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.ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background:#3d0001}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member[style*="background"]{background:#0c0a6b!important}}</style><table class="infobox ib-baseball-bio vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><span class="note">Goose Gossage</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:GooseGossage_8_2007.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/GooseGossage_8_2007.JPG/220px-GooseGossage_8_2007.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/GooseGossage_8_2007.JPG/330px-GooseGossage_8_2007.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/GooseGossage_8_2007.JPG/440px-GooseGossage_8_2007.JPG 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="1274" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Gossage in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">Pitcher</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-07-05</span>) </span>July 5, 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs, Colorado</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Professional debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>MLB:</b> April 16, 1972, for the Chicago White Sox</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>NPB:</b> July 4, 1990, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>NPB:</b> October 10, 1990, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>MLB:</b> August 8, 1994, for the Seattle Mariners</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Win–loss record</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">124–107</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">Earned run average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3.01</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">1,502</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Saves</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">310</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">NPB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Win–loss record</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">2–3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Earned run average</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">4.40</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Strikeouts</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">40</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Saves</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gossari01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span 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href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1972 Major League Baseball season">1972</a>–<a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1976 Major League Baseball season">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> (<a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1977 Major League Baseball season">1977</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1978 Major League Baseball season">1978</a>–<a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1983 Major League Baseball season">1983</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> (<a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1984 Major League Baseball season">1984</a>–<a href="/wiki/1987_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1987 Major League Baseball season">1987</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> (<a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1988 Major League Baseball season">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1989 Major League Baseball season">1989</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (<a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1989 Major League Baseball season">1989</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukuoka Daiei Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</a> (<a href="/wiki/1990_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1990 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1990</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1991_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1991 Major League Baseball season">1991</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (<a href="/wiki/1992_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1992 Major League Baseball season">1992</a>–<a href="/wiki/1993_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1993 Major League Baseball season">1993</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> (<a href="/wiki/1994_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1994 Major League Baseball season">1994</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li>9× <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1975</a>–<a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1980</a>–<a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1985</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">1978</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AL_Rolaids_Relief_Man_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="AL Rolaids Relief Man Award">AL Rolaids Relief Man Award</a> (1978)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_annual_saves_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders">AL saves leader</a> (1975, 1978, 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monument_Park_(Yankee_Stadium)" title="Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)">Monument Park</a> honoree</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-member-header"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Member of the National</a></th></tr><tr class="nowrap ib-baseball-bio-member" style="background:#272662;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, 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2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.5em;">Vote</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:0.5em;">85.8% (ninth ballot)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Richard Michael</b> "<b>Goose</b>" <b>Gossage</b> (born July 5, 1951) is an American former <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> who played 22 seasons in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) between 1972 and 1994. He pitched for nine different teams, spending his best years with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>. </p><p>In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Gossage was one of the earliest manifestations of the modern <a href="/wiki/Closer_(baseball)" title="Closer (baseball)">closer</a>, with a bold <a href="/wiki/Mustache" class="mw-redirect" title="Mustache">mustache</a> and a gruff demeanor to go along with his overpowering 100 mph <a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">fastball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hof_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> (AL) in <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a> three times and was runner-up twice; by the end of the 1987 season he ranked second in major-league career saves, trailing only <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a>, although by the end of his career his total of 310 had slipped to fourth all time. When he retired he also ranked third in major-league career <a href="/wiki/Games_pitched" title="Games pitched">games pitched</a> (1,002), and he remains third in <a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">wins</a> in <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief</a> (115) and <a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">innings pitched</a> in relief (1,556<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span>); his 1,502 <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a> place him behind only <a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Wilhelm" title="Hoyt Wilhelm">Hoyt Wilhelm</a> among pitchers who pitched primarily in relief. He also is the career leader in blown saves (112). From 1977 through 1983 he never recorded an <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> over 2.62, including a mark of 0.77 in <a href="/wiki/1981_in_baseball" title="1981 in baseball">1981</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a> he finished third in AL voting for both the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">MVP Award</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> as the Yankees won a division title.