Goose Gossage

Quick Facts

Full Name	Goose Gossage
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 5, 1951(1951-07-05)
Age	73
Birthplace	Colorado Springs
Country	United States
Birth City	Colorado
Horoscope	Cancer

Goose Gossage Biography

Goose Gossage is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on July 5, 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. MLB pitcher who was chosen to nine All-Star games. He also was awarded the World Series Championship with the New York Yankees in 1978.

He was on the team with the legendary Mr. October He played alongside Mr. October, Reggie Jackson, on the New York Yankees. as part of the New York Yankees.

The New York Yankees of the late 1970s and early 1980s arguably pioneered the set-up/closer configuration, which was a standard baseball practice until the 2010s. The most effective pairing was Ron Davis and Gossage, with Davis typically entering the game in the 7th or 8th innings and Gossage finishing up. During one stretch with that pairing, the Yankees won 77 of 79 games in which they led after six innings.

Gossage grew up near N. Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He graduated (1970) from Wasson High School where he played on the baseball and basketball teams and was included in the school’s athletic “Wall of Fame.” His wife Corna Gossage also graduated from Wasson High. The Chicago White Sox selected him in the ninth round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.

He had three sons: Jeff, Keith, and Todd along alongside his spouse Corna.

Goose Gossage Net Worth

Goose Gossage is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Goose Gossage 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at Wasson High School in Colorado.

He did not play during the 1979 season as a member of the Yankees because of an injury to his thumb sustained during an altercation in the locker room with his teammate He missed some of the 1979 season with the Yankees due to a thumb injury sustained in a locker room fight with teammate Cliff Johnson..

Richard Michael “Goose” Gossage (born July 5, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. During a 22-year baseball career (from 1972–1994), he pitched for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. The nickname “Goose” came about when a friend did not like his previous nickname “Goss”, and noted he looked like a goose when he extended his neck to read the signs given by the catcher when he was pitching. Although Gossage is otherwise generally referred to as “Rich” in popular media, a baseball field named after him bears the name “Rick”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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He missed some of the 1979 season with the Yankees with a thumb injury sustained in a locker-room fight with teammate Cliff Johnson. Ron Guidry, the reigning Cy Young Award winner, volunteered to go to the bullpen to replace him. In the first game of a doubleheader on October 4, 1980, Gossage pitched the last two innings of a 5-2 win over the Detroit Tigers, earning his career- high 33rd save as New York clinched another division title. On October 10, George Brett of the Royals hit a tide-turning three-run homer off Gossage into Yankee Stadium’s right-field upper deck to lead the Royals to a three-game sweep in the AL Championship Series, after the Yankees had defeated the Royals in three consecutive ALCS from 1976 to 1978. Almost three years later during the regular season, Brett got to the Goose again in the Bronx, blasting a go- ahead two-run home run in the top of the ninth in a game memorialized as the “Pine Tar Game”.

Facts & Trivia

Goose Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Goose Gossage celebrates birthday on July 5 of every year.

Gossage became upset with Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner for meddling with the team. In 1982, he called Steinbrenner “the fat man upstairs”, and disapproved of the way Yankees’ manager Billy Martin used him. Gossage became a free agent after the 1983 season, and insisted that he would not resign with New York. He signed with the San Diego Padres. In 1984, Gossage clinched another title, earning the save in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series and sending the Padres to their first World Series; after San Diego had scored four runs in the seventh inning to take a 6-3 lead against the Chicago Cubs, Gossage pitched the final two innings, getting Jody Davis to hit into a force play for the final out. During game 5 of the 1984 World Series versus the Detroit Tigers, Gossage, after receiving signs from the coaches on the Padres bench and a visit to the mound by Padres manager Dick Williams, refused to intentionally walk right fielder Kirk Gibson. On the second pitch Gossage and the Padres would regret that decision as Gibson homered to deep right field leading to a World Series win for the Detroit Tigers. On August 17, 1986, Gossage struck out Pete Rose in Rose’s final major-league at bat.

Is Goose Gossage a Hall of Famer?

Goose Gossage was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008 , but he will forever be remembered as much for his awesome facial hair as for his legendary MLB career.

How fast is Goose Gossage?

Gossage could be an intimidating presence on the mound, standing 6-foot-3 inches with a penetrating scowl. But of all his attributes, it was his overpowering fastball, which could reach 100 miles per hour , which made him one of the top relief pitchers throughout the 1970s and ’80s.

Was Goose Gossage a closer?

Gossage holds the Yankees career record for ERA (2.14) and hits per nine innings (6.59) among pitchers with at least 500 innings for the team. In eight of his first 10 seasons as a closer, Gossage’s ERA was less than 2.27. Over his career, right-handed hitters hit a minuscule .

What teams did Goose Gossage play for?

All teams

What did Goose Gossage say?

I called (Hall of Fame chairman) Jane Forbes Clark before the induction last year and said, ‘Jane, I don’t know where you stand with this guy, but I may punch Rob Manfred right in the (expletive) nose and spatter his (expletive) nose all over his (expletive) face right in the lobby of your hotel.”