Rich Gale Notable

b. January 19, 1954 · Kansas City Royals 1978–1981, San Francisco Giants 1982, Cincinnati Reds 1983, Boston Red Sox 1984

Rich Gale played for four clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Kansas City Royals in 1978 and closing with the Boston Red Sox in 1984.

He went 55 and 56 with a 4.54 earned run average, pitching 970 innings in 195 games. He struck out 518, completed 21 of his 144 starts and threw 5 shutouts. Across 195 games he batted .132, with 9 hits and 6 runs. He finished with 2 home runs and 2 doubles.

He was born in Littleton, NH, USA on January 19, 1954. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
The Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year	1	1978

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1978	KCR	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1979	KCR	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1980	KCR	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1981	KCR	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1982	SFG	33	48	4	6	1	1	2	5	34	.125
1983	CIN	33	20	2	3	1	1	3	2	16	.150
1984	BOS	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	195	68	6	9	2	2	5	7	50	.132

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1978	KCR	14	8	31	30	0	192.1	171	66	100	88	3.09
1979	KCR	9	10	34	31	0	181.2	197	114	99	103	5.65
1980	KCR	13	9	32	28	1	190.2	169	83	78	97	3.92
1981	KCR	6	6	19	15	0	101.2	107	61	38	47	5.40
1982	SFG	7	14	33	29	0	170.1	193	80	81	102	4.23
1983	CIN	4	6	33	7	1	89.2	103	58	43	53	5.82
1984	BOS	2	3	13	4	0	43.2	57	27	18	28	5.56
Career	—	55	56	195	144	2	970.0	997	489	457	518	4.54

On this day & linked events

1954

Born January 19, 1954

Littleton, NH, USA

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