Rich Gossage | Baseball Prospectus

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
22	1809.3	124	107	310	1502	3.01	23.4

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1972	CHA	20	36	1	80.0	3.0	77.0	7	1	2	2	0	0	352	72	44	38	2	94	44	41	4	57	4.28	2.97	3.41	3.5	0.2
1973	CHA	21	20	4	49.7	18.3	31.3	0	4	0	2	2	0	232	57	44	41	9	94	37	35	3	33	7.43	6.02	6.65	-6.4	-0.7
1974	CHA	22	39	3	89.3	11.7	77.7	4	6	1	3	0	0	397	92	45	41	4	116	47	40	2	64	4.13	3.37	4.16	8.5	0.9
1975	CHA	23	62	0	141.7	0.0	141.7	9	8	26	8	3	0	583	99	32	29	3	124	70	55	5	130	1.84	2.59	2.94	32.4	3.5
1976	CHA	24	31	29	224.0	219.7	4.3	9	17	1	1	16	3	956	214	104	98	16	312	90	87	9	135	3.94	3.67	4.14	10.4	1.2
1977	PIT	25	72	0	133.0	0.0	133.0	11	9	26	10	0	0	523	78	27	24	9	116	49	43	2	151	1.62	2.49	2.79	31.6	3.2
1978	NYA	26	63	0	134.3	0.0	134.3	10	11	27	12	2	0	543	87	41	30	9	134	59	51	2	122	2.01	2.97	3.46	13.6	1.5
1979	NYA	27	36	0	58.3	0.0	58.3	5	3	18	3	0	0	234	48	18	17	5	72	19	15	0	41	2.62	3.45	4.08	6.1	0.6
1980	NYA	28	64	0	99.0	0.0	99.0	6	2	33	4	0	0	401	74	29	25	5	109	37	34	1	103	2.27	2.49	2.60	23.7	2.5
1981	NYA	29	32	0	46.7	0.0	46.7	3	2	20	3	0	0	173	22	6	4	2	31	14	13	1	48	0.77	2.00	3.08	5.1	0.6
1982	NYA	30	56	0	93.0	0.0	93.0	4	5	30	9	0	0	356	63	23	23	5	94	28	23	0	102	2.23	2.10	1.91	28.1	3.0
1983	NYA	31	57	0	87.3	0.0	87.3	13	5	22	13	0	0	367	82	27	22	5	110	25	20	1	90	2.27	2.40	2.44	25.8	2.7
1984	SDN	32	62	0	102.3	0.0	102.3	10	6	25	11	0	0	412	75	34	33	6	107	36	32	1	84	2.90	3.00	3.78	8.7	0.9
1985	SDN	33	50	0	79.0	0.0	79.0	5	3	26	6	0	0	308	64	21	16	1	77	17	16	1	52	1.82	2.15	2.85	14.7	1.5
1986	SDN	34	45	0	64.7	0.0	64.7	5	7	21	11	0	0	281	69	36	32	8	106	20	20	2	63	4.45	3.43	4.18	3.7	0.3
1987	SDN	35	40	0	52.0	0.0	52.0	5	4	11	6	0	0	217	47	18	18	4	74	19	13	0	44	3.12	3.27	3.82	5.8	0.6
1988	CHN	36	46	0	43.7	0.0	43.7	4	4	13	11	0	0	194	50	23	21	3	70	15	10	3	30	4.33	3.46	4.59	0.6	0.1
1989	NYA	37	11	0	14.3	0.0	14.3	1	0	1	0	0	0	56	14	6	6	0	19	3	2	1	6	3.77	2.85	3.57	2.2	0.2
1989	SFN	37	31	0	43.7	0.0	43.7	2	1	4	1	0	0	182	32	16	13	2	45	27	24	0	24	2.68	4.01	5.40	-3.1	-0.4
1991	TEX	39	44	0	40.3	0.0	40.3	4	2	1	4	0	0	167	33	16	16	4	53	16	15	3	28	3.57	4.22	5.04	-0.0	-0.0
1992	OAK	40	30	0	38.0	0.0	38.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	163	32	13	12	5	49	19	15	2	26	2.84	4.79	4.96	0.6	0.1
1993	OAK	41	39	0	47.7	0.0	47.7	4	5	1	3	0	0	213	49	24	24	6	82	26	24	1	40	4.53	4.66	4.68	4.2	0.4
1994	SEA	42	36	0	47.3	0.0	47.3	3	0	1	0	0	0	197	44	23	22	6	77	15	14	3	29	4.18	4.76	5.09	5.1	0.5
Career			1002	37	1809.3	252.7	1556.7	124	107	310	124	23	3	7507	1497	670	605	119	2165	732	642	47	1502	3.01	3.17	3.65	224.7	23.4

