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Richard Dotson

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Full Name: Richard Elliott Dotson Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190 First Game: September 4, 1979
Birthdate: January 10, 1959 Final Game: June 5, 1990
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Richard Dotson (Richard Elliott Dotson) played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 12 year career. Dotson broke into the bigs on September 4, 1979 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.27 ERA in 198 innings pitched in 1980, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Richard Dotson's best season was 1983, when he posted a 3.22 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 137 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1979 CHI A 5 5 2 0 3.70 13 13 10 1 1 0 24.1 28 0 6 0 0 0
1980 CHI A 33 32 12 10 4.27 109 105 94 8 0 0 198 185 20 87 2 6 6
1981 CHI A 24 24 9 8 3.77 73 67 59 5 4 0 141 145 13 49 0 3 4
1982 CHI A 34 31 11 15 3.84 109 97 84 3 1 0 196.2 219 19 73 4 2 5
1983 CHI A 35 35 22 7 3.22 137 92 86 8 1 0 240 209 19 106 1 7 8
1984 CHI A 32 32 14 15 3.59 120 110 98 14 1 0 245.2 216 24 103 5 4 7
1985 CHI A 9 9 3 4 4.47 33 30 26 0 0 0 52.1 53 5 17 1 0 3
1986 CHI A 34 34 10 17 5.48 110 125 120 3 1 0 197 226 24 69 2 10 2
1987 CHI A 31 31 11 12 4.17 114 109 98 7 2 0 211.1 201 24 86 2 5 0
1988 NY A 32 29 12 9 5.00 77 103 95 4 0 0 171 178 27 72 3 3 4
1989 NY A 11 9 2 5 5.57 14 33 32 1 0 0 51.2 69 8 17 0 0 1
1989 CHI A 17 17 3 7 3.88 55 51 43 1 0 0 99.2 112 8 41 3 2 0
1989 TOT A 28 26 5 12 4.46 69 84 75 2 0 0 151.1 181 16 58 3 2 1
1990 KC A 8 7 0 4 8.48 9 29 27 0 0 0 28.2 43 3 14 1 4 0
Total 305 295 111 113 4.23 973 964 872 55 11 0 1857.1 1884 194 740 24 46 40

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1979 CHI A P 5 5 24.1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1.000
1980 CHI A P 33 32 198 13 33 1 0 0 0 26 6 1 .979
1981 CHI A P 24 24 141 7 20 0 4 0 0 15 7 0 1.000
1981 CHI A DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 CHI A P 34 31 196.2 13 24 1 1 0 1 21 8 1 .974
1983 CHI A P 35 35 240 20 48 1 8 0 2 29 5 2 .986
1984 CHI A P 32 32 245.2 8 36 1 3 0 0 21 8 0 .978
1985 CHI A P 9 9 52.1 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1.000
1986 CHI A P 34 34 197 13 23 3 0 0 1 20 6 0 .923
1987 CHI A P 31 31 211.1 14 38 2 4 0 1 2 9 0 .963
1988 NY A P 32 29 171 17 14 0 1 0 1 10 2 0 1.000
1989 NY A P 11 9 51.2 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1989 CHI A P 17 17 99.2 4 16 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 .909
1989 TOT A P 28 26 151.1 5 21 2 3 0 0 9 3 1 .929
1990 KC A P 8 7 28.2 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
Total DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 305 295 1857.1 116 269 11 25 0 6 162 59 6 .972

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1979 CHI A 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHI A 36 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHI A 27 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHI A 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHI A 35 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHI A 33 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHI A 9 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHI A 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CHI A 31 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NY A 32 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NY A 11 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHI A 17 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TOT A 28 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 KC A 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 312 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (7th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
  • Traded by California Angels with Bobby Bonds and Thad Bosley to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Brian Downing, Chris Knapp and Dave Frost (December 5, 1977).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Scott Nielsen to New York Yankees in exchange for Dan Pasqua, Mark Salas and Steve Rosenberg (November 12, 1987).
  • Released by New York Yankees (June 22, 1989).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox (July 1, 1989).
  • Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
  • Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 5, 1989).
  • Released by Kansas City Royals (June 21, 1990).

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