Johnny Gooch

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: November 9, 1897 in Smyrna, TN us

Died: May 15, 1975 in Nashville, TN

Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN

High School: Wallace University School (Nashville, TN)

Debut: September 9, 1921 (Age 23-304d, 5,303rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 12, 1933 (Age 35-307d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: John Beverley Gooch

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1925 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

2363

662

.280

227

RBI

293

OBP

.342

SLG

.355

OPS

.697

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	49-30 / in Starts: 38-18
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	71 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 237 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	185 (91-51-43)
Avg. MLBer w/ 237 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	161 (80-50-30)

Most Driven In
P Traynor	9
G Wright	8
G Grantham	7
S McInnis	2
E Moore	1
C Bigbee	1
A Niehaus	1
C Barnhart	1

Most Driven In By
M Carey	10
E Moore	4
C Bigbee	3
E Yde	3
J Rawlings	1
R Kremer	1
F Thompson	1
J Morrison	1

1925 Batting Game Log

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1925 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	255	3 (2)	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.40	-0.009	1.05	-0.01%	-0.39	C
2	256	4	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	8	.91	0.067	2.16	0.10%	1.05	C
3	257	5	Apr 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-12	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	8						C
4	258	6	Apr 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	8	.18	-0.005	.40	-0.01%	-0.25	C
5	259	7	Apr 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	8	.63	-0.038	1.22	-0.04%	-0.61	C
6	260	9 (1)	Apr 23	PIT		CHC	L,9-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	8	1.08	-0.101	2.26	-0.13%	-0.61	C
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
7	261	16 (6)	May 7	PIT		STL	L,9-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	8						C
8	262	17	May 8	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-15	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.375	.400	.775	8	.04	0.000	.07	0.00%	-0.06	C
9	263	18	May 9	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.421	.444	.865	8	1.28	0.019	2.00	0.02%	0.14	C
10	264	19	May 12 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.348	.364	.711	8	.77	-0.088	1.41	-0.10%	-1.17	C
11	265	22 (2)	May 14	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.348	.364	.711	8						C
12	266	23	May 16	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.393	.385	.777	8	1.14	0.072	2.40	0.09%	0.67	C
13	267	24	May 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.364	.355	.718	8	.82	-0.045	1.98	-0.07%	-0.76	C
14	268	25	May 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-12	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.351	.400	.751	8	.74	-0.104	1.96	-0.16%	-0.20	C
15	269	28 (2)	May 21	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.342	.389	.731	9	6.06	-0.143	17.32	-0.25%	-0.50	PH
16	270	30 (1)	May 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	8	.50	-0.088	1.48	-0.16%	-0.62	C
17	271	35 (4)	May 29	PIT		STL	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.349	.375	.724	9	1.85	-0.077	5.06	-0.13%	-0.60	PH
18	272	36	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.383	.395	.778	8	1.11	0.112	3.32	0.20%	0.77	C
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
19	273	40 (3)	Jun 4	PIT		PHI	W,16-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.375	.386	.761	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
20	274	41	Jun 5	PIT		PHI	L,5-6	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.367	.378	.745	8	4.95	-0.125	15.81	-0.24%	-0.34	C
21	275	42	Jun 6	PIT		PHI	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.358	.367	.726	8	.79	0.016	2.25	0.03%	-0.63	C
22	276	44 (1)	Jun 9	PIT		BSN	L,4-7	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.345	.353	.698	8	1.46	-0.079	4.37	-0.14%	-0.56	C
23	277	45	Jun 10	PIT		BSN	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.339	.346	.685	9	1.49	-0.040	4.15	-0.07%	-0.61	PH
24	278	46	Jun 11	PIT		BSN	W,11-3	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.350	.375	.725	8	.71	0.043	1.73	0.06%	1.26	C
25	279	49 (2)	Jun 15	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.361	.386	.747	8	.09	0.004	.44	0.01%	0.29	C
26	280	51 (1)	Jun 17	PIT		BRO	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.354	.367	.721	8	.78	0.051	3.54	0.14%	0.28	C
27	281	52	Jun 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.343	.355	.698	9	1.58	-0.078	7.88	-0.24%	-0.68	PH C
28	282	54 (1)	Jun 20	PIT		BRO	W,21-5	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.348	.359	.707	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.27	C
29	283	56 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.342	.353	.695	8	.29	-0.006	1.41	-0.02%	-0.51	C
30	284	60 (3)	Jun 27 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.342	.352	.694	8	1.11	-0.009	5.84	-0.03%	-0.14	C
31	285	62 (1)	Jun 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.307	.350	.360	.710	8	.90	0.060	4.99	0.20%	0.68	C
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
32	286	65 (2)	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	4-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.349	.359	.708	8	1.37	-0.049	7.26	-0.15%	-1.03	C
33	287	66	Jul 2	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.360	.375	.735	8	.94	-0.027	5.08	-0.09%	-0.33	C
34	288	67	Jul 3	PIT		CIN	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.348	.361	.710	8	.30	-0.025	1.62	-0.08%	-0.87	C
35	289	68	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.355	.353	.708	8	1.02	0.007	5.62	0.02%	0.03	C
