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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,15-9	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
4	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	9	Apr 25	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
6	10	Apr 26	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	13 (2)	Apr 30	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	16 (2)	May 3	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	20 (3)	May 7	PIT		STL	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
10	21	May 8	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
11	22	May 11	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	25 (2)	May 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	27 (1)	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
14	29 (1)	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
15	33 (3)	May 25	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
16	36 (2)	May 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	43	10.2	4	1	0	5	0
17	38 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	41 (2)	Jun 1	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	44	10.2	5	1	0	6	0
19	43 (1)	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
20	45 (1)	Jun 6	PIT		BRO	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
21	46	Jun 8	PIT		NYG	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
22	47	Jun 9	PIT		NYG	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
23	48	Jun 12	PIT		NYG	W,4-2	GF	6	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
24	49	Jun 13	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
25	50	Jun 14	PIT		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	51	Jun 16	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	52	Jun 18	PIT		BSN	W,8-3	GS	13	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
28	57 (4)	Jun 24	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	58	Jun 25	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	61 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	65 (3)	Jul 2	PIT		STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	67 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		STL	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	1
33	73 (5)	Jul 11	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-6	GS	33	7.0	4	1	1	6	0
34	75 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
35	78 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	79	Jul 15	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	81 (1)	Jul 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
38	84 (2)	Jul 20	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	85	Jul 21 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,14-4	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	87 (1)	Jul 23	PIT		CHC	L,3-12	GS	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
41	89 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	94 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,2-17	CG	55	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
43	95	Jul 31	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	98 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	99	Aug 4 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	GF	7	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
46	100	Aug 6	PIT		PHI	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	103 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	104	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	106 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	124 (17)	Sep 1	PIT		STL	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	125	Sep 2	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	47	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
52	126	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	127	Sep 4	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	128	Sep 5	PIT		CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	129	Sep 6	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	19	5.0	3	1	0	4	1
56	130	Sep 7	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	131	Sep 8	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
58	135 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	138 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-13	CG	48	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
60	140 (1)	Sep 18	PIT		BSN	W,12-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
61	143 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,1-8	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	145 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
63	149 (3)	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	152 (2)	Sep 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	153	Oct 6	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	154	Oct 7	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
							66gm		516.0	217	56	7	280	7