Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1982
- College
- BYU
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1982
- College
- BYU
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 554
- W
- 56
- L
- 74
- ERA
- 3.87
- IP
- 1120.0
- K
- 837
- BB
- 466
- WHIP
- 1.38
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | TOR | 30 | 5 | 10 | 4.43 | 136.0 | 82 | 66 | 1.47 |
| 1983 | TOR | 34 | 9 | 14 | 4.74 | 176.2 | 121 | 68 | 1.49 |
| 1984 | TOR | 35 | 7 | 6 | 4.02 | 109.2 | 73 | 49 | 1.29 |
| 1985 | SF | 26 | 7 | 10 | 3.88 | 148.1 | 78 | 51 | 1.31 |
| 1986 | SF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 13.0 | 9 | 13 | 2.23 |
| 1987 |  SF/PIT | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3.41 | 87.0 | 90 | 40 | 1.39 |
| 1988 | PIT | 67 | 6 | 6 | 3.49 | 77.1 | 76 | 22 | 1.16 |
| 1989 | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| 1990 | LAD | 50 | 3 | 5 | 2.90 | 62.0 | 44 | 34 | 1.50 |
| 1991 | LAD | 55 | 4 | 3 | 2.96 | 76.0 | 73 | 32 | 1.25 |
| 1992 | LAD | 68 | 3 | 3 | 2.45 | 88.0 | 75 | 41 | 1.28 |
| 1993 | LAD | 62 | 4 | 8 | 2.32 | 77.2 | 67 | 17 | 1.13 |
| 1994 | LAD | 37 | 5 | 3 | 5.94 | 36.1 | 29 | 20 | 1.82 |
| 1995 | PIT | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6.03 | 31.1 | 19 | 12 | 1.60 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 42
- CG
- 10
- SHO
- 3
- K/9
- 6.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 52
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | TOR | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1983 | TOR | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1984 | TOR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1985 | SF | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1986 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1987 | SF/PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1988 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1991 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1992 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1993 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1994 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1995 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
What were Jim Gott's career stats?
Jim Gott played 14 seasons for the Blue Jays, the Giants, the Pirates and the Dodgers. He had 56 wins and 837 strikeouts with a 3.87 ERA over 1,120.0 innings. His best season was 1983: 9 wins, a 4.74 ERA and 121 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 1982 to 1995
Jim Gott finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 200th in saves (91)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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