Goose Gossage career saves

• Best season on file: 33 in 1980.
• Most recent: 1 in 1994.

Sum of 22 regular seasons, 1972 through 1994. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

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Goose Gossage career saves, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1972	CHW	36	7	1	4.28	80.0	57	44	1.45	2
1973	CHW	20	0	4	7.38	50.0	33	37	1.88	0
1974	CHW	39	4	6	4.15	89.0	64	47	1.56	1
1975	CHW	62	9	8	1.84	142.0	130	70	1.19	26
1976	CHW	31	9	17	3.94	224.0	135	90	1.36	1
1977	PIT	72	11	9	1.62	133.0	151	49	0.95	26
1978	NYY	63	10	11	2.01	134.0	122	59	1.09	27
1979	NYY	36	5	3	2.64	58.0	41	19	1.16	18
1980	NYY	64	6	2	2.27	99.0	103	37	1.12	33
1981	NYY	32	3	2	0.77	47.0	48	14	0.77	20
1982	NYY	56	4	5	2.23	93.0	102	28	0.98	30
1983	NYY	57	13	5	2.27	87.1	90	25	1.23	22
1984	SD	62	10	6	2.90	102.1	84	36	1.08	25
1985	SD	50	5	3	1.82	79.0	52	17	1.03	26
1986	SD	45	5	7	4.45	64.2	63	20	1.38	21
1987	SD	40	5	4	3.12	52.0	44	19	1.27	11
1988	CHC	46	4	4	4.33	43.2	30	15	1.49	13
1989	NYY/SF	42	3	1	2.95	58.0	30	30	1.31	5
1991	TEX	44	4	2	3.57	40.1	28	16	1.21	1
1992	ATH	30	0	2	2.84	38.0	26	19	1.34	0
1993	ATH	39	4	5	4.53	47.2	40	26	1.57	1
1994	SEA	36	3	0	4.18	47.1	29	15	1.25	1

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV