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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1930 21 NYY AL 2 5 .286 5.55 15 6 3 2 0 1 60.0 66 41 37 12 28 22 1 0 0 273 78 1.567 9.9 1.8 4.2 3.3 0.79
1931 22 NYY AL 21 9 .700 2.67 40 26 10 17 1 3 243.0 206 88 72 7 85 150 4 0 1 1013 149 1.198 7.6 0.3 3.1 5.6 1.76
1932 23 NYY AL 24 7 .774 4.21 37 31 3 21 1 1 265.1 266 140 124 23 105 176 2 0 0 1149 97 1.398 9.0 0.8 3.6 6.0 1.68 MVP-5
1933 24 NYY AL 16 10 .615 3.18 35 30 3 14 4 2 234.2 218 108 83 16 106 163 0 0 6 1027 122 1.381 8.4 0.6 4.1 6.3 1.54 AS
1934 25 NYY AL 26 5 .839 2.33 38 33 5 25 6 1 281.2 223 86 73 12 96 158 0 0 3 1142 175 1.133 7.1 0.4 3.1 5.0 1.65 AS,MVP-3
1935 26 NYY AL 12 15 .444 3.18 34 30 3 15 2 1 246.0 223 104 87 18 86 138 2 0 8 1030 127 1.256 8.2 0.7 3.1 5.0 1.60 AS
1936 27 NYY AL 13 7 .650 4.39 31 30 1 10 0 0 188.2 184 104 92 6 122 105 1 0 2 858 107 1.622 8.8 0.3 5.8 5.0 0.86 AS
1937 28 NYY AL 21 11 .656 2.33 34 34 0 25 6 0 278.1 233 88 72 10 93 194 1 0 2 1148 191 1.171 7.5 0.3 3.0 6.3 2.09 AS,MVP-9
1938 29 NYY AL 18 12 .600 3.35 32 32 0 20 4 0 239.0 239 110 89 7 99 129 1 0 5 1034 136 1.414 9.0 0.3 3.7 4.9 1.30 AS,MVP-30
1939 30 NYY AL 12 8 .600 3.41 26 26 0 14 2 0 198.0 173 80 75 11 84 102 3 0 3 831 127 1.298 7.9 0.5 3.8 4.6 1.21 AS
1940 31 NYY AL 3 3 .500 6.59 9 5 3 0 0 0 27.1 37 20 20 2 18 14 1 0 3 134 61 2.012 12.2 0.7 5.9 4.6 0.78
1941 32 NYY AL 15 5 .750 3.74 23 23 0 8 2 0 156.1 151 76 65 10 103 76 1 0 5 712 105 1.625 8.7 0.6 5.9 4.4 0.74
1942 33 NYY AL 6 4 .600 4.28 13 13 0 2 0 0 80.0 67 42 38 4 65 41 2 0 1 355 80 1.650 7.5 0.5 7.3 4.6 0.63
1943 34 WSH AL 0 1 .000 5.79 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 4 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 23 55 1.929 7.7 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.00
14 Seasons 189 102 .649 3.34 368 320 31 173 28 9 2503.0 2290 1091 930 138 1095 1468 19 0 39 10729 125 1.352 8.2 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.34
162 Game Avg. 19 10 .649 3.34 36 32 3 17 3 1 247 226 108 92 14 108 145 2 0 4 1060 125 1.352 8.2 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.34
NYY (13 yrs) 189 101 .652 3.34 367 319 31 173 28 9 2498.1 2286 1087 927 138 1090 1468 19 0 39 10706 125 1.351 8.2 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.35
WSH (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.79 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 4 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 23 55 1.929 7.7 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1932 23 NYY AL WS W CHC 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 2 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 36 1.111 9.0 0.0 1.0 8.0 8.00
1936 27 NYY AL WS W NYG 2 0 1.000 4.70 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.1 14 8 8 1 11 0 9 0 0 1 72 1.630 8.2 0.6 6.5 5.3 0.82
1937 28 NYY AL WS W NYG 2 0 1.000 1.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 16 3 3 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 70 1.000 8.0 0.5 1.0 4.0 4.00
1938 29 NYY AL WS W CHC 1 0 1.000 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 3 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 29 1.429 11.6 0.0 1.3 6.4 5.00
1939 30 NYY AL WS W CIN 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 6 0 1.000 2.86 7 7 0 4 0 0 50.1 51 17 16 2 15 0 31 0 0 1 213 1.311 9.1 0.4 2.7 5.5 2.07
5 WS 6 0 1.000 2.86 7 7 0 4 0 0 50.1 51 17 16 2 15 0 31 0 0 1 213 1.311 9.1 0.4 2.7 5.5 2.07

