Goose Gossage Career Pitching Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Goose Gossage played in Major League Baseball from 1972 to 1994, appearing in 1,002 games over 22 seasons. He recorded a total of 124 W and 107 L, an ERA of 3.01, 1,502 SO, a WHIP of 1.232, and a WAR of 41.6.

🧾 Basic Profile

Goose Gossage
NameGoose Gossage
Date of BirthJuly 5, 1951
Nationality
United States
PositionPitcher
ThrowsRight
BatsRight
MLB Debut1972
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Goose Gossage Yearly Pitching Stats

This chart shows the season-by-season changes in ERA, SO, and IP for Goose Gossage.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Career Summary

Goose Gossage appeared in 1,002 games over 22 MLB seasons from 1972 to 1994. Below are his cumulative stats and MLB all-time rankings:

GS37 (MLB Rank: 2,805)
GF681 (MLB Rank: 9)
W124 (MLB Rank: 410)
L107 (MLB Rank: 474)
SV310 (MLB Rank: 27)
ERA3.01 (MLB Rank: 1,440)
IP1809.1 (MLB Rank: 560)
CG16 (MLB Rank: 1,751)
SO1,502 (MLB Rank: 235)
BB732 (MLB Rank: 340)
H1,497 (MLB Rank: 773)
HR119 (MLB Rank: 774)
SO97.47 (MLB Rank: 2,349)
BB93.64 (MLB Rank: 6,286)
H97.45 (MLB Rank: 10,691)
HR90.59 (MLB Rank: 6,947)
WHIP1.232 (MLB Rank: 10,394)
WAR41.6 (MLB Rank: 168)

📊 Last Season Summary (1994)

In his final season (1994), Goose Gossage recorded the following stats:

GS0
GF21
W3
SV1
ERA4.18
IP47.1
SO29
BB15
H44
HR6
SO95.51
BB92.85
H98.37
HR91.14
WHIP1.246
WAR0.7

📈 Seasonal Highlights

  • Most Wins: 1983, 13 W
  • Most SO: 1977, 151 SO
  • Most IP: 1976, 224 IP
  • Best WAR: 1975, 8.2 WAR
  • Best ERA: 1981, 0.78 ERA

🎯 Postseason Performance

Goose Gossage appeared in 19 games during the postseason. He recorded an ERA of 2.96, pitched 30.4 IP, struck out 29 batters, with 2 W and 1 L.

Goose Gossage Career Pitching Stats Overview

seasonWLERAW-L%SVSOIPWARWHIPHRHBBRERERA+FIPSO9SO/BBGSGGFCGSHOHR9H9BB9BKHBPIBBWPBF
1972
7
1
4.28
0.875
2
57
80
-0.5
1.45
2
72
44
44
38
74
3.1
6.4
1.3
1
36
7
0
0
0.2
8.1
5
0
4
3
7
352
1973
0
4
7.43
0
0
33
49.2
-1.2
1.893
9
57
37
44
41
54
6.01
6
0.89
4
20
4
1
0
1.6
10.3
6.7
0
3
2
6
232
1974
4
6
4.13
0.4
1
64
89.1
0.5
1.556
4
92
47
45
41
92
3.37
6.4
1.36
3
39
19
0
0
0.4
9.3
4.7
1
2
7
2
397
1975
9
8
1.84
0.529
26
130
141.2
8.2
1.193
3
99
70
32
29
212
2.62
8.3
1.86
0
62
49
0
0
0.2
6.3
4.4
0
5
15
3
583
1976
9
17
3.94
0.346
1
135
224
2.8
1.357
16
214
90
104
98
91
3.68
5.4
1.5
29
31
1
15
0
0.6
8.6
3.6
0
9
3
6
956
1977
11
9
1.62
0.55
26
151
133
6
0.955
9
78
49
27
24
244
2.5
10.2
3.08
0
72
55
0
0
0.6
5.3
3.3
0
2
6
2
523
1978
10
11
2.01
0.476
27
122
134.1
3.2
1.087
9
87
59
41
30
181
3
8.2
2.07
0
63
55
0
0
0.6
5.8
4
0
2
8
5
543
1979
5
3
2.62
0.625
18
41
58.1
1.8
1.149
5
48
19
18
17
156
3.42
6.3
2.16
0
36
33
0
0
0.8
7.4
2.9
0
0
4
3
234
1980
6
2
2.27
0.75
33
103
99
3.4
1.121
5
74
37
29
25
173
2.48
9.4
2.78
0
64
58
0
0
0.5
6.7
3.4
0
1
3
4
401
1981
3
2
0.77
0.6
20
48
46.2
2.3
0.771
2
22
14
6
4
465
2.06
9.3
3.43
0
32
30
0
0
0.4
4.2
2.7
0
1
1
1
173
1982
4
5
2.23
0.444
30
102
93
4.5
0.978
5
63
28
23
23
179
2.13
9.9
3.64
0
56
43
0
0
0.5
6.1
2.7
0
0
5
1
356
1983
13
5
2.27
0.722
22
90
87.1
3.5
1.225
5
82
25
27
22
172
2.33
9.3
3.6
0
57
47
0
0
0.5
8.5
2.6
0
1
5
0
367
1984
10
6
2.9
0.625
25
84
102.1
1.7
1.085
6
75
36
34
33
124
2.97
7.4
2.33
0
62
51
0
0
0.5
6.6
3.2
2
1
4
2
412
1985
5
3
1.82
0.625
26
52
79
2.4
1.025
1
64
17
21
16
195
2.22
5.9
3.06
0
50
38
0
0
0.1
7.3
1.9
0
1
1
0
308
1986
5
7
4.45
0.417
21
63
64.2
-0.8
1.376
8
69
20
36
32
83
3.45
8.8
3.15
0
45
38
0
0
1.1
9.6
2.8
0
2
0
4
281
1987
5
4
3.12
0.556
11
44
52
1.1
1.269
4
47
19
18
18
128
3.27
7.6
2.32
0
40
30
0
0
0.7
8.1
3.3
0
0
6
2
217
1988
4
4
4.33
0.5
13
30
43.2
-0.2
1.489
3
50
15
23
21
85
3.52
6.2
2
0
46
33
0
0
0.6
10.3
3.1
2
3
5
3
194
1989
3
1
2.95
0.75
5
30
58
0.4
1.31
2
46
30
22
19
120
3.78
4.7
1
0
42
28
0
0
0.3
7.1
4.7
0
1
4
3
238
1991
4
2
3.57
0.667
1
28
40.1
0.8
1.215
4
33
16
16
16
115
4.17
6.2
1.75
0
44
16
0
0
0.9
7.4
3.6
0
3
1
3
167
1992
0
2
2.84
0
0
26
38
0.6
1.342
5
32
19
13
12
132
4.78
6.2
1.37
0
30
13
0
0
1.2
7.6
4.5
0
2
4
0
163