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Rich Gossage played 22 major-league seasons (1972-1994) as a P (1,002). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 8 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 21 | CHA | 36 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1977 | 26 | PIT | 72 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .217 | .511 | 42 |
| 1984 | 33 | SDN | 62 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .182 | .399 | 17 |
| 1985 | 34 | SDN | 50 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .154 | -52 |
| 1986 | 35 | SDN | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1987 | 36 | SDN | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1988 | 37 | CHN | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1989 | 38 | SFN | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 21 | CHA | 36 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 57 | 44 | 4.28 | 72 |
| 1973 | 22 | CHA | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 49.2 | 33 | 37 | 7.43 | 51 |
| 1974 | 23 | CHA | 39 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 89.1 | 64 | 47 | 4.13 | 88 |
| 1975 | 24 | CHA | 62 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 141.2 | 130 | 70 | 1.84 | 205 |
| 1976 | 25 | CHA | 31 | 29 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 224 | 135 | 90 | 3.94 | 89 |
| 1977 | 26 | PIT | 72 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 133 | 151 | 49 | 1.62 | 241 |
| 1978 | 27 | NYA | 63 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 134.1 | 122 | 59 | 2.01 | 187 |
| 1979 | 28 | NYA | 36 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 58.1 | 41 | 19 | 2.62 | 161 |
| 1980 | 29 | NYA | 64 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 99 | 103 | 37 | 2.27 | 177 |
| 1981 | 30 | NYA | 32 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 46.2 | 48 | 14 | 0.77 | 474 |
| 1982 | 31 | NYA | 56 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 93 | 102 | 28 | 2.23 | 183 |
| 1983 | 32 | NYA | 57 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 87.1 | 90 | 25 | 2.27 | 179 |
| 1984 | 33 | SDN | 62 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 102.1 | 84 | 36 | 2.90 | 124 |
| 1985 | 34 | SDN | 50 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 79 | 52 | 17 | 1.82 | 197 |
| 1986 | 35 | SDN | 45 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 64.2 | 63 | 20 | 4.45 | 83 |
| 1987 | 36 | SDN | 40 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 44 | 19 | 3.12 | 131 |
| 1988 | 37 | CHN | 46 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 43.2 | 30 | 15 | 4.33 | 80 |
| 1989 | 38 | NYA | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.1 | 6 | 3 | 3.77 | 103 |
| 1989 | 38 | SFN | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 43.2 | 24 | 27 | 2.68 | 130 |
| 1991 | 40 | TEX | 44 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 40.1 | 28 | 16 | 3.57 | 115 |
| 1992 | 41 | OAK | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 26 | 19 | 2.84 | 139 |
| 1993 | 42 | OAK | 39 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 47.2 | 40 | 26 | 4.53 | 95 |
| 1994 | 43 | SEA | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 47.1 | 29 | 15 | 4.18 | 115 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | P | 36 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 1973 | P | 20 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | P | 39 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 1975 | P | 62 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 3 |
| 1976 | P | 31 | 29 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 1 |
| 1977 | P | 72 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | P | 63 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | P | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | P | 64 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | P | 32 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 1982 | P | 56 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1983 | P | 57 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | P | 62 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | P | 50 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986 | P | 45 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | P | 40 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | P | 46 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | P | 42 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1991 | P | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | P | 30 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | P | 39 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | P | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (10 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1984, 1981, 1980, 1978, 1975.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Cy Young Award | AL | 7 | 2 / 120 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Cy Young Award | AL | 5 | 4 / 140 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 39 / 392 | 0 |
| 1980 | Cy Young Award | AL | 3 | 37 / 140 | 2 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 218 / 392 | 4 |
| 1981 | Cy Young Award | AL | 5 | 3 / 140 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 62 / 392 | 0 |
| 1984 | Cy Young Award | NL | 5 | 3 / 120 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 34 / 336 | 0 |
Rich Gossage ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8 | closers | 1981 | 474 ERA+ |
| #11 | relief pitchers | 1981 | 474 ERA+ |
| #86 | closers | 1977 | 241 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.