Richard Dotson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (7th) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Anderson HS (Cincinnati, OH).

High School: Anderson HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: September 4, 1979 (Age 20-237d, 14,230th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: June 5, 1990 (Age 31-146d)
vs. CAL 1.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: Richard Elliott Dotson

Nicknames: Rich

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.0

111

113

ERA

4.23

305

295

1857.1

973

WHIP

1.413

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-21 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 1

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	63	3	Apr 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	0	1.50	4.22	24	10	2	0	0	5	61			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.12	0.240	1.56	0.20%	2.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
2	64	7	Apr 17(2)	CHW		BAL	W,10-6	GS-5		4	4.2	7	4	3	2	4	1	0	3.38	4.59	22	4	5	0	1	7	38			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.13	-0.226	1.91	-0.23%	-1.94	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
3	65	10	Apr 21	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	GS-5	L(1-1)	3	5.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.87	3.93	20	7	5	1	0	5	54			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.126	2.22	0.13%	1.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
4	66	14	Apr 26(1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GS-9	L(1-2)	4	8.0	7	3	2	2	3	1	0	2.66	4.07	32	12	8	1	2	7	59			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.44	-0.152	2.28	-0.14%	0.38	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	67	20	May 1	CHW		DET	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	6.1	8	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.60	4.35	30	5	9	2	4	8	37			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.199	1.60	-0.18%	-1.44	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out d2
6	68	26	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-8	W(2-3)	7	7.1	5	2	2	3	7	0	1	3.38	3.98	29	6	7	3	0	5	64			0	2	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	0.330	2.80	0.38%	1.74	1b start a 2	8b --- 1 out a1
7	69	31	May 14	CHW		MIL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	6.1	7	2	2	2	4	2	0	3.30	4.34	27	8	6	0	0	7	53			2	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.030	1.72	-0.04%	0.31	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d1
8	70	36	May 19	CHW		TEX	W,6-5	GS-5		4	4.2	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.72	4.56	23	8	4	0	1	6	33			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.233	1.58	-0.30%	-1.94	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
9	71	41	May 25	CHW		KCR	L,4-7	GS-6	L(2-5)	5	5.1	7	5	5	5	2	1	0	4.19	4.82	27	7	6	2	0	7	31			2	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.247	3.43	-0.40%	-1.94	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	72	47	Jun 1	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-5	L(2-6)	6	4.2	6	4	4	2	3	0	1	4.47	4.71	23	7	5	1	1	5	37			2	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	-0.247	3.00	-0.38%	-2.27	1b start a 2	5b 123 2 out d2
11	73	51	Jun 6	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	2	3	2	0	1	4.34	4.64	28	8	8	2	2	6	49			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.084	2.33	-0.11%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
12	74	56	Jun 11	CHW		CAL	L,5-6	GS-5	L(2-7)	4	4.0	6	5	4	3	1	0	0	4.61	4.63	21	4	7	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.166	3.42	-0.29%	-1.99	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d3
13	75	63	Jun 19	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-6	GS-7	W(3-7)	7	6.2	8	5	4	0	2	1	0	4.68	4.58	28	6	12	0	0	8	42			0	1	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.111	2.08	-0.19%	-0.82	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out a3
14	76	72	Jun 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-12	GS-4	L(3-8)	9	3.2	8	6	3	1	2	0	0	4.81	4.48	21	6	4	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.21	-0.346	2.51	-0.43%	-4.45	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	77	76	Jul 4	CHW		SEA	L,1-3	GS-8	L(3-9)	4	7.0	8	3	3	5	4	0	0	4.73	4.42	32	11	4	0	0	8	48			0	1	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.040	2.05	-0.05%	-0.12	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d2
16	78	80	Jul 9	CHW	@	TOR	L,6-7	GS-4	L(3-10)	4	3.2	7	5	4	1	4	1	0	4.94	4.44	19	4	3	0	0	7	32			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.327	1.51	-0.37%	-3.28	1b start a 2	4b 12- 2 out d3
