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	20-12 / in Starts: 20-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	66 (29-23-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (34-21-11)

Most Driven In
G Selkirk	2
J Gordon	1
B Dickey	1
J Glenn	1
L Gehrig	1
B Knickerbocker	1
M Hoag	0

Most Driven In By
F Crosetti	2
M Hoag	1
R Rolfe	1
T Henrich	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 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	265	2 (1)	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.91	-0.073	2.13	-0.10%	-0.79	P
2	266	6 (3)	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.34	-0.072	3.13	-0.10%	-0.70	P
3	267	11 (4)	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	L,1-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.62	-0.036	4.26	-0.06%	-0.35	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	268	14 (2)	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.83	-0.091	2.47	-0.16%	-0.74	P
5	269	19 (4)	May 7	NYY		DET	W,12-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.24	-0.020	.80	-0.04%	-0.69	P
6	270	22 (2)	May 12	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.50	-0.130	6.32	-0.33%	-1.10	P
7	271	25 (2)	May 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	GS-5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.056	.056	.111	.167	9	1.69	0.238	5.07	0.43%	2.13	P
8	272	28 (2)	May 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.053	.105	.158	9	.37	-0.010	1.63	-0.03%	-0.13	P
9	273	34 (5)	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.091	.091	.136	.227	9	1.42	-0.038	5.06	-0.08%	-0.36	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	274	40 (5)	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.208	.375	9	.67	0.059	2.28	0.12%	0.99	P
11	275	46 (5)	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.250	.464	9	.62	0.099	2.63	0.25%	1.42	P
12	276	51 (4)	Jun 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.194	.226	.419	9	1.18	-0.096	4.72	-0.23%	-0.61	P
13	277	56 (4)	Jun 22 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.206	.382	9	.94	-0.060	4.83	-0.19%	-0.65	P
14	278	62 (5)	Jun 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,10-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		1		0	0	.167	.167	.194	.361	9	.27	0.005	.97	0.01%	-0.61	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
15	279	67 (4)	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,9-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.158	.158	.184	.342	9	.93	-0.083	5.06	-0.27%	-1.26	P
16	280	72 (4)	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.171	.195	.366	9	1.27	-0.049	8.36	-0.20%	-0.31	P
17	281	77 (4)	Jul 15	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.163	.186	.349	9	1.04	-0.061	5.78	-0.21%	-0.84	P
18	282	81 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.174	.178	.352	9	.55	-0.017	3.10	-0.06%	-0.36	P
19	283	87 (5)	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.167	.184	.188	.371	9	1.90	-0.002	10.69	-0.01%	0.06	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
20	284	91 (3)	Aug 2	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.176	.180	.356	9	.90	-0.050	4.96	-0.17%	-0.60	P
21	285	95 (3)	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.151	.167	.170	.336	9	.79	-0.072	6.99	-0.38%	-1.15	P
22	286	99 (3)	Aug 11	NYY		WSH	W,9-6	GS-8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.193	.167	.360	9	.34	0.025	1.67	0.07%	0.56	P
23	287	105 (5)	Aug 16 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,16-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.153	.194	.169	.363	9	.27	-0.034	.76	-0.06%	-0.75	P
24	288	111 (5)	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.197	.161	.358	9	1.07	-0.009	1.31	-0.01%	-1.06	P
25	289	117 (5)	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.200	.167	.367	9	.66	0.036	.53	0.02%	-0.22	P
26	290	124 (6)	Aug 29	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.216	.200	.416	9	.46	0.057	.08	0.01%	0.45	P
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
27	291	129 (4)	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	L,3-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.211	.194	.405	9	.54	-0.030	.04	0.00%	-0.48	P
28	292	134 (4)	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.160	.203	.187	.389	9	.68	-0.056	.07	0.00%	-0.92	P
29	293	140 (5)	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.167	.207	.192	.400	9	.49	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
30	294	146 (5)	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.200	.185	.385	9	1.10	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-1.07	P
31	295	152 (5)	Sep 27	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.193	.179	.372	9	.57	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.95	P
32	296	157 (4)	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.153	.191	.176	.367	9	.91	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
							20-12		98	85	5	13	2	0	0	7	4	0	18	0	9		2		0	0	.153	.191	.176	.367		.85	-0.762	3.00	-1.76%	-12.18

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