Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1979
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1979
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 305
- W
- 111
- L
- 113
- ERA
- 4.23
- IP
- 1857.1
- K
- 973
- BB
- 740
- WHIP
- 1.41
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | CHW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.70 | 24.1 | 13 | 6 | 1.40 |
| 1980 | CHW | 33 | 12 | 10 | 4.27 | 198.0 | 109 | 87 | 1.37 |
| 1981 | CHW | 24 | 9 | 8 | 3.77 | 141.0 | 73 | 49 | 1.38 |
| 1982 | CHW | 34 | 11 | 15 | 3.84 | 196.2 | 109 | 73 | 1.48 |
| 1983 | CHW | 35 | 22 | 7 | 3.23 | 240.0 | 137 | 106 | 1.31 |
| 1984 | CHW | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3.59 | 245.2 | 120 | 103 | 1.30 |
| 1985 | CHW | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4.47 | 52.1 | 33 | 17 | 1.34 |
| 1986 | CHW | 34 | 10 | 17 | 5.48 | 197.0 | 110 | 69 | 1.50 |
| 1987 | CHW | 31 | 11 | 12 | 4.17 | 211.1 | 114 | 86 | 1.36 |
| 1988 | NYY | 32 | 12 | 9 | 5.00 | 171.0 | 77 | 72 | 1.46 |
| 1989 |  NYY/CHW | 28 | 5 | 12 | 4.46 | 151.1 | 69 | 58 | 1.58 |
| 1990 | KC | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8.48 | 28.2 | 9 | 14 | 1.99 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 10.80
- IP
- 5.0
- K
- 3
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.80
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 55
- SHO
- 11
- K/9
- 4.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | CHW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CHW | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | CHW | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CHW | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | CHW | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHW | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHW | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHW | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYY | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYY/CHW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Rich Dotson's career stats?
Rich Dotson played 12 seasons for the White Sox, the Yankees and the Royals. He had 111 wins and 973 strikeouts with a 4.23 ERA over 1,857.1 innings. His best season was 1983: 22 wins, a 3.23 ERA and 137 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1 postseason, 1979 to 1990
Rich Dotson finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Rich Dotson
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