Leo Gómez

Leonardo (Velez) Gomez

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 2, 1966 in Canovanas, P.R.
High School: Luis Hernaiz Verone HS (Canovanas, PR)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1990
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Cubs 1990-1996
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: September 29, 1996
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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
1986	20	BAL-min	Rk	27	117	88	23	31	7	1	7	28	1	0	25	27	.352	.487	.693	1.180		61		1	0	3	0		BLD · APPY
1987	21	BAL-min	A	131	466	466		152	38	2	19						.326	.326	.539	.865		251							HGR · CARL
1988	22	BAL-min	AA	24	99	89	6	26	5	0	1	10	1	2	10	17	.292	.364	.382	.746		34		0	0	0	0		CHR · SOUL
1989	23	BAL-min	AA	134	547	448	71	126	23	3	18	78	2	2	89	102	.281	.402	.467	.869		209		5	0	5	6		HGR · EL
1990	24	BAL-min	AAA	131	532	430	97	119	26	4	26	97	2	2	89	89	.277	.402	.537	.939		231		6	0	7	4		ROC · IL
1990	24	BAL	AL	12	48	39	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	7	.231	.362	.231	.592	72	9	2	0	1	0	0	5
1991	25	BAL-min	AAA	28	119	101	13	26	6	0	6	19	0	0	16	18	.257	.370	.495	.865		50	1	2	0	0	0		ROC · IL
1991	25	BAL	AL	118	445	391	40	91	17	2	16	45	1	1	40	82	.233	.302	.409	.711	99	160	11	2	5	7	0	5D/3	RoY-8
1992	26	BAL	AL	137	552	468	62	124	24	0	17	64	2	3	63	78	.265	.356	.425	.782	118	199	14	8	5	8	4	*5
1993	27	BAL-min	AAA	4	18	15	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.200	.333	.267	.600		4	1	0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
1993	27	BAL	AL	71	285	244	30	48	7	0	10	25	0	1	32	60	.197	.295	.348	.644	70	85	2	3	3	2	1	5/D
1994	28	BAL	AL	84	334	285	46	78	20	0	15	56	0	0	41	55	.274	.366	.502	.868	117	143	5	3	0	4	0	*5/D3
1995	29	BAL	AL	53	149	127	16	30	5	0	4	12	0	1	18	23	.236	.336	.370	.706	83	47	0	2	0	2	1	5/D3
1996	30	CHC	NL	136	427	362	44	86	19	0	17	56	1	4	53	94	.238	.344	.431	.775	102	156	8	7	3	2	0	*5/36
1997	31	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
1998	32	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
1999	33	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
2000	34	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
2001	35	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
2002	36	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
7 Yrs				611	2240	1916	241	466	92	2	79	259	4	10	255	399	.243	.336	.417	.753	102	799	42	25	17	25	6
162 Game Avg.				162	594	508	64	124	24	1	21	69	1	3	68	106	.243	.336	.417	.753	102	212	11	7	5	7	2

BAL (6 yrs)				475	1813	1554	197	380	73	2	62	203	3	6	202	305	.245	.334	.414	.748	102	643	34	18	14	23	6
CHC (1 yr)				136	427	362	44	86	19	0	17	56	1	4	53	94	.238	.344	.431	.775	102	156	8	7	3	2	0

AL (6 yrs)				475	1813	1554	197	380	73	2	62	203	3	6	202	305	.245	.334	.414	.748	102	643	34	18	14	23	6
NL (1 yr)				136	427	362	44	86	19	0	17	56	1	4	53	94	.238	.344	.431	.775	102	156	8	7	3	2	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
1990	24	BAL	AL	12	48	-1	-0	-0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.466	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$100,000	5
1991	25	BAL	AL	118	445	2	-1	-1	8	-0	7	0.9	15	22	2.3	.506	.505	1.5	0.9	14	$102,500	5D/3	RoY-8
1992	26	BAL	AL	137	552	10	-0	-1	-5	1	5	0.7	19	23	2.4	.504	.503	3.0	-0.3	28	$150,000	*5
1993	27	BAL	AL	71	285	-9	-1	0	3	0	-7	-0.6	10	3	0.2	.491	.496	0.0	0.3	0	$312,500	5/D
1994	28	BAL	AL	84	334	7	-2	0	6	0	11	1.1	11	22	2.1	.512	.506	1.5	0.6	15	$550,000	*5/D3
1995	29	BAL	AL	53	149	-4	-0	0	8	-0	4	0.4	5	8	0.8	.507	.502	0.0	0.8	-0	$925,000	5/D3
1996	30	CHC	NL	136	427	4	-3	0	3	0	4	0.2	12	16	1.4	.503	.503	1.2	0.2	13	$550,000	*5/36
7 Seasons				611	2240	9	-9	-2	21	1	20	2.3	72	92	9.0	.503	.502	7.2	2.4	70	$2,690,000

