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Richard
Dotson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 204
 
Born: January 10, 1959 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 20 PHN NL   7 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 6 6
1980 21 CLN NL   7 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 7 7
1981 22 BOS AL   8 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 7 7
1982 23 BOS AL   8 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 6 6
1983 24 BOS AL   8 4 4 4 5 6 5 6 7 6
1984 25 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7
1985 26 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7
1986 27 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 6 7 6 7 7 7
1987 28 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 3 4 3 6 7 6 7 7 7
1988 29 BOS AL   8 3 4 3 6 7 6 7 7 7
1989 30 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6
1990 31 BOS AL $ 350,000 8 2 3 3 6 7 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 2 3 3 5 6 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 8 4 5 4 6 7 7 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1979 20 AAA   9 5 .643 20 20 3 2 0 143.0 138 43 9 61 72 2.71 .259 .335 .345 .680  
    AA   1 1 .500 4 4 0 0 0 31.7 24 6 2 12 18 1.71 .211 .286 .298 .584  
1980 21 AAA   3 6 .333 18 14 0 0 0 92.3 92 32 7 28 55 3.12 .258 .313 .382 .695  
1981 22 AAA   6 7 .462 16 16 3 0 0 114.3 115 39 6 37 68 3.07 .264 .322 .370 .692  
    AA   3 1 .750 6 6 3 1 0 49.0 37 11 2 9 28 2.02 .214 .253 .283 .536  
1982 23 AAA   13 3 .813 20 20 2 1 0 154.3 116 34 8 44 87 1.98 .205 .262 .284 .546  
1983 24 AAA   7 2 .778 13 13 1 0 0 91.3 91 42 8 26 61 4.14 .258 .309 .368 .677  
1984 25 BOS AL 1 1 .500 8 1 0 0 2 17.7 15 6 1 7 8 3.06 .224 .297 .284 .581 1.9
    AAA   14 6 .700 24 24 1 0 0 170.0 162 56 7 66 127 2.96 .254 .324 .323 .647  
1985 26 BOS AL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 1 32.3 28 13 0 7 13 3.62 .231 .267 .298 .565 2.2
1986 27 BOS AL 2 2 .500 16 0 0 0 0 19.0 36 17 1 11 8 8.05 .379 .449 .505 .954 0.0
1987 28 BOS AL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 5 1 5 4 5.00 .229 .325 .400 .725 0.0
    AAA   4 0 1.000 53 0 0 0 4 54.0 45 16 3 14 36 2.67 .230 .281 .296 .577  
1988 29 AAA   2 3 .400 57 0 0 0 1 72.0 59 12 3 16 44 1.50 .228 .273 .301 .574  
1989 30 BOS AL 2 7 .222 11 11 0 0 0 64.7 77 41 4 35 26 5.71 .298 .379 .434 .813 0.0
    AAA   2 3 .400 50 0 0 0 1 51.7 46 17 3 21 37 2.96 .238 .313 .347 .660  
1990 31 BOS AL 5 7 .417 65 0 0 0 3 152.0 176 76 11 68 46 4.50 .295 .369 .419 .788 5.6
6 Years Sim 10 18 .357 118 12 0 0 6 294.7 340 158 18 133 105 4.83 .290 .362 .408 .771 9.7
9 Years AAA 60 35 .632 271 107 10 3 6 943.0 864 291 54 313 587 2.78 .245 .306 .335 .641  
2 Years AA 4 2 .667 10 10 3 1 0 80.7 61 17 4 21 46 1.90 .213 .266 .289 .555  
11 Years Minors 64 37 .634 281 117 13 4 6 1023.6 925 308 58 334 633 2.71 .242 .303 .331 .634  
Season Average 1 3 .250 19 2 0 0 1 49.1 56 26 3 22 17 4.83 .290 .362 .408 .771  
Career Highs 5 7 .500 65 11 0 0 3 152.0 176 76 11 68 46 8.05 .379 .449 .505 .954  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   139 74 8 55 57   .251 .319 .357 .676
vs LH   201 84 10 78 48   .325 .400 .454 .854
Home 5 10 .333 58 7 0 0 1 157.7 165 76 7 71 62 4.34 .271 .347 .368 .715
Away 5 8 .385 60 5 0 0 5 137.0 175 82 11 62 43 5.39 .310 .379 .452 .831
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 1 34.7 37 11 0 16 6 2.86 .280 .358 .326 .684
May 1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 0 31.0 37 22 3 12 6 6.39 .291 .353 .441 .793
June 0 1 .000 12 0 0 0 2 28.3 40 19 2 12 12 6.04 .339 .400 .458 .858
July 3 4 .429 20 1 0 0 1 47.3 58 30 3 26 23 5.71 .307 .391 .418 .809
August 2 4 .333 27 6 0 0 1 80.3 88 34 4 33 30 3.81 .280 .349 .395 .744
Sep/Oct 4 8 .333 32 5 0 0 1 73.0 80 42 6 34 28 5.18 .273 .349 .420 .768
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1984 25 BOS AL P 8 1 17.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.02    
1985 26 BOS AL P 9 0 32.3 1 7 1 0 .889 2.23    
1986 27 BOS AL P 16 0 19.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 4.26    
1987 28 BOS AL P 9 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1989 30 BOS AL P 11 11 64.7 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.53    
1990 31 BOS AL P 65 0 152.0 8 33 2 2 .953 2.43    
Career Totals   118 12 294.7 18 57 3 3 .962 2.29    
Career Highs   65 11 152.0 8 33 2 2 1.000 4.26    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 41st overall pick, by Philadelphia in 1979
Injured on 7/17/1979 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/27/1980 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Traded from Philadelphia to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1980 (Going to PHN: P Dave Laroche. Going to CLN: P Richard Dotson, P Masanori Murakami, P Mike Jones)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Boston (A) on 4/3/1981 (Going to CLN: LF Richie Zisk. Going to BOS: P Richard Dotson, P Tom Niedenfuer, 3B Toby Harrah)
Injured on 5/4/1981 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/21/1981 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/11/1982 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Earned first career win on 8/30/1984
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/11/1990 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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