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1972	CHA	MLB	36	1	80.0	3.41	103	.268	.253	.316	.366	.265	.286	101	5.9	0.7	3.5	0.2
1973	CHA	MLB	20	4	49.7	6.65	46	.331	.268	.333	.395	.270	.320	100	-6.4	-0.7	-6.4	-0.7
1974	CHA	MLB	39	3	89.3	4.16	104	.265	.266	.328	.378	.266	.314	105	8.5	0.9	8.5	0.9
1975	CHA	MLB	62	0	141.7	2.94	135	.209	.266	.334	.394	.270	.256	105	32.4	3.5	32.4	3.5
1976	CHA	MLB	31	29	224.0	4.14	95	.263	.262	.325	.372	.267	.281	98	10.4	1.2	10.4	1.2
1977	PIT	MLB	72	0	133.0	2.79	138	.192	.276	.342	.426	.273	.221	103	30.3	3.1	31.6	3.2
1978	NYA	MLB	63	0	134.3	3.46	116	.223	.267	.329	.406	.269	.222	97	13.6	1.5	13.6	1.5
1979	NYA	MLB	36	0	58.3	4.08	109	.231	.277	.340	.430	.275	.254	95	6.1	0.6	6.1	0.6
1980	NYA	MLB	64	0	99.0	2.60	141	.227	.277	.341	.417	.275	.271	97	23.7	2.5	23.7	2.5
1981	NYA	MLB	32	0	46.7	3.08	118	.174	.264	.330	.394	.273	.185	92	5.1	0.6	5.1	0.6
1982	NYA	MLB	56	0	93.0	1.91	157	.198	.270	.334	.424	.273	.262	98	28.1	3.0	28.1	3.0
1983	NYA	MLB	57	0	87.3	2.44	144	.244	.274	.334	.420	.274	.313	96	25.8	2.7	25.8	2.7
1984	SDN	MLB	62	0	102.3	3.78	105	.212	.267	.332	.395	.268	.242	97	8.6	0.9	8.7	0.9
1985	SDN	MLB	50	0	79.0	2.85	126	.200	.263	.330	.395	.264	.266	95	15.1	1.6	14.7	1.5
1986	SDN	MLB	45	0	64.7	4.18	100	.277	.270	.338	.409	.269	.324	100	5.1	0.5	3.7	0.3
1987	SDN	MLB	40	0	52.0	3.82	114	.249	.275	.343	.438	.272	.287	98	6.3	0.6	5.8	0.6
1988	CHN	MLB	46	0	43.7	4.59	84	.280	.260	.322	.386	.266	.329	102	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.1
1989	NYA	MLB	11	0	14.3	3.57	123	.236	.272	.338	.400	.275	.304	106	2.2	0.2	2.2	0.2
1989	SFN	MLB	31	0	43.7	5.40	63	.245	.260	.324	.383	.266	.233	100	-2.8	-0.3	-3.1	-0.4
1991	TEX	MLB	44	0	40.3	5.04	89	.248	.262	.329	.404	.269	.250	101	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0
1991	OKL	AAA	2	0	2.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1992	OAK	MLB	30	0	38.0	4.96	83	.258	.265	.334	.410	.274	.243	98	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.1
1993	OAK	MLB	39	0	47.7	4.68	98	.285	.273	.341	.424	.269	.307	97	4.2	0.4	4.2	0.4
1994	SEA	MLB	36	0	47.3	5.09	104	.248	.279	.354	.445	.275	.264	101	5.1	0.5	5.1	0.5
Career		MLB		37	1809.3	3.65	113	.239	.268	.333	.402	.270	.270	99	228.5	24.3	224.7	23.4