BAL (6 yrs)				475	1813	5	-6	-2	19	1	16	2.1	60	76	7.6	.503	.502	6.0	2.2	57	$2,140,000
CHC (1 yr)				136	427	4	-3	0	3	0	4	0.2	12	16	1.4	.503	.503	1.2	0.2	13	$550,000

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
1990	24	BAL	AL	48	33	4	3.2	92	.281	.231	.256	.362	.324	.231	.382	.592	.706	72	.366	-1.0	-0.1	.531	.205	.000
1991	25	BAL	AL	445	324	48	4.0	93	.250	.233	.256	.302	.324	.409	.388	.711	.711	99	.440	-0.7	-0.1	.647	.279	.176	1.9
1992	26	BAL	AL	552	374	72	5.2	95	.281	.265	.260	.356	.330	.425	.387	.782	.716	118	.574	13.5	1.4	.745	.293	.160	3.6
1993	27	BAL	AL	285	204	27	3.5	106	.216	.197	.271	.295	.343	.348	.415	.644	.757	70	.362	-11.1	-1.1	.598	.279	.152	.0
1994	28	BAL	AL	334	216	55	6.8	116	.288	.274	.278	.366	.352	.502	.443	.868	.795	117	.609	8.1	0.7	.882	.372	.228	.0
1995	29	BAL	AL	149	100	17	4.5	111	.255	.236	.273	.336	.347	.370	.431	.706	.778	83	.436	-3.0	-0.3	.673	.268	.134	.0
1996	30	CHC	NL	427	293	55	5.0	108	.273	.238	.272	.344	.342	.431	.426	.775	.768	102	.518	1.6	0.2	.740	.331	.193	1.9
7 Yrs				2240	1544	278	4.8	103	.265	.243	.266	.336	.337	.417	.409	.753	.746	102	.507	7.3	0.7	.714	.304	.174	7.6
162 Game Avg.				594	409	74	4.8	103	.265	.243	.266	.336	.337	.417	.409	.753	.746	102	.507	2	0	.714	.304	.174	2

BAL (6 yrs)				1813	1251	223	4.8	101	.263	.245	.265	.334	.335	.414	.405	.748	.741	102	.504	5.7	0.5	.708	.297	.169	5.7
CHC (1 yr)				427	293	55	5.0	108	.273	.238	.272	.344	.342	.431	.426	.775	.768	102	.518	1.6	0.2	.740	.331	.193	1.9

AL (6 yrs)				1813	1251	223	4.8	101	.263	.245	.265	.334	.335	.414	.405	.748	.741	102	.504	5.7	0.5	.708	.297	.169	5.7
NL (1 yr)				427	293	55	5.0	108	.273	.238	.272	.344	.342	.431	.426	.775	.768	102	.518	1.6	0.2	.740	.331	.193	1.9

