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Richard Dotson
Richard Elliott Dotson (Rich)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 204 lb.

MLB Debut September 4, 1979
Final Game June 5, 1990
Born January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, OH (age 65)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1979 20 CHA AL   1   0 1.000   5   5   0   0   0   0   22.0   28    93   11    7   1    2   0   0   10   0  0  2.86  
 1980 21 CHA AL   6  12  .333  32  32   0   0   0   0  208.0  192   880   97   89  11   82   2   4  102   6  2  3.85  
 1981 22 CHA AL   8   7  .533  31  31   1   0   0   0  186.1  210   828   99   97  16   81   2   8  110   1  2  4.69  
 1982 23 CHA AL   1   3  .250  31   0   0  21   1   0   66.0   83   311   46   40   8   33   1   0   29   0  1  5.45  
 1983 24 CHA AL  19   8  .704  30  30   9   0   0   0  223.1  181   927   90   83  19  105   0   2  130   5  0  3.34  CY-4
 1984 25 CHA AL   2   3  .400   9   9   1   0   0   0   54.1   51   245   34   29   7   27   0   3   27   0  0  4.80  
         TOA AL  11   6  .647  23  22   5   1   0   0  162.0  137   683   75   70  14   70   0   4   86   1  1  3.89  CY-15
         TOT     13   9  .591  32  31   6   1   0   0  216.1  188   928  109   99  21   97   0   7  113   1  1  4.12 
 1985 26 TOA AL   2   0 1.000   8   8   0   0   0   0   49.2   48   205   16   15   3   11   0   0   21   0  0  2.72  
 1986 27 TOA AL  11  12  .478  29  29   4   0   0   2  190.0  202   817   93   84  19   62   0   5  111   9  0  3.98  
 1987 28 TOA AL  11  10  .524  29  29   8   0   0   1  212.1  185   908  100   92  28   86   0   4  127  10  0  3.90  
 1988 29 SLN NL   3   9  .250  42  22   0   3   1   0  159.0  157   696   93   84  24   68   5   4   79   4  4  4.75  
 1989 30 TEA AL   8  13  .381  30  29   0   1   0   0  151.0  201   706  109  105  12   60   7   2   82   5  8  6.26  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 11 Seasons      83  83  .500 299 246  28  26   2   3 1684.0 1675  7299  863  795 162  687  17  36  914  41 18  4.25
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With CHA      37  33  .529 138 107  11  21   1   0  760.0  745  3284  377  345  62  330   5  17  408  12  5  4.09
   With TOA      35  28  .556  89  88  17   1   0   3  614.0  572  2613  284  261  64  229   0  13  345  20  1  3.83
   With SLN       3   9  .250  42  22   0   3   1   0  159.0  157   696   93   84  24   68   5   4   79   4  4  4.75
   With TEA       8  13  .381  30  29   0   1   0   0  151.0  201   706  109  105  12   60   7   2   82   5  8  6.26
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     111 113  .496 305 295  55   7   0  11 1858.1 1884  8034  964  872 194  740  24  40  973  46 12  4.23
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1979 20 CHA AL  62   10   4.5   0  5.00    0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    1    1  .500   -8   
 1980 21 CHA AL  62   87   3.8   0  3.41    0   0   0  .000   1    5    4  .800    8   10  .444  -70   
 1981 22 CHA AL  56  109   5.3   0  4.52    0   0   0  .000   0   12   11  .917   38   11  .776    3   
 1982 23 CHA AL  37   49   6.7   1          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    6    1  .857   54   
 1983 24 CHA AL  52   84   3.4   0  6.50    0   0   0  .000   0    5    5 1.000   16    8  .667  -41   
 1984 25 CHA AL  44   32   5.3   0  4.78    0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    3    2  .600   45   
         TOA AL  49   67   3.7   0  5.23    0   0   0  .000   0    7    7 1.000    3    2  .600  -53   
         TOT          99   4.1   0          0   0   0  .000   0    9    9 1.000    6    4  .600
 1985 26 TOA AL  52   20   3.8   0  5.25    0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    6    0 1.000  -83   
 1986 27 TOA AL  41   98   4.6   0  3.90    0   0   0  .000   2    6    5  .833   20    8  .714  -83   
 1987 28 TOA AL  52   97   4.0   0  4.86    0   0   0  .000   3    5    2  .400    4    4  .500  -50   
 1988 29 SLN NL  49   89   5.0   1  4.14   43   3   0  .070   0    5    4  .800   16    4  .800  -71   
 1989 30 TEA AL  50  112   6.6   0  4.07    0   0   0  .000   4    5    1  .200   16    5  .762   -5   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 11 Seasons          861   4.5   2         43   3   0  .070  10   54   43  .796  137   56  .710  -40   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1979  CHA   97-65   Ben Lea
 1980  CHA   56-106  Ben Lea
 1981  CHA   70-92   Ben Lea
 1982  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea
 1983  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea
 1984  CHA   69-93   Ben Lea
 1984  TOA   93-69   Alan Boodman
 1985  TOA  101-61   Alan Boodman
 1986  TOA   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1987  TOA   92-70   Alan Boodman
 1988  SLN   66-96   Mike Rescigno
 1989  TEA   68-94   Mike Rescigno

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