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Goose Gossage Stats

Goose Gossage was born on Thursday, July 5, 1951, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Gossage was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1972, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Goose Gossage baseball stats page.

"It is hard to explain what the feeling is like when you first put that Yankee uniform on. The New York pinstripes, it's all there. There is not another place like Yankee Stadium." - Goose Gossage in Baseball Digest (March 1979)

Goose Gossage

Goose Gossage Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#89)

Career

Birth Name:	Richard Michael Gossage
Nickname:	Goose or Rich or The White Gorilla
Born On:	07-05-1951
Born In:	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Zodiac:	Cancer
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	Southern Colorado
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-03
Weight:	217
First Game:	04-16-1972 (Age 20)
Last Game:	08-08-1994
Draft:	1970 : 9th Round (198th)

Goose Gossage Goose Gossage Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1972	White Sox	36	1	7	7	1	.875	4.28	0	0	2	80.0	352	72	38	44	2	44	3	57	7	4	0	-
1973	White Sox	20	4	4	0	4	.000	7.43	1	0	0	49.2	232	57	41	44	9	37	2	33	6	3	0	-
1974	White Sox	39	3	19	4	6	.400	4.13	0	0	1	89.1	397	92	41	45	4	47	7	64	2	2	1	-
1975	White Sox	62	0	49	9	8	.529	1.84	0	0	26	141.2	582	99	29	32	3	70	15	130	3	5	0	-
1976	White Sox	31	29	1	9	17	.346	3.94	15	0	1	224.0	956	214	98	104	16	90	3	135	6	9	0	-
1977	Pirates	72	0	55	11	9	.550	1.62	0	0	26	133.0	523	78	24	27	9	49	6	151	2	2	0	-
1978	Yankees	63	0	55	10	11	.476	2.01	0	0	27	134.1	543	87	30	41	9	59	8	122	5	2	0	-
1979	Yankees	36	0	33	5	3	.625	2.62	0	0	18	58.1	234	48	17	18	5	19	4	41	3	0	0	-
1980	Yankees	64	0	58	6	2	.750	2.27	0	0	33	99.0	401	74	25	29	5	37	3	103	4	1	0	-
1981	Yankees	32	0	30	3	2	.600	0.77	0	0	20	46.2	173	22	4	6	2	14	1	48	1	1	0	-
1982	Yankees	56	0	43	4	5	.444	2.23	0	0	30	93.0	356	63	23	23	5	28	5	102	1	0	0	-
1983	Yankees	57	0	47	13	5	.722	2.27	0	0	22	87.1	367	82	22	27	5	25	5	90	0	1	0	-
1984	Padres	62	0	51	10	6	.625	2.90	0	0	25	102.1	412	75	33	34	6	36	4	84	2	1	2	-
1985	Padres	50	0	38	5	3	.625	1.82	0	0	26	79.0	308	64	16	21	1	17	1	52	0	1	0	-
1986	Padres	45	0	38	5	7	.417	4.45	0	0	21	64.2	281	69	32	36	8	20	0	63	4	2	0	-
1987	Padres	40	0	30	5	4	.556	3.12	0	0	11	52.0	217	47	18	18	4	19	6	44	2	0	0	-
1988	Cubs	46	0	33	4	4	.500	4.33	0	0	13	43.2	194	50	21	23	3	15	5	30	3	3	2	-
1989	Giants	31	0	22	2	1	.667	2.68	0	0	4	43.2	182	32	13	16	2	27	3	24	2	0	0	-
1989	Yankees	11	0	6	1	0	1.000	3.77	0	0	1	14.1	56	14	6	6	0	3	1	6	1	1	0	-
1991	Rangers	44	0	16	4	2	.667	3.57	0	0	1	40.1	167	33	16	16	4	16	1	28	3	3	0	-
1992	Athletics	30	0	13	0	2	.000	2.84	0	0	0	38.0	163	32	12	13	5	19	4	26	0	2	0	-
1993	Athletics	39	0	12	4	5	.444	4.53	0	0	1	47.2	213	49	24	24	6	26	2	40	4	1	0	-
1994	Mariners	36	0	21	3	0	1.000	4.18	0	0	1	47.1	197	44	22	23	6	15	1	29	2	3	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
22 Years		1,002	37	681	124	107	.537	3.01	16	0	310	1,809.1	7,506	1,497	605	670	119	732	90	1,502	63	47	5	-

Goose Gossage Goose Gossage Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1972	White Sox	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1973	White Sox	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1974	White Sox	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1975	White Sox	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1976	White Sox	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1977	Pirates	72	23	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	.217	.250	.261
1978	Yankees	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1979	Yankees	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1980	Yankees	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1981	Yankees	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1982	Yankees	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1983	Yankees	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1984	Padres	62	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	2	0	0	0	.182	.217	.182
1985	Padres	50	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000
1986	Padres	45	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1987	Padres	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1988	Cubs	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1989	Giants	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1989	Yankees	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1991	Rangers	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1992	Athletics	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1993	Athletics	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1994	Mariners	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
22 Years		1,003	85	1	9	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	37	4	0	0	2	.106	.146	.118