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
1990	24	BAL	AL	48	0.0%	14.6%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	0.88	5.6		39.0	0.52	0.86	67%	18%	0.0%	14%
1991	25	BAL	AL	445	3.6%	18.4%	9.0%	7.9%	39%	2.05	4.8	24.4	8.7	0.49	0.59	67%	19%	9.0%	16%
1992	26	BAL	AL	552	3.1%	14.1%	11.4%	7.4%	33%	1.24	6.0	27.5	7.3	0.42	0.56	69%	20%	7.3%	16%
1993	27	BAL	AL	285	3.5%	21.1%	11.2%	6.0%	35%	1.88	4.1	24.4	9.8	0.49	0.50	62%	16%	9.7%	17%
1994	28	BAL	AL	334	4.5%	16.5%	12.3%	10.5%	45%	1.34	5.2	19.0	5.1	0.49	0.65	66%	22%	11.2%	15%
1995	29	BAL	AL	149	2.7%	15.4%	12.1%	6.0%	30%	1.28	5.5	31.8	10.6	0.36	0.35	68%	26%	6.2%	17%
1996	30	CHC	NL	427	4.0%	22.0%	12.4%	8.4%	42%	1.77	3.9	21.3	6.5	0.55	0.68	59%	23%	11.7%	16%
7 Yrs				2240	3.5%	17.8%	11.4%	7.7%	37%	1.56	4.8	24.3	7.4	0.47	0.58	65%	21%	9.0%	16%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.5%	8.8%	7.2%	31%	1.76	5.7	37.9	7.9	0.81	1.08	72%	21%	7.0%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	24	BAL	AL	-1.0	-0.1	48	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.94	-0.3	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	0.93	-3.0		0
1991	25	BAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	449	-0.9	7.1	-8.0	1.02	-0.0	-0.9	-10.4	-1.1	0.96	-3.9	3.04	5
1992	26	BAL	AL	12.8	1.3	570	0.0	9.9	-9.9	1.03	0.9	-0.9	8.3	0.8	1.00	14.7		0
1993	27	BAL	AL	-11.1	-1.1	289	-0.3	4.5	-4.8	.98	-0.7	0.4	-7.6	-0.7	0.92	-5.6		0
1994	28	BAL	AL	8.1	0.7	339	1.1	6.7	-5.5	.99	1.1	0.0	16.9	1.5	0.93	14.5	1.74	2
1995	29	BAL	AL	-3.0	-0.3	152	-0.6	1.8	-2.4	.84	-0.7	-0.0	-5.8	-0.5	0.87	-6.6	1.33	9
1996	30	CHC	NL	1.1	0.1	436	0.2	7.3	-7.1	.98	0.2	-0.1	4.6	0.4	0.93	2.7	1.49	15
7 Yrs				6.1	0.6	2283	-0.8	37.8	-38.6	.99	0.5	-1.3	2.0	0.0	0.95	12.9	1.71	31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1990	24	BAL	AL	0	0	18%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	4	3	1	3	3	0	1	0	1
1991	25	BAL	AL	8	0	21%	145	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	31%	17	14	3	7	6	1	8	2	6
1992	26	BAL	AL	3	0	25%	208	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	23	35%	38	27	11	8	6	2	14	6	8
1993	27	BAL	AL	5	1	27%	85	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	32%	19	15	4	5	3	2	7	2	4
1994	28	BAL	AL	2	1	29%	129	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	24%	18	16	1	4	3	0	15	6	8
1995	29	BAL	AL	0	0	26%	47	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	20%	9	9	0	1	1	0	5	2	3
1996	30	CHC	NL	6	0	21%	139	1	4	20%	1	2	0	0	2	1	4	6	41%	25	15	10	5	2	2	12	6	5
7 Yrs				24	2	24%	774	4	10	29%	3	7	1	1	2	2	14	58	32%	130	99	30	33	24	7	62	24	35

