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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 Pitching

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 150 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 123 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 176 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 128 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 2 858 106 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 193 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 3 831 128 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 62 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 5 712 106 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 81 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 61 1.929 7.7 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.00
14 Yrs 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 61 1.929 7.7 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1930 21 NYY AL 59.2 15 6 41 6.18 5.16 -0.22 0.00 94.0 5.06 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 0 .456 .496 $
1931 22 NYY AL 242.1 40 26 88 3.27 4.93 -0.05 0.00 91.2 4.54 33 3.3 1.0 -0.1 5.3 64 .582 .520 $
1932 23 NYY AL 265.1 37 31 140 4.75 5.33 -0.11 0.00 92.2 5.02 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.8 40 .518 .504 $ MVP-5
1933 24 NYY AL 234.2 35 30 108 4.14 4.91 -0.23 0.00 92.8 4.77 14 1.4 1.0 -0.1 3.3 44 .539 .508 $ AS
1934 25 NYY AL 281.2 38 33 86 2.75 5.21 0.23 0.00 90.4 4.50 55 5.6 1.0 -0.2 7.9 89 .647 .535 $ AS,MVP-3
1935 26 NYY AL 246.0 34 30 104 3.80 5.16 0.29 0.00 90.8 4.42 17 1.7 1.0 -0.2 3.6 46 .549 .510 $20,000 AS
1936 27 NYY AL 188.2 31 30 104 4.96 5.65 0.15 0.00 89.2 4.90 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.4 24 .495 .499 $25,000 AS
1937 28 NYY AL 278.1 34 34 88 2.85 5.27 0.12 0.00 97.7 5.02 66 6.8 -0.2 9.0 102 .700 .542 $ AS,MVP-9
1938 29 NYY AL 239.0 32 32 110 4.14 5.53 0.13 0.00 95.6 5.16 25 2.3 -0.1 4.3 58 .573 .514 $ AS,MVP-30
1939 30 NYY AL 198.0 26 26 80 3.64 5.17 0.57 0.00 92.0 4.24 13 1.2 -0.1 2.8 38 .546 .507 $ AS
1940 31 NYY AL 27.1 9 5 20 6.59 4.80 0.29 0.00 94.6 4.27 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .427 .496 $
1941 32 NYY AL 156.1 23 23 76 4.38 4.93 0.41 0.00 93.6 4.23 -3 -0.3 -0.1 0.7 12 .485 .498 $
1942 33 NYY AL 80.0 13 13 42 4.73 4.00 0.42 0.00 93.3 3.34 -13 -1.3 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .402 .492 $
1943 34 WSH AL 4.2 1 1 4 7.71 3.72 -0.08 0.00 94.0 3.58 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .298 .499 $
14 Seasons 2502.0 368 320 1091 3.92 5.16 0.14 0.00 92.7 4.66 194 19.6 1.0 -1.4 39.3 504 .553 .509 $45,000
NYY (13 yrs) 2497.1 367 319 1087 3.92 5.17 0.14 0.00 92.7 4.67 196 19.8 1.0 -1.4 39.5 505 .554 .509 $45,000
WSH (1 yr) 4.2 1 1 4 7.71 3.72 -0.08 0.00 94.0 3.58 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .298 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 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 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 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 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 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 Yrs (5 GP) 5 3 1 .750 2.50 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

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1930 21 NYY AL 274 4.4% 8.0% 10.2% 5.5% 23% 74%
1931 22 NYY AL 1002 0.7% 15.0% 8.5% 3.6% 18% 74%
1932 23 NYY AL 1145 2.0% 15.4% 9.2% 4.8% 21% 72%
1933 24 NYY AL 1022 1.6% 16.0% 10.4% 3.4% 16% 71%
1934 25 NYY AL 1143 1.1% 13.8% 8.4% 3.3% 17% 76%
1935 26 NYY AL 1030 1.8% 13.4% 8.4% 3.8% 18% 74%
1936 27 NYY AL 858 0.7% 12.2% 14.2% 1.8% 8% 71%
1937 28 NYY AL 1148 0.9% 16.9% 8.1% 3.0% 15% 73%
1938 29 NYY AL 1034 0.7% 12.5% 9.6% 3.1% 13% 76%
1939 30 NYY AL 831 1.3% 12.3% 10.1% 3.1% 15% 75%
1940 31 NYY AL 134 1.5% 10.5% 13.4% 73%
1941 32 NYY AL 712 1.4% 10.7% 14.5% 2.5% 12% 73%
1942 33 NYY AL 355 1.1% 11.6% 18.3% 1.4% 8% 67%
1943 34 WSH AL 23 0.0% 0.0% 21.7% 70%
14 Yrs 10711 1.3% 13.7% 10.2% 3.3% 15% 73%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.7% 8.5% 3.1% 13% 79%

