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: 11-17 / in Starts: 11-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 0

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	270	2	Apr 5	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-12	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	9.00	7.76	12	54	34	4	10	4	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.97	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d10
2	271	5	Apr 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-11	9-GF		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	12.00	10.43	6	19	10	0	0	1	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.52	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d10
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
3	272	29	May 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-6		27	6.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.00	5.43	25	78	47	7	4	8	15	4	2	0	56			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.235	1.98	0.23%	1.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
4	273	33	May 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.94	4.01	27	86	56	16	5	15	10	5	0	0	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.182	1.22	0.20%	1.30	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
5	274	38	May 17	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-8	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	9	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.91	4.31	25	73	43	7	3	10	13	5	0	0	34			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	2	0	0	.96	-0.311	1.82	-0.35%	-2.20	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
6	275	43	May 24	NYY		CAL	L,4-11	GS-5	L(1-2)	6	4.0	8	5	5	3	1	1	0	5.88	4.84	23	105	61	11	9	5	14	3	4	0	24			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.310	1.33	-0.31%	-3.71	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d4
7	276	48	May 29	NYY		SEA	W,6-3	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.2	9	3	3	3	4	1	0	5.51	4.84	32	92	56	15	8	8	17	8	5	0	45			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	1	1	.97	0.140	1.33	0.12%	0.03	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
8	277	53	Jun 3	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(2-3)	4	8.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.87	4.46	30	101	66	16	6	13	15	6	3	0	64			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.048	1.05	0.04%	1.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
9	278	58	Jun 10	NYY		BOS	L,8-14	GS-4	L(2-4)	6	3.1	7	6	5	2	0	1	0	5.52	4.76	20	75	43	13	3	3	15	3	6	0	22			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.323	1.93	-0.28%	-2.98	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d2
10	279	63	Jun 15	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	1	1	2	1	1	1	4.94	4.88	31	122	71	15	6	9	18	5	1	0	56			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.338	3.67	0.47%	2.24	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
11	280	68	Jun 20	NYY		CHW	L,6-13	GS-1	L(2-5)	4	0.2	4	4	4	3	0	1	0	5.57	5.28	8	30	11	1	2	1	4	4	0	0	25			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.336	1.45	-0.28%	-3.95	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
				Player went from New York Yankees to Chicago White Sox
12	281	81	Jul 1	CHW		KCR	W,6-4	GS-6		10	6.0	5	3	1	6	3	0	0	5.15	5.23	30	120	65	14	8	11	10	3	2	0	51			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
13	282	86	Jul 7	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-6	L(2-6)	5	5.1	6	4	4	4	5	1	0	5.29	5.26	26	80	51	11	9	5	12	7	1	0	41			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.14	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-1.49	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d1
14	283	92	Jul 16	CHW		MIL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(3-6)	8	7.1	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.73	5.01	28	105	64	14	7	8	13	2	3	0	77			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.06	0.383	.00	0.00%	3.24	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
15	284	96	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-6	GS-4		5	3.0	7	5	5	3	0	0	0	5.15	5.04	19	66	38	10	3	4	12	5	0	0	22			0	0	0	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.357	.00	0.00%	-2.80	1b start a 1	4b 1-3 0 out a1
16	285	102	Jul 28	CHW	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.1	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	5.26	5.09	24	87	52	8	7	9	14	6	2	0	37			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.33	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
17	286	108	Aug 3	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-4	GS-5		5	4.1	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	5.42	5.21	21	74	41	14	1	6	10	6	0	1	31			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-1.32	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out a1
18	287	113	Aug 9	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	GS-7		5	6.2	8	1	1	3	2	1	0	5.12	5.23	29	103	61	15	8	13	11	8	1	0	53			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.214	.00	0.00%	1.85	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
19	288	118	Aug 14	CHW		KCR	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.1	9	3	3	1	4	0	0	5.12	5.04	26	93	61	19	7	7	14	8	3	0	41			1	0	0	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d1
20	289	123	Aug 19	CHW		TEX	L,6-7	GS-4	L(3-7)	4	3.1	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	5.40	4.94	18	57	36	10	1	7	10	6	1	0	25			0	0	0	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.436	.00	0.00%	-3.78	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d2
21	290	128	Aug 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-8	W(4-7)	5	7.1	7	4	2	3	5	0	0	5.20	4.78	32	116	71	15	14	12	12	4	2	0	54			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.62	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a1
22	291	132	Aug 30	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-8)	4	8.0	7	2	2	4	3	1	0	4.99	4.80	34	123	69	15	13	8	19	9	5	0	59			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.073	.00	0.00%	1.66	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
23	292	137	Sep 4	CHW		TOR	L,2-5	GS-7	L(4-9)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.92	4.77	28	113	74	19	8	10	14	6	1	0	53			0	1	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.043	.00	0.00%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
24	293	142	Sep 10	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-7		5	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.86	4.74	27	97	60	10	10	10	11	3	3	0	57			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.30	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
25	294	147	Sep 15(2)	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-10)	4	7.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	0	4.75	4.66	30	121	86	17	17	9	13	9	3	0	59			0	1	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.10	0.061	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
26	295	151	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS-2	L(4-11)	3	1.2	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	4.75	4.64	11	40	25	6	5	4	5	3	0	0	33			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-4.39	1b start tie	2b --3 2 out d5
27	296	156	Sep 25	CHW		MIN	W,10-2	GS-8	W(5-11)	5	7.0	10	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.65	4.57	33	103	63	14	6	8	19	9	5	0	49			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.128	.00	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a9
28	297	161	Oct 1	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	GS-8	L(5-12)	5	8.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	0	4.46	4.40	30	108	69	16	17	7	12	5	0	0	75			1	1	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	0.221	.00	0.00%	2.74	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
							11-17		W-L:5-12	4.6	151.1	181	84	75	58	69	16	1	4.46	4.40	685	2441	61%	14%	8%	0.63		26%	10%	2	46	0	---%	9	3	1	615	32	10	3	13	4	11	1.04	-1.182	.57	-0.16%	-12.31

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