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1933 NYY AL 24 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1934 NYY AL 25 1 0 0 12.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.333 9.0 6.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1935 NYY AL 26 1 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 23 0.833 4.5 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1936 NYY AL 27
1937 NYY AL 28 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 NYY AL 29 1 0 1 .000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1939 NYY AL 30
7 Seasons (5 Appearances) 5 3 1 .750 2.50 5 0 0 0 0 18.0 11 6 5 2 3 0 9 0 0 0 68 0.778 5.5 1.0 1.5 4.5 3.00

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1930 21 2 5 .286 5.55 15 6 3 2 0 1 60.0 66 41 37 12 28 22 1 0 0 273 78 1.567 9.9 1.8 4.2 3.3 0.79 78
1931 22 23 14 .622 3.24 55 32 13 19 1 4 303.0 272 129 109 19 113 172 5 0 1 1286 125 1.271 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.1 1.52 125
1932 23 47 21 .691 3.69 92 63 16 40 2 5 568.1 538 269 233 42 218 348 7 0 1 2435 110 1.330 8.5 0.7 3.5 5.5 1.60 110
1933 24 63 31 .670 3.54 127 93 19 54 6 7 803.0 756 377 316 58 324 511 7 0 7 3462 113 1.345 8.5 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.58 113
1934 25 89 36 .712 3.23 165 126 24 79 12 8 1084.2 979 463 389 70 420 669 7 0 10 4604 125 1.290 8.1 0.6 3.5 5.6 1.59 125
1935 26 101 51 .664 3.22 199 156 27 94 14 9 1330.2 1202 567 476 88 506 807 9 0 18 5634 125 1.284 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 125
1936 27 114 58 .663 3.36 230 186 28 104 14 9 1519.1 1386 671 568 94 628 912 10 0 20 6492 122 1.326 8.2 0.6 3.7 5.4 1.45 122
1937 28 135 69 .662 3.20 264 220 28 129 20 9 1797.2 1619 759 640 104 721 1106 11 0 22 7640 130 1.302 8.1 0.5 3.6 5.5 1.53 130
1938 29 153 81 .654 3.22 296 252 28 149 24 9 2036.2 1858 869 729 111 820 1235 12 0 27 8674 131 1.315 8.2 0.5 3.6 5.5 1.51 131
1939 30 165 89 .650 3.24 322 278 28 163 26 9 2234.2 2031 949 804 122 904 1337 15 0 30 9505 130 1.313 8.2 0.5 3.6 5.4 1.48 130
1940 31 168 92 .646 3.28 331 283 31 163 26 9 2262.0 2068 969 824 124 922 1351 16 0 33 9639 129 1.322 8.2 0.5 3.7 5.4 1.47 129
1941 32 183 97 .654 3.31 354 306 31 171 28 9 2418.1 2219 1045 889 134 1025 1427 17 0 38 10351 127 1.341 8.3 0.5 3.8 5.3 1.39 127
1942 33 189 101 .652 3.34 367 319 31 173 28 9 2498.1 2286 1087 927 138 1090 1468 19 0 39 10706 125 1.351 8.2 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.35 125
1943 34 189 102 .649 3.34 368 320 31 173 28 9 2503.0 2290 1091 930 138 1095 1468 19 0 39 10729 125 1.352 8.2 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.34 125

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1930 21 3 4 .429 4.78 64.0 67 38 34 12 28 23 1 1.484 9.4 3.9 3.2 0.82 1.7 15
1931 22 20 8 .714 2.53 253.0 209 79 71 7 86 156 4 1.166 7.4 3.1 5.5 1.81 0.2 40
1932 23 15 15 .500 3.95 276.0 272 134 121 24 107 183 2 1.373 8.9 3.5 6.0 1.71 0.8 37
1933 24 17 10 .630 3.10 250.0 232 96 86 17 113 174 0 1.380 8.4 4.1 6.3 1.54 0.6 35
1934 25 24 8 .750 2.26 291.0 229 81 73 12 99 163 0 1.127 7.1 3.1 5.0 1.65 0.4 38
1935 26 17 11 .607 3.09 256.0 231 98 88 19 89 144 2 1.250 8.1 3.1 5.1 1.62 0.7 34
1936 27 12 10 .545 3.63 201.0 176 90 81 6 117 112 1 1.458 7.9 5.2 5.0 0.96 0.3 31
1937 28 25 7 .781 2.04 291.0 228 73 66 10 91 203 1 1.096 7.1 2.8 6.3 2.23 0.3 34
1938 29 18 10 .643 2.91 254.0 235 91 82 7 97 137 1 1.307 8.3 3.4 4.9 1.41 0.2 32
1939 30 14 8 .636 3.12 205.0 173 79 71 11 84 106 3 1.254 7.6 3.7 4.7 1.26 0.5 26
1940 31 1 2 .333 6.75 28.0 38 23 21 2 18 14 1 2.000 12.2 5.8 4.5 0.78 0.6 9
1941 32 9 8 .529 3.74 159.0 155 73 66 10 106 77 1 1.642 8.8 6.0 4.4 0.73 0.6 23
1942 33 3 5 .375 5.14 77.0 73 49 44 4 71 39 2 1.870 8.5 8.3 4.6 0.55 0.5 13
1943 34 0 0 9.00 4.0 5 4 4 0 6 0 0 2.750 11.3 13.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
14 Seasons 178 106 .627 3.13 2609.0 2323 1008 908 141 1112 1531 19 1.317 8.0 5.3 1.38 0.5 368