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Respected for his impact in crucial games, Gossage recorded the final out to clinch a division, league, or <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> title seven times. His eight <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> selections as a reliever were a record until <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Mariano Rivera</a> passed him in 2008; he was also selected once as a <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">starting pitcher</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2008_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting" title="2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting">2008</a>, Gossage was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>. He now works in broadcasting. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage was born on July 5, 1951, in <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs, Colorado</a>, and he grew up near N. Cascade Avenue. He graduated in 1970 from <a href="/wiki/Wasson_High_School" title="Wasson High School">Wasson High School</a>, where he played on the baseball and basketball teams and is included in the school's athletic "Wall of Fame".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife Corna Gossage also graduated from Wasson High. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Draft_and_minor_leagues">Draft and minor leagues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Draft and minor leagues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> selected him in the ninth round of the <a href="/wiki/1970_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1970 Major League Baseball draft">1970 Major League Baseball draft</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chicago_White_Sox_(1972–1976)"><span id="Chicago_White_Sox_.281972.E2.80.931976.29"></span>Chicago White Sox (1972–1976)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chicago White Sox (1972–1976)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gossage led the American League (AL) in saves in 1975 (26). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pittsburgh_Pirates_(1977)"><span id="Pittsburgh_Pirates_.281977.29"></span>Pittsburgh Pirates (1977)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pittsburgh Pirates (1977)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the 1976 season, the White Sox traded Gossage and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Forster" title="Terry Forster">Terry Forster</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> for <a href="/wiki/Silvio_Martinez" class="mw-redirect" title="Silvio Martinez">Silvio Martinez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richie_Zisk" title="Richie Zisk">Richie Zisk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_Yankees_(1978–1983)"><span id="New_York_Yankees_.281978.E2.80.931983.29"></span>New York Yankees (1978–1983)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New York Yankees (1978–1983)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gossage became a <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a> after the 1977 season, and signed with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> for $3.6 million over six years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gossage again led the AL in saves in 1978 (27) and 1980 (33). On October 2, <a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a>, he earned the save in the Yankees' one-game playoff against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> for the <a href="/wiki/AL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="AL East">AL East</a> title, entering with one out in the seventh inning and a 4–2 lead following <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Dent" title="Bucky Dent">Bucky Dent</a>'s home run; although he allowed two runs in the eighth inning, he held on to preserve the 5–4 victory, getting <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> to pop up to third baseman <a href="/wiki/Graig_Nettles" title="Graig Nettles">Graig Nettles</a> with two out and two men on base in the ninth inning to clinch the division championship. He was also on the mound five days later when the Yankees clinched the pennant in the <a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1978 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, entering Game 4 in the ninth inning with a 2–1 lead and a runner on second base; he earned the save by striking out <a href="/wiki/Clint_Hurdle" title="Clint Hurdle">Clint Hurdle</a> and retiring <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Porter" title="Darrell Porter">Darrell Porter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pete_LaCock" title="Pete LaCock">Pete LaCock</a> on fly balls. He was on the mound ten days later when they captured the <a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">World Series</a> title against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> for their second consecutive championship, coming on with no one out in the eighth inning of Game 6; he retired <a href="/wiki/Ron_Cey" title="Ron Cey">Ron Cey</a> on a popup to catcher <a href="/wiki/Thurman_Munson" title="Thurman Munson">Thurman Munson</a> to clinch the win. </p><p>On April 19, 1979, following a Yankee loss to the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> started kidding <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Cliff Johnson (baseball)">Cliff Johnson</a> about his inability to hit Gossage. While Johnson was showering, Gossage insisted to Jackson that he struck out Johnson all the time when he used to face him, and that he was terrible at the plate. “He either homers or strikes out”, Gossage said. He had previously given Johnson the nickname “Breeze” in reference to how his big swing kept Gossage cool on the pitcher’s mound in hot weather. When Jackson relayed this information to Johnson upon his return to the locker room, all the players assembled, egged on by Jackson, started laughing at him and in unison loudly called him “Breeze” with some waving their arms and hands before doubling over. This infuriated Johnson and a fight started between him and Gossage. Gossage tore ligaments in his right thumb and missed three months of the season which cost the Yankees a chance to win their third consecutive <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> title. Yankees owner <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a> was furious and fined both Johnson and Gossage. Teammate <a href="/wiki/Tommy_John" title="Tommy John">Tommy John</a> called it "a demoralizing blow to the team."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson was traded to Cleveland two months after the brawl.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a>, the reigning <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> winner, volunteered to go to the bullpen to replace him. In the first game of a doubleheader on October 4, <a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a>, Gossage pitched the last two innings of a 5–2 win over the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, earning his career-high 33rd save as New York clinched another division title. On October 10, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> of the Royals hit a tide-turning three-run homer off Gossage into <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>'s right-field upper deck to lead the Royals to a three-game sweep in the <a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">AL Championship Series</a>, after the Yankees had defeated the Royals in three consecutive ALCS from 1976 to 1978. Almost three years later during the regular season, Brett got to Gossage again in the Bronx, blasting a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the ninth in a game memorialized as the "<a href="/wiki/Pine_Tar_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Pine Tar Game">Pine Tar Game</a>". </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rich_Gossage_-_New_York_Yankees_-_1981.