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New York Yankees Jersey, worn by Goose Gossage

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Associated Name
Gossage, Rich “Goose”
New York Yankees
Wilson Sporting Goods Company
Description
Jersey worn by New York Yankees relief pitcher Goose Gossage during the 1983 season.
Right-handed relief pitcher Richard Goose Gossage played Major League baseball for the Chicago White Sox (1972-1976,) Pittsburgh Pirates (1977,) New York Yankees (1978-1983, 1989) San Diego Padres (1984-1987,) Chicago Cubs (1988,) Texas Rangers (1991,) Oakland Athletics (1992-1993,) and Seattle Mariners (1994.) In 1990 the mustachioed closer threw for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB.)
The fastball specialist helped define the modern baseball’s closer role, being put into a game during the later innings to preserve a lead. A 9-time All-Star, Gossage led the American League in saves three times, finishing his career with 310. He amassed 1,502 strikeouts in the Majors, with a lifetime 3.01 earned run average and 124-107 win-loss record. The Goose would win a world-series in 1978 with the Yankees.
During his singular season in the NPB, Gossage had eight saves and 40 strikeouts.
Gossage was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008 and enshrined in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park in 2014.
Location
Currently not on view
1983
ID Number
2017.0334.12
catalog number
2017.0334.12
accession number
2017.0334
Object Name
jersey, baseball
baseball jersey
shirt
Physical Description
cotton (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 35 in x 34 in; 88.9 cm x 86.36 cm
place made
United States: Illinois, Chicago
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National Museum of American History
subject
Baseball
Sports
Record ID
nmah_1864496
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-9f2b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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