Goose Gossage Goose Gossage Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1972 White Sox	P	36	1	240	14	0.4	13	3	10	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	1.46	-
1973 White Sox	P	20	4	149	11	0.6	10	5	5	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	1.81	-
1974 White Sox	P	39	3	268	19	0.5	17	3	14	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.895	1.71	-
1975 White Sox	P	62	0	425	31	0.5	28	3	25	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.903	1.78	-
1976 White Sox	P	31	29	672	48	1.5	45	18	27	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	1.81	-
1977 Pirates	P	72	0	399	15	0.2	14	4	10	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.933	0.95	-
1978 Yankees	P	63	0	403	21	0.3	18	6	12	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	1.21	-
1979 Yankees	P	36	0	175	5	0.1	5	1	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.77	-
1980 Yankees	P	64	0	297	13	0.2	11	1	10	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.846	1.00	-
1981 Yankees	P	32	0	140	10	0.3	9	2	7	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	1.74	-
1982 Yankees	P	56	0	279	8	0.1	8	2	6	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.77	-
1983 Yankees	P	57	0	262	6	0.1	5	2	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	0.52	-
1984 Padres	P	62	0	307	13	0.2	13	5	8	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.14	-
1985 Padres	P	50	0	237	7	0.1	7	0	7	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.80	-
1986 Padres	P	45	0	194	7	0.2	7	2	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.97	-
1987 Padres	P	40	0	156	7	0.2	7	2	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.21	-
1988 Cubs	P	46	0	131	8	0.2	8	1	7	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.65	-
1989 Giants	P	31	0	131	9	0.3	8	5	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.65	-
1989 Yankees	P	11	0	43	3	0.3	3	2	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.88	-
1991 Rangers	P	44	0	121	5	0.1	4	2	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.800	0.89	-
1992 Athletics	P	30	0	114	6	0.2	6	2	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.42	-
1993 Athletics	P	39	0	143	9	0.2	8	5	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.51	-
1994 Mariners	P	36	0	142	4	0.1	4	2	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.76	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		1,002	37	5,428	279	0.3	258	78	180	21	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	.925	1.28	--
22 Years		1,002	37	5,428	279	0.3	258	78	180	21	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	.925	1.28	--

Goose Gossage Goose Gossage Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1972 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.30	6.41	4.95
1973 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.89	5.98	6.70
1974 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.36	6.45	4.74
1975 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.86	8.26	4.45
1976 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.50	5.42	3.62
1977 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.9	11.5	3.08	10.22	3.32
1978 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.07	8.17	3.95
1979 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.16	6.33	2.93
1980 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.78	9.36	3.36
1981 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.43	9.26	2.70
1982 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.64	9.87	2.71
1983 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.60	9.27	2.58
1984 Padres	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.8	0.0	2.33	7.39	3.17
1985 Padres	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.2	0.0	3.06	5.92	1.94
1986 Padres	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.3	0.0	3.15	8.77	2.78
1987 Padres	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.32	7.62	3.29
1988 Cubs	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.00	6.18	3.09
1989 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.89	4.95	5.56
1989 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.00	3.77	1.88
1991 Rangers	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.75	6.25	3.57
1992 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.37	6.16	4.50
1993 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.54	7.55	4.91
1994 Mariners	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.93	5.51	2.85
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
22 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	2.3	42.5	2.05	7.47	3.64

Goose Gossage Goose Gossage Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1972 Chicago White Sox	54	Undetermined	-	-
1973 Chicago White Sox	54	Undetermined	-	-
1974 Chicago White Sox	54	Undetermined	-	-
1975 Chicago White Sox	54	Undetermined	Stats	-
1976 Chicago White Sox	54	Undetermined	Stats	-
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates	54	$46,800.00	Stats	-
1978 New York Yankees	54	Undetermined	Stats	Stats
1979 New York Yankees	54	Undetermined	-	-
1980 New York Yankees	54	Undetermined	Stats	-
1981 New York Yankees	54	Undetermined	Stats	Stats
1982 New York Yankees	54	Undetermined	Stats	-
1983 New York Yankees	54	Undetermined	-	-
1984 San Diego Padres	54	Undetermined	Stats	Stats
1985 San Diego Padres	54	$1,713,333.00	Stats	-
1986 San Diego Padres	54	$1,046,761.00	-	-
1987 San Diego Padres	54	$1,273,904.00	-	-
1988 Chicago Cubs	54	$1,331,532.00	-	-
1989 San Francisco Giants	54	$68,000.00	-	-
1989 New York Yankees	54	Undetermined	-	-
1991 Texas Rangers	54	Undetermined	-	-
1992 Oakland Athletics	54	$300,000.00	-	-
1993 Oakland Athletics	54	$325,000.00	-	-
1994 Seattle Mariners	54	Undetermined	-	n/a
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