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Rich_Gossage_-_New_York_Yankees_-_1981.jpg/200px-Rich_Gossage_-_New_York_Yankees_-_1981.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Rich_Gossage_-_New_York_Yankees_-_1981.jpg/300px-Rich_Gossage_-_New_York_Yankees_-_1981.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Rich_Gossage_-_New_York_Yankees_-_1981.jpg 2x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="313" /></a><figcaption>Gossage as a member of the Yankees in 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>Gossage recorded saves in all three Yankee victories in the <a href="/wiki/1981_American_League_Division_Series" title="1981 American League Division Series">1981 AL Division Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>, not allowing a run in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">6<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, and he was again the final pitcher when they clinched the 1981 pennant against the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1983_in_baseball" title="1983 in baseball">1983</a>, his last season with the Yankees, Gossage broke <a href="/wiki/Sparky_Lyle" title="Sparky Lyle">Sparky Lyle</a>'s club record of 141 career saves; <a href="/wiki/Dave_Righetti" title="Dave Righetti">Dave Righetti</a> passed his final total of 150 in <a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988</a>. Gossage holds the Yankees' career record for ERA (2.14) and hits per nine innings (6.59) among pitchers with at least 500 innings for the team. </p><p>In eight of his first ten seasons as a closer, Gossage's ERA was less than 2.27.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over his career, right-handed hitters hit .211 against him. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Goosegossage1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Goosegossage1.jpg/240px-Goosegossage1.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Goosegossage1.jpg/360px-Goosegossage1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Goosegossage1.jpg/480px-Goosegossage1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="314" /></a><figcaption>Gossage during 1983 spring training</figcaption></figure> <p>Gossage became upset with Yankees' owner <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a> for meddling with the team. In 1982, he called Steinbrenner "the fat man upstairs", and disapproved of the way Yankees' manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> used him. Gossage became a free agent after the 1983 season, and insisted that he would not re-sign with New York.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="San_Diego_Padres_(1984–1987)"><span id="San_Diego_Padres_.281984.E2.80.931987.29"></span>San Diego Padres (1984–1987)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: San Diego Padres (1984–1987)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gossage signed with the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>. In 1984, Gossage clinched another title, earning the save in Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1984_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1984 National League Championship Series">NL Championship Series</a> and sending the Padres to their first World Series; after San Diego had scored four runs in the seventh inning to take a 6–3 lead against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, Gossage pitched the final two innings, getting <a href="/wiki/Jody_Davis_(baseball)" title="Jody Davis (baseball)">Jody Davis</a> to hit into a force play for the final out. During Game 5 of the 1984 World Series versus the Detroit Tigers, after receiving signs from the coaches on the Padres bench and a mound visit by manager <a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a>, Gossage refused to intentionally walk right fielder <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a> with two runners on and first base open. On the second pitch, Gossage and the Padres would regret that decision as Gibson homered to deep right field, clinching a World Series win for the Tigers. On August 17, <a href="/wiki/1986_in_baseball" title="1986 in baseball">1986</a>, Gossage struck out <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> in Rose's final Major League <a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">at bat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chicago_Cubs_(1988)"><span id="Chicago_Cubs_.281988.29"></span>Chicago Cubs (1988)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chicago Cubs (1988)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gossage was dealt along with <a href="/wiki/Ray_Hayward" title="Ray Hayward">Ray Hayward</a> from the <a href="/wiki/1987_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1987 San Diego Padres season">Padres</a> to the <a href="/wiki/1988_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1988 Chicago Cubs season">Cubs</a> for <a href="/wiki/Keith_Moreland" title="Keith Moreland">Keith Moreland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brumley_(infielder)" title="Mike Brumley (infielder)">Mike Brumley</a> on February 12, 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 6, <a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988</a>, while with the Cubs, Gossage became the second pitcher to record 300 career saves in a 7–4 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, coming into the game with two out in the ninth and two men on base and retiring <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bradley" title="Phil Bradley">Phil Bradley</a> on a popup to second baseman <a href="/wiki/Ryne_Sandberg" title="Ryne Sandberg">Ryne Sandberg</a>. He was released by the Cubs in March 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-GooseGone_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GooseGone-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="San_Francisco_Giants_(1989)"><span id="San_Francisco_Giants_.281989.29"></span>San Francisco Giants (1989)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: San Francisco Giants (1989)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gossage signed with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> in April.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_Yankees_(1989)"><span id="New_York_Yankees_.281989.29"></span>New York Yankees (1989)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: New York Yankees (1989)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Yankees selected Gossage off of <a href="/wiki/Waivers_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waivers (baseball)">waivers</a> in August.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_(1990)"><span id="Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_.281990.29"></span>Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1990)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1990)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gossage pitched for the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukuoka Daiei Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> in 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas_Rangers_(1991)"><span id="Texas_Rangers_.281991.29"></span>Texas Rangers (1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Texas Rangers (1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gossage signed with the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> for the 1991 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oakland_Athletics_(1992–1993)"><span id="Oakland_Athletics_.281992.E2.80.931993.29"></span>Oakland Athletics (1992–1993)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Oakland Athletics (1992–1993)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gossage signed one-year contracts to pitch for the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> in 1992 and 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seattle_Mariners_(1994)"><span id="Seattle_Mariners_.281994.29"></span>Seattle Mariners (1994)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Seattle Mariners (1994)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia_Phillies_at_Chicago_Cubs_1988-08-06_(ticket).