1. Goose Gossage appeared in the postseason in two other years for the Yankees.
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1. Goose Gossage appeared in the postseason in two other years for the Yankees.
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4. Goose Gossage was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1972, with the Chicago White Sox.
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8. The Red Sox game was a watershed, Goose Gossage says, because it was the one in which he began to relish pitching under supreme pressure.
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9. Goose Gossage struck out Carney Lansford and retired Dan Ford and Jason Thompson on weak flies.
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12. Goose Gossage made nine All-Star appearances and pitched in three World Series.
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14. Goose Gossage signed with the Seattle Mariners for the 1994 season.
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15. Goose Gossage signed one-year contracts to pitch for the Oakland Athletics in 1992 and 1993.
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18. Goose Gossage became upset with Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner for meddling with the team.
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19. Goose Gossage holds the Yankees' career record for ERA and hits per nine innings (6.59) among pitchers with at least 500 innings for the team.
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20. In 1983, his last season with the Yankees, Goose Gossage broke Sparky Lyle's club record of 141 career saves; Dave Righetti passed his final total of 150 in 1988.
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21. Goose Gossage missed some of the 1979 season with the Yankees with a thumb injury sustained in a locker-room fight with teammate Cliff Johnson.
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22. Goose Gossage became a free agent after the 1977 season, and signed with the New York Yankees.
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27. Goose Gossage recorded saves in all three Yankee victories in the 1981 AL Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers, not allowing a run in 6⅔ innings, and he was again the final pitcher when they clinched the 1981 pennant against the Oakland Athletics.
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28. Goose Gossage led the American League in saves in 1975 (26).
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