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1972	CHA	MLB	7	1	2	36	1	80.0	72	44	57	2	54%	.286	8.1	5.0	0.2	6.4	1.45	4.28	3.5	0.2
1973	CHA	MLB	0	4	0	20	4	49.7	57	37	33	9	53%	.320	10.3	6.7	1.6	6.0	1.89	7.43	-6.4	-0.7
1974	CHA	MLB	4	6	1	39	3	89.3	92	47	64	4	51%	.314	9.3	4.7	0.4	6.4	1.56	4.13	8.5	0.9
1975	CHA	MLB	9	8	26	62	0	141.7	99	70	130	3	52%	.256	6.3	4.4	0.2	8.3	1.19	1.84	32.4	3.5
1976	CHA	MLB	9	17	1	31	29	224.0	214	90	135	16	48%	.281	8.6	3.6	0.6	5.4	1.36	3.94	10.4	1.2
1977	PIT	MLB	11	9	26	72	0	133.0	78	49	151	9	43%	.221	5.3	3.3	0.6	10.2	0.95	1.62	31.6	3.2
1978	NYA	MLB	10	11	27	63	0	134.3	87	59	122	9	49%	.222	5.8	4.0	0.6	8.2	1.09	2.01	13.6	1.5
1979	NYA	MLB	5	3	18	36	0	58.3	48	19	41	5	41%	.254	7.4	2.9	0.8	6.3	1.15	2.62	6.1	0.6
1980	NYA	MLB	6	2	33	64	0	99.0	74	37	103	5	45%	.271	6.7	3.4	0.5	9.4	1.12	2.27	23.7	2.5
1981	NYA	MLB	3	2	20	32	0	46.7	22	14	48	2	42%	.185	4.2	2.7	0.4	9.3	0.77	0.77	5.1	0.6
1982	NYA	MLB	4	5	30	56	0	93.0	63	28	102	5	39%	.262	6.1	2.7	0.5	9.9	0.98	2.23	28.1	3.0
1983	NYA	MLB	13	5	22	57	0	87.3	82	25	90	5	33%	.313	8.5	2.6	0.5	9.3	1.23	2.27	25.8	2.7
1984	SDN	MLB	10	6	25	62	0	102.3	75	36	84	6	35%	.242	6.6	3.2	0.5	7.4	1.08	2.90	8.7	0.9
1985	SDN	MLB	5	3	26	50	0	79.0	64	17	52	1	37%	.266	7.3	1.9	0.1	5.9	1.03	1.82	14.7	1.5
1986	SDN	MLB	5	7	21	45	0	64.7	69	20	63	8	44%	.324	9.6	2.8	1.1	8.8	1.38	4.45	3.7	0.3
1987	SDN	MLB	5	4	11	40	0	52.0	47	19	44	4	40%	.287	8.1	3.3	0.7	7.6	1.27	3.12	5.8	0.6
1988	CHN	MLB	4	4	13	46	0	43.7	50	15	30	3	44%	.329	10.3	3.1	0.6	6.2	1.49	4.33	0.6	0.1
1989	SFN	MLB	2	1	4	31	0	43.7	32	27	24	2	47%	.233	6.6	5.6	0.4	4.9	1.35	2.68	-3.1	-0.4
1989	NYA	MLB	1	0	1	11	0	14.3	14	3	6	0	48%	.304	8.8	1.9	0.0	3.8	1.19	3.77	2.2	0.2
1991	TEX	MLB	4	2	1	44	0	40.3	33	16	28	4	42%	.250	7.4	3.6	0.9	6.2	1.21	3.57	-0.0	-0.0
1991	OKL	AAA	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	2	1	3	1	0%	.000	9.0	4.5	4.5	13.5	1.50	18.00	0.0	0.0
1992	OAK	MLB	0	2	0	30	0	38.0	32	19	26	5	39%	.243	7.6	4.5	1.2	6.2	1.34	2.84	0.6	0.1
1993	OAK	MLB	4	5	1	39	0	47.7	49	26	40	6	45%	.307	9.3	4.9	1.1	7.6	1.57	4.53	4.2	0.4
1994	SEA	MLB	3	0	1	36	0	47.3	44	15	29	6	46%	.264	8.4	2.9	1.1	5.5	1.25	4.18	5.1	0.5