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Philadelphia_Phillies_at_Chicago_Cubs_1988-08-06_%28ticket%29.JPG/250px-Philadelphia_Phillies_at_Chicago_Cubs_1988-08-06_%28ticket%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Philadelphia_Phillies_at_Chicago_Cubs_1988-08-06_%28ticket%29.JPG/375px-Philadelphia_Phillies_at_Chicago_Cubs_1988-08-06_%28ticket%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Philadelphia_Phillies_at_Chicago_Cubs_1988-08-06_%28ticket%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>A ticket from the game where Gossage earned his 300th save.</figcaption></figure> <p>Gossage signed with the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> for the 1994 season. On August 4, <a href="/wiki/1994_in_baseball" title="1994 in baseball">1994</a>, Gossage became the third pitcher in major league history to appear in 1,000 games. Gossage entered a game against the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> with two out in the seventh inning and runners on second and third base, trailing 2–1; he picked up the win when the Mariners scored three times in the eighth for a 4–2 victory. In his final major league appearance on August 8, he earned a save of three innings—his first in over 15 months—in the Mariners' 14–4 win over the Rangers, retiring all nine batters he faced; <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Canseco" class="mw-redirect" title="José Canseco">José Canseco</a> flied out to left field to end the game. </p><p>Gossage had a record 112 career blown saves. <a href="/wiki/ESPN.com" title="ESPN.com">ESPN.com</a> noted that blown saves are "non-qualitative", pointing out that the two career leaders—Gossage and <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> (109)—were both inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fran Zimniuch in <i>Fireman: The Evolution of the Closer in Baseball</i> wrote, "But you have to be a great relief pitcher to blow that many saves. Clearly, [Gossage] saved many, many more than he did not save."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than half of Gossage's blown saves came in tough situations, with the tying run on base when the pitcher entered. In nearly half of those blown tough saves, he entered the game in the sixth or seventh inning. Multiple-inning outings provide more chances for a reliever to blow a save, as he needs not only to get out of the initial situation but also to pitch additional innings in which to possibly lose the lead.<sup id="cite_ref-schechter_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schechter-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pioneer_of_the_closer_role">Pioneer of the closer role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pioneer of the closer role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> of the late 1970s and early 1980s arguably pioneered the <a href="/wiki/Setup_pitcher" class="mw-redirect" title="Setup pitcher">set-up</a>/<a href="/wiki/Closer_(baseball)" title="Closer (baseball)">closer</a> configuration, which was a standard baseball practice until the 2010s. The most effective pairing was <a href="/wiki/Ron_Davis_(pitcher)" title="Ron Davis (pitcher)">Ron Davis</a> and Gossage, with Davis typically entering the game in the 7th or 8th innings and Gossage finishing up. During one stretch with that pairing, the Yankees won 77 of 79 games in which they led after six innings.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Gossage and top relievers of his era were known as <i><a href="/wiki/Fireman_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fireman (baseball)">firemen</a></i>, relievers who entered the game when a lead was in jeopardy—usually with men on base—and regardless of the inning and often pitching two or three innings while finishing the game.<sup id="cite_ref-jenkins_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jenkins-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-caple_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caple-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gossage had 17 games where he recorded at least 10 outs in his first season as a closer, including three games where he went seven innings. He pitched over 130 innings as a reliever in three different seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-caple_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caple-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had more saves of at least two innings than saves where he pitched one inning or less.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ace reliever's role evolved into that of a closer, whose use was reserved for games where the team had a lead of three runs or less in the ninth inning.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Mariano Rivera</a>, considered the greatest closer of all time,<sup id="cite_ref-humble_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-humble-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> earned only one save of seven-plus outs in his career, while Gossage logged 53.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Don't tell me [Rivera's] the best relief pitcher of all-time until he can do the same job I did. He may be the best modern closer, but you have to compare apples to apples. Do what we did," said Gossage.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his career, Gossage pitched in 1,002 games and finished 681 of them, earning 310 saves. Per nine innings pitched, he averaged 7.45 hits allowed and 7.47 <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a>. He also made nine <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> appearances and pitched in three <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pitching_style">Pitching style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Pitching style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gossage was one of the few pitchers who employed basically just one pitch, a rising 100 mph <a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">fastball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hof_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. Occasionally he would throw a <a href="/wiki/Slurve" title="Slurve">slurve</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Changeup" title="Changeup">changeup</a>. Despite his reputation as a pitcher who threw high and tight to brush batters back, Gossage stated that he intentionally threw at only three hitters in his career: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Gant" title="Ron Gant">Ron Gant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Galarraga" title="Andrés Galarraga">Andrés Galarraga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Al_Bumbry" title="Al Bumbry">Al Bumbry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nickname">Nickname</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Nickname"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The nickname "Goose" came about when a friend did not like Gossage's nickname "Goss", and noted he looked like a goose when he extended his neck to see the signs given by the catcher.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Gossage is otherwise generally referred to as "Rich" in popular media, a youth sports complex in his hometown of <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs</a> named after him bears the name "Rick", displaying "Rick 'Goose' Gossage Youth Sports Complex".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement">Retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Gossage&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Goosegossage.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Goosegossage.JPG/170px-Goosegossage.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Goosegossage.JPG/255px-Goosegossage.