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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: 20-12 / in Starts: 19-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	238	3	Apr 8	NYY		MIL	W,6-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.2	4	3	2	5	2	1	0	3.18	7.00	26	100	52	14	7	6	13	3	2	0	48			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	0.055	1.81	0.05%	-0.32	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a2
2	239	8	Apr 13	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.98	4.60	29	98	62	19	10	12	15	3	1	0	70			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.167	.69	0.19%	2.92	1b start a 5	9b 12- 0 out a5
3	240	13	Apr 18	NYY	@	MIN	W,18-5	GS-3		4	2.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.02	5.00	13	43	29	6	5	4	4	3	0	1	30			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.362	1.98	-0.37%	-3.84	1b start a 3	3b 123 0 out a2
4	241	15	Apr 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	6-8		1	2.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.44	4.62	9	39	23	3	5	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.236	2.19	0.26%	1.26	6b --- 1 out tie	8b 3 out tie
5	242	18	Apr 24	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	GS-7		3	6.1	4	3	3	3	1	3	0	3.65	6.01	26	95	54	10	5	8	14	2	0	0	51			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.152	1.29	-0.16%	-1.16	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d1
6	243	23	Apr 30	NYY		TEX	W,15-3	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	2	0	3.48	6.01	38	119	73	11	10	17	15	3	0	0	61			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.074	1.30	0.07%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
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
7	244	28	May 5	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	6.2	6	3	2	3	3	1	0	3.35	5.87	28	98	63	16	7	10	12	7	1	0	52			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.074	2.56	0.10%	0.23	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
8	245	33	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,12-2	CG	W(5-0)	5	9.0	4	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.10	5.34	32	118	80	9	15	11	13	2	1	0	77			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.283	1.03	0.33%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
9	246	38	May 17	NYY		SEA	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-1)	5	6.2	6	6	2	1	2	2	1	3.05	5.54	28	101	62	7	9	12	12	6	1	0	47			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.14	-0.280	2.54	-0.37%	-2.10	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d3
10	247	42	May 23	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS-5		5	4.1	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.13	5.50	21	67	43	13	5	6	11	6	0	0	43			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.143	1.97	-0.18%	-0.79	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out tie
11	248	48	May 30	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-6		6	5.1	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.02	5.27	22	78	49	9	4	9	10	4	0	0	51			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.214	3.11	0.32%	1.96	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
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
12	249	50	Jun 1	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	8-8		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.02	5.27	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	-0.153	5.12	-0.22%	-0.76	8b -2- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 0 out d1
13	250	53	Jun 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.89	5.02	37	127	78	21	9	12	17	2	0	0	67			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	1	1	.22	0.044	.53	0.06%	2.27	1b start a 9	9b 3 out a7
14	251	60	Jun 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-6	GS-6	W(7-1)	7	6.0	6	5	5	3	2	2	0	3.24	5.24	26	97	56	20	6	13	8	2	0	0	39			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.235	2.56	-0.38%	-1.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
15	252	65	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-11	GS-6	L(7-2)	5	5.2	7	6	6	2	2	1	1	3.65	5.28	27	80	46	11	7	7	15	8	1	0	31			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.187	2.03	-0.36%	-1.44	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d1
16	253	70	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	GS-4	L(7-3)	4	3.1	8	6	6	1	0	2	0	4.12	5.51	19	67	38	7	3	8	10	3	0	0	19			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.490	2.64	-0.85%	-4.32	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d1
17	254	75	Jun 29	NYY		DET	W,7-3	GS-3		4	2.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	4.32	5.41	12	40	25	6	3	4	6	4	0	0	34			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.313	3.99	-0.65%	-3.02	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out a1
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
18	255	90	Jul 18	NYY		TEX	W,7-2	GS-6	W(8-3)	18	5.2	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	4.16	5.41	25	98	58	14	6	9	12	3	0	0	53			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.124	1.64	0.21%	1.59	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a4
19	256	95	Jul 24	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-8	GS-4		5	3.2	8	7	6	3	1	0	0	4.54	5.38	21	69	40	7	3	5	12	8	3	0	17			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.01	-0.144	2.76	-0.24%	-2.79	1b start a 7	4b 123 2 out a3
20	257	100	Jul 29	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-7	GS-3	L(8-4)	4	2.0	5	5	5	2	0	1	0	4.89	5.52	13	38	21	5	0	5	5	0	0	1	24			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.374	2.78	-0.67%	-4.51	1b start a 1	3b -23 0 out d3
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
21	258	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-11	3-6		3	4.0	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.79	5.46	17	61	34	5	3	8	4	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	.10	-0.022	.29	-0.04%	0.36	3b 1-- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d7
22	259	108	Aug 7	NYY		MIN	W,5-1	GS-9	W(9-4)	4	8.2	4	1	1	3	4	1	0	4.51	5.38	33	114	70	15	11	16	9	4	0	1	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	2	.69	0.315	1.52	0.41%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a4
23	260	113	Aug 13	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-12	GS-5	L(9-5)	5	4.0	9	5	4	2	2	1	0	4.66	5.42	23	72	43	4	6	7	11	6	1	1	26			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.16	-0.303	2.46	-0.39%	-2.63	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d2
24	261	119	Aug 19(2)	NYY		SEA	L,1-6	GS-5	L(9-6)	5	4.1	7	5	5	3	1	1	0	4.86	5.49	22	79	45	11	5	6	12	5	0	0	27			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.302	2.26	-0.47%	-3.25	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d4
25	262	125	Aug 25	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(9-7)	5	8.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.84	5.42	33	122	75	16	11	12	15	5	0	1	51			2	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.197	1.16	-0.24%	-0.05	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
26	263	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-7	GS-7	L(9-8)	4	6.1	8	6	6	2	6	2	1	5.01	5.47	30	96	54	15	6	6	15	4	0	0	37			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.195	.88	-0.13%	-3.36	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d5
Sept				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
27	264	134	Sep 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-11	GS-3	L(9-9)	4	2.0	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	5.32	5.43	12	38	26	4	2	6	6	2	0	0	18			0	1	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.313	1.57	-0.35%	-4.67	1b start tie	3b -2- 0 out d5
28	265	139	Sep 9	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.1	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	5.22	5.33	27	106	59	16	9	9	9	5	0	0	54			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.006	2.13	-0.01%	0.50	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
29	266	144	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS-6	W(10-9)	4	5.1	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	5.27	5.39	25	95	51	10	9	7	11	3	0	0	42			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.016	1.62	-0.02%	-0.92	1b start a 3	6b 12- 1 out a4
30	267	149	Sep 19	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS-6	W(11-9)	4	5.1	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.21	5.31	22	94	54	13	6	11	9	4	0	0	48			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.072	.43	0.02%	0.40	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a1
31	268	153	Sep 24	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.2	3	3	3	7	3	0	0	5.16	5.30	29	101	48	12	4	15	4	2	1	0	52			0	0	0	21	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.11	0.052	.50	0.01%	0.63	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d2
32	269	158	Sep 29	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(12-9)	4	7.0	5	1	1	3	6	1	0	5.00	5.25	29	115	67	15	9	5	15	3	2	0	66			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.301	.33	0.06%	2.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
							20-12		W-L:12-9	4.2	171.0	178	103	95	72	77	27	4	5.00	5.25	755	2668	59%	13%	7%	0.82		19%	2%	5	45	2	100%	10	2	0	669	37	4	3	11	7	9	.85	-2.176	1.64	-3.98%	-20.58

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