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1990	24	BAL	AL	48	42%	9	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	2	20%	9	3	33%	28	2	7%	6	1	17%	3	2	67%	0
1991	25	BAL	AL	445	30%	91	26	0	5	0	0	0	3.04	16	0	12	10	6	7	9	0	6	5	83%	99	11	11%	53	20	38%	285	30	11%	25	14	56%	19	10	53%	0
1992	26	BAL	AL	552	24%	124	46	2	0	0	0	0		17	1	14	13	4	6	11	0	7	5	71%	143	14	10%	65	20	31%	394	49	12%	37	16	43%	29	13	45%	0
1993	27	BAL	AL	285	27%	48	6	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	2	8	2	7	3	0	4	3	75%	50	2	4%	23	7	30%	182	19	10%	8	4	50%	10	8	80%	0
1994	28	BAL	AL	334	24%	78	3	0	2	0	0	1	1.74	15	0	7	10	5	11	4	0	0	0		71	5	7%	27	11	41%	211	44	21%	20	14	70%	6	6	100%	0
1995	29	BAL	AL	149	36%	30	7	0	9	3	0	0	1.33	4	0	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	0		22	0	0%	10	3	30%	81	8	10%	9	3	33%	6	3	50%	0
1996	30	CHC	NL	427	31%	86	3	0	15	3	0	3	1.49	17	0	12	14	3	10	7	0	3	3	100%	75	8	11%	27	13	48%	267	43	16%	23	17	74%	14	6	43%	0
7 Yrs				2240	28%	466	94	2	31	6	0	4	1.71	79	1	52	57	22	44	35	0	21	17	81%	470	42	9%	214	77	36%	1448	195	13%	128	69	54%	87	48	55%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1990	24	BAL	AL	48	192	4.00	112	58%	32%	13%	26%	29%	68%	0%	40%	82%	27%	6%	3	0	25%	12	5	13%	6	2	29%	0	0	0
1991	25	BAL	AL	445	1789	4.02	1084	61%	26%	14%	30%	30%	74%	0%	45%	80%	26%	4%	18	3	17%	75	41	8%	34	23	34%	0	0	0
1992	26	BAL	AL	553	2221	4.02	1300	59%	26%	11%	32%	31%	74%	2%	43%	86%	22%	5%	30	2	19%	106	54	11%	63	39	37%	-1	0	0
1993	27	BAL	AL	285	1175	4.12	696	59%	23%	17%	33%	27%	77%	1%	45%	78%	32%	6%	16	1	17%	49	27	11%	31	22	40%	0	1	0
1994	28	BAL	AL	329	1369	4.16	827	60%	25%	11%	36%	28%	75%	0%	45%	85%	29%	6%	19	1	18%	60	29	12%	38	26	47%	5	0	1
1995	29	BAL	AL	135	554	4.10	320	58%	27%	15%	28%	30%	73%	0%	42%	80%	27%	7%	9	0	24%	32	15	13%	17	10	29%	14	0	0
1996	30	CHC	NL	402	1545	3.84	909	59%	26%	15%	31%	28%	73%	0%	43%	80%	32%	7%	28	6	16%	66	30	10%	40	20	36%	25	0	2
7 Yrs				2197	8845	4.03	5248	59%	26%	13%	32%	29%	74%	1%	44%	82%	27%	6%	123	13	18%	400	201	10%	229	142	38%	43	1	3
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1990	24	12	48	39	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	7	.231	.362	.231	.592	72	9	2	0	1	0	0
1991	25	130	493	430	43	100	17	2	16	46	1	1	48	89	.233	.308	.393	.701	97	169	13	2	6	7	0
1992	26	267	1045	898	105	224	41	2	33	110	3	4	111	167	.249	.334	.410	.743	108	368	27	10	11	15	4
1993	27	338	1330	1142	135	272	48	2	43	135	3	5	143	227	.238	.325	.397	.722	100	453	29	13	14	17	5
1994	28	422	1664	1427	181	350	68	2	58	191	3	5	184	282	.245	.334	.418	.751	103	596	34	16	14	21	5
1995	29	475	1813	1554	197	380	73	2	62	203	3	6	202	305	.245	.334	.414	.748	102	643	34	18	14	23	6
1996	30	611	2240	1916	241	466	92	2	79	259	4	10	255	399	.243	.336	.417	.753	102	799	42	25	17	25	6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / 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
1990	24	12	50	40	4	10	0	0	0	1	0	9	7	.250	.388	.250	.638	4	12
1991	25	118	452	396	44	96	18	2	17	49	1	42	82	.242	.313	.427	.740	53	118
1992	26	137	561	474	67	130	25	0	18	69	2	66	78	.274	.367	.441	.808	76	137
1993	27	71	282	243	29	47	7	0	10	24	0	31	60	.193	.290	.346	.636	24	71
1994	28	119	458	395	56	101	26	0	19	69	0	53	78	.256	.345	.466	.811	64	84
1995	29	60	164	141	16	32	5	0	4	12	0	19	26	.227	.323	.348	.671	16	53
1996	30	136	421	358	40	82	18	0	16	51	1	51	94	.229	.335	.413	.748	48	136
7 Yrs		653	2388	2047	256	498	99	2	84	275	4	271	425	.243	.335	.417	.752	285	611
162 Game Avg.		162	592	508	64	124	25	0	21	68	1	67	105	.243	.335	.417	.752	71	611

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Other Resources & Links

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Name and misspellings: Leonardo (Velez) Leo Gomez

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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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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