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Goosegossage.JPG/340px-Goosegossage.JPG 2x" data-file-width="499" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Gossage at the <a href="/wiki/Taco_Bell_All-Star_Legends_and_Celebrity_Softball_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game">All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game</a> during the 2008 <a href="/wiki/All-Star_break_(MLB)" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Star break (MLB)">All-Star break</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Gossage lives in his home town, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs, Colorado</a>, and is active in the community promoting and sponsoring youth sports. In 1995, the city of Colorado Springs dedicated the Rick "Goose" Gossage Youth Sports Complex,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which features five fields for youth baseball and softball competition. He also owned hamburger restaurants in <a href="/wiki/Parker,_Colorado" title="Parker, Colorado">Greeley and Parker, Colorado</a>, called Burgers N Sports. </p><p>He has written an autobiography, released in 2000, entitled <i>The Goose is Loose</i> (Ballantine: New York). </p><p>His son, Todd, is a professional baseball player who has played for the <a href="/wiki/Sussex_Skyhawks" title="Sussex Skyhawks">Sussex Skyhawks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newark_Bears" title="Newark Bears">Newark Bears</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rockland_Boulders" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockland Boulders">Rockland Boulders</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_American_Association_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball">Can-Am League</a>. </p><p>Gossage coached the American League team in the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game in Anaheim, California on July 12, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the Hall of Fame induction in 2008, Gossage expressed gratitude to a number of baseball people who had helped him through his career, and several times described his Hall of Fame week experience as "amazing".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inductions included <a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a>, his manager at San Diego. After the ceremonies, the two of them sat together for an <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> interview on the podium, taking audience questions and gently ribbing each other, especially about the upper-deck home run <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a> hit off Gossage in Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">1984 World Series</a>. </p><p>The Yankees honored Gossage with a plaque in <a href="/wiki/Monument_Park_(Yankee_Stadium)" title="Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)">Monument Park</a> on June 22, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his retirement Gossage has expressed support of former US President <a href="/wiki/Donald_J._Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald J. Trump">Donald J. Trump</a> and an equal disdain for Trump's opponents. He has also openly criticized the <a href="/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter" title="Black Lives Matter">Black Lives Matter</a> movement and organization as well.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to these comments and continuous criticism of <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> players (especially <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Mariano Rivera</a>), and front office executives such as <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cashman" title="Brian Cashman">Brian Cashman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hal_Steinbrenner" title="Hal Steinbrenner">Hal Steinbrenner</a>, Gossage has been disinvited from Yankees Spring Training and other events such as "Old Timers' Day."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Thigpen" title="Bobby Thigpen">Thigpen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Harvey" title="Bryan Harvey">Harvey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley" title="Dennis Eckersley">Eckersley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Jeff Montgomery (baseball)">Montgomery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lee Smith (baseball)">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mesa" title="José Mesa">Mesa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Myers" title="Randy Myers">Myers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon" title="Tom Gordon">Gordon</a></span></li> <li><span 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Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Brown_(Negro_leagues_pitcher)" title="Ray Brown (Negro leagues pitcher)">R. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">Bunning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Chesbro" title="Jack Chesbro">Chesbro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">Clarkson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Cooper" title="Andy Cooper">Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Coveleski" title="Stan Coveleski">Coveleski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leon_Day" title="Leon Day">Day</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Dihigo" title="Martín Dihigo">Dihigo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Drysdale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley" title="Dennis Eckersley">Eckersley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Faber" title="Red Faber">Faber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Feller" title="Bob Feller">Feller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Fingers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Ford" title="Whitey Ford">Ford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(baseball)" title="Bill Foster (baseball)">B. Foster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pud_Galvin" title="Pud Galvin">Galvin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Gibson" title="Bob Gibson">B. Gibson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Glavine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Gomez" title="Lefty Gomez">Gomez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gossage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burleigh_Grimes" title="Burleigh Grimes">Grimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Grove" title="Lefty Grove">Grove</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Haines" title="Jesse Haines">Haines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Halladay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Hoffman" title="Trevor Hoffman">Hoffman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Waite_Hoyt" title="Waite Hoyt">Hoyt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Hubbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Hunter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Jenkins" title="Ferguson Jenkins">Jenkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">R. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Johnson" title="Walter Johnson">W. