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Johnny Gooch
John Beverley Gooch

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 9, 1921
Final Game September 12, 1933
Born November 9, 1897 in Smyrna, TN
Died May 15, 1975 in Nashville, TN

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1921 23 PIT NL  13   38    2    9   0  0   0    3   1  0   3   3  .237  .293  .237   40    9   1           0    
 1922 24 PIT NL 105  353   45  116  15  3   1   42   1  1  39  15  .329  .403  .397  106  140   4           5    
 1923 25 PIT NL  66  202   16   56  10  2   1   20   2  1  17  13  .277  .336  .361   83   73   0           1    
 1924 26 PIT NL  70  224   26   65   6  5   0   25   1  3  16  12  .290  .343  .362   87   81   0           2    
 1925 27 PIT NL  79  215   24   64   8  4   0   30   1  0  20  16  .298  .357  .372   82   80   2           0    
 1926 28 PIT NL  86  218   19   59  15  1   1   42   1     20  14  .271  .340  .362   85   79   6           3    
 1927 29 PIT NL 101  291   22   75  17  2   2   48   0     19  21  .258  .305  .351   70  102   8           1    
 1928 30 TOT NL  73  181   16   51   3  3   0   17   0     10  15  .282  .319  .331   70   60   6           0    
         PIT NL  31   80    7   19   2  1   0    5   0      3   6  .238  .265  .288   42   23   5           0    
         BRO NL  42  101    9   32   1  2   0   12   0      7   9  .317  .361  .366   91   37   1           0    
 1929 31 TOT NL  93  288   22   86  13  5   0   34   4     24  10  .299  .355  .378   85  109   1           1    
         BRO NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         CIN NL  92  287   22   86  13  5   0   34   4     24  10  .300  .356  .380   86  109   1           1    
 1930 32 CIN NL  82  276   29   67  10  3   2   30   0     27  15  .243  .315  .322   58   89   1           2    
 1933 35 BOS AL  37   77    6   14   1  1   0    2   0  0  11   7  .182  .284  .221   35   17   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     805 2363  227  662  98 29   7  293  11  5 206 141  .280  .342  .355   79  839  29   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        476   46  133  20  6   1   59   2  1  41  28  .280  .342  .355   79  169   6   0   0   3   0
 Career High    105  353   45  116  17  5   2   48   4  3  39  21  .329  .403  .397  106  140   8   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1921 23 PIT NL   42   30    3   2.7   109| .237  .302| .293  .352| .237  .416| .530  .768|  40  .271  -3.3  -0.3 100%
 1922 24 PIT NL  401  242   55   6.1   113| .329  .302| .403  .360| .397  .421| .800  .781| 106  .595   5.6   0.5  50%
 1923 25 PIT NL  220  147   24   4.4   109| .277  .296| .336  .355| .361  .412| .697  .766|  83  .465  -4.9  -0.5  66%
 1924 26 PIT NL  242  162   27   4.5   106| .290  .292| .343  .348| .362  .407| .705  .755|  87  .492  -4.2  -0.4  25%
 1925 27 PIT NL  237  153   29   5.0   120| .298  .309| .357  .367| .372  .441| .729  .809|  82  .495  -6.2  -0.6 100%
 1926 28 PIT NL  247  165   26   4.2   107| .271  .293| .340  .354| .362  .406| .702  .760|  85  .465  -4.0  -0.4     
 1927 29 PIT NL  319  224   31   3.7   110| .258  .299| .305  .358| .351  .412| .656  .770|  70  .404 -12.9  -1.3     
 1928 30 TOT NL  197  136   19   3.8   110| .282  .292| .319  .357| .331  .415| .650  .771|  70  .387  -8.7  -0.8     
         PIT NL   88   66    6   2.4   112| .238  .295| .265  .361| .288  .420| .553  .780|  42  .224  -7.3  -0.7     
