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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Team Record in Appearances: 19-16 / in Starts: 17-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 3

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	93	1	Apr 13	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	12	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.00	3.01	41	12	12	1	1	10	52			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.363	3.66	0.56%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	94	5	Apr 18	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	3	1	0	3	8	0	0	1.50	2.57	33	9	11	2	0	2	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.630	4.17	1.23%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	95	8	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.35	2.68	21	12	4	2	1	3	43			0	1	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.130	5.26	-0.32%	-0.27	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
4	96	13	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	GS-5	L(2-1)	5	4.2	7	6	5	4	4	0	0	3.58	2.86	25	5	6	0	0	6	28			0	1	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	-0.409	5.72	-0.98%	-3.89	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	97	17	May 4	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	2	2	2	7	5	1	0	3.19	3.53	36	9	15	3	1	0	73			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.465	3.61	1.13%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	98	22	May 10	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-10	GS-2	L(3-2)	5	1.1	6	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.50	3.69	12	3	0	0	0	5	16			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.357	4.93	-0.95%	-5.91	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d6
7	99	25	May 17	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(4-2)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.83	3.50	34	9	13	0	0	6	73			0	1	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	.98	0.447	3.80	1.04%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	100	30	May 22	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.21	3.53	37	9	13	3	1	6	74			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.596	5.89	1.65%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	101	34	May 28(1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	9	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.91	3.49	34	8	12	0	3	9	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.632	8.42	1.94%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	102	37	May 31(1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,7-12	8-8	L(6-3)	2	0.1	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.89	3.53	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.54	-0.368	14.77	-1.28%	-3.68	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-3 1 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	103	39	Jun 2	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	GS-8	W(7-3)	1	8.0	8	4	2	5	13	2	0	2.82	3.66	37	8	3	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.174	8.24	-0.61%	0.20	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
12	104	45	Jun 8	NYY	@	PHA	L,10-14	GS-5		5	4.0	11	8	8	0	4	3	0	3.61	4.03	23	6	5	1	0	8	12			0	0	0	23	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.463	5.87	-1.62%	-5.77	1b start a 2	5b --- 0 out d5
13	105	48	Jun 10(2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	6-GF	BL(7-4)	1	3.1	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.68	3.97	14	3	5	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	-0.426	15.61	-1.55%	-0.34	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
14	106	52	Jun 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-13	GS-6		3	6.0	8	5	4	3	4	2	0	3.84	4.20	28	5	10	1	2	6	39			0	0	1	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.176	2.97	-0.55%	-1.59	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
15	107	57	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-5	L(7-5)	4	4.1	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.05	4.18	21	6	7	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	20	1	2	0	2	0	0	1.11	-0.272	6.52	-0.96%	-2.81	1b start a 1	5b -23 1 out d3
16	108	63	Jun 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	7	4	0	2	7	1	0	3.69	4.11	38	10	13	4	3	6	70			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	2	.95	0.246	4.83	0.75%	1.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
17	109	66	Jun 27	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.87	4.24	12	2	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.210	5.70	0.63%	-1.06	7b 123 2 out a1	9b end a 1
18	110	68	Jun 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	W(9-5)	1	9.0	12	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.80	4.16	42	10	14	2	0	12	51			0	0	0	39	2	1	1	1	0	1	.87	0.286	4.47	0.88%	2.27	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	111	72	Jul 4(1)	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	GS-10	L(9-6)	4	9.1	10	6	4	1	11	0	0	3.80	3.90	40	5	15	2	4	8	58			0	1	0	39	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.73	-0.330	16.43	-1.88%	-1.30	1t start tie	10t 1-- 1 out d1
20	112	76	Jul 9(1)	NYY		DET	W,11-7	GS-		4	3.0	7	6	6	3	3	0	0	4.15	3.90	19						21						16					0
21	113	79	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.16	3.88	7	2	1	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.337	12.33	0.94%	1.13	8t 123 1 out a2	9t end a 1
22	114	81	Jul 13	NYY		SLB	W,12-0	SHO	W(10-6)	1	9.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.89	3.82	35	5	19	3	1	4	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.143	1.71	0.43%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
23	115	86	Jul 20	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	L(10-7)	6	8.0	6	3	2	3	7	0	0	3.79	3.74	32	5	11	0	0	6	64			0	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.007	5.05	-0.02%	1.20	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
24	116	91	Jul 26(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-7)	5	9.0	5	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.57	3.66	36	7	15	0	0	2	81			1	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.52	0.726	8.22	2.36%	5.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
25	117	96	Jul 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-9	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	8.0	9	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.67	3.78	33	13	10	2	0	7	45			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.46	-0.106	5.25	-0.73%	-0.62	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	118	99	Aug 5	NYY		PHA	L,3-8	GS-8	L(12-8)	4	7.2	4	5	2	9	3	0	0	3.61	3.87	37	9	12	0	0	4	51			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	-0.042	8.79	-0.14%	0.68	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out tie
27	119	104	Aug 9	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	GS-8	L(12-9)	3	8.0	7	4	2	2	7	0	0	3.55	3.78	33	6	11	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	29	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.097	14.73	-0.70%	0.20	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
28	120	105	Aug 12(1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,9-11	8-8	BS(2)	2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.78	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	-0.236	17.17	-0.71%	-0.85	8b -2- 1 out a1	8b 1-- 1 out tie
29	121	110	Aug 17	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-9		4	8.2	9	6	6	5	6	2	0	3.72	3.89	40	9	12	1	0	8	43			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.336	4.42	-0.60%	-1.21	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out tie
30	122	116	Aug 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	4	3	2	6	10	0	0	3.64	3.84	36	9	8	1	1	3	73			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.76	0.281	2.44	0.24%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
31	123	121	Aug 27(1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.0	8	3	3	8	6	0	0	3.63	3.86	39	10	7	0	2	8	52			2	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.67	0.211	2.79	0.21%	2.11	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	124	128	Sep 5(1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-6	GS-7	L(13-10)	8	7.0	6	4	3	3	5	1	0	3.64	3.88	29	8	7	0	0	6	53			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.050	.74	-0.03%	-0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
33	125	134	Sep 10(1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	7	1	0	3	2	0	0	3.49	3.87	39						70						36	1	0			0
34	126	139	Sep 17(2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(15-10)	6	9.0	3	1	1	2	13	0	0	3.39	3.74	32	8	6	0	3	3	88			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.405	.02	0.01%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
35	127	147	Sep 27(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-0	SHO	W(16-10)	9	9.0	7	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.26	3.73	38	9	15	2	4	7	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.511	.00	0.00%	5.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
							19-16		W-L:16-10,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.9	234.2	218	110	85	105	164	16	0	3.26	3.73	1020	0.80		6%	5%	176	56	7	14%	4	8	2	903	35	11	3	11	0	14	1.24	2.510	5.67	0.36%	21.21

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