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1993-08-28	1993-09-29	15-DL	32	30	Right	Wrist	Fracture	Fall In Clubhouse	-	-
1992-07-19	1992-10-15	60-DL	88	72	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-	-
1991-08-05	1991-09-02	15-DL	28	28	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
1991-06-17	1991-07-12	15-DL	25	21	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
1989-06-16	1989-07-02	15-DL	16	15	-	Neck	Soreness		-	-
1987-04-06	1987-05-05	15-DL	29	27	Right	Trunk	Strain	Rib Cage	-	-
1985-08-01	1985-09-02		32	28	Right	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1985-08-01	-
1979-04-19	1979-07-12		84	77	Right	Thumb	Sprain	Torn Ligaments In Clubhouse Fight	-	-

Compensation

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Service Time	Agent	Contract Status

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Title	Author	Date
Western Front: What Will Become of Neftali Feliz?	Geoff Young	2013-01-08
Pebble Hunting: A Hall of Fame Brochure for Ryan Klesko	Sam Miller	2012-12-03
Baseball ProGUESTus: What Mainstream Baseball Analysis Looked Like in 1984	Chad Finn	2012-11-27
BP Unfiltered: Steve Garvey's Return to Wrigley Field, May 1985	Geoff Young	2012-09-20
Western Front: A Brief History of the Vedder Cup	Geoff Young	2012-06-12
The BP Wayback Machine: Improvement Ratio	Rany Jazayerli	2012-03-16
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Keltner All-Stars, Part II	Jay Jaffe	2012-01-16
Baseball ProGUESTus: Silly Goose: Mariano Rivera and the Myth of the Seven-Out Save	Kevin Baker	2011-10-31
Transaction Analysis Blog: A's Acquire Purcey	R.J. Anderson	2011-04-18
Transaction of the Day: Soriano in Stripes	Christina Kahrl	2011-01-14
Prospectus Hit and Run: Trevor Hoffman and the Coming Wave	Jay Jaffe	2011-01-13
Prospectus Hit and Run: Blyleven in '11 and Other Tales from the Ballot	Jay Jaffe	2011-01-06
Prospectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: Relief at List	Jay Jaffe	2011-01-05
Prospectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: Edgar Martinez	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-30
One-Hoppers: Bluster and Luster: George Steinbrenner (1930-2010)	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-13
Prospectus Hit and Run: Hawk, Rock, and a Couple of Shocks	Jay Jaffe	2010-01-07
Prospectus Hit and Run: Hall of Fame Cases for Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2010-01-06
Fine Penmanship: Introducing the Archimedes Awards	Tim Kniker	2009-12-27
Prospectus Hit and Run: From One to the Other	Jay Jaffe	2009-10-29
Prospectus Today: Breaking From Fashion	Joe Sheehan	2009-07-10
You Could Look It Up: Lest We Forget	Steven Goldman	2009-06-30
Prospectus Hit and Run: Protracting the Process	Jay Jaffe	2009-01-22
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2009-01-12
Prospectus Today: The Old You're In, You're Out	Joe Sheehan	2008-12-18
Prospectus Q&A: Tom Bradley	David Laurila	2008-10-29
Prospectus Today: An Extended All-Star Engagement	Joe Sheehan	2008-07-16
Can Of Corn: Pitching Milestones in Reach	Dayn Perry	2008-04-24
Prospectus Today: Goose, Rice, and Confetti	Joe Sheehan	2008-01-09
Prospectus Hit and Run: Dissecting the 2008 Hall of Fame Vote	Jay Jaffe	2008-01-09
Prospectus Q&A: Greg Rhodes	David Laurila	2008-01-07
The Class of 2008: Relievers	Jay Jaffe	2008-01-04
Prospectus Today: My Ballot	Joe Sheehan	2007-12-28
Every Given Sunday: Holiday Gifts	John Perrotto	2007-12-23
Prospectus Q&A: Pete Palmer	David Laurila	2007-03-11
Transaction Analysis: AL East Catchup	Christina Kahrl	2007-01-30
The Week In Quotes: January 9-15	Alex Carnevale	2007-01-15
Prospectus Today: Two Fortysomething Ex-Yankees	Joe Sheehan	2007-01-10
The Class of 2007: The Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2007-01-09
Prospectus Today: My Hall of Fame Ballot	Joe Sheehan	2007-01-05
Lies, Damned Lies: To Close Or Not To Close	Nate Silver	2006-08-30
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 11	Jay Jaffe	2006-06-13
Prospectus Today: No Relief	Joe Sheehan	2006-04-06
JAWS 2006: From the Mailbag	Jay Jaffe	2006-01-30
What is Baseball Between the Numbers?: A Look at BP's New Book	Jonah Keri	2006-01-12
Prospectus Today: The Election	Joe Sheehan	2006-01-11
Prospectus Today: The Ballot	Joe Sheehan	2006-01-09
From The Mailbag: JAWS, Revenue Sharing, and Sandwich Picks	Baseball Prospectus	2005-12-22
Class of 2006: The Relievers	Jay Jaffe	2005-12-20
The Class of 2006: Starting Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2005-12-16
Prospectus Notebook: Wednesday Edition	Baseball Prospectus	2005-06-29
Prospectus Today: Time For a Change	Joe Sheehan	2005-01-05
The Class of 2005: The Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2004-12-20
Prospectus Today: The Holdovers	Joe Sheehan	2004-12-01
Teams: A Critical Guide: American League, September 13-19	Steven Goldman	2004-09-25
Under The Knife: Anniversary Edition	Will Carroll	2004-08-03
Aim For The Head: Hidden Perfect Games	Keith Woolner	2004-04-27
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-04-23
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part V: Baseball Prospectus, Circa '84	Steven Goldman	2004-02-23
Prospectus Today: Diggin' in the Mailbag	Joe Sheehan	2004-02-19
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part III: Ghostbusters	Steven Goldman	2004-02-19
Prospectus Today: Foulkelore	Joe Sheehan	2004-01-28
The Class of 2004: Analyzing the Pitchers	Jay Jaffe	2004-01-14
2004 Internet Hall of Fame: The Results Are In	Neal Traven	2004-01-05
2004 Internet Hall of Fame: You Make the Call	Neal Traven	2003-12-02
Prospectus Q&A: Ned Colletti, Part II	Jonah Keri	2003-09-16
"This is Our Fault": The McClatchy Ownership as Team Builder, Part III	Steven Goldman	2003-08-27
Prospectus Today: A Day in the Sun	Joe Sheehan	2003-08-22
Breaking Balls: Precedents	Derek Zumsteg	2003-06-24
Breaking Balls: The Case for Edgar	Derek Zumsteg	2003-06-10
The Grand Experiment: Converting Graves and Kim to Starters	Nate Silver	2003-03-12
2003 Internet Hall Of Fame Results: Presented by STATLG-L and Baseball Prospectus	Neal Traven	2003-01-06
Doctoring The Numbers: Doctoring the Numbers: Improvement Ratio	Rany Jazayerli	2002-03-06

