Rich Gossage
Game Log for 1977
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Apr 07 L, 6-12 vs Cardinals Middle 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 PIT Apr 10 L, 7-8 vs Cardinals Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 PIT Apr 12 W, 2-1 vs Expos Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 W (1-0) PIT Apr 16 W, 3-1 at Cardinals Finish 1 3.0 2 12 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00 PIT Apr 18 L, 5-6 at Expos Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 PIT Apr 20 W, 8-6 at Expos Middle 1.1 3 7 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.80 PIT Apr 22 W, 4-3 at Mets Middle 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.69 PIT Apr 23 W, 6-5 at Mets Finish 1.1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.50 W (2-0) PIT Apr 26 W, 5-0 vs Phillies Finish 2 2.0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 1.29 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT May 01 W, 4-3 vs Astros Finish 3.0 1 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.06 W (3-0) PIT May 03 W, 8-7 at Braves Middle 1.2 1 7 1 1 1 1 0 2 1.45 PIT May 06 W, 6-3 vs Reds Finish 3 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 5 1.25 PIT May 08 W, 6-4 vs Reds Finish 4 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.14 PIT May 10 (2) W, 2-1 vs Braves Finish 5 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.11 PIT May 11 W, 2-1 vs Braves Finish 6 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.09 PIT May 14 W, 6-2 at Astros Finish 7 3.1 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.96 PIT May 17 W, 3-0 at Reds Finish 8 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.93 PIT May 19 W, 6-5 vs Dodgers Finish 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.84 W (4-0) PIT May 22 W, 11-4 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.82 PIT May 29 L, 2-3 at Cubs Finish 1.2 4 10 2 2 0 1 0 3 1.30 L (4-1) PIT May 30 L, 4-6 at Phillies Finish 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.26 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jun 04 L, 3-4 vs Cubs Finish 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.19 PIT Jun 05 W, 5-4 vs Cubs Finish 9 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.13 PIT Jun 06 L, 1-3 vs Giants Finish 3.0 3 13 2 2 0 1 0 5 1.48 L (4-2) PIT Jun 08 L, 2-3 vs Giants Finish 2.0 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.41 PIT Jun 10 W, 10-7 vs Padres Finish 4.0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.29 W (5-2) PIT Jun 12 (2) W, 7-4 vs Padres Finish 10 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.24 PIT Jun 14 L, 2-3 at Dodgers Finish 0.2 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.22 L (5-3) PIT Jun 16 L, 2-3 at Dodgers Finish 2.2 2 12 1 1 0 1 1 2 1.33 L (5-4) PIT Jun 18 L, 5-7 at Giants Middle 2.0 2 8 1 1 1 0 0 2 1.44 PIT Jun 20 W, 5-3 at Padres Finish 11 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.39 PIT Jun 22 W, 3-1 at Padres Finish 12 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.36 PIT Jun 24 W, 6-5 vs Expos Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.34 W (6-4) PIT Jun 26 (1) W, 7-4 vs Expos Finish 13 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.31 PIT Jun 26 (2) L, 3-6 vs Expos Middle 1.0 4 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.58 L (6-5) PIT Jun 29 W, 9-1 at Cardinals Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.53 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jul 01 L, 6-7 at Phillies Middle 3.2 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.45 PIT Jul 04 (1) W, 5-2 vs Cardinals Finish 14 2.2 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 6 1.39 PIT Jul 06 W, 11-8 vs Cardinals Middle 0.2 4 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 1.76 PIT Jul 08 W, 8-7 vs Phillies Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.73 W (7-5) PIT Jul 10 (2) W, 12-10 vs Phillies Finish 15 2.0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.69 PIT Jul 12 W, 5-4 at Expos Finish 4.0 4 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.60 W (8-5) PIT Jul 16 L, 3-5 at Mets Finish 1.2 1 7 2 1 1 2 0 1 1.68 L (8-6) PIT Jul 17 (1) W, 3-1 at Mets Finish 16 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.64 PIT Jul 17 (2) L, 3-9 at Mets Middle 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.75 PIT Jul 26 W, 3-2 vs Astros Finish 17 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.71 