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Addie_Joss" title="Addie Joss">Joss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Kaat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Keefe" title="Tim Keefe">Keefe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lemon" title="Bob Lemon">Lemon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Lyons" title="Ted Lyons">Lyons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Maddux</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Marichal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rube_Marquard" title="Rube Marquard">Marquard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Pedro Martínez">P. Martínez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_McGinnity" title="Joe McGinnity">McGinnity</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez" title="José Méndez">Méndez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Morris" title="Jack Morris">Morris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mussina" title="Mike Mussina">Mussina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hal_Newhouser" title="Hal Newhouser">Newhouser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kid_Nichols" title="Kid Nichols">Nichols</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">Niekro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Paige</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Palmer" title="Jim Palmer">Palmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herb_Pennock" title="Herb Pennock">Pennock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Plank" title="Eddie Plank">Plank</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Radbourn" title="Charles Radbourn">Radbourn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eppa_Rixey" title="Eppa Rixey">Rixey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bullet_Rogan" title="Bullet Rogan">Rogan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Ruffing" title="Red Ruffing">Ruffing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amos_Rusie" title="Amos Rusie">Rusie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Ryan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Seaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Smith" title="Hilton Smith">H. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lee Smith (baseball)">L. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sutter" title="Bruce Sutter">Sutter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Sutton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dazzy_Vance" title="Dazzy Vance">Vance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rube_Waddell" title="Rube Waddell">Waddell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Walsh" title="Ed Walsh">Walsh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Welch" title="Mickey Welch">Welch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Wilhelm" title="Hoyt Wilhelm">Wilhelm</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Joe_Williams" title="Smokey Joe Williams">J. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vic_Willis" title="Vic Willis">Willis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Early_Wynn" title="Early Wynn">Wynn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Young</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Catchers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Bench</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Berra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Bresnahan" title="Roger Bresnahan">Bresnahan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Campanella</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Carter" title="Gary Carter">Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Cochrane" title="Mickey Cochrane">Cochrane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dickey" title="Bill Dickey">Dickey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Buck_Ewing" title="Buck Ewing">Ewing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Ferrell" title="Rick Ferrell">Ferrell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk" title="Carlton Fisk">Fisk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gibson" title="Josh Gibson">J. Gibson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Hartnett" title="Gabby Hartnett">Hartnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Lombardi" title="Ernie Lombardi">Lombardi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Biz_Mackey" title="Biz Mackey">Mackey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Mauer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Piazza" title="Mike Piazza">Piazza</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Rodríguez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Santop" title="Louis Santop">Santop</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Schalk" title="Ray Schalk">Schalk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Simmons" title="Ted Simmons">T. Simmons</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First basemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cap_Anson" title="Cap Anson">Anson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Bagwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Beckley" title="Jake Beckley">Beckley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bottomley" title="Jim Bottomley">Bottomley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Brouthers" title="Dan Brouthers">Brouthers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Cepeda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chance" title="Frank Chance">Chance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Connor" title="Roger Connor">Connor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Foxx</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Gehrig</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hank_Greenberg" title="Hank Greenberg">Greenberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Helton" title="Todd Helton">Helton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Hodges</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Kelly_(baseball)" title="George Kelly (baseball)">G. Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Killebrew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Buck_Leonard" title="Buck Leonard">Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">McCovey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_McGriff" title="Fred McGriff">McGriff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mize" title="Johnny Mize">Mize</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murray" title="Eddie Murray">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Pérez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Sisler" title="George Sisler">Sisler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mule_Suttles" title="Mule Suttles">Suttles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Taylor_(first_baseman,_born_1888)" title="Ben Taylor (first baseman, born 1888)">Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Terry" title="Bill Terry">Terry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thome" title="Jim Thome">Thome</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second basemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Alomar" title="Roberto Alomar">Alomar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Biggio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Collins" title="Eddie Collins">E. Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Doerr" title="Bobby Doerr">Doerr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Evers" title="Johnny Evers">Evers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Fox" title="Nellie Fox">Fox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Frisch" title="Frankie Frisch">Frisch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gehringer" title="Charlie Gehringer">Gehringer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gordon" title="Joe Gordon">Gordon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Herman" title="Billy Herman">Herman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Hornsby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nap_Lajoie" title="Nap Lajoie">Lajoie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Lazzeri" title="Tony Lazzeri">Lazzeri</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mazeroski" title="Bill Mazeroski">Mazeroski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bid_McPhee" title="Bid McPhee">McPhee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Morgan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">J. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryne_Sandberg" title="Ryne Sandberg">Sandberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Schoendienst" title="Red Schoendienst">Schoendienst</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third basemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Home_Run_Baker" title="Home Run Baker">Baker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Beltr%C3%A9" title="Adrián Beltré">Beltré</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Boggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">Brett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Collins" title="Jimmy Collins">J. Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Dandridge" title="Ray Dandridge">Dandridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Judy_Johnson" title="Judy Johnson">J. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chipper_Jones" title="Chipper Jones">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Kell" title="George Kell">Kell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Lindstrom" title="Freddie Lindstrom">Lindstrom</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Mathews</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Molitor" title="Paul Molitor">Molitor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">B. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Rolen" title="Scott Rolen">Rolen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Santo" title="Ron Santo">Santo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Schmidt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pie_Traynor" title="Pie Traynor">Traynor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Deacon_White" title="Deacon White">D. White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jud_Wilson" title="Jud Wilson">J. Wilson</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shortstops</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Aparicio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Appling" title="Luke Appling">Appling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bancroft" title="Dave Bancroft">Bancroft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Banks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Boudreau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cronin" title="Joe Cronin">Cronin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Davis_(baseball)" title="George Davis (baseball)">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Travis_Jackson" title="Travis Jackson">T. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Jennings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Jeter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Larkin" title="Barry Larkin">Larkin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Lloyd" title="John Henry Lloyd">Lloyd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_Maranville" title="Rabbit Maranville">Maranville</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_Reese" title="Pee Wee Reese">Reese</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Ripken Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Rizzuto" title="Phil Rizzuto">Rizzuto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sewell" title="Joe Sewell">Sewell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith" title="Ozzie Smith">O. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Tinker" title="Joe Tinker">Tinker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Trammell" title="Alan Trammell">Trammell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arky_Vaughan" title="Arky Vaughan">Vaughan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Wagner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wallace_(baseball)" title="Bobby Wallace (baseball)">Wallace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Montgomery_Ward" title="John Montgomery Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wells" title="Willie Wells">Wells</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Yount</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Left fielders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Brock" title="Lou Brock">Brock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Burkett" title="Jesse Burkett">Burkett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Clarke" title="Fred Clarke">Clarke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Delahanty" title="Ed Delahanty">Delahanty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goose_Goslin" title="Goose Goslin">Goslin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hafey" title="Chick Hafey">Hafey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Henderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Monte_Irvin" title="Monte Irvin">Irvin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kelley" title="Joe Kelley">Kelley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner">Kiner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Heinie_Manush" title="Heinie Manush">Manush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Medwick" title="Joe Medwick">Medwick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso" title="Minnie Miñoso">Miñoso</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Musial</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_O%27Rourke_(baseball)" title="Jim O'Rourke (baseball)">O'Rourke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Raines" title="Tim Raines">Raines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">J. Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Simmons" title="Al Simmons">A. Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Stargell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zack_Wheat" title="Zack Wheat">Wheat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams" title="Billy Williams">B. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Yastrzemski</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Center fielders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richie_Ashburn" title="Richie Ashburn">Ashburn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Averill" title="Earl Averill">Averill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell" title="Cool Papa Bell">Bell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willard_Brown" title="Willard Brown">W. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Max_Carey" title="Max Carey">Carey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Charleston" title="Oscar Charleston">Charleston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earle_Combs" title="Earle Combs">Combs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">DiMaggio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Doby" title="Larry Doby">Doby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Duffy" title="Hugh Duffy">Duffy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey_Jr." title="Ken Griffey Jr.">Griffey Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1866)" title="Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)">Hamilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hill" title="Pete Hill">Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mantle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Mays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kirby_Puckett" title="Kirby Puckett">Puckett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edd_Roush" title="Edd Roush">Roush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Snider</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tris_Speaker" title="Tris Speaker">Speaker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Turkey_Stearnes" title="Turkey Stearnes">Stearnes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal_Torriente" title="Cristóbal Torriente">Torriente</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Waner" title="Lloyd Waner">L. Waner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hack_Wilson" title="Hack Wilson">H. Wilson</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Right fielders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Aaron</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente">Clemente</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Crawford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kiki_Cuyler" title="Kiki Cuyler">Cuyler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andre_Dawson" title="Andre Dawson">Dawson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Flick" title="Elmer Flick">Flick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Guerrero" title="Vladimir Guerrero">Guerrero</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Gwynn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Heilmann" title="Harry Heilmann">Heilmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hooper" title="Harry Hooper">Hooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">R. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Kaline</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Keeler" title="Willie Keeler">Keeler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King_Kelly" title="King Kelly">K. Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Klein" title="Chuck Klein">Klein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_McCarthy_(baseball)" title="Tommy McCarthy (baseball)">T. McCarthy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Oliva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Ott" title="Mel Ott">Ott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Rice" title="Sam Rice">S. Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">F. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Ruth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Enos_Slaughter" title="Enos Slaughter">Slaughter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Thompson_(outfielder)" title="Sam Thompson (outfielder)">Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Walker" title="Larry Walker">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Waner" title="Paul Waner">P. Waner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Winfield" title="Dave Winfield">Winfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ross_Youngs" title="Ross Youngs">Youngs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Designated hitters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Baines" title="Harold Baines">Baines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Edgar Martínez">E. Martínez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">Ortiz</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Managers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Alston" title="Walter Alston">Alston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cox" title="Bobby Cox">Cox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leo_Durocher" title="Leo Durocher">Durocher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rube_Foster" title="Rube Foster">R. Foster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ned_Hanlon_(baseball)" title="Ned Hanlon (baseball)">Hanlon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bucky_Harris" title="Bucky Harris">Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Herzog</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Miller_Huggins" title="Miller Huggins">Huggins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_La_Russa" title="Tony La Russa">La Russa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lasorda" title="Tommy Lasorda">Lasorda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Leyland" title="Jim Leyland">Leyland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_L%C3%B3pez" title="Al López">López</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack" title="Connie Mack">Mack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_McCarthy_(baseball_manager)" title="Joe McCarthy (baseball manager)">J. McCarthy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_McGraw" title="John McGraw">McGraw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_McKechnie" title="Bill McKechnie">McKechnie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wilbert_Robinson" title="Wilbert Robinson">W. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Selee" title="Frank Selee">Selee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Southworth" title="Billy Southworth">Southworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Stengel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Torre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Weaver" title="Earl Weaver">Weaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">D. Williams</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Executives<br />and pioneers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Barrow" title="Ed Barrow">Barrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Bulkeley" title="Morgan Bulkeley">Bulkeley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Cartwright" title="Alexander Cartwright">Cartwright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Chadwick_(writer)" title="Henry Chadwick (writer)">Chadwick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Chandler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Comiskey" title="Charles Comiskey">Comiskey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Candy_Cummings" title="Candy Cummings">Cummings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barney_Dreyfuss" title="Barney Dreyfuss">Dreyfuss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bud_Fowler" title="Bud Fowler">Fowler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ford_Frick" title="Ford Frick">Frick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Giles" title="Warren Giles">Giles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Gillick" title="Pat Gillick">Gillick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Grant_(baseball)" title="Frank Grant (baseball)">Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clark_Griffith" title="Clark Griffith">Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Will_Harridge" title="Will Harridge">Harridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Hulbert" title="William Hulbert">Hulbert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson" title="Ban Johnson">B. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn" title="Bowie Kuhn">Kuhn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis" title="Kenesaw Mountain Landis">Landis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_MacPhail" title="Larry MacPhail">La. MacPhail</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_MacPhail" title="Lee MacPhail">Le. MacPhail</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Effa_Manley" title="Effa Manley">Manley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Miller" title="Marvin Miller">Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_O%27Malley" title="Walter O'Malley">O'Malley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Buck_O%27Neil" title="Buck O'Neil">O'Neil</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Pompez" title="Alex Pompez">Pompez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Posey" title="Cumberland Posey">Posey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Rickey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Ruppert" title="Jacob Ruppert">Ruppert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Schuerholz" title="John Schuerholz">Schuerholz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bud_Selig" title="Bud Selig">Selig</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Spalding" title="Albert Spalding">Spalding</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Veeck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Weiss_(baseball)" title="George Weiss (baseball)">Weiss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sol_White" title="Sol White">S. White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._L._Wilkinson" title="J. L. Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Wright_(sportsman)" title="George Wright (sportsman)">G. Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Wright" title="Harry Wright">H. Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Yawkey" title="Tom Yawkey">Yawkey</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Umpires</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Barlick" title="Al Barlick">Barlick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nestor_Chylak" title="Nestor Chylak">Chylak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jocko_Conlan" title="Jocko Conlan">Conlan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Connolly_(umpire)" title="Tom Connolly (umpire)">Connolly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Evans" title="Billy Evans">Evans</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Harvey_(umpire)" title="Doug Harvey (umpire)">Harvey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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