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Lefty Gomez

Vernon Louis Gomez (Goofy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: November 26, 1908 in Rodeo, CA
High School: Richmond HS (San Francisco, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1930
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Senators 1930-1943

Final Game: May 30, 1943
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1972.
   View Lefty Gomez Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: February 17, 1989 in Greenbrae, CA
Buried: Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, CA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1930 21 NYY AL 15 23 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .150 .150 .150 .300 -22 3 0 3 1
1931 22 NYY AL 40 94 83 8 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 28 .133 .200 .133 .333 -9 11 0 4 1
1932 23 NYY AL 37 115 104 9 18 2 0 0 15 0 0 6 36 .173 .218 .192 .410 9 20 0 5 1 MVP-5
1933 24 NYY AL 35 93 80 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 23 .113 .193 .113 .306 -15 9 1 5 1 AS
1934 25 NYY AL 38 119 99 8 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 30 .131 .189 .141 .330 -12 14 1 13 1 AS,MVP-3
1935 26 NYY AL 34 93 83 4 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 15 .120 .151 .120 .272 -28 10 0 7 1 AS
1936 27 NYY AL 31 80 69 1 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 23 .145 .181 .159 .340 -14 11 0 8 1 AS
1937 28 NYY AL 34 115 105 8 21 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 22 .200 .236 .219 .455 15 23 0 5 1 AS,MVP-9
1938 29 NYY AL 32 99 86 5 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 18 .151 .189 .174 .363 -8 15 0 9 1 AS,MVP-30
1939 30 NYY AL 26 82 73 3 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 22 .151 .205 .178 .383 -1 13 3 0 4 1 AS
1940 31 NYY AL 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1941 32 NYY AL 23 66 59 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 12 .153 .194 .169 .363 -3 10 1 0 4 1
1942 33 NYY AL 13 35 33 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 12 .152 .176 .152 .328 -7 5 1 0 1 1
1943 34 WSH AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Yrs 368 1024 904 59 133 11 0 0 58 1 1 50 252 .147 .194 .159 .353 -7 144 5 2 68
162 Game Avg. 162 451 398 26 59 5 0 0 26 0 0 22 111 .147 .194 .159 .353 -7 63 1 30
NYY (13 yrs) 367 1023 903 59 133 11 0 0 58 1 1 50 252 .147 .194 .159 .353 -7 144 5 2 68
WSH (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1930 21 NYY AL 15 23 -5 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .487 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 1
1931 22 NYY AL 40 94 -14 0 0 0 10 -4 -0.4 3 -2 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1932 23 NYY AL 37 115 -15 0 0 0 12 -3 -0.3 4 1 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 1 $ 1 MVP-5
1933 24 NYY AL 35 93 -14 0 0 0 9 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1 AS
1934 25 NYY AL 38 119 -19 0 0 0 13 -5 -0.5 4 -2 -0.5 .486 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -2 $ 1 AS,MVP-3
1935 26 NYY AL 34 93 -17 -0 0 0 10 -8 -0.8 3 -5 -0.8 .478 .495 -0.8 -0.0 -5 $20,000 1 AS
1936 27 NYY AL 31 80 -15 0 0 0 9 -6 -0.5 2 -3 -0.5 .484 .497 -0.5 0.0 -3 $25,000 1 AS
1937 28 NYY AL 34 115 -15 0 0 0 13 -2 -0.2 4 1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1 AS,MVP-9
1938 29 NYY AL 32 99 -17 0 0 0 11 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .485 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1 AS,MVP-30
1939 30 NYY AL 26 82 -12 0 0 0 9 -3 -0.3 3 -1 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1 AS
1940 31 NYY AL 9 9 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .483 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
1941 32 NYY AL 23 66 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1942 33 NYY AL 13 35 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1943 34 WSH AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
14 Seasons 368 1024 -160 1 0 0 110 -49 -4.6 31 -18 -4.7 .487 .498 -4.7 0.0 -18 $45,000
NYY (13 yrs) 367 1023 -160 1 0 0 110 -49 -4.6 31 -18 -4.7 .487 .498 -4.7 0.0 -18 $45,000
WSH (1 yr) 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1930 21 NYY AL 23 20 0 0.0 112 .273 .150 .290 .150 .354 .150 .426 .300 .780 -22 .000 -3.7 -0.3 .176 .000 .000
1931 22 NYY AL 94 76 2 0.7 104 .200 .133 .280 .200 .347 .133 .401 .333 .747 -9 .027 -13.1 -1.3 .250 .084 .000
1932 23 NYY AL 115 91 4 1.2 107 .265 .173 .279 .218 .349 .192 .410 .410 .759 9 .066 -13.8 -1.3 .302 .077 .019
1933 24 NYY AL 93 76 2 0.7 101 .158 .113 .273 .193 .344 .113 .394 .306 .738 -15 .030 -13.1 -1.3 .239 .088 .000
1934 25 NYY AL 119 99 3 0.8 106 .188 .131 .280 .189 .353 .141 .404 .330 .757 -12 .034 -16.3 -1.6 .244 .071 .010
1935 26 NYY AL 93 81 1 0.3 107 .147 .120 .281 .151 .353 .120 .406 .272 .759 -28 .007 -15.7 -1.5 .162 .024 .000
