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)
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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: 18-5 / in Starts: 18-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	332	4	Apr 17	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	4	4	5	7	1	0	4.00	4.34	38	5	14	0	3	7	59			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.48	0.128	1.12	0.18%	0.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
2	333	10	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG(11)	W(2-0)	5	11.0	11	2	2	8	7	0	0	2.70	3.98	49	7	16	1	0	11	66			1	1	0	41	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.89	0.736	5.51	1.29%	3.80	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
3	334	15	Apr 29	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-1)	5	8.0	3	3	3	8	4	1	0	2.89	4.68	33	6	12	1	0	3	60			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.049	3.74	-0.10%	1.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
4	335	21	May 5	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-3	L(2-2)	5	3.0	5	5	5	4	2	0	0	4.06	4.75	18	3	5	1	0	4	27			0	0	0	13	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	-0.243	4.32	-0.47%	-3.24	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
5	336	26	May 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-3	L(2-3)	6	3.0	5	8	6	6	2	1	0	5.29	5.37	21	4	4	0	0	5	17			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.436	2.10	-0.90%	-6.37	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
6	337	32	May 18	NYY		SLB	W,12-2	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	6	2	2	5	5	1	0	4.60	5.25	38	8	14	1	1	6	67			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.041	.91	0.05%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
7	338	38	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	GS-7		5	6.1	9	6	6	5	2	0	0	5.11	5.15	33	4	13	0	0	9	28			0	1	0	28	1	2	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.355	2.43	-0.53%	-2.86	1t start tie	7t 1-- 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
8	339	46	Jun 1(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-9	W(4-3)	7	8.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	0	4.87	4.88	31	5	15	1	6	6	63			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.255	4.30	0.65%	1.12	1b start tie	9b --3 0 out a3
9	340	50	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	GS-5		5	4.1	4	4	2	7	1	0	0	4.82	5.04	26	5	9	1	0	4	37			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.38	-0.170	4.01	-0.30%	-2.22	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out a2
10	341	57	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	GS-7		8	7.0	10	4	3	4	2	1	0	4.72	5.11	33	8	10	1	4	9	41			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.126	7.99	-0.47%	-0.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
11	342	64	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,9-1	CG	W(5-3)	7	9.0	5	1	1	6	4	0	0	4.29	4.97	37	10	12	1	0	5	71			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.67	0.326	2.96	0.86%	3.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
12	343	73	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	GS-6	W(6-3)	7	5.1	5	3	2	2	2	0	0	4.23	4.86	23	9	5	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.245	5.17	0.92%	0.22	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a6
13	344	77	Jul 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,1-0	SHO(5)	W(7-3)	7	5.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.99	4.78	20	4	9	1	0	4	56			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.312	6.95	0.98%	2.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
14	345	85	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-9	W(8-3)	6	8.0	6	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.94	4.74	33	8	11	1	1	6	60			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	0.252	7.64	0.96%	2.05	1b start a 1	9b 12- 0 out a3
15	346	92	Jul 24	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	GS-8	W(9-3)	6	7.1	7	1	1	4	7	1	0	3.75	4.71	33	7	8	1	3	7	63			1	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	0.349	3.93	0.62%	2.67	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a3
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
16	347	100	Aug 1	NYY		SLB	W,9-0	SHO	W(10-3)	7	9.0	5	0	0	11	4	0	0	3.45	4.78	42	3	19	2	3	5	70			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.47	0.184	.29	0.07%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
17	348	108	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-7	L(10-4)	5	6.0	11	9	5	1	5	1	0	3.65	4.73	32	5	10	1	0	11	26			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.45	-0.460	.87	-0.17%	-5.24	1b start a 2	7b -23 0 out d3
18	349	121	Aug 17(2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(11-4)	9	9.0	7	3	3	8	4	0	0	3.60	4.71	40	8	13	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.370	.04	0.01%	1.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
19	350	127	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-2	GS-9	W(12-4)	5	8.0	6	2	1	4	0	0	1	3.46	4.71	34	12	12	1	1	5	60			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	3	0	2	.95	0.133	.03	0.00%	1.20	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out a6
20	351	134	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS-7	W(13-4)	7	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.41	4.71	24	4	15	0	1	5	59			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.192	.00	0.00%	1.54	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
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
21	352	140	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	GS-6	W(14-4)	6	5.0	9	5	5	6	2	0	0	3.60	4.74	30	3	10	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.032	.00	0.00%	-2.21	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a5
22	353	147	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	GS-9	W(15-4)	7	8.1	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.53	4.64	36	12	8	0	0	9	58			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.142	.00	0.00%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a2
23	354	155	Sep 27	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	GS-1	L(15-5)	11	0.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.74	4.64	8	0	1	0	0	5	26			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.329	.00	0.00%	-4.09	1t start tie	1t -23 2 out d4
							18-5		W-L:15-5	6.2	156.1	151	76	65	103	76	10	1	3.74	4.64	712	0.57		4%	6%	147	50		---%	8	2	0	604	20	7	3	17	0	14	1.06	1.529	2.77	3.65%	5.03

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