1	0	4	26	0	3	0	0	1
Total	AL		657	16	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	1
Total			1003	85	1	9	0	2	.106	.146	.118	1	0	4	37	0	4	0	0	2

[edit] 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).

[edit] Trivia

Hall of Famer Rich Gossage has admitted to hitting three batters with a pitch intentionally: Andres Galarraga, Ron Gant and Al Bumbry. All he could say was "because they had it coming."
Gossage wrote an autobiography entitled "The Goose is Loose"; it was released in 2000.
He also owns a burger joint in Parker, Colorado called "Burgers N Sports".

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