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2008-01-08 14:00:00	my prediction: Goose in. Rice misses by an extremely small margin. Much, much bleating commences over the voters who submitted blanks to protest roids users, thus depriving the "deserving" pre-roids slugger. (TomH from Lexington Park MD)	The Goose is Loose! He gets 85.8 percent, and he's the only one who gets in on this ballot. Rice falls just shy at 72.2 percent, setting him up for a 15th-year push. Raines 24.3 percent. Oh is that ugly. Player Total Votes Percentage Rich Gossage 466 85.8% Jim Rice 392 72.2% Andre Dawson 358 65.9% Bert Blyleven 336 61.9% Lee Smith 235 43.3% Jack Morris 233 42.9% Tommy John 158 29.1% Tim Raines 132 24.3% Mark McGwire 128 23.6% Alan Trammell 99 18.2% Dave Concepcion 88 16.2% Don Mattingly 86 15.8% Dave Parker 82 15.1% Dale Murphy 75 13.8% Harold Baines 28 5.2% Rod Beck 2 0.4% Travis Fryman 2 0.4% Robb Nen 2 0.4% Shawon Dunston 1 0.2% Chuck Finley 1 0.2% David Justice 1 0.2% Chuck Knoblauch 1 0.2% Todd Stottlemyre 1 0.2% Jose Rijo 0 0% Brady Anderson 0 0% (Jay Jaffe)

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