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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.7

189

102

ERA

3.34

368

320

2503.0

1468

WHIP

1.352

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-18 / in Starts: 14-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	51 (28-15-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	62 (31-19-11)

Most Driven In
B Dickey	1
F Crosetti	1
L Gehrig	1
T Lazzeri	1
J Saltzgaver	0
G Selkirk	0

Most Driven In By
R Rolfe	2
E Combs	1
J Hill	1
R Ruffing	0

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 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	166	1	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.82	-0.042	2.10	-0.06%	-0.29	P
2	167	5 (3)	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.14	-0.062	2.37	-0.08%	-0.65	P
3	168	12 (6)	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.74	-0.060	2.36	-0.12%	-0.75	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
4	169	14 (1)	May 1	NYY		WSH	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	170	15	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.62	0.041	2.30	0.09%	0.54	P
6	171	20 (4)	May 13	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.81	-0.043	2.49	-0.08%	-0.37	P
7	172	25 (4)	May 18	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.53	-0.050	1.89	-0.11%	-1.09	P
8	173	30 (4)	May 24	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	1.01	-0.050	3.12	-0.09%	-0.39	P
9	174	35 (4)	May 28	NYY		DET	L,3-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.105	.105	.211	9	.58	-0.030	2.36	-0.07%	-0.29	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
10	175	40 (4)	Jun 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	9	.48	0.017	2.27	0.05%	0.11	P
11	176	46 (5)	Jun 8 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	2.02	-0.039	11.03	-0.13%	-0.34	P
12	177	49 (2)	Jun 12 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.107	.107	.107	.214	9	.55	-0.060	2.71	-0.18%	-2.24	P
13	178	54 (4)	Jun 19 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.094	.094	.094	.188	9	.90	-0.038	5.90	-0.15%	-1.00	P
14	179	59 (4)	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.75	0.097	12.35	0.41%	0.87	P
15	180	63 (3)	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.42	-0.047	2.42	-0.16%	-1.22	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
16	181	68 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.114	.114	.227	9	.50	-0.049	3.38	-0.20%	-0.96	P
17	182	70 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.114	.114	.227	9						P
18	183	75 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.128	.128	.255	9	.66	-0.006	4.56	-0.03%	0.04	P
19	184	79 (3)	Jul 19	NYY		SLB	L,6-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.128	.128	.255	9						P
20	185	83 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.28	-0.044	12.22	-0.26%	-0.40	P
21	186	88 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,1-7	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.140	.122	.262	9	.91	-0.012	4.65	-0.04%	-0.17	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
22	187	91 (2)	Aug 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.113	.145	.113	.259	9	.20	0.011	.95	0.03%	-1.18	P
23	188	95 (3)	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.125	.155	.125	.280	9	.65	-0.042	2.97	-0.12%	-0.73	P
24	189	100 (4)	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-8	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.123	.167	.123	.289	9	.91	-0.020	3.49	-0.05%	-0.12	P
25	190	103 (2)	Aug 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.123	.167	.123	.289	9						P
26	191	106 (2)	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.131	.172	.131	.303	9	1.39	-0.108	9.97	-0.47%	-0.71	P
27	192	109 (2)	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.169	.129	.298	9	.74	-0.019	4.26	-0.07%	-0.18	P
28	193	113 (3)	Aug 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.138	.176	.138	.315	9	1.21	-0.028	3.79	-0.05%	-0.48	P
29	194	117 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.169	.132	.301	9	.79	-0.066	1.34	-0.07%	-0.80	P
30	195	123 (5)	Aug 31 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	9	.46	-0.052	.63	-0.04%	-0.97	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
31	196	128 (4)	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.156	.122	.277	9	1.03	-0.053	.47	-0.02%	-0.43	P
32	197	134 (5)	Sep 13	NYY		DET	L,5-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.152	.118	.270	9	1.37	-0.076	1.83	-0.06%	-0.78	P
33	198	140 (5)	Sep 18 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.127	.159	.127	.285	9	1.15	0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
34	199	145 (4)	Sep 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.151	.120	.272	9	.38	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-1.23	P
							16-18		93	83	4	10	0	0	0	4	3	0	15	0	7		1		0	1	.120	.151	.120	.272		.85	-0.957	3.78	-2.09%	-16.28

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