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: 22-12 / in Starts: 22-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	231	1	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	9	3	2	3	6	1	0	2.25	4.45	36	6	12	0	0	9	57			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.085	3.54	0.13%	1.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	232	5	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	W(1-1)	7	9.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	1.59	4.14	36	15	9	1	1	5	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.311	2.31	0.56%	4.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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	233	10	May 4	NYY	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	4	1	0	4	9	0	0	1.04	3.59	37	14	6	0	1	4	82			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	.34	0.172	1.19	0.37%	4.45	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
4	234	14	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(2-2)	3	8.0	10	4	2	1	1	0	0	1.32	3.53	33	12	10	0	2	9	50			0	1	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	1	.80	0.031	2.75	0.06%	0.65	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
5	235	18	May 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	7	9	1	0	1.47	3.83	41	17	0	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.520	4.43	0.84%	3.34	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
6	236	21	May 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-3)	3	8.0	10	3	1	2	4	0	0	1.41	3.69	36	11	12	3	1	7	56			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.063	7.96	-0.16%	1.65	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
7	237	25	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,14-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	9	2	2	4	5	0	0	1.50	3.65	39	7	16	3	1	7	62			0	0	0	35	4	0	1	1	0	0	.82	0.194	2.83	0.40%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
8	238	29	May 26	NYY		DET	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-3)	3	9.0	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.30	3.42	36	7	14	1	0	9	75			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.410	4.02	1.19%	5.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
9	239	33	May 30	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	8	1	1	4	5	0	0	1.27	3.42	40	14	9	1	1	8	68			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	.41	0.096	2.05	0.29%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
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	240	37	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-7	L(6-4)	3	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	1.48	3.40	30	8	9	0	2	8	50			0	1	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.011	4.59	0.04%	1.07	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
11	241	41	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(6-5)	3	8.0	8	4	4	4	11	1	0	1.74	3.42	35	5	7	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.096	4.80	-0.31%	0.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	242	45	Jun 12	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-8		4	7.1	9	5	4	0	4	0	0	1.97	3.32	31	10	8	1	0	9	46			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.122	5.63	-0.33%	-0.86	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out tie
13	243	49	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	9	0	0	1.89	3.17	33	8	10	1	1	5	79			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.430	5.40	1.40%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	244	52	Jun 20(1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	W(8-5)	3	9.0	6	4	4	6	5	0	0	2.05	3.24	38	7	15	3	0	5	58			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.095	6.01	0.36%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	245	58	Jun 26	NYY		DET	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-6)	5	7.0	6	5	4	2	5	1	0	2.23	3.31	30	6	11	1	0	6	50			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.123	5.23	-0.51%	-0.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
16	246	61	Jun 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	1	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.14	3.34	30	11	9	0	0	1	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.458	4.62	1.42%	4.23	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
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
17	247	65	Jul 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	SHO	W(10-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.01	3.26	35	9	11	0	0	5	83			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.36	0.206	1.90	0.65%	5.13	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
18	248	70	Jul 11(1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(11-6)	6	9.0	6	3	1	2	4	0	1	1.95	3.27	36	10	13	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.314	7.25	0.97%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	249	73	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	W,13-6	GS-6	W(12-6)	3	6.0	5	6	2	5	8	2	0	1.99	3.42	29	3	8	0	0	5	49			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.022	3.63	-0.08%	-2.37	1b start a 5	6b 3 out a6
20	250	77	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	10	5	5	1	4	0	0	2.15	3.38	38	12	11	0	2	10	50			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.261	3.21	0.74%	0.23	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
21	251	83	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(10)	L(13-7)	4	9.1	11	6	5	2	6	0	0	2.29	3.34	41	10	12	0	0	11	48			0	0	0	38	2	0	1	2	0	2	1.74	-0.156	10.76	-0.58%	-0.67	1b start a 3	10b 1-- 1 out d1
22	252	87	Jul 28	NYY		DET	L,1-8	GS-7	L(13-8)	3	6.0	11	7	7	4	3	1	0	2.56	3.44	32	6	8	0	0	11	21			1	1	0	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.243	4.71	-0.84%	-2.87	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out d4
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
23	253	93	Aug 3(2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	GS-8		5	7.2	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.60	3.44	34	9	11	0	0	8	51			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.46	-0.026	9.51	-0.10%	1.17	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out d2
24	254	103	Aug 13	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-7	L(13-9)	9	6.1	5	4	4	6	7	0	0	2.70	3.46	28	3	7	1	1	5	48			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	-0.274	2.16	-0.23%	-0.92	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out d1
25	255	106	Aug 17(1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	SHO	W(14-9)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.58	3.47	34	8	16	0	0	3	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.217	.87	0.25%	5.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
26	256	112	Aug 22	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG(6)	W(15-9)	4	5.1	3	1	1	1	10	0	0	2.56	3.39	20	2	4	0	0	3	67			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.228	.78	0.11%	2.31	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a3
27	257	115	Aug 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(16-9)	3	9.0	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.45	3.36	34	9	14	2	0	9	69			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.552	.95	0.25%	4.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
28	258	119	Aug 30	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-7	L(16-10)	3	6.1	10	5	5	2	4	2	0	2.58	3.46	30	4	10	0	0	10	35			1	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.138	.35	-0.03%	-1.37	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
29	259	124	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-0	SHO	W(17-10)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.49	3.42	33	9	12	1	0	6	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.314	.32	0.09%	5.13	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
30	260	134	Sep 12(2)	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(18-10)	7	9.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	0	2.43	3.39	33	7	10	0	0	5	78			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.713	.07	0.02%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
31	261	138	Sep 16	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	SHO	W(19-10)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.34	3.34	31	4	16	1	0	3	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.47	0.227	.03	0.01%	5.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
32	262	142	Sep 20	NYY		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(20-10)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.26	3.26	30	5	12	0	0	4	88			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.412	.00	0.00%	5.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
33	263	147	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(21-10)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.26	3.26	34	11	11	2	3	4	71			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.99	0.360	.00	0.00%	3.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
34	264	155	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG(7)	L(21-11)	5	7.0	8	4	4	7	6	0	0	2.33	3.29	33	8	4	0	0	8	44			0	3	1	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.065	.00	0.00%	0.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
							22-12		W-L:21-11	4.0	278.1	233	88	72	93	194	10	1	2.33	3.29	1146	0.83		4%	3%	224	63		---%	7	10	2	1043	34	4	4	13	0	19	.98	5.289	3.45	6.99%	77.06

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