Lefty Gomez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 173lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: November 26, 1908 in Rodeo, CA us

Died: February 17, 1989 in Greenbrae, CA

Buried: Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, CA

High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1930 (Age 21-154d, 7,083rd in major league history)
vs. WSH 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: May 30, 1943 (Age 34-185d)
vs. CHW 4.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1972. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Lefty Gomez's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Vernon Louis Gomez

Nicknames: Goofy

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.7

189

102

ERA

3.34

368

320

2503.0

1468

WHIP

1.352

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-9 / in Starts: 26-5
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 115 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	92 (44-30-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 115 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	76 (38-23-13)

Most Driven In
B Dickey	5
T Lazzeri	2
F Crosetti	2
L Lary	1
A Jorgens	1
S Byrd	1
B Chapman	1
E Combs	0

Most Driven In By
S Byrd	2
J Sewell	2
B Ruth	2
L Gehrig	2
E Combs	1

1932 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1932 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	56	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-6	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.42	0.061	.99	0.09%	-0.18	P
2	57	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-9	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
3	58	6 (3)	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.63	-0.039	1.76	-0.07%	-0.51	P
4	59	11 (4)	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	9	.73	-0.057	2.21	-0.10%	0.10	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	60	15 (3)	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	9	1.45	-0.074	5.77	-0.18%	-0.77	P
6	61	19 (3)	May 10	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	9	1.68	-0.180	5.18	-0.33%	-1.00	P
7	62	23 (3)	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.238	.300	.538	9	.66	-0.031	2.77	-0.08%	0.95	P
8	63	26 (2)	May 19 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-8	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.300	.538	9						P
9	64	28 (1)	May 20	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.200	.250	.450	9	.56	-0.121	2.93	-0.38%	-2.05	P
10	65	33 (4)	May 24	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	9	.56	-0.017	2.92	-0.05%	-0.03	P
11	66	37 (3)	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.212	.200	.412	9	.50	-0.068	2.97	-0.24%	-0.64	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	67	42 (4)	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0		0	0	.118	.189	.176	.366	9	.82	-0.093	4.48	-0.31%	-1.71	P
13	68	43	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,20-13	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.211	.200	.411	9	.38	0.014	2.03	0.04%	0.41	P
14	69	48 (4)	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.190	.179	.370	9	1.00	-0.115	6.06	-0.42%	-1.20	P
15	70	50 (1)	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.186	.175	.361	9	1.98	-0.052	11.84	-0.19%	-0.20	P
16	71	53 (2)	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.213	.205	.417	9	.54	0.013	3.36	0.05%	-0.09	P
17	72	59 (5)	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.200	.191	.391	9	1.14	-0.093	6.08	-0.30%	-0.98	P
18	73	63 (3)	Jun 25	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.185	.176	.362	9	1.21	-0.100	7.95	-0.39%	-1.53	P
19	74	66 (2)	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.193	.185	.378	9	.79	0.011	4.37	0.04%	-0.16	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	75	72 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.158	.200	.193	.393	9						P
21	76	74 (1)	Jul 7	NYY		DET	L,5-8	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.197	.190	.386	9	1.89	-0.049	11.39	-0.18%	-0.18	P
22	77	78 (3)	Jul 10 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,9-10	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.150	.203	.183	.386	9						P
23	78	84 (5)	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.175	.224	.206	.430	9	.73	0.144	4.34	0.51%	1.21	P
24	79	89 (4)	Jul 19	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.211	.194	.405	9	.77	-0.085	2.95	-0.20%	-1.60	P
25	80	94 (4)	Jul 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.213	.197	.411	9	.46	0.064	2.25	0.19%	-0.13	P
26	81	95	Jul 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.213	.197	.411	9						P
27	82	99 (3)	Jul 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.167	.211	.194	.405	9	1.15	-0.044	6.63	-0.15%	-0.55	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	83	104 (4)	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.222	.197	.420	9	.15	-0.012	.56	-0.03%	-0.56	P
29	84	109 (4)	Aug 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0		0	0	.165	.214	.190	.404	9	1.19	-0.127	3.85	-0.25%	-1.77	P
30	85	112 (2)	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	0	0				0	0	.169	.216	.193	.409	9						P
31	86	117 (4)	Aug 19 (2)	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.220	.198	.417	9	.79	-0.035	.99	-0.03%	-0.37	P
32	87	123 (5)	Aug 25	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.213	.191	.404	9	.60	-0.050	.28	-0.01%	-0.68	P
33	88	128 (4)	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.224	.196	.420	9	1.19	0.046	.39	0.01%	0.21	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	89	135 (6)	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.225	.198	.423	9	.60	0.057	.09	0.01%	0.20	P
35	90	141 (5)	Sep 10 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-10	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.180	.226	.200	.426	9	.74	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.60	P
36	91	147 (5)	Sep 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.220	.194	.414	9	.89	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
37	92	153 (5)	Sep 22	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.218	.192	.410	9	2.05	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
							28-9		115	104	9	18	2	0	0	15	6	0	36	0	5		1		0	0	.173	.218	.192	.410		.81	-1.126	3.07	-2.94%	-14.41

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Gomez Pages

Lefty Gomez Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Lefty Gomez Pages at Baseball Reference