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Bill
Gogolewski		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 26, 1947 in Usa, WI, OSHKOSH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 22 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1971 23 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1972 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 7
1973 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1974 26 OAK AL $ 1,528,571 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1975 27 OAK AL $ 3,221,429 6 6 7 7 6 7 6 8 8 8
1976 28 OAK AL $ 3,257,143 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1977 29 OAK AL $ 5,190,000 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1978 30 OAK AL $ 5,190,000 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 7
1979 31 CLE AL $ 5,190,000 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1980 32 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1981 33 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 7 7 8 8 5 6 5 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,190,000 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8
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
1970 22 OAK AL 7 7 .500 15 15 2 1 0 102.3 115 66 12 45 50 5.80 .297 .374 .470 .844 0.3
    AAA   6 3 .667 25 9 1 1 7 83.7 82 25 3 28 55 2.69 .254 .313 .322 .635  
1971 23 OAK AL 7 5 .583 46 5 0 0 7 92.3 86 30 1 38 50 2.92 .246 .320 .314 .634 9.4
1972 24 OAK AL 7 7 .500 47 2 0 0 1 54.3 75 27 7 26 34 4.47 .333 .402 .476 .878 2.5
1973 25 OAK AL 10 9 .526 24 24 2 0 0 148.3 162 71 12 54 65 4.31 .281 .343 .405 .748 8.1
1974 26 OAK AL 12 12 .500 32 32 5 3 0 227.7 229 96 10 84 129 3.80 .265 .328 .353 .681 16.8
1975 27 OAK AL 13 12 .520 37 37 2 1 0 248.7 247 111 12 104 139 4.02 .262 .337 .358 .695 16.4
1976 28 OAK AL 9 13 .409 28 28 4 1 0 192.7 188 84 13 77 107 3.92 .253 .325 .376 .702 11.7
1977 29 OAK AL 12 13 .480 32 32 3 1 0 224.7 241 103 18 89 140 4.13 .278 .344 .401 .745 14.4
1978 30 OAK AL 14 11 .560 32 32 9 3 0 237.7 224 95 21 97 139 3.60 .251 .327 .370 .697 17.0
1979 31 NYG NL 7 5 .583 15 15 3 0 0 109.3 99 46 7 51 76 3.79 .241 .330 .355 .686 6.6
  CLE AL 9 6 .600 18 18 3 0 0 123.0 90 39 6 43 86 2.85 .204 .283 .297 .580 10.8
  TOT   16 11 .593 33 33 6 0 0 232.3 189 85 13 94 162 3.29 .222 .306 .325 .631 17.4
1980 32 CLE AL 13 14 .481 33 33 6 1 0 238.0 226 111 15 84 160 4.20 .249 .313 .367 .679 12.9
1981 33 CLE AL 6 9 .400 20 20 1 0 0 138.0 145 67 10 64 90 4.37 .270 .347 .380 .727 5.0
12 Years Sim 126 123 .506 379 293 40 11 8 2136.9 2127 946 144 856 1265 3.98 .261 .333 .374 .707 131.8
1 Years AAA 6 3 .667 25 9 1 1 7 83.7 82 25 3 28 55 2.69 .254 .313 .322 .635  
Season Average 10 10 .500 31 24 3 0 0 178.1 177 78 12 71 105 3.98 .261 .333 .374 .707  
Career Highs 16 14 .593 47 37 9 3 7 248.7 247 111 21 104 162 5.80 .333 .402 .476 .878  
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   1012 462 70 335 732   .248 .305 .362 .667
vs LH   1115 484 74 521 533   .275 .357 .386 .744
Home 67 55 .549 201 147 18 7 4 1076.3 1081 470 62 432 641 3.93 .263 .333 .361 .695
Away 59 68 .465 178 146 22 4 4 1060.6 1046 476 82 424 624 4.04 .259 .330 .387 .716
Mar/Apr 17 20 .459 50 48 5 1 0 324.6 340 147 24 133 212 4.08 .274 .344 .386 .730
May 20 24 .455 64 49 8 1 3 354.6 367 163 26 142 218 4.14 .270 .339 .393 .732
June 17 14 .548 62 41 5 3 2 300.0 293 128 18 138 189 3.84 .256 .336 .361 .697
July 23 18 .561 65 50 7 2 2 373.0 342 151 22 131 202 3.64 .244 .309 .351 .660
