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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

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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 -11 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 Seasons 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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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 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 (172nd)

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 (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)

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

                                         

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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Transactions

August 17, 1929: Purchased by the New York Yankees from San Francisco (PCL).

January 25, 1943: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the New York Yankees.

May 19, 1943: Released by the Boston Braves.

May 21, 1943: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 15, 1943: Released by the Washington Senators.

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