1936 27 NYY AL 80 67 2 0.8 119 .217 .145 .295 .181 .370 .159 .433 .340 .803 -14 .028 -12.6 -1.2 .237 .058 .014
1937 28 NYY AL 115 89 6 1.8 119 .253 .200 .292 .236 .368 .219 .436 .455 .804 15 .121 -14.3 -1.3 .345 .076 .019 .0
1938 29 NYY AL 99 82 3 1.0 118 .191 .151 .290 .189 .369 .174 .432 .363 .801 -8 .042 -14.9 -1.4 .260 .070 .023
1939 30 NYY AL 82 69 3 1.2 113 .216 .151 .285 .205 .360 .178 .422 .383 .782 -1 .062 -11.3 -1.1 .277 .096 .027
1940 31 NYY AL 9 9 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .274 .000 .347 .000 .416 .000 .763 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1941 32 NYY AL 66 55 2 1.0 106 .191 .153 .274 .194 .351 .169 .404 .363 .755 -3 .052 -8.9 -0.9 .255 .068 .017
1942 33 NYY AL 35 30 1 0.9 93 .238 .152 .263 .176 .337 .152 .369 .328 .706 -7 .057 -4.8 -0.5 .207 .030 .000
1943 34 WSH AL 1 1 0 0.0 84 .000 .000 .252 .000 .325 .000 .347 .000 .672 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
14 Yrs 1024 845 29 0.9 109 .204 .147 .283 .194 .355 .159 .413 .353 .768 -7 .042 -145.5 -14.0 .252 .067 .012 .0
162 Game Avg. 451 372 13 0.9 109 .204 .147 .283 .194 .355 .159 .413 .353 .768 -7 .042 -145.5 -14.0 .252 .067 .012
NYY (13 yrs) 1023 844 29 0.9 109 .204 .147 .283 .194 .355 .159 .413 .353 .768 -7 .042 -145.3 -13.9 .253 .068 .012 .0
WSH (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 84 .000 .000 .252 .000 .325 .000 .347 .000 .672 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 23 NYY AL WS CHC W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 27 NYY AL WS NYG W 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1937 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 2 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .167 .375 .167 .542 1 0 0 0 0 0
1938 29 NYY AL WS CHC W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 30 NYY AL WS CIN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 7 22 20 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 .150 .227 .150 .377 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 WS 7 22 20 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 .150 .227 .150 .377 3 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 NYY AL 24 as P 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1934 NYY AL 25 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 NYY AL 26 as P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 NYY AL 27 DNP
1937 NYY AL 28 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 NYY AL 29 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 NYY AL 30 DNP
7 Yrs (5 GP) 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1930 21 NYY AL 23 0.0% 39.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 20.0 48%
1931 22 NYY AL 94 0.0% 29.8% 7.5% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.0 27.7 59%
1932 23 NYY AL 115 0.0% 31.3% 5.2% 1.7% 11% 6.00 2.9 6.9 59%
1933 24 NYY AL 93 0.0% 24.7% 7.5% 0.0% 0% 3.29 3.5 26.7 61%
1934 25 NYY AL 119 0.0% 25.2% 5.0% 0.8% 8% 5.00 3.3 24.8 58%
1935 26 NYY AL 93 0.0% 16.1% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 5.00 5.5 20.8 73%
1936 27 NYY AL 80 0.0% 28.8% 3.8% 1.3% 10% 7.67 3.0 13.8 58%
1937 28 NYY AL 115 0.0% 19.1% 4.4% 1.7% 10% 4.40 4.8 26.3 72%
1938 29 NYY AL 99 0.0% 18.2% 4.0% 2.0% 15% 4.50 4.8 12.3 69%
1939 30 NYY AL 82 0.0% 26.8% 6.1% 2.4% 18% 4.40 3.3 18.3 62%
1940 31 NYY AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 4.5 78%
1941 32 NYY AL 66 0.0% 18.2% 4.6% 1.5% 11% 4.00 4.9 14.8 71%
1942 33 NYY AL 35 0.0% 34.3% 2.9% 0.0% 0% 12.00 2.8 8.3 60%
1943 34 WSH AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
14 Yrs 1024 0.0% 24.6% 4.9% 1.1% 8% 5.04 3.6 15.6 64%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.7% 8.5% 6.7% 27% 1.02 10.3 65.6 7.9 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1930 21 15 23 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .150 .150 .150 .300 -22 3 0 3
1931 22 55 117 103 9 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 37 .136 .191 .136 .327 -12 14 0 7
1932 23 92 232 207 18 32 2 0 0 19 0 0 13 73 .155 .205 .164 .369 -1 34 0 12
1933 24 127 325 287 21 41 2 0 0 22 0 0 20 96 .143 .201 .150 .351 -5 43 1 17
1934 25 165 444 386 29 54 3 0 0 26 0 0 26 126 .140 .198 .148 .346 -7 57 2 30
1935 26 199 537 469 33 64 3 0 0 30 0 1 29 141 .136 .190 .143 .333 -10 67 2 37
1936 27 230 617 538 34 74 4 0 0 35 0 1 32 164 .138 .189 .145 .334 -11 78 2 45
1937 28 264 732 643 42 95 6 0 0 39 1 1 37 186 .148 .196 .157 .354 -7 101 2 50
1938 29 296 831 729 47 108 8 0 0 46 1 1 41 204 .148 .196 .159 .355 -7 116 2 59
1939 30 322 913 802 50 119 10 0 0 50 1 1 46 226 .148 .196 .161 .357 -6 129 3 2 63
1940 31 331 922 811 50 119 10 0 0 50 1 1 46 228 .147 .194 .159 .353 -7 129 3 2 63
1941 32 354 988 870 55 128 11 0 0 54 1 1 49 240 .147 .194 .160 .354 -7 139 4 2 67
1942 33 367 1023 903 59 133 11 0 0 58 1 1 50 252 .147 .194 .159 .353 -7 144 5 2 68
1943 34 368 1024 904 59 133 11 0 0 58 1 1 50 252 .147 .194 .159 .353 -7 144 5 2 68

