Rich Gossage
1972–1994 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Yankees, Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres
959G
.106AVG
.146OBP
.118SLG
More career statistics
9H
0HR
2RBI
0SB
124–107W–L
1,809.1IP
1,502K
3.01ERA
37GS
310SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 959 | 1,003 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 959 | 93 | 85 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .106 | .146 | .118 | .264 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,809.3 | 1,002 | 37 | 16 | 124 | 107 | 310 | 1,497 | 670 | 605 | 119 | 732 | 1,502 | 0 | 0 | 3.01 | 1.232 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1984-07-01 to 1984-07-22
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1972-09-06 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1976-05-15 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1976-05-30 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 |  Chicago White Sox | 36 | 16 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 80 | 57 |
| 1973 | Chicago White Sox | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | 33 |
| 1974 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 89 | 64 |
| 1975 | Chicago White Sox | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 141 | 130 |
| 1976 | Chicago White Sox | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 224 | 135 |
| 1977 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 23 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .217 | 133 | 151 |
| 1978 |  New York Yankees | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 134 | 122 |
| 1979 | New York Yankees | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | 41 |
| 1980 | New York Yankees | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 99 | 103 |
| 1981 | New York Yankees | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 48 |
| 1982 | New York Yankees | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 93 | 102 |
| 1983 | New York Yankees | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 87 | 90 |
| 1984 |  San Diego Padres | 62 | 22 | 4 | – | – | – | .182 | 102 | 84 |
| 1985 | San Diego Padres | 50 | 11 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 79 | 52 |
| 1986 | San Diego Padres | 45 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 64 | 63 |
| 1987 | San Diego Padres | 40 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 52 | 44 |
| 1988 |  Chicago Cubs | 46 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 43 | 30 |
| 1989 | New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants | 42 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 58 | 30 |
| 1991 |  Texas Rangers | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 28 |
| 1992 |  Athletics | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | 26 |
| 1993 | Athletics | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | 40 |
| 1994 |  Seattle Mariners | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | 29 |