Richard Dotson
1979–1990 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees
261G
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–OBP
–SLG
More career statistics
0H
0HR
0RBI
0SB
111–113W–L
1,857.1IP
973K
4.23ERA
295GS
1Rare feat
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 | 261 | 312 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 261 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,857.3 | 305 | 295 | 55 | 111 | 113 | 0 | 1,884 | 964 | 872 | 194 | 740 | 973 | 0 | 0 | 4.23 | 1.413 |
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Two Balks | 1988-09-09 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1980-07-11 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1984-08-15 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 |  Chicago White Sox | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 13 |
| 1980 | Chicago White Sox | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 198 | 109 |
| 1981 | Chicago White Sox | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 141 | 73 |
| 1982 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 196 | 109 |
| 1983 | Chicago White Sox | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 240 | 137 |
| 1984 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 245 | 120 |
| 1985 | Chicago White Sox | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 52 | 33 |
| 1986 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 197 | 110 |
| 1987 | Chicago White Sox | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 211 | 114 |
| 1988 |  New York Yankees | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 171 | 77 |
| 1989 | Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 151 | 69 |
| 1990 |  Kansas City Royals | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 9 |