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1930 21 16 24 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1931 22 42 97 86 8 11 0 0 0 3 0 7 29 .128 .194 .128 .321 2 40
1932 23 39 119 108 9 18 2 0 0 14 0 6 38 .167 .211 .185 .396 4 37
1933 24 37 102 87 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 9 25 .126 .216 .126 .343 2 35
1934 25 40 123 102 7 12 1 0 0 3 0 6 32 .118 .174 .127 .302 2 38
1935 26 36 94 85 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 16 .094 .115 .094 .209 1 34
1936 27 32 83 72 1 10 1 0 0 5 0 3 24 .139 .173 .153 .326 2 31
1937 28 35 118 108 8 21 2 0 0 4 1 5 23 .194 .230 .213 .443 5 34
1938 29 34 101 88 4 11 2 0 0 5 0 3 19 .125 .154 .148 .302 2 32
1939 30 27 84 75 2 10 2 0 0 3 0 5 23 .133 .188 .160 .348 2 26
1940 31 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1941 32 24 69 62 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 3 12 .161 .200 .177 .377 2 23
1942 33 14 38 36 5 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 13 .167 .189 .167 .356 1 13
1943 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
14 Yrs 386 1062 940 56 128 11 0 0 53 1 50 265 .136 .181 .148 .329 25 368
162 Game Avg. 162 446 395 24 54 5 0 0 22 0 21 111 .136 .181 .148 .329 10 368

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 2.8%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 2.0%)
1947 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1948 BBWAA (13.2%)
1949 BBWAA (11.1%)
1950 BBWAA (10.7%)
1951 BBWAA (10.2%)
1952 BBWAA (12.4%)
1953 BBWAA (13.3%)
1954 BBWAA (15.1%)
1955 BBWAA (28.3%)
1956 BBWAA (46.1%)
1958 BBWAA (28.6%)
1960 BBWAA (19.0%)
1962 BBWAA (12.5%)
1972 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1972
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1933 (P)
1934 (P)
1935 (P)
1936
1937 (P)
1938 (P)
1939

Awards (yr lg award)
1934 AL Triple Crown
1937 AL Triple Crown

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 AL (5, 34%)
1934 AL (3, 75%)
1937 AL (9, 18%)
1938 AL (30, 0%)
1.27 Career Shares (176th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1934 AL  7.4 (4th)
1937 AL  8.8 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1934 AL  13 (5th)

                           

Similarity Scores

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