Richard Dotson
| Richard Dotson | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: January 10, 1959 Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 4, 1979, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 5, 1990, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–Loss record | 111–113 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.23 | ||
| Strikeouts | 973 | ||
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Richard Elliott Dotson (born January 10, 1959) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1980s. He is best noted for his 22-7 performance of 1983, helping the Chicago White Sox win the American League West Division championship that season. Dotson finished fourth in the American League Cy Young Award voting, behind teammate LaMarr Hoyt. Arm injuries came to limit, however, what was a promising baseball career.
In a 12-season career, Rich Dotson recorded a record of 111-113 with a 4.23 ERA in 305 games, 295 of them starts. He pitched 55 complete games and 11 shutouts in his career. Dotson gave up 872 earned runs and struck out 973 in 1857 and 1/3 innings pitched.
Dotson was born in Cincinnati and attended Anderson High School.
He was drafted out of high school by the California Angels in the summer of 1977, but traded that December in a blockbuster six-player deal, going to the Chicago White Sox along with Bobby Bonds and Thad Bosley in exchange for Brian Downing, Dave Frost and Chris Knapp.
His debut in the majors was not an auspicious one. White Sox manager Tony La Russa handed him the ball on September 4, 1979 as the starter for a game at Anaheim, but the 20-year-old Dotson retired only four Angels and left the park that day with a gaudy earned-run average of 33.75.
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