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (171st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1931 AL--2.667--2nd
1933 AL--3.183--3rd
1934 AL--2.333--1st
1935 AL--3.183--4th
1937 AL--2.328--1st
1938 AL--3.351--3rd
1939 AL--3.409--6th

Wins s c a p y
1931 AL--21--3rd
1932 AL--24--3rd
1933 AL--16--4th
1934 AL--26--1st
1937 AL--21--1st
1938 AL--18--3rd
1941 AL--15--5th
Career--189--137th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1931 AL--.700--5th
1932 AL--.774--2nd
1933 AL--.615--8th
1934 AL--.839--1st
1936 AL--.650--8th
1937 AL--.656--6th
1938 AL--.600--10th
1941 AL--.750--1st
Career--.649--27th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1931 AL--1.198--3rd
1934 AL--1.133--1st
1935 AL--1.256--5th
1937 AL--1.171--2nd
1939 AL--1.298--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 AL--7.630--2nd
1932 AL--9.023--8th
1933 AL--8.361--4th
1934 AL--7.125--1st
1935 AL--8.159--3rd
1936 AL--8.777--4th
1937 AL--7.534--1st
1938 AL--9.000--9th
1939 AL--7.864--3rd
Career--8.234--196th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL--3.007--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 AL--5.556--2nd
1932 AL--5.970--2nd
1933 AL--6.251--1st
1934 AL--5.049--2nd
1935 AL--5.049--3rd
1936 AL--5.009--3rd
1937 AL--6.273--1st
1938 AL--4.858--6th
1939 AL--4.636--5th
1941 AL--4.375--7th

Saves s c a p y
1931 AL--3--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1932 AL--265.3--5th
1933 AL--234.7--9th
1934 AL--281.7--1st
1935 AL--246.0--7th
1937 AL--278.3--2nd
1938 AL--239.0--7th
Career--2503.0--232nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1931 AL--150--3rd
1932 AL--176--3rd
1933 AL--163--1st
1934 AL--158--1st
1935 AL--138--3rd
1936 AL--105--8th
1937 AL--194--1st
1938 AL--129--4th
1939 AL--102--8th
Career--1468--186th

Games Started s c a p y
1932 AL--31--10th
1933 AL--30--10th
1934 AL--33--2nd
1935 AL--30--8th
1937 AL--34--3rd
1938 AL--32--4th
Career--320--246th

Complete Games s c a p y
1931 AL--17--9th
1932 AL--21--4th
1934 AL--25--1st
1937 AL--25--2nd
1938 AL--20--3rd
1939 AL--14--10th
Career--173--184th

Shutouts s c a p y
1933 AL--4--2nd
1934 AL--6--1st
1935 AL--2--9th
1937 AL--6--1st
1938 AL--4--1st
1939 AL--2--4th
1941 AL--2--10th
Career--28--134th

Home Runs s c a p y
1932 AL--23--3rd
1933 AL--16--7th
1935 AL--18--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1932 AL--105--5th
1933 AL--106--4th
1936 AL--122--4th
1938 AL--99--8th
1941 AL--103--8th
Career--1095--77th

Hits s c a p y
1932 AL--266--9th
1938 AL--239--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1931 AL--1.765--4th
1932 AL--1.676--2nd
1933 AL--1.538--1st
1934 AL--1.646--2nd
1935 AL--1.605--5th
1937 AL--2.086--1st
1938 AL--1.303--6th
1939 AL--1.214--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 AL--.259--3rd
1934 AL--.383--9th
1936 AL--.286--2nd
1937 AL--.323--3rd
1938 AL--.264--1st

Losses s c a p y
1935 AL--15--3rd
1938 AL--12--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1932 AL--124--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1933 AL--6--6th
1935 AL--8--2nd
1938 AL--5--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1939 AL--3--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1932 AL--1149--6th
1933 AL--1027--8th
1934 AL--1142--3rd
1935 AL--1030--10th
1937 AL--1148--4th
1938 AL--1034--6th
Career--10729--188th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1931 AL--149--2nd
1933 AL--122--8th
1934 AL--175--1st
1935 AL--127--7th
1937 AL--191--2nd
1938 AL--136--5th
1939 AL--127--9th
Career--125--64th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 46 (28), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 182 (54), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 128 (59), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (104), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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