Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage (born July 5, 1951) is an American former baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1972 and 1994. He pitched for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. More about Rich Gossage
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Gossage was one of the earliest manifestations of the modern closer, with facial hair and a gruff demeanor to go along with his fastball. He led the American League (AL) in saves three times and was runner-up twice; by the end of the 1987 season he ranked second in major-league career saves, trailing only Rollie Fingers, although by the end of his career his total of 310 had slipped to fourth all time. When he retired he also ranked third in major-league career games pitched (1,002), and he remains third in wins in relief (115) and innings pitched in relief (1,5562β3); his 1,502 strikeouts place him behind only Hoyt Wilhelm among pitchers who pitched primarily in relief. He also is the career leader in blown saves (112). From 1977 through 1983 he never recorded an earned run average over 2.62, including a mark of 0.77 in 1981, and in 1980 he finished third in AL voting for both the MVP Award and Cy Young Award as the Yankees won a division title.In total, we tracked 459 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Rich Gossage (2022 Topps Heritage '81 Signature Series #460 Rich Gossage AUTO 1/1 YANKEES HOF) was sold in May 2023 for $570.00 while the cheapest item (Rich Gossage AKA "Goose" Autographed 91 Leaf card #236!) found a new owner for $0.55 in June 2008. The month with the most items sold (10) was January 2010 with an average selling price of $23.05 for an autographed item of Rich Gossage. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2023 with $570.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was April 2012. In average, an autographed item from Rich Gossage is worth $10.50.
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Rich Gossage would purge all of the modern home run records if he were in charge (07/28/14): And his reaction to PED users in the Hall of Fame? "Are you f***ing kidding me?"
Hall of Famer Rich Gossage no fan of "known cheaters" in baseball (01/05/13): Nearly 14 years after he threw his final pitch, Rich "Goose" Gossage was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
Quote of the Day: Rich Gossage on PED users in the Hall of Fame (12/04/12): In January 2010, Rich Gossage made some pretty sharp statements in support of the idea that PED users should not be in the Hall of Fame. I interviewed Gossage right after that and asked him what he thinks should be done if it was found that an existing member of the Hall was later found toβ¦