New York Yankees Jersey, worn by Goose Gossage
date: label: date made
content: 1983
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gossage, Rich “Goose”
label: Associated Name
content: New York Yankees
label: maker
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Company
notes: label: Description
content: Jersey worn by New York Yankees relief pitcher Goose Gossage during the 1983 season.
label: Description
content: Right-handed relief pitcher Richard <i>Goose</i> 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.)
label: Description
content: The fastball specialist helped define the modern baseball's <i>closer</i> 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 <i>Goose</i> would win a world-series in 1978 with the Yankees.
label: Description
content: During his singular season in the NPB, Gossage had eight saves and 40 strikeouts.
label: Description
content: Gossage was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008 and enshrined in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park in 2014.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0334.12
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0334.12
label: accession number
content: 2017.0334
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jersey, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball jersey
label: Object Name
content: shirt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 34 in; 88.9 cm x 86.36 cm