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Historical player · 1972–1994 · ★ Hall of Fame 2008

Rich Gossage

B/T R/R · HT 75 · WT 180 · Born 7/5/1951 · From Colorado Springs, CO USA · Debut 1972-04-16 · Final 1994-08-08

Career · batting

1,003

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.106 · 0.264

Career · pitching

1,002

1,809.3

W-L

124-107

310

1,502

ERA

3.01

WHIP

1.23

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1977–1977

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Hits

#1,204 on the Pirates

↑ 1 C. Archer

↓ 1 S. Youman

RBI

#1,109 on the Pirates

↑ 1 J. Altenburg

↓ 1 S. Youman

#1,202 on the Pirates

↑ 1 B. Becker

Career with the San Diego Padres · 1984–1987

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Hits

#620 on the Padres

↑ 1 O. Arcia

↓ 1 J. Witasick

Runs

#658 on the Padres

↑ 1 M. Aldrete

#519 on the Padres

↑ 1 C. Abrams

↓ 1 K. Witt

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1988–1988

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Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1972–1976

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Career with the New York Yankees · 1978–1989

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Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1992–1993

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Career with the Seattle Mariners · 1994–1994

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Career with the San Francisco Giants · 1989–1989

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Career with the Texas Rangers · 1991–1991

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#12,091 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Aitchison

↓ 1 E. Zosky

RBI

#12,745 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Abbott

↓ 1 E. Zmich

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1972	White Sox	AL	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.000	0.000	0.000
1973	White Sox	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1974	White Sox	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	White Sox	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	White Sox	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Pirates	NL	72	23	0	5	1	2	1	8	0.217	0.250	0.261
1978	Yankees	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1979	Yankees	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1980	Yankees	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1981	Yankees	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1982	Yankees	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1983	Yankees	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1984	Padres	NL	62	22	0	4	0	0	1	8	0.182	0.217	0.182
1985	Padres	NL	50	11	1	0	0	0	2	5	0.000	0.154	0.000
1986	Padres	NL	45	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000
1987	Padres	NL	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
1988	Cubs	NL	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1989	Giants	NL	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1989	Yankees	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1991	Rangers	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1992	Athletics	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1993	Athletics	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1994	Mariners	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			1,003	85	1	9	1	2	4	37	0.106	0.146	0.118

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1972	White Sox	AL	7	1	36	1	2	80.0	72	38	44	57	4.28	1.45
1973	White Sox	AL	0	4	20	4	0	49.7	57	41	37	33	7.43	1.89
1974	White Sox	AL	4	6	39	3	1	89.3	92	41	47	64	4.13	1.56
1975	White Sox	AL	9	8	62	0	26	141.7	99	29	70	130	1.84	1.19
1976	White Sox	AL	9	17	31	29	1	224.0	214	98	90	135	3.94	1.36
1977	Pirates	NL	11	9	72	0	26	133.0	78	24	49	151	1.62	0.95
1978	Yankees	AL	10	11	63	0	27	134.3	87	30	59	122	2.01	1.09
1979	Yankees	AL	5	3	36	0	18	58.3	48	17	19	41	2.62	1.15
1980	Yankees	AL	6	2	64	0	33	99.0	74	25	37	103	2.27	1.12
1981	Yankees	AL	3	2	32	0	20	46.7	22	4	14	48	0.77	0.77
1982	Yankees	AL	4	5	56	0	30	93.0	63	23	28	102	2.23	0.98
1983	Yankees	AL	13	5	57	0	22	87.3	82	22	25	90	2.27	1.23
1984	Padres	NL	10	6	62	0	25	102.3	75	33	36	84	2.90	1.08
1985	Padres	NL	5	3	50	0	26	79.0	64	16	17	52	1.82	1.03
1986	Padres	NL	5	7	45	0	21	64.7	69	32	20	63	4.45	1.38
1987	Padres	NL	5	4	40	0	11	52.0	47	18	19	44	3.12	1.27
1988	Cubs	NL	4	4	46	0	13	43.7	50	21	15	30	4.33	1.49
1989	Giants	NL	2	1	31	0	4	43.7	32	13	27	24	2.68	1.35
1989	Yankees	AL	1	0	11	0	1	14.3	14	6	3	6	3.77	1.19
1991	Rangers	AL	4	2	44	0	1	40.3	33	16	16	28	3.57	1.21
1992	Athletics	AL	0	2	30	0	0	38.0	32	12	19	26	2.84	1.34
1993	Athletics	AL	4	5	39	0	1	47.7	49	24	26	40	4.53	1.57
1994	Mariners	AL	3	0	36	0	1	47.3	44	22	15	29	4.18	1.25
Career			124	107	1,002	37	310	1,809.3	1,497	605	732	1,502	3.01	1.23

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	1,002	37	1,809.3	78	180	21	11

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2008	BBWAA	466	408	Inducted
2007	BBWAA	388	409	Ballot
2006	BBWAA	336	390	Ballot
2005	BBWAA	285	387	Ballot
2004	BBWAA	206	380	Ballot
2003	BBWAA	209	372	Ballot
2002	BBWAA	203	354	Ballot
2001	BBWAA	228	387	Ballot
2000	BBWAA	166	375	Ballot