How Rich Gossage's Strikeouts Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Rich Gossage posted a career Strikeouts Per Game of 1.5, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.08 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per Game season came in 1976, posting 4.35, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.12 that year. The lowest point came in 1991 at .640, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.05 that year. The Strikeouts Per Game trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .640 in 1991 to .870 in 1992 and 1.03 in 1993. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per Game profile — ranging from .640 to 4.35 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Rich Gossage Lifetime Strikeouts Per Game

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Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per Game Per Season

Rich Gossage's Strikeouts Per Game for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per Game per season line chart

Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per Game by Team

Rich Gossage's career Strikeouts Per Game totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rich Gossage career Strikeouts Per Game by team bar chart

Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rich Gossage's career Strikeouts Per Game shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Gossage's seasonal Strikeouts Per Game alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Gossage's MLB career with Strikeouts Per Game alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per Game season-by-season breakdown table