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: 16-10 / in Starts: 16-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	297	2	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.00	1.82	36	13	9	1	2	8	61			0	1	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.179	2.69	0.29%	1.88	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
2	298	7	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	L(1-1)	7	8.0	9	3	2	0	4	0	1	2.65	1.89	33	16	4	0	0	8	58			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	2	0	1	.85	0.082	3.13	0.18%	1.67	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
3	299	12	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(1-2)	5	10.1	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.30	2.26	39	14	13	0	7	6	73			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.371	5.35	0.80%	2.80	1b start tie	11b -23 1 out d1
4	300	17	May 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-1	GS-1		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	2.27	1	1	0	0	0	0	51			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.020	3.07	0.05%	0.28	1b start a 4	1b --- 1 out a4
5	301	26	May 21	NYY		CLE	W,12-6	GS-7		10	6.1	10	6	6	3	7	0	0	3.44	2.18	31	4	7	0	1	10	33			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.218	6.16	-0.69%	-1.92	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out a1
6	302	31	May 27(1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-2	CG	W(2-2)	5	9.0	6	2	1	5	5	0	0	2.93	2.38	39	10	13	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	1	2	.54	0.124	2.66	0.37%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
7	303	37	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.94	2.54	38	9	15	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.367	3.19	1.12%	2.14	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
8	304	43	Jun 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-7	W(4-2)	5	7.0	7	2	2	4	2	0	0	2.90	2.68	30	9	8	1	0	7	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.21	0.244	6.02	0.73%	2.25	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
9	305	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-2)	7	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.51	2.67	31	7	15	2	3	4	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.798	5.49	1.85%	5.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	306	54	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	W,9-8	GS-5		5	5.0	10	6	6	2	0	0	0	3.08	2.74	25	8	5	1	1	10	21			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.245	2.36	-0.41%	-3.08	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
11	307	61	Jun 28(2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	SHO	W(6-2)	6	9.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.74	2.71	31	7	18	0	3	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.175	.62	0.19%	5.14	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a10
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	308	66	Jul 2(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(6-3)	3	8.0	8	7	7	6	4	2	1	3.20	3.14	37	12	6	0	0	8	36			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.318	2.61	-0.39%	-2.10	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
13	309	74	Jul 9(1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	GS-6		6	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.19	3.07	25	9	5	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.151	5.04	0.41%	1.50	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
14	310	79	Jul 16(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(7-3)	6	9.0	7	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.09	3.05	36	7	13	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.07	0.348	3.96	0.78%	3.14	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
15	311	86	Jul 23(1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS-3	L(7-4)	6	2.2	8	7	7	4	1	0	0	3.59	3.13	19	3	3	0	0	8	11			2	1	0	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.548	3.41	-0.83%	-5.74	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 2 out d3
16	312	91	Jul 30(1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	W(8-4)	6	8.0	5	3	2	4	4	0	1	3.50	3.15	34	10	10	1	0	5	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	.93	0.088	1.59	0.09%	1.82	1t start tie	9t 123 0 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
17	313	98	Aug 6(1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	L(8-5)	6	9.0	5	5	5	6	5	2	0	3.61	3.39	37	11	10	0	0	5	56			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.054	1.61	-0.05%	0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
18	314	103	Aug 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-5	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	7.0	11	5	5	2	5	1	0	3.76	3.41	32	5	9	0	0	11	38			0	0	1	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.029	3.12	0.06%	-1.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
19	315	107	Aug 15	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(10-5)	3	10.0	3	2	1	2	5	1	0	3.56	3.42	33	8	15	0	0	3	83			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.30	0.579	3.61	0.97%	3.84	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
20	316	111	Aug 20(1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	GS-6	L(10-6)	4	5.0	4	5	5	3	5	2	0	3.74	3.56	21	3	6	0	0	4	41			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.261	1.44	-0.29%	-2.08	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d3
21	317	118	Aug 25(2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	3	2	2	8	6	0	0	3.64	3.58	37	6	14	1	0	3	71			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.193	.29	0.10%	3.41	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a6
22	318	123	Aug 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.1	6	3	3	5	7	1	0	3.62	3.62	36	8	10	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.89	-0.279	.23	-0.02%	0.49	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out tie
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
23	319	130	Sep 6	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(12-6)	6	9.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.49	3.56	35	10	14	2	2	3	73			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.661	.02	0.01%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	320	136	Sep 12	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(12-7)	5	10.0	13	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.49	3.59	47	9	16	0	0	13	51			0	0	0	41	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	-0.079	.00	0.00%	1.84	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
25	321	142	Sep 17(2)	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	CG	L(12-8)	4	9.0	9	3	2	4	8	1	0	3.42	3.59	40	6	13	0	0	9	63			1	0	1	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.071	.00	0.00%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
26	322	148	Sep 24	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS-7		6	6.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.41	3.58	28	6	10	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.24	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
							16-10		W-L:12-8	5.0	198.0	173	80	75	84	104	11	3	3.41	3.58	831	0.81		2%	4%	168	56		---%	5	7	2	735	27	4	3	19	2	9	1.06	2.479	2.48	5.30%	31.77

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