Lefty Gomez
Vernon Louis Gomez (Goofy)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 173 lb.

Born: November 26, 1908 in Rodeo, CA
High School: Richmond (San Francisco, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1930
Final Game: May 30, 1943
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1972.
Died: February 17, 1989 in Greenbrae, CA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1930 NYY AL 21 P 15 19 1 18 0 0 1.000 1.27 .942 1.18
1931 NYY AL 22 P 40 50 6 43 1 1 .980 1.23 .952 1.19
1932 NYY AL 23 P 37 40 2 36 2 3 .950 1.03 .957 1.21 MVP-5
1933 NYY AL 24 P 35 38 4 30 4 0 .895 0.97 .963 1.18 AS
1934 NYY AL 25 P 38 50 7 42 1 2 .980 1.29 .954 1.11 AS,MVP-3
1935 NYY AL 26 P 34 57 6 49 2 2 .965 1.62 .947 1.12 AS
1936 NYY AL 27 P 31 34 4 29 1 3 .971 1.06 .956 1.04 AS
1937 NYY AL 28 P 34 42 3 36 3 1 .929 1.15 .955 1.09 AS,MVP-9
1938 NYY AL 29 P 32 64 12 51 1 5 .984 1.97 .950 1.12 AS,MVP-30
1939 NYY AL 30 P 26 36 2 33 1 0 .972 1.35 .950 0.98 AS
1940 NYY AL 31 P 9 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 .967 1.06
1941 NYY AL 32 P 23 19 6 11 2 2 .895 0.74 .963 1.16
1942 NYY AL 33 P 13 12 2 9 1 0 .917 0.85 .958 1.30
1943 WSH AL 34 P 1 5 0 4 1 1 .800 4.00 .960 1.30
14 Seasons P 368 469 56 393 20 20 .957 1.22 .954 1.13
14 Seasons TOT 368 469 56 393 20 20 .957 1.22 .911 1.13

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1930 NYY AL 21 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 NYY AL 22 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1932 NYY AL 23 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1933 NYY AL 24 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 NYY AL 25 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 NYY AL 26 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 NYY AL 27 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 NYY AL 28 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 NYY AL 29 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 NYY AL 30 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 NYY AL 31 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 NYY AL 32 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 NYY AL 33 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 WSH AL 34 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 368 368 368 368 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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Name and misspellings: Vernon Goofy Lefty Louis Gomez

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