36	290	69	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.361	.352	.713	8	.43	0.004	2.36	0.01%	-0.27	C
37	291	70	Jul 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.347	.337	.683	8	.63	-0.106	3.44	-0.35%	-1.82	C
38	292	72 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,12-3	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.358	.344	.702	8	.56	0.115	5.22	0.64%	1.85	C
39	293	74 (1)	Jul 11	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.369	.360	.729	8	.87	0.029	5.34	0.11%	1.14	C
40	294	75	Jul 12	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.374	.379	.753	8	1.67	0.055	9.75	0.19%	0.29	C
41	295	76	Jul 13	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-2	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.374	.379	.753	8	1.47	0.028	8.94	0.10%	0.01	C
42	296	77	Jul 14	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.358	.361	.719	8	.69	-0.090	4.12	-0.32%	-1.99	C
43	297	78	Jul 15	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.366	.369	.735	8	1.52	0.035	8.21	0.12%	0.54	C
44	298	79	Jul 16	PIT	@	BSN	L,8-9	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.366	.369	.735	8						C
45	299	80	Jul 17	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-3	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.363	.366	.729	8	.08	-0.002	.44	-0.01%	-0.30	C
46	300	81	Jul 18 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.367	.379	.746	8	.58	0.117	3.17	0.38%	1.47	C
47	301	83 (1)	Jul 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.367	.379	.746	8						C
48	302	85 (1)	Jul 23	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.362	.373	.734	8	1.15	-0.062	6.97	-0.22%	-0.48	C
49	303	86	Jul 24	PIT		STL	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.358	.369	.727	8	.57	-0.066	3.28	-0.23%	-1.01	C
50	304	89 (2)	Jul 27	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.356	.366	.721	8	2.36	-0.064	13.43	-0.22%	-0.28	C
51	305	91 (1)	Jul 29	PIT		BSN	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.360	.386	.746	8	.56	0.084	3.06	0.28%	0.65	C
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
52	306	93 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.371	.405	.775	8	2.03	0.108	12.09	0.39%	1.77	C
53	307	95 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.370	.403	.773	8	.93	-0.057	5.85	-0.21%	-0.28	C
54	308	99 (3)	Aug 7	PIT		BRO	W,10-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.369	.401	.771	8	1.18	-0.018	7.41	-0.07%	-0.07	C
55	309	100	Aug 8 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,12-8	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.359	.390	.750	8	2.25	-0.036	13.95	-0.13%	-0.75	C
56	310	103 (2)	Aug 11	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.369	.396	.765	8	.63	0.016	6.40	0.10%	0.21	C
57	311	104	Aug 12	PIT		NYG	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.360	.385	.745	8	.52	-0.057	4.92	-0.32%	-1.54	C
58	312	106 (1)	Aug 14	PIT		CIN	W,14-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.364	.391	.754	8	.41	0.044	2.56	0.17%	0.75	C
59	313	107	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.364	.391	.754	8						C
60	314	109 (1)	Aug 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.303	.361	.387	.748	8	.49	0.091	3.08	0.35%	0.46	C
61	315	110	Aug 19	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.364	.390	.754	8	.93	0.061	5.83	0.23%	0.75	C
62	316	112 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.365	.390	.755	8	.70	0.044	8.01	0.31%	0.16	C
63	317	115 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.357	.381	.738	8	1.44	-0.117	13.92	-0.68%	-1.00	C
64	318	116	Aug 24	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.298	.355	.374	.729	8	.66	-0.035	4.90	-0.16%	0.30	C
65	319	117	Aug 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.353	.377	.730	8	1.61	0.002	5.17	0.00%	0.62	C
66	320	122 (4)	Aug 29 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.356	.380	.736	8	.35	0.090	.53	0.08%	1.21	C
Sep/Oct		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
67	321	125 (2)	Sep 2	PIT		CIN	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.359	.379	.738	8	.84	0.048	.53	0.02%	0.50	C
68	322	127 (1)	Sep 4	PIT		STL	L,3-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.358	.378	.737	8	1.23	-0.062	.31	-0.01%	-0.55	C
69	323	130 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.366	.383	.749	8	.57	0.082	.14	0.01%	0.59	C
70	324	132 (1)	Sep 8	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.359	.375	.734	8	2.13	-0.311	.54	-0.05%	-2.47	C
71	325	135 (2)	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.358	.371	.730	8	1.31	-0.006	.29	0.00%	-0.27	C
72	326	141 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.361	.371	.732	8	.48	0.050	.17	0.01%	0.58	C
73	327	143 (1)	Sep 18	PIT		BSN	W,9-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.361	.371	.732	8						C
74	328	145 (1)	Sep 21	PIT		PHI	W,9-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.359	.378	.737	8	.96	0.016	.03	0.00%	-0.04	C
75	329	146	Sep 22	PIT		PHI	W,14-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.364	.380	.745	8	.54	-0.025	.00	0.00%	0.88	C
76	330	147	Sep 23	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.364	.380	.744	8	.82	0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.02	C
77	331	148	Sep 24	PIT		NYG	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.364	.379	.743	8	1.06	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.16	C
78	332	150 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.359	.374	.733	8	.97	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.66	C
79	333	152 (1)	Oct 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.357	.372	.730	8	.73	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.32	C
							49-30		237	215	24	64	8	4	0	30	20	6	16	0	0		2		1	0	.298	.357	.372	.730		.93	-0.735	3.83	-0.72%	-5.81

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