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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: 16-16 / in Starts: 16-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	132	2	Apr 6	CHW		DET	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	5	3	3	6	3	0	0	3.38	4.27	33	8	11	0	0	5	57			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	.75	0.006	1.00	0.01%	1.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
2	133	6	Apr 11	CHW		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	1	0	3	2	0	0	1.59	3.77	32	15	8	0	0	4	76			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	1	.93	0.460	1.06	0.32%	3.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	134	10	Apr 19	CHW	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.38	3.88	31	12	11	0	0	5	74			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.572	1.62	0.40%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	135	15	Apr 24	CHW		BAL	L,3-8	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	2	0	2.45	4.46	31	9	8	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.163	1.40	-0.11%	-0.76	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d2
5	136	20	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	GS-9	W(3-2)	4	8.0	8	4	2	3	5	0	0	2.41	4.11	35	14	5	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	2	.99	-0.015	.67	-0.01%	-0.24	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
6	137	25	May 5	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS-6	W(4-2)	5	6.0	4	2	2	4	1	1	1	2.49	4.49	26	8	8	0	0	4	53			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.209	.85	0.14%	1.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
7	138	30	May 10	CHW		TEX	W,8-6	GS-9		4	8.1	6	5	5	5	6	0	1	2.93	4.34	35	12	5	0	0	6	52			2	1	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	2	1.51	0.138	2.09	0.11%	0.74	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
8	139	35	May 15	CHW		KCR	W,3-2	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.80	4.00	33	10	10	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.495	1.65	0.46%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	140	40	May 20	CHW	@	TOR	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	2	2.45	3.89	34	10	7	0	0	6	78			1	1	0	28	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.35	0.532	1.65	0.39%	4.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	141	45	May 26	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	W(7-2)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	10	0	0	2.30	3.63	32	7	8	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.282	1.30	0.24%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
11	142	50	Jun 2	CHW		OAK	L,3-6	GS-8	L(7-3)	6	8.0	8	4	4	4	7	1	1	2.49	3.71	37	10	7	0	0	8	53			5	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	1	.80	-0.116	1.30	-0.11%	0.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
12	143	55	Jun 7	CHW		CAL	W,11-10	GS-3		4	2.2	9	7	6	1	1	2	0	3.00	3.97	18	2	5	0	0	9	14			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.379	1.07	-0.41%	-5.68	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d7
13	144	60	Jun 13	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(8-3)	5	9.0	3	1	0	4	6	0	0	2.74	3.87	33	14	6	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	0.625	3.37	0.84%	3.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
14	145	65	Jun 18	CHW	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	6	4	4	2	6	2	1	2.84	3.98	35	12	8	0	0	6	63			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.051	1.12	-0.05%	0.36	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
15	146	70	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	L(9-4)	5	8.1	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.87	3.99	34	10	11	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.366	3.16	-0.51%	1.36	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d1
16	147	75	Jun 29	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.74	4.01	33	13	10	0	0	3	78			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.634	2.01	0.55%	3.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
17	148	80	Jul 4	CHW		DET	W,8-2	GS-8	W(11-4)	4	8.0	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.64	4.05	26	8	11	0	0	3	72			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.76	0.371	1.24	0.36%	3.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
18	149	89	Jul 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS-5	L(11-5)	10	5.0	6	5	5	4	1	3	0	2.87	4.35	25	7	8	0	0	5	32			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.247	1.44	-0.35%	-2.60	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
19	150	94	Jul 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-6	L(11-6)	4	5.2	9	6	6	3	1	0	0	3.12	4.34	29	9	8	0	0	8	25			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	-0.361	2.93	-0.50%	-3.21	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out d4
20	151	99	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS-5	L(11-7)	5	4.0	10	7	6	0	2	0	0	3.40	4.27	22	6	4	0	0	10	18			0	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.232	1.44	-0.30%	-4.55	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d6
21	152	104	Jul 31	CHW		BOS	L,4-14	GS-4	L(11-8)	4	3.1	5	6	5	4	0	2	0	3.62	4.49	19	6	4	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.367	1.11	-0.39%	-4.46	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
22	153	108	Aug 5	CHW	@	MIL	W,7-0	GS-8	W(12-8)	4	7.1	11	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.45	4.43	34	12	8	0	0	11	55			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.64	0.185	1.39	0.24%	2.91	1b start a 3	8b 12- 1 out a7
23	154	114	Aug 10	CHW		MIL	L,2-4	CG	L(12-9)	4	9.0	5	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.48	4.45	35	15	10	0	0	5	60			1	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	1	1	1.07	-0.092	2.83	-0.15%	0.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
24	155	119	Aug 15	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	CG(10)	L(12-10)	4	10.0	9	6	6	6	4	1	0	3.59	4.48	44	16	9	0	0	9	48			1	0	0	36	2	0	2	1	1	0	1.48	-0.237	2.33	-0.22%	-0.81	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
25	156	123	Aug 20	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-5	GS-8	W(13-10)	4	7.0	12	5	3	3	4	0	0	3.60	4.43	37	10	8	0	0	12	38			0	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	2	1	1.26	-0.112	1.66	-0.09%	-2.06	1b start a 1	8b -2- 0 out a2
26	157	128	Aug 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-10		5	10.0	9	5	4	4	3	1	0	3.60	4.44	41	16	10	0	0	8	55			1	0	0	36	2	1	1	3	0	1	1.56	0.009	1.85	0.01%	-0.06	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
27	158	133	Aug 31	CHW		KCR	L,1-3	CG	L(13-11)	4	9.0	7	3	2	5	3	0	0	3.53	4.41	39	15	9	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.17	0.109	1.11	0.06%	1.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
28	159	138	Sep 5	CHW		OAK	L,4-5	GS-9	L(13-12)	4	8.1	11	5	4	3	3	2	0	3.56	4.48	37	12	8	0	0	11	43			1	1	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.64	-0.286	.85	-0.09%	-0.29	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out d1
29	160	143	Sep 10	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-1	GS-7	L(13-13)	4	6.0	5	1	1	6	2	0	1	3.50	4.51	29	6	9	0	0	5	54			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.118	.08	0.01%	1.35	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
30	161	148	Sep 16	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(13-14)	5	8.0	9	4	4	3	8	1	0	3.54	4.48	35	7	8	0	0	9	53			3	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	.96	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-0.08	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
31	162	153	Sep 21	CHW		SEA	L,1-5	GS-8	L(13-15)	4	7.2	8	5	5	3	5	1	0	3.61	4.47	33	10	7	0	0	8	45			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-1.22	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out d4
32	163	158	Sep 26	CHW		MIN	W,9-3	CG	W(14-15)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.59	4.40	38	8	14	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.089	.00	0.00%	1.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							16-16		W-L:14-15	4.4	245.2	216	110	98	103	120	24	7	3.59	4.40	1035	1.25		0%	0%	213	54		---%	21	8	0	907	33	12	5	29	10	16	1.08	1.543	1.44	0.83%	15.20

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