Rich Gossage
Game Log for 1981
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Apr 11 W, 5-1 vs Rangers Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 15 W, 6-3 at Blue Jays Finish 1 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 17 W, 2-1 at Rangers Finish 2 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 21 W, 2-0 vs Tigers Finish 3 1.2 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 NYY Apr 24 W, 4-2 vs Blue Jays Finish 4 2.0 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.23 NYY Apr 27 W, 3-1 at Tigers Finish 5 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.08 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY May 03 (2) W, 2-0 at A's Finish 6 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.96 NYY May 06 W, 5-2 at Angels Finish 7 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.82 NYY May 10 W, 5-2 at Mariners Finish 8 2.0 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.69 NYY May 12 W, 4-1 vs A's Finish 9 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.63 NYY May 14 W, 9-5 vs A's Finish 2.1 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.54 W (1-0) NYY May 16 W, 7-5 vs Mariners Finish 10 1.2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.49 NYY May 18 W, 2-1 vs Royals Finish 11 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.46 NYY May 27 L, 5-6 at Orioles Finish 1.2 4 10 1 1 0 1 1 1 0.84 L (1-1) NYY May 29 W, 5-2 at Indians Finish 12 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.81 NYY May 30 W, 1-0 at Indians Finish 13 1.2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.75 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jun 01 W, 5-3 at Indians Finish 14 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.74 NYY Jun 02 W, 5-3 vs Orioles Finish 3.1 2 16 0 0 0 4 0 2 0.65 W (2-1) NYY Jun 06 W, 2-0 vs White Sox Finish 15 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.63 NYY Jun 07 W, 3-1 vs White Sox Finish 16 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.59 NYY Jun 09 W, 8-5 at Royals Finish 17 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.56 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Aug 21 L, 0-4 vs Royals Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.55 NYY Aug 23 W, 8-0 vs Royals Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.53 NYY Aug 26 W, 3-2 vs Twins Finish 2.0 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.76 W (3-1) NYY Aug 28 W, 6-1 at White Sox Finish 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.74 NYY Aug 31 W, 7-0 at Twins Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.72 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Sep 02 L, 3-4 at Twins Finish 1.0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.70 L (3-2) NYY Sep 05 W, 2-1 at Royals Finish 18 1.0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.68 NYY Sep 07 W, 4-2 vs Brewers Finish 19 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.66 NYY Sep 11 W, 4-1 vs Red Sox Finish 20 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.63 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Oct 02 W, 9-0 at Orioles Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.60 NYY Oct 04 L, 2-5 at Orioles Middle 2.0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.77
| 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 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 8 1 1 1 0 0 3 0-2
As closer 3 2 0.61 30 0 0 30 20 0 44.1 21 165 5 3 1 13 1 45 28-2
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 74 7 13 17 1 0 1 7 3 1 5 1 1 19 1 .176 .230 .247 .477
vs RHB 82 5 9 14 0 1 1 5 2 0 8 0 0 29 4 .110 .171 .187 .358
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 3 0 0.75 15 0 0 14 9 0 24.0 13 89 2 2 1 6 0 25 14-1
Road 0 2 0.79 17 0 0 16 11 0 22.2 9 84 4 2 1 7 1 23 14-3
Team
Time of Day W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Day 0 0 0.84 8 0 0 7 5 0 10.2 3 35 1 1 1 2 0 13 7-1
Night 3 2 0.75 24 0 0 23 15 0 36.0 19 138 5 3 1 11 1 35 21-3
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 0 0 1.08 6 0 0 6 5 0 8.1 4 30 1 1 1 2 0 10 6-0
May 1 1 0.57 10 0 0 10 8 0 15.2 8 58 1 1 0 3 1 20 9-1
June 1 0 0.00 5 0 0 5 4 0 8.1 4 33 0 0 0 5 0 6 5-0
August 1 0 1.69 5 0 0 4 0 0 5.1 3 18 1 1 0 0 0 4 4-1
September 0 1 0.00 4 0 0 4 3 0 5.0 1 19 2 0 0 2 0 4 3-1
October 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 1 0 0 4.0 2 15 1 1 1 1 0 4 1-1
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Angels 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1-0
A's 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 3 2 0 4.2 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 11 3-0
Blue Jays 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 2 2 0 3.1 3 12 1 1 1 1 0 3 2-0
Brewers 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-0
Indians 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3 3 0 3.0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 3-0
Mariners 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 2 0 3.2 1 15 0 0 0 1 0 3 2-0
Orioles 1 1 2.00 4 0 0 3 0 0 9.0 8 41 2 2 1 6 1 7 2-2
Rangers 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 1 0 2.1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 2-0
Red Sox 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-0
Royals 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 4 3 0 5.1 0 18 0 0 0 2 0 3 4-1
Tigers 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 2 0 2.2 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 3 2-0
Twins 1 1 2.25 3 0 0 3 0 0 4.0 4 17 3 1 0 0 0 4 2-1
White Sox 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3 2 0 4.0 2 13 0 0 0 1 0 4 3-0
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