17	79	83	Jul 15(1)	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		5	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.20	4.43	5	0	1	1	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.038	.42	-0.05%	-3.08	8b --3 1 out d2	8b end d 6
18	80	87	Jul 18	CHW	@	MIL	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.34	4.42	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.008	.14	-0.01%	-1.53	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
19	81	93	Jul 24	CHW		TOR	L,1-8	8-GF		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.26	4.37	4	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.60	8t --- 2 out d7	9t end d 7
20	82	97	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-11)	3	5.1	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.16	4.34	24	9	8	1	0	5	44			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.095	1.80	-0.08%	0.09	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	83	103	Aug 3(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-2	GS-6	W(4-11)	5	6.0	10	2	2	3	4	0	0	5.04	4.26	31	7	7	0	0	10	45			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	0.128	1.46	0.10%	0.94	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a11
22	84	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS-9	W(5-11)	3	8.2	8	3	2	3	6	0	0	4.81	4.11	35	9	9	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	3	0	1	1.02	0.212	1.73	0.22%	1.15	1b start a 2	9b -23 2 out a4
23	85	111	Aug 11	CHW		BAL	W,4-1	GS-7	W(6-11)	3	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.60	4.02	28	6	10	1	2	4	67			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.323	2.31	0.38%	2.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
24	86	116	Aug 16	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-1	GS-9	W(7-11)	4	8.1	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	4.30	3.87	34	9	8	3	0	10	66			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.294	1.84	0.39%	2.35	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a5
25	87	121	Aug 21	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-6		4	5.1	7	3	2	0	5	1	0	4.26	3.84	22	4	6	2	0	7	49			1	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.157	2.58	-0.22%	-0.52	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d2
26	88	125	Aug 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	GS-6	W(8-11)	3	5.2	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.15	3.78	23	6	6	1	0	5	57			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.173	.84	0.10%	1.56	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a3
27	89	129	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	GS-8	W(9-11)	4	7.1	9	1	1	5	1	0	0	4.01	3.82	35	12	10	0	4	7	52			3	0	0	29	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.243	.25	0.02%	2.32	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	90	134	Sep 4	CHW		TEX	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-11)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.77	3.77	33	15	10	1	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.496	.43	0.16%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	91	138	Sep 8	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(11-11)	3	7.2	7	3	3	2	7	2	0	3.76	3.83	32	9	7	0	0	7	58			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.22	0.018	2.12	0.02%	0.77	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
30	92	142	Sep 13	CHW		CAL	L,4-6	GS-6		4	5.2	7	4	3	4	3	1	0	3.80	3.91	29	6	9	0	1	7	40			1	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.02	-0.168	1.71	-0.17%	-0.60	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d1
31	93	146	Sep 18(1)	CHW		OAK	L,1-2	GS-8	L(11-12)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.75	3.93	27	8	11	0	2	5	60			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.014	.59	-0.01%	1.12	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d1
32	94	151	Sep 22	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-8	GS-5	L(11-13)	3	4.1	8	6	6	1	1	3	0	3.96	4.12	22	5	7	3	3	8	23			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.363	.04	-0.01%	-3.62	1b start a 3	5b 1-3 1 out d1
33	95	155	Sep 26	CHW		MIN	L,1-2	CG	L(11-14)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	6	1	1	3.86	4.11	39	11	10	1	0	9	65			1	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	.90	0.237	.01	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
34	96	160	Oct 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(11-15)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.84	4.05	32	11	8	0	2	6	59			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	.62	-0.060	.00	0.00%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							13-21		W-L:11-15	4.2	196.2	219	97	84	73	109	19	5	3.84	4.05	867	1.08		6%	5%	213	49	1	100%	21	8	1	776	41	4	4	16	6	9	1.04	-0.490	1.65	-1.55%	-2.10

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