Goose Goslin

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: October 16, 1900 in Salem, NJ us

Died: May 15, 1971 in Bridgeton, NJ

Buried: Baptist Cemetery, Salem, NJ

High School: Salem HS (Salem, NJ)

Debut: September 16, 1921 (Age 20-335d, 5,319th in major league history)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1938 (Age 37-344d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1968. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Goose Goslin's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Leon Allen Goslin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

66.0

8656

2735

248

.316

1482

RBI

1612

176

OBP

.387

SLG

.500

OPS

.887

OPS+

128

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

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 18	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	41	8.1	1	0	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 25	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
7	7	Apr 26	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 28	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
9	9	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 30	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13 (2)	May 4	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	14	May 5	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	15	May 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	16	May 7	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	44	11.0	0	1	1	2	0
15	17	May 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	18	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
17	19	May 10	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	20	May 11	DET	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	21	May 12	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	22	May 13	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
21	23	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	24	May 17	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
23	25	May 18	DET		NYY	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	26	May 19	DET		NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	27	May 20	DET		WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	28	May 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	29	May 22	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	30	May 23	DET		PHA	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	31	May 24	DET		PHA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	32	May 25	DET		PHA	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	33	May 26	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	34	May 27	DET		BOS	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	35	May 28	DET		BOS	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	36	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	39	May 31	DET	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	40	Jun 1	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	41	Jun 2	DET	@	CHW	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	42	Jun 3	DET	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	43	Jun 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,20-2	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	44	Jun 5 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	45	Jun 6	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	46	Jun 7	DET		CLE	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	47	Jun 8	DET		CHW	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	48	Jun 9	DET		CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	49	Jun 10	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	50	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	51	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,13-15	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	53	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	54	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	55	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	56	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	57	Jun 20	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10	CG	53	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	58	Jun 21	DET	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	59	Jun 22	DET	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	60	Jun 23 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	61	Jun 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	62	Jun 24	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	63	Jun 25	DET	@	PHA	L,11-13	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	64	Jun 26	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	65	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	66	Jun 30	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	67	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	68	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,12-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
67	69	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	70	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	0	1	2	0
69	71	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	72	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
71	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	74	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	75	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	76	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	77	Jul 11	DET		WSH	W,13-7	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 12	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	79	Jul 13	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	80	Jul 14	DET		NYY	W,12-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	81	Jul 15	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	82	Jul 16	DET		WSH	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	83	Jul 17	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	84	Jul 18	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	85	Jul 20	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
84	86	Jul 21	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	87	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	88	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,17-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	89	Jul 23	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	90	Jul 24	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	91	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	92	Jul 26	DET		BOS	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	93	Jul 28	DET	@	CHW	W,11-1	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	94	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,16-15	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	95	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	96	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	97	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	98	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	99	Aug 2	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	100	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,14-0	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	101	Aug 4	DET		CHW	W,16-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	102	Aug 5	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	103	Aug 7	DET		SLB	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	104	Aug 8	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	105	Aug 9	DET		SLB	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	106	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
105	107	Aug 11	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	108	Aug 12	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	109	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	110	Aug 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	111	Aug 15	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
110	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	114	Aug 18	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
113	115	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	116	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	117	Aug 21	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	118	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	119	Aug 23	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	120	Aug 24	DET	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	121	Aug 25	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
120	122	Aug 26	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	123	Aug 27	DET	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	124	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
123	125	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-13	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	126	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	127	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	128	Sep 2	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	129	Sep 5	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	130	Sep 7 (1)	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
129	131	Sep 7 (2)	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	134 (2)	Sep 9	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	135	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	136	Sep 11	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
133	137	Sep 12	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	138	Sep 13	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	139	Sep 14	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	6	0	1	7	0
136	140	Sep 15	DET		WSH	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	141	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	142	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
139	143	Sep 18	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
140	144	Sep 19	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
141	145	Sep 20	DET		NYY	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
142	146	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	147	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,15-1	CG	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
144	148	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
145	149	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	150	Sep 26 (1)	DET		CHW	W,12-10	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
147	152 (1)	Sep 27	DET		CHW	L,0-11	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	153	Sep 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
149	154	Sep 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,6-2	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
							149gm			250	15	15	280	2