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Jim Gosger

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: November 6, 1942 in Port Huron, MI us

High School: St. Stephen HS (Port Huron, MI)

School: St. Clair County Community College (Port Huron, MI)

Debut: May 4, 1963 (Age 20-179d, 12,104th in major league history)
vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1974 (Age 31-320d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: James Charles Gosger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

1815

411

.226

197

RBI

177

OBP

.309

SLG

.331

OPS

.640

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BOS		BAL	L,4-5	GF	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	BOS		BAL	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	28	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
4	4	Apr 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	7 (2)	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		DET	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
6	13 (5)	Apr 30	BOS		CAL	L,9-16	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	14	May 1 (1)	BOS		CAL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	15	May 1 (2)	BOS		CAL	W,9-1	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	17 (1)	May 4	BOS	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
10	18	May 6	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	19	May 7	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
12	23 (3)	May 10	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-3	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
13	24	May 11	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	38	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	32 (7)	May 20	BOS		KCA	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
15	33	May 21	BOS		KCA	W,6-5	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
16	34	May 22	BOS		KCA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
17	35	May 24	BOS		MIN	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
18	36	May 25	BOS		MIN	L,5-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
19	37	May 26	BOS		MIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	39 (1)	May 28	BOS	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	40	May 29	BOS	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	41	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	44 (2)	Jun 1 (1)	BOS		WSA	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	45	Jun 1 (2)	BOS		WSA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
25	46	Jun 2	BOS		WSA	L,2-12	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
26	48 (1)	Jun 4	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	62	16.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
27	49	Jun 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
28	51 (1)	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
29	52	Jun 9	BOS	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	53	Jun 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	54	Jun 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	55	Jun 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Kansas City Athletics
33	55	Jun 14	KCA		MIN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
34	56	Jun 15	KCA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	57	Jun 16 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	58	Jun 16 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
37	59	Jun 17	KCA		CAL	L,2-4	GS	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF CF
38	60	Jun 18	KCA		CAL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	61	Jun 19 (1)	KCA		CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	62	Jun 19 (2)	KCA		CAL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	63	Jun 20	KCA		CHW	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	64	Jun 21	KCA		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	65	Jun 22 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
44	66	Jun 22 (2)	KCA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
45	67	Jun 24	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	68	Jun 25	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
47	69	Jun 26 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
48	70	Jun 26 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-14	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	71	Jun 28	KCA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
50	73 (1)	Jun 30	KCA		BAL	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	74	Jul 1 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	75	Jul 1 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,6-4	GF	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
53	76	Jul 2	KCA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
54	77	Jul 3 (1)	KCA	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
55	78	Jul 3 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,10-4	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
56	79	Jul 4	KCA	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	81 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,9-8	CG	46	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
58	82	Jul 8	KCA		CLE	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
59	83	Jul 9	KCA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	84	Jul 10 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	85	Jul 10 (2)	KCA		CLE	W,5-3	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
62	86	Jul 14	KCA		NYY	L,4-5	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
63	87	Jul 15	KCA		NYY	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
64	89 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	KCA		BOS	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	90	Jul 17 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	91	Jul 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
67	93 (1)	Jul 22	KCA	@	WSA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	96 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
69	98 (1)	Jul 27	KCA	@	BOS	W,14-2	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	101 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	102	Jul 31 (2)	KCA		DET	L,1-7	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	103	Aug 1	KCA		WSA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	104	Aug 2	KCA		WSA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	105	Aug 3	KCA		WSA	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	106	Aug 4	KCA		WSA	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	109 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	KCA		MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
77	110	Aug 7 (2)	KCA		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
78	112 (1)	Aug 9	KCA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	114 (1)	Aug 11	KCA		CHW	L,9-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
80	115	Aug 12	KCA	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
81	116	Aug 14 (1)	KCA	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	117	Aug 14 (2)	KCA	@	MIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
83	118	Aug 15	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	29	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	120 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
85	121	Aug 17 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	122	Aug 19 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	124 (1)	Aug 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
88	125	Aug 21	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
89	126	Aug 24 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	127	Aug 24 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	129 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
92	130	Aug 26	KCA	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	131	Aug 27	KCA	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	53	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	132	Aug 28	KCA	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
95	133	Aug 29	KCA		NYY	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	134	Aug 30	KCA		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	136 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	KCA		WSA	W,4-0	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	137	Sep 2	KCA		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	139 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	142 (2)	Sep 6	KCA		CAL	L,3-4	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
101	145 (2)	Sep 10	KCA		DET	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	146	Sep 11	KCA		DET	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	149 (2)	Sep 15	KCA	@	CLE	W,1-0	GS	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	151 (1)	Sep 18	KCA	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	153 (1)	Sep 21	KCA		BAL	L,8-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
106	157 (3)	Sep 25	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
107	158	Sep 30	KCA	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
108	159	Oct 1	KCA	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
109	160	Oct 2	KCA	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							113gm		881.1	228	3	2	233	0