Cumulative Pitching

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 114 1.345 8.5 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.58 114
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 126 1.284 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 126
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 131 1.313 8.2 0.5 3.6 5.4 1.48 131
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

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 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 65 38 34 12 28 24 1 1.453 9.1 3.9 3.4 0.86 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 3.93 277.0 269 134 121 23 106 184 2 1.354 8.7 3.4 6.0 1.74 0.7 37
1933 24 17 10 .630 3.07 252.0 229 96 86 17 111 175 0 1.349 8.2 4.0 6.3 1.58 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 3.67 201.0 177 91 82 6 117 112 1 1.463 7.9 5.2 5.0 0.96 0.3 31
1937 28 26 6 .813 2.00 292.0 226 72 65 10 90 203 1 1.082 7.0 2.8 6.3 2.26 0.3 34
1938 29 18 10 .643 2.87 254.0 235 90 81 7 97 137 1 1.307 8.3 3.4 4.9 1.41 0.2 32
1939 30 13 9 .591 3.16 205.0 173 80 72 11 84 105 3 1.254 7.6 3.7 4.6 1.25 0.5 26
1940 31 1 2 .333 6.43 28.0 38 22 20 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 5.21 76.0 74 49 44 4 72 39 2 1.921 8.8 8.5 4.6 0.54 0.5 13
1943 34 0 0 5.40 5.0 4 3 3 0 5 0 0 1.800 7.2 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
14 Yrs 178 106 .627 3.12 2613.0 2314 1006 906 140 1108 1533 19 1.310 8.0 5.3 1.38 0.5 368

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1931 AL  5.3 (3rd)
1934 AL  7.9 (1st)
1935 AL  3.6 (8th)
1937 AL  9.0 (2nd)
1938 AL  4.3 (10th)
Career  39.3 (145th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1931 AL  2.67 (2nd)
1933 AL  3.18 (3rd)
1934 AL  2.33 (1st)
1935 AL  3.18 (4th)
1937 AL  2.33 (1st)
1938 AL  3.35 (3rd)
1939 AL  3.41 (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 (139th)

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 (28th)

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 (200th)

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  2,503.0 (239th)

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  1,468 (198th)

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)

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  1,095 (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  0.259 (3rd)
1934 AL  0.383 (9th)
1936 AL  0.286 (2nd)
1937 AL  0.323 (3rd)
1938 AL  0.264 (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  1,149 (6th)
1933 AL  1,027 (8th)
1934 AL  1,142 (3rd)
1935 AL  1,030 (10th)
1937 AL  1,148 (4th)
1938 AL  1,034 (6th)
Career  10,729 (225th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1931 AL  150 (2nd)
1933 AL  123 (8th)
1934 AL  176 (1st)
1935 AL  128 (7th)
1937 AL  193 (1st)
1938 AL  136 (5th)
1939 AL  129 (9th)
Career  125 (70th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1931 AL  38 (2nd)
1934 AL  60 (1st)
1935 AL  25 (7th)
1937 AL  67 (1st)
1938 AL  30 (4th)
1939 AL  26 (8th)
Career  246 (50th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1931 AL  3.7 (2nd)
1934 AL  6.1 (1st)
1935 AL  2.4 (7th)
1937 AL  6.8 (1st)
1938 AL  2.9 (4th)
1939 AL  2.5 (8th)
Career  24.4 (56th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 46 (30), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 182 (55), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 128 (60), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Don Gullett (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Gullett (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave McNally (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave McNally (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave McNally (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave McNally (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dwight Gooden (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tom Glavine (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tom Glavine (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bob Lemon (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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