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Rich Gossage

Yankees Career team 1978 to 1989
Position P
Born Jul 5, 1951

Key Insights

1994
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Lyman Bostock has hit .583/.688/.750 against Gossage over 16 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

7 for 12 with 0 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .603 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Gossage has struck Rickey Henderson out 9 times in 11 plate appearances, 81.8% of everything between them.

9 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Gossage has walked John Briggs 7 times in 13 plate appearances, 53.8% of them.

7 walks in 13 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Wayne Gross is 1 for 18 against Gossage, a .056 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

19 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Gossage throws than Thad Bosley: 80% of the swings between them come up empty.

15 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 85 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Gossage has faced Robin Yount more than any other hitter: 47 plate appearances, and Robin Yount has hit .150/.213/.200 in them.

6 hits, 0 home runs and 7 strikeouts across 47 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 5, 1951