         BRO NL  109   70   13   5.0   108| .317  .289| .361  .354| .366  .411| .727  .764|  91  .516  -1.4  -0.1     
 1929 31 TOT NL  314  203   39   5.1   116| .299  .298| .355  .361| .378  .434| .733  .795|  85  .469  -5.9  -0.5     
         BRO NL    1    1    0   0.0   119| .000  .302| .000  .366| .000  .439| .000  .805|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
         CIN NL  313  202   39   5.1   116| .300  .298| .356  .361| .380  .434| .736  .795|  86  .471  -5.5  -0.5     
 1930 32 CIN NL  306  210   28   3.5   122| .243  .305| .315  .363| .322  .454| .637  .817|  58  .284 -18.2  -1.6     
 1933 35 BOS AL   88   63    5   2.1   107| .182  .282| .284  .354| .221  .406| .505  .760|  35  .187  -7.3  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2613 1735  286   4.4   113| .280  .298| .342  .358| .355  .423| .697  .781|  79  .444 -70.0  -6.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1921 23 PIT NL C 13 49 15 1 2 .985 .971 4.92 4.11 1 1922 24 PIT NL C 103 382 102 15 10 .970 .974 4.70 4.04 8 1923 25 PIT NL C 66 217 56 7 7 .975 .976 4.14 4.09 3 1924 26 PIT NL C 69 198 47 3 12 .988 .981 3.55 4.11 4 1925 27 PIT NL C 76 172 39 7 8 .968 .970 2.78 3.90 3 1926 28 PIT NL C 80 202 38 5 6 .980 .971 3.00 3.73 2 1927 29 PIT NL C 91 285 57 9 7 .974 .974 3.76 3.84 2 1928 30 TOT NL C 69 204 35 9 6 .964 .979 3.46 3.79 5 PIT NL C 31 92 20 5 3 .957 .979 3.61 3.79 3 BRO NL C 38 112 15 4 3 .969 .979 3.34 3.79 2 1929 31 CIN NL C 86 251 61 8 7 .975 .974 3.63 3.57 1 1930 32 CIN NL C 79 233 42 13 4 .955 .976 3.48 4.05 6 1933 35 BOS AL C 26 86 19 1 1 .991 .988 4.04 4.28 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 23 PIT NL C 13 49 15 1 2 .985 .971 4.92 4.11 1 1922 24 PIT NL C 103 382 102 15 10 .970 .974 4.70 4.04 8 1923 25 PIT NL C 66 217 56 7 7 .975 .976 4.14 4.09 3 1924 26 PIT NL C 69 198 47 3 12 .988 .981 3.55 4.11 4 1925 27 PIT NL C 76 172 39 7 8 .968 .970 2.78 3.90 3 1926 28 PIT NL C 80 202 38 5 6 .980 .971 3.00 3.73 2 1927 29 PIT NL C 91 285 57 9 7 .974 .974 3.76 3.84 2 1928 30 TOT NL C 69 204 35 9 6 .964 .979 3.46 3.79 5 PIT NL C 31 92 20 5 3 .957 .979 3.61 3.79 3 BRO NL C 38 112 15 4 3 .969 .979 3.34 3.79 2 1929 31 CIN NL C 86 251 61 8 7 .975 .974 3.63 3.57 1 1930 32 CIN NL C 79 233 42 13 4 .955 .976 3.48 4.05 6 1933 35 BOS AL C 26 86 19 1 1 .991 .988 4.04 4.28 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 758 2279 511 78 70 .973 .975 3.68 3.91 37 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 758 2279 511 78 70 .973 .975 3.68 3.91
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1925   WS    PIT WSH     W   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1927   WS    PIT NYY     L   3   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .167  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   6   8   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .111  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1922 NL-.403-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.5 (1261) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 8, 1928: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Joe Harris to the Brooklyn Robins for Charlie Hargreaves.

April 18, 1929: Traded by the Brooklyn Robins with Rube Ehrhardt to the Cincinnati Reds for Val Picinich.

January 18, 1932: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Nashville (Southern Association) for Joe Cicero.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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