{"id":10820,"date":"2016-09-03T09:55:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T15:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=10820"},"modified":"2016-09-03T08:03:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T14:03:24","slug":"67-richard-dotson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/67-richard-dotson\/","title":{"rendered":"#67 – Richard Dotson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dotson\"<\/a>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Richard Dotson<\/p>\n

Rank:<\/strong>\u00a067<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong>\u00a0P<\/p>\n

Years With White Sox:<\/strong>\u00a01979-1987, 1989<\/p>\n

Richard Dotson joined the White Sox organization, along with Bobby Bonds and Thad Bosley, in a December 5, 1977 trade that sent Brian Downing, Dave Frost, and Chris Knapp to the Angels.\u00a0 He made his major league debut on September 4, 1979 against those same Angels, going 1 and 1\/3 innings and giving up 5 earned runs, leaving him with a 33.75 ERA after 1 start.\u00a0 He made 4 more starts over the final month of the season, giving up just 5 additional earned runs and finishing with a 2-0 record with a 3.70 ERA.<\/p>\n

Dotson moved into the rotation full time for the White Sox in 1980.\u00a0 He finished second on the team with 12 wins, finishing 12-10 with a 4.27 ERA.\u00a0 He ended up placing 7th in Rookie of the Year voting, behind winner Joe Charboneau and teammate Britt Burns.<\/p>\n

Dotson saw improvement in the strike-shortened 1981 season.\u00a0 He finished with a 9-8 record and improved his ERA to 3.77 in 24 starts, leading the league with 4 shutouts.<\/p>\n

1982 was a disappointing season for Dotson and the White Sox.\u00a0 He finished with a losing record for the first time and gave up more hits than innings pitched, yet still ended the season with a 3.84 ERA.<\/p>\n

Dotson had his breakout season in 1983, as he helped lead the White Sox to their first division title.\u00a0 He finished the\u00a0regular season\u00a022-7 with a 3.23 ERA, good enough to place 4th in Cy Young Award voting and 20th in MVP consideration.\u00a0 Unfortunately, he wasn’t as successful in the ALCS, giving up 6 runs in 5 innings and earning the loss in Game 3 against the Orioles.<\/p>\n

1984 was another good year for Dotson, as he earned his first All Star Game nod, throwing 2 scoreless innings in the mid-summer classic at Candlestick Park.\u00a0 He finished with a losing record for the disappointing White Sox team, going 14-15 with a 3.59 ERA in a career high 245 2\/3 innings pitched.<\/p>\n

An injury derailed Dotson’s 1985 campaign, as he started only 9 games before undergoing surgery for a career-threatening circulatory problem in his upper chest near the right shoulder.\u00a0 He returned in 1986 and was the only White Sox starter to not miss a turn in the rotation.\u00a0 His results, unfortunately, were not as encouraging as he went 10-17 with a 5.48 ERA.<\/p>\n

Dotson bounced back a little in 1987.\u00a0 He went 11-12 with a 4.17 ERA for a White Sox team that finished with a losing record for the second straight year.\u00a0 Following the season, he was traded, along with Scott Nielson, to the Yankees for Dan Pasqua, Steve Rosenberg, and Mark Salas.<\/p>\n

After being released by the Yankees at the end of June in 1989, Dotson rejoined the White Sox for the last 3 months of a season in which they would lose over 90 games.\u00a0 Appearing in 17 games, Dotson went 3-7 with a respectable 3.88 ERA.\u00a0 At the end of the season, Dotson became a free agent and left the White Sox for good.\u00a0 After retiring, Dotson rejoined the White Sox organization as a coach and has spent the last 10 seasons as pitching coach for the Charlotte Knights, the team’s Triple A affiliate.<\/p>\n

Dotson\u2019s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n

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Career Pitching<\/b><\/caption>\n
Wins<\/span><\/th>\nLosses<\/span><\/th>\nERA<\/span><\/th>\nSaves<\/span><\/th>\nIP<\/span><\/th>\nHits<\/span><\/th>\nRuns<\/span><\/th>\nER<\/span><\/th>\nWalks<\/span><\/th>\nStrike Outs<\/span><\/th>\nHR<\/span><\/th>\nHBP<\/span><\/th>\nAppearances<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
0<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n4.00<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n9<\/span><\/td>\n9<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/span><\/td>\n95<\/span><\/td>\n4.02<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n1606<\/span><\/td>\n1594<\/span><\/td>\n799<\/span><\/td>\n718<\/span><\/td>\n637<\/span><\/td>\n873<\/span><\/td>\n156<\/span><\/td>\n35<\/span><\/td>\n254<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n