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Baseball Survivor
Rich Gossage

Bats: R   Throws: R   Born: July 5, 1951

Career Pitching Statistics     Glossary     Baseball-Reference.com

Year     IP   W   L  PCT  SV   ERA *ERA+  ERC *ERC+ *PR+ *PWP  *WAR  *WAA
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1972   80.0   7   1 .875   2  4.28   73  3.42   91  -10  .369  -0.7  -1.4
1973   49.7   0   4 .000   0  7.43   53  6.83   58  -19  .242  -1.8  -2.3
1974   89.3   4   6 .400   1  4.13   90  4.18   89   -4  .454   0.3  -0.5
1975  141.7   9   8 .529  26  1.84  211  2.24  174   32  .797   5.2   3.9
1976  224.0   9  17 .346   1  3.94   90  3.55  100  -10  .454   0.9  -1.2
1977  133.0  11   9 .550  26  1.62  245  1.66  240   35  .841   5.3   4.1
1978  134.3  10  11 .476  27  2.01  180  2.13  170   24  .749   4.2   3.0
1979   58.3   5   3 .625  18  2.62  156  2.72  151    9  .701   1.6   1.1
1980   99.0   6   2 .750  33  2.27  172  2.29  171   18  .738   3.0   2.1
1981   46.7   3   2 .600  20  0.77  471  1.10  331   15  .945   2.3   1.9
1982   93.0   4   5 .444  30  2.23  179  1.78  224   18  .751   3.0   2.1
1983   87.3  13   5 .722  22  2.27  172  2.98  131   16  .737   2.6   1.9
1984  102.3  10   6 .625  25  2.90  122  2.21  161    7  .591   1.9   0.9
1985   79.0   5   3 .625  26  1.82  193  1.88  187   15  .769   2.6   1.9
1986   64.7   5   7 .417  21  4.45   82  4.19   87   -6  .408  -0.1  -0.7
1987   52.0   5   4 .556  11  3.12  127  3.20  124    5  .612   1.0   0.6
1988   43.7   4   4 .500  13  4.33   84  4.35   83   -3  .422  -0.0  -0.4
1989   58.0   3   1 .750   5  2.95  119  2.85  123    4  .579   1.0   0.5
1991   40.3   4   2 .667   1  3.57  112  3.01  133    2  .555   0.6   0.2
1992   38.0   0   2 .000   0  2.84  132  3.71  101    4  .627   0.8   0.5
1993   47.7   4   5 .444   1  4.53   92  4.87   85   -2  .457   0.2  -0.3
1994   47.3   3   0 1.00   1  4.18  117  3.49  140    4  .577   0.8   0.4
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Tot  1809.3 124 107 .537 310  3.01  125  2.87  132  154  .611  34.7  18.3

Note: * indicates figure is era- and park-adjusted.

MVP Awards Shares (Rank)

1975: 0.03 (17)  1978: 0.10 (13)  1980: 0.56 ( 3)  1981: 0.16 ( 9)  
1984: 0.10 (13)  

Cy Young Awards Shares (Rank)

1975: 0.02 ( 6)  1978: 0.03 ( 5)  1980: 0.27 ( 3)  1981: 0.02 ( 6)  
1984: 0.03 ( 5)  

Similar Peaks - Wins Above Average

Name                  Y1   Y2   Y3   Y4   Y5   Y6   Y7   Y8   Y9  Y10
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Rich Gossage         4.1  3.9  3.0  2.1  2.1  1.9  1.9  1.9  1.1  0.9
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Jake Weimer          4.0  3.8  2.8   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Dennis Eckersley     4.3  3.8  3.1   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Waite Hoyt           4.2  4.2  2.9   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Bill Dinneen         4.3  3.7  3.3   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Curt Simmons         4.1  3.6  3.1   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
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Sal Maglie           3.9  3.7  2.8  2.3  2.3   .    .    .    .    . 
Chief Bender         3.9  3.6  3.4  2.3  2.2   .    .    .    .    . 
Camilo Pascual       4.1  4.1  2.5  2.4  1.7   .    .    .    .    . 
Slim Sallee          3.8  3.4  2.8  2.3  2.2   .    .    .    .    . 
Frank Lary           3.8  3.6  3.0  2.3  1.6   .    .    .    .    . 
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Sal Maglie           3.9  3.7  2.8  2.3  2.3  2.2  1.8   .    .    . 
Chief Bender         3.9  3.6  3.4  2.3  2.2  2.2  2.1   .    .    . 
Claude Passeau       4.8  3.9  2.8  2.4  2.2  2.1  1.7   .    .    . 
Curt Simmons         4.1  3.6  3.1  2.9  2.3  2.1  1.8   .    .    . 
Tommy John           3.9  3.1  2.9  2.2  2.0  2.0  1.8   .    .    . 
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Curt Simmons         4.1  3.6  3.1  2.9  2.3  2.1  1.8  1.4  1.2  1.1
Waite Hoyt           4.2  4.2  2.9  2.9  2.1  1.9  1.4  1.4  1.4  1.0
Chief Bender         3.9  3.6  3.4  2.3  2.2  2.2  2.1  1.1  0.9  0.6
Jack Quinn           4.0  3.1  3.1  2.5  2.4  2.2  2.1  1.5  1.3  1.2
Dennis Eckersley     4.3  3.8  3.1  3.0  2.0  2.0  1.7  1.6  1.6  1.3
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