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: 26-12 / in Starts: 18-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 9

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 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	16	6	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	4-7		99	3.2	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	2.05	13	2	3	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.221	2.19	0.33%	2.62	4t --3 1 out d4	7t 3 out d1
2	17	10	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	5	7	0	0	2.53	2.86	32	8	5	0	1	7	53			1	0	1	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.030	4.89	0.07%	0.80	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d1
3	18	13	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	T,7-7	9-GF(14)	BS(1)	2	5.2	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.20	3.20	24	8	2	0	0	6		1	1	0	2	0	19	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.86	0.402	8.88	0.75%	1.66	9b -2- 1 out a2	14b end tie
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	19	18	May 4	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	5	5.1	8	7	7	2	4	0	0	4.57	3.09	28	4	10	1	5	8	26			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.474	3.63	-0.85%	-4.17	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d3
5	20	22	May 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	7-GF	W(1-1)	8	3.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.01	3.06	13	5	2	1	1	3		0	0	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	0.483	10.44	1.02%	1.78	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
6	21	25	May 16	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	6-GF(6)		2	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.01	3.18	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.052	2.74	-0.12%	-1.03	6b --- 0 out d2	6b end d 2
7	22	29	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-6	5-9	W(2-1)	4	4.1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.41	3.07	16	7	2	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	0.306	6.51	0.67%	2.29	5b 12- 0 out d1	9b -2- 1 out a1
8	23	34	May 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.08	3.40	35	12	13	0	6	7	66			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.347	3.30	0.94%	3.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
9	24	38	May 30(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-8	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.1	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.43	3.37	8	0	2	1	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	0.114	11.82	0.21%	-1.59	8b 123 2 out a3	9b end a 1
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
10	25	40	Jun 2	NYY		SLB	W,9-2	CG	W(4-1)	2	9.0	9	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.17	3.43	38	6	18	2	6	9	60			2	0	1	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.189	2.57	0.31%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
11	26	45	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.83	3.40	35	6	16	5	0	6	72			2	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.320	2.06	0.39%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	27	49	Jun 14	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	L(5-2)	6	10.0	10	4	3	0	8	0	0	2.81	3.12	39						66						37	1	1			0
13	28	54	Jun 21(2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	GS-	L(5-3)	6	2.1	5	6	6	2	1	1	0	3.49	3.37	14						22						12					0
14	29	55	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	7-GF(8)		0	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.41	3.38	7	4	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.019	.13	-0.01%	0.20	7b 1-- 1 out d3	8b end d 4
15	30	56	Jun 23(1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.36	3.41	4	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	0.193	2.15	0.08%	0.55	9b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
16	31	59	Jun 25(1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-9	GS-5		1	4.1	9	7	4	2	2	0	0	3.64	3.42	25	7	6	3	1	8	23			0	1	0	22	1	2	0	0	0	2	1.37	-0.494	1.54	-0.33%	-3.85	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 1 out d1
17	32	63	Jun 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-5	8-8	W(6-3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.59	3.39	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.040	.53	0.03%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
18	33	65	Jun 29(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-4)	0	7.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	1	3.72	3.46	28	7	11	2	3	6	48			1	1	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.89	-0.011	.76	-0.01%	0.24	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
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	34	69	Jul 4(1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	2	1	1	4	5	1	0	3.46	3.59	34	9	14	0	2	2	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	.60	0.279	.72	0.20%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	35	74	Jul 9	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	9	4	4	4	6	0	0	3.51	3.55	40	9	12	1	5	9	55			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	.74	0.238	1.19	0.23%	0.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	36	79	Jul 14(2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	GS-8	L(8-5)	4	8.0	9	4	4	3	4	1	1	3.58	3.67	36	7	12	0	1	9	49			0	1	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.062	1.23	-0.04%	0.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
22	37	84	Jul 19(2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.46	3.55	34						71						31	1	1			0
23	38	89	Jul 24	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	12	5	3	1	6	1	1	3.43	3.57	41	10	11	0	2	12	52			0	0	0	39	1	0	1	0	0	1	.95	-0.191	.23	-0.03%	-0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
24	39	95	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,12-14	8-8	BL(10-6)	3	0.1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	3.57	4	0	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.537	.40	-0.07%	-2.41	8t --3 1 out a2	8t --3 2 out d1
25	40	97	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(11-6)	2	9.0	5	1	1	6	9	0	0	3.26	3.54	37	7	10	1	3	5	76			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.425	.11	0.02%	3.88	1b start tie	9b 3 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
26	41	101	Aug 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.23	3.52	5	2	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	0.121	.27	0.01%	-1.66	8b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 1
27	42	104	Aug 6	NYY		PHA	W,5-3	GS-9	W(12-6)	2	8.0	6	3	2	1	5	0	0	3.18	3.46	32	8	12	2	1	6	64			0	0	0	31	3	1	0	0	0	1	.69	0.114	.10	0.01%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
28	43	107	Aug 12(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-1	CG	W(13-6)	5	9.0	9	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.05	3.43	37	8	12	0	6	9	67			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	3	0	1	.22	0.122	.02	0.01%	4.45	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a17
29	44	111	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5		W(14-6)	2	7.2	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.96	3.48	27												24					0
30	45	114	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF(11)	BL(14-7)	2	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.98	3.50	11	6	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	-0.214	.03	0.00%	-0.33	9b -2- 0 out a1	11b end d 1
31	46	116	Aug 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(15-7)	1	9.0	5	3	2	2	8	0	0	2.93	3.42	35	11	9	0	1	5	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.494	.00	0.00%	2.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	47	121	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	7	5	5	6	1	0	0	3.03	3.50	38	17	8	2	2	6	48			2	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.55	0.146	.01	0.00%	-0.12	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
33	48	125	Aug 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-7	GS-3	L(16-8)	4	2.0	3	5	4	4	2	0	0	3.19	3.53	14	1	4	0	2	3	30			1	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-4.70	1b start tie	3b --3 0 out d5
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
34	49	128	Sep 1(1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	W(17-8)	2	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.18	3.52	35	16	8	2	2	6	62			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	1	.81	0.071	.00	0.00%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
35	50	132	Sep 5(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	SHO	W(18-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.04	3.48	35	14	9	2	2	3	80			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	2	.64	0.288	.00	0.00%	5.24	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
36	51	139	Sep 12(2)	NYY		CHW	T,13-13	10-GF(10)		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.02	3.46	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.147	.00	0.00%	0.55	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
37	52	140	Sep 13(1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(19-8)	0	12.0	8	1	1	3	10	1	1	2.90	3.47	45						89						41	1	0			0
38	53	145	Sep 17(2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(20-8)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	1	2.82	3.43	33	6	14	0	6	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.62	0.357	.00	0.00%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
39	54	151	Sep 23	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	GS-7	L(20-9)	5	7.0	6	3	1	1	5	0	0	2.78	3.39	27	9	8	0	2	4	61			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.049	.00	0.00%	0.84	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
40	55	153	Sep 26(1)	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(21-9)	2	9.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.75	3.37	34	10	11	0	2	6	68			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.81	0.224	.00	0.00%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
							26-12		W-L:21-9,Sv:3,BSv:3	3.1	242.1	206	88	74	84	151	7	5	2.75	3.37	1001	0.92		6%	13%	164	59	15	67%	10	11	2	899	39	15	4	13	0	15	1.12	3.292	1.60	3.82%	33.57

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