August 26 26 .500 72 54 9 3 1 396.3 416 190 25 158 228 4.32 .271 .339 .383 .722
Sep/Oct 23 21 .523 66 51 6 1 0 388.3 369 167 29 154 216 3.87 .252 .323 .369 .693
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 22 OAK AL P 15 15 102.3 3 21 0 0 1.000 2.11    
1971 23 OAK AL P 46 5 92.3 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.24    
1972 24 OAK AL P 47 2 54.3 2 10 0 2 1.000 1.99    
1973 25 OAK AL P 24 24 148.3 8 31 1 3 .975 2.37    
1974 26 OAK AL P 32 32 227.7 17 49 4 10 .943 2.61    
1975 27 OAK AL P 37 37 248.7 22 46 1 2 .986 2.46    
1976 28 OAK AL P 28 28 192.7 19 31 1 3 .980 2.34    
1977 29 OAK AL P 32 32 224.7 14 30 3 3 .936 1.76    
1978 30 OAK AL P 32 32 237.7 13 36 0 2 1.000 1.86    
1979 31 NYG NL P 15 15 109.3 8 19 1 1 .964 2.22    
  CLE AL P 18 18 123.0 9 22 2 2 .939 2.27    
  TOT   P 33 33 232.3 17 41 3 3 .951 2.25    
1980 32 CLE AL P 33 33 238.0 16 39 3 4 .948 2.08    
1981 33 CLE AL P 20 20 138.0 8 26 1 2 .971 2.22    
Career Totals   379 293 2136.9 145 377 17 34 .968 2.20    
Career Highs   47 37 248.7 22 49 4 10 1.000 2.61    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1970 22 OAK AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 1 0 0 6.75 .357 .357 .643 1.000
1971 23 OAK AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 1 0 1 1 3.00 .429 .467 .429 .895
1973 25 OAK AL 1 3 .250 6 6 0 0 0 33.0 45 22 2 16 15 6.00 .336 .407 .425 .832
1976 28 OAK AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 7 3 1 2 3 3.24 .212 .257 .333 .590
1979 31 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 6 6 1 5 3 8.11 .250 .379 .417 .796
1980 32 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0.3 4 5 0 2 0 136.36 .800 .857 1.000 1.857
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 6 .143 15 9 0 0 0 55.3 73 40 5 26 22 6.51 .326 .396 .438 .834
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Started
1975-1-37
 Shutouts
1974-1-3
1975-7-1
1978-4-3
 Innings Pitched
1975-10-248.7
 Strikeouts
1980-5-160
 Walks Allowed
1975-8-104
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1980-7-6.1
OSLG
1974-8-.353
1975-10-.358
 OOPS
1974-8-.681
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Bob Apodaca (960)
  2. Bill Caudill (955)
  3. Dennis Leonard (954)
  4. Jim Beattie (954)
  5. Roy Thomas (952)
  6. Scott Sanderson (951)
  7. Jack Billingham (951)
  8. Joe Sambito (948)
  9. Tom Johnson (948)
  10. Dave Geisel (947)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Oakland in 1970
Earned first career win on 7/7/1970
Injured on 5/14/1973 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/27/1975 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,257,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/13/1976 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
7/31/1976: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,190,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Traded from Oakland to New York (N) on 2/8/1979 (Going to NYG: P Bill Gogolewski. Going to OAK: C Mike Heath, P Mike Parrott)
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 7/1/1979 (Going to NYG: LF Lenn Sakata, P Joe Niekro. Going to CLE: P Bill Gogolewski)
7/31/1979: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1979, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1979, going 5-0, 1.08
Injured on 4/1/1980 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/9/1981 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for entire career
 
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