PIT Jul 27 W, 3-2 vs Astros Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.67 PIT Jul 30 W, 10-6 at Braves Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.64 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Aug 01 L, 3-4 at Astros Finish 3.0 1 11 1 1 1 1 0 4 1.68 L (8-7) PIT Aug 05 (2) W, 10-6 at Reds Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.66 PIT Aug 08 W, 7-6 vs Cubs Middle 1.0 3 6 2 2 1 0 0 1 1.84 PIT Aug 09 L, 1-4 vs Cubs Finish 1.0 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.91 PIT Aug 10 W, 2-1 vs Cubs Middle 4.0 1 16 0 0 0 1 1 4 1.84 PIT Aug 12 (2) W, 6-5 vs Mets Middle 0.1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.83 PIT Aug 16 L, 5-6 at Cubs Middle 5.0 3 19 0 0 0 0 1 7 1.74 PIT Aug 21 L, 4-5 vs Giants Middle 2.2 2 15 2 2 1 4 0 3 1.87 L (8-8) PIT Aug 23 W, 7-6 vs Padres Finish 1.0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1.93 W (9-8) PIT Aug 24 L, 1-2 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.00 L (9-9) PIT Aug 26 W, 3-1 at Padres Finish 18 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.96 PIT Aug 31 L, 3-6 at Giants Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.95 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Sep 05 (1) W, 3-1 vs Phillies Finish 19 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.92 PIT Sep 06 W, 5-4 vs Phillies Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.88 W (10-9) PIT Sep 08 W, 9-5 vs Cardinals Finish 20 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.85 PIT Sep 10 L, 2-4 vs Expos Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.84 PIT Sep 13 W, 2-0 at Phillies Finish 21 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.82 PIT Sep 15 (1) W, 4-3 at Cardinals Finish 22 0.1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.81 PIT Sep 17 W, 6-3 at Expos Finish 23 4.0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.75 PIT Sep 21 W, 4-0 at Mets Finish 24 2.2 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.71 PIT Sep 23 W, 2-0 at Cubs Finish 25 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.70 PIT Sep 25 W, 4-0 at Cubs Finish 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.67 PIT Sep 28 W, 3-2 vs Mets Finish 26 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.65 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Oct 02 (2) W, 3-2 vs Cubs Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.62 W (11-9)
| Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average |
Team
Role W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Middle relief 0 2 4.25 17 0 0 0 0 0 29.2 26 130 14 14 6 11 4 28 8-9
As closer 11 7 0.87 55 0 0 55 26 0 103.1 52 393 13 10 3 32 2 123 42-13
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 197 23 41 57 7 0 3 21 3 2 24 4 0 66 4 .208 .289 .305 .595
vs RHB 262 22 37 59 4 0 6 21 6 1 19 2 2 85 3 .141 .225 .207 .432
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 9 4 1.83 39 0 0 31 14 0 68.2 35 272 14 14 4 27 2 83 29-10
Road 2 5 1.40 33 0 0 24 12 0 64.1 43 251 13 10 5 16 4 68 21-12
Team
Time of Day W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Day 4 4 1.94 28 0 0 19 10 0 51.0 30 203 12 11 4 21 3 52 17-11
Night 7 5 1.43 44 0 0 36 16 0 82.0 48 320 15 13 5 22 3 99 33-11
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 2 0 1.29 9 0 0 5 2 0 14.0 7 54 2 2 1 8 1 12 6-3
May 2 1 1.25 12 0 0 11 6 0 21.2 15 89 3 3 1 6 0 32 10-2
June 2 4 1.86 15 0 0 13 5 0 29.0 19 115 8 6 1 7 1 35 8-7
July 2 1 1.93 12 0 0 8 4 0 23.1 11 89 6 5 2 10 1 24 9-3
August 1 3 3.13 12 0 0 6 1 0 23.0 18 100 8 8 4 8 2 27 6-6
September 1 0 0.00 11 0 0 11 8 0 20.0 7 68 0 0 0 4 0 20 10-1
October 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 1-0
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Astros 1 1 0.69 5 0 0 4 2 0 13.0 6 49 1 1 1 3 0 16 4-1
Braves 0 0 1.93 4 0 0 3 2 0 4.2 1 17 1 1 1 3 0 9 4-0
Cardinals 0 0 2.02 8 0 0 6 4 0 13.1 10 56 3 3 1 8 0 18 6-2
Cubs 1 1 2.08 10 0 0 7 2 0 21.2 16 89 5 5 1 3 3 25 6-4
Dodgers 1 3 2.16 5 0 0 5 0 0 8.1 9 38 4 2 0 2 1 13 2-3
Expos 3 1 2.20 9 0 0 6 2 0 16.1 13 63 4 4 1 3 0 13 6-3
Giants 0 2 4.22 5 0 0 2 0 0 10.2 8 48 5 5 2 7 0 10 0-5
Mets 1 1 1.69 8 0 0 5 3 0 10.2 5 40 3 2 1 6 2 10 6-2
Padres 2 0 0.71 6 0 0 6 4 0 12.2 4 44 1 1 1 1 0 18 6-0
Phillies 2 0 0.00 8 0 0 7 4 0 14.2 2 52 0 0 0 5 0 12 6-2
Reds 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 4 3 0 7.0 4 27 0 0 0 2 0 7 4-0
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