Harry Gumbert

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: November 5, 1909 in Elizabeth, PA us

Died: January 4, 1995 in Wimberley, TX

Buried: Wimberley Cemetery, Wimberley, TX

Debut: September 12, 1935 (Age 25-311d, 7,910th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 29, 1950 (Age 40-175d)
vs. CIN 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: Harry Edwards Gumbert

Nicknames: Gunboat

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Relatives: Greatnephew of Ad Gumbert, Billy Gumbert

1942 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

143

113

ERA

3.68

508

235

2156.0

709

WHIP

1.348

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1932	22	NYY-min	B	3	3	.500	3.83	10						47.0	40	24	20		23									1.340	7.7		4.4			BNG NYPL
1933	23	PHA-min	A	12	15	.444	3.51	37						246.0	241	116	96		84									1.321	8.8		3.1			WPT NYPL
1935	25	NYG	NL	1	2	.333	6.08	6	3	0	1	0	0	23.2	35	27	16	1	10	2	11	0	0	0	117	64	4.07	1.901	13.3	0.4	3.8	4.2	1.10
1936	26	NYG	NL	11	3	.786	3.90	39	15	10	3	0	0	140.2	157	77	61	7	54	2	52	2	0	4	621	100	4.42	1.500	10.0	0.4	3.5	3.3	0.96
1937	27	NYG	NL	10	11	.476	3.68	34	24	4	10	1	1	200.1	194	92	82	11	62	8	65	4	0	3	847	105	4.25	1.278	8.7	0.5	2.8	2.9	1.05
1938	28	NYG	NL	15	13	.536	4.01	38	33	1	14	1	0	235.2	238	114	105	13	84	10	84	7	0	2	1015	95	4.21	1.366	9.1	0.5	3.2	3.2	1.00
1939	29	NYG	NL	18	11	.621	4.32	36	34	1	14	2	0	243.2	257	132	117	21	81	9	81	1	1	5	1047	92	4.06	1.387	9.5	0.8	3.0	3.0	1.00
1940	30	NYG	NL	12	14	.462	3.76	35	30	4	14	2	2	237.0	230	110	99	17	81	5	77	3	1	8	1007	104	3.79	1.312	8.7	0.6	3.1	2.9	0.95
1941	31	TOT	NL	12	6	.667	3.06	38	22	11	9	3	1	176.2	173	72	60	10	48	5	62	1	0	4	744	124	3.20	1.251	8.8	0.5	2.4	3.2	1.29
1941	31	NYG	NL	1	1	.500	4.45	5	5	0	1	0	0	32.1	34	20	16	3	18	1	9	0	0	1	148	84	4.65	1.608	9.5	0.8	5.0	2.5	0.50
1941	31	STL	NL	11	5	.688	2.74	33	17	11	8	3	1	144.1	139	52	44	7	30	4	53	1	0	3	596	138	2.87	1.171	8.7	0.4	1.9	3.3	1.77
1942	32	STL	NL	9	5	.643	3.26	38	19	12	5	0	5	163.0	156	67	59	3	59	9	52	1	1	5	695	105	2.78	1.319	8.6	0.2	3.3	2.9	0.88
1943	33	STL	NL	10	5	.667	2.84	21	19	0	7	2	0	133.0	115	46	42	4	32	4	40	0	0	1	525	119	3.17	1.105	7.8	0.3	2.2	2.7	1.25
1944	34	TOT	NL	14	10	.583	3.07	34	26	4	14	2	1	216.2	217	84	74	8	59	5	56	2	0	0	908	115	3.48	1.274	9.0	0.3	2.5	2.3	0.95
1944	34	STL	NL	4	2	.667	2.49	10	7	1	3	0	1	61.1	60	23	17	1	19	0	16	0	0	0	255	144	3.29	1.288	8.8	0.1	2.8	2.3	0.84
1944	34	CIN	NL	10	8	.556	3.30	24	19	3	11	2	0	155.1	157	61	57	7	40	5	40	2	0	0	653	106	3.56	1.268	9.1	0.4	2.3	2.3	1.00

1946	36	CIN	NL	6	8	.429	3.25	36	10	19	5	0	4	119.0	112	48	43	8	42	5	44	1	0	1	504	103	3.80	1.294	8.5	0.6	3.2	3.3	1.05
1947	37	CIN	NL	10	10	.500	3.89	46	0	34	0	0	10	90.1	88	42	39	3	47	13	43	0	0	0	395	107	3.71	1.494	8.8	0.3	4.7	4.3	0.91
1948	38	CIN	NL	10	8	.556	3.47	61	0	46	0	0	17	106.1	123	50	41	4	34	10	25	0	0	2	464	113	3.73	1.476	10.4	0.3	2.9	2.1	0.74
1949	39	TOT	NL	5	7	.417	5.66	45	0	33	0	0	5	68.1	88	48	43	10	26	2	17	1	0	5	317	75	5.10	1.668	11.6	1.3	3.4	2.2	0.65
1949	39	CIN	NL	4	3	.571	5.53	29	0	18	0	0	2	40.2	58	28	25	5	8	0	12	1	0	2	184	77	4.18	1.623	12.8	1.1	1.8	2.7	1.50
1949	39	PIT	NL	1	4	.200	5.86	16	0	15	0	0	3	27.2	30	20	18	5	18	2	5	0	0	3	133	73	6.45	1.735	9.8	1.6	5.9	1.6	0.28
1950	40	CHW-min	AAA	7	12	.368	5.35	40	15		8	0		138.0	160	87	82		34		38	3	7	4				1.406	10.4		2.2	2.5	1.12	SAC PCL
1950	40	PIT	NL	0	0		5.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	11	98	6.18	3.000	16.2	0.0	10.8	0.0	0.00
15 Yrs				143	113	.559	3.68	508	235	179	96	13	46	2156.0	2186	1012	882	120	721	90	709	23	3	40	9217	102	3.80	1.348	9.1	0.5	3.0	3.0	0.98
162 Game Avg.				13	10	.559	3.68	46	22	16	9	1	4	197	200	93	81	11	66	8	65	2	0	4	844	102	3.80	1.348	9.1	0.5	3.0	3.0	0.98
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYG (7 yrs)				68	55	.553	4.01	193	144	20	57	6	3	1113.1	1145	572	496	73	390	37	379	17	2	23	4802	97	4.13	1.379	9.3	0.6	3.2	3.1	0.97
CIN (5 yrs)				40	37	.519	3.61	196	29	120	16	2	33	511.2	538	229	205	27	171	33	164	4	0	5	2200	104	3.73	1.386	9.5	0.5	3.0	2.9	0.96
STL (4 yrs)				34	17	.667	2.91	102	62	24	23	5	7	501.2	470	188	162	15	140	17	161	2	1	9	2071	122	2.97	1.216	8.4	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.15
PIT (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	5.83	17	0	15	0	0	3	29.1	33	23	19	5	20	3	5	0	0	3	144	74	6.44	1.807	10.1	1.5	6.1	1.5	0.25

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