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Ruben Gomez
Ruben (Colon) Gomez

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 13, 1927 in Arroyo, P.R. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953
Final Game: May 2, 1967
Died: July 26, 2004 in Carolina, P.R.
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Ruben Gomez
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Standard Batting

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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
1953	25	NYG	NL	61	79	72	15	15	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.208	.219	.222	.441	14	16	2	0	6			1	MVP-22
1954	26	NYG	NL	49	86	81	11	14	1	0	2	6	0	2	0	8	.173	.183	.259	.442	14	21	2	1	4	0		1
1955	27	NYG	NL	42	65	60	9	18	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	5	.300	.311	.367	.678	79	22	0	0	4	0	0	1
1956	28	NYG	NL	52	63	60	9	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.183	.210	.200	.410	12	12	1	0	1	0	0	1/9
1957	29	NYG	NL	54	97	87	6	16	2	0	1	2	0	0	6	16	.184	.237	.241	.478	29	21	4	0	4	0	0	1/7
1958	30	SFG	NL	48	75	70	8	14	4	0	0	6	1	0	1	10	.200	.211	.257	.468	25	18	2	0	4	0	0	1
1959	31	PHI	NL	24	21	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.176	.399	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	1
1960	32	PHI	NL	22	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1

1962	34	TOT	AL	22	19	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.211	.167	.377	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	34	CLE	AL	16	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	34	MIN	AL	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1967	39	PHI	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
10 Seasons				381	519	477	58	95	11	1	3	22	2	2	14	61	.199	.224	.245	.469	24	117	11	1	27	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	221	203	25	40	5	0	1	9	1	1	6	26	.199	.224	.245	.469	24	50	5	0	11

SFG (6 yrs)				306	465	430	58	88	11	1	3	21	2	2	11	52	.205	.226	.256	.482	28	110	11	1	23	0	0
PHI (3 yrs)				53	35	29	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.138	.194	.138	.331	-9	4	0	0	4	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				16	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	27	3	0	0	0	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				359	500	459	58	92	11	1	3	22	2	2	13	60	.200	.224	.248	.472	25	114	11	1	27	0	0
AL (1 yr)				22	19	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.211	.167	.377	4	3	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1953	25	NYG	NL	79	65	4	1.6	112	.234	.208	.278	.219	.349	.222	.433	.441	.782	14	.120	-9.4	-0.9	.288	.028	.014
1954	26	NYG	NL	86	75	3	1.1	110	.169	.173	.275	.183	.347	.259	.426	.442	.772	14	.060	-10.8	-1.1	.282	.062	.086	.0
1955	27	NYG	NL	65	46	7	4.1	106	.327	.300	.267	.311	.338	.367	.422	.678	.760	79	.436	-2.1	-0.2	.548	.083	.067
1956	28	NYG	NL	63	51	3	1.6	102	.200	.183	.263	.210	.330	.200	.415	.410	.745	12	.128	-7.6	-0.8	.300	.067	.017	.0
1957	29	NYG	NL	97	79	5	1.7	103	.214	.184	.269	.237	.332	.241	.416	.478	.748	29	.140	-8.9	-0.9	.360	.126	.057	.0
1958	30	SFG	NL	75	62	4	1.7	104	.233	.200	.267	.211	.335	.257	.417	.468	.752	25	.140	-7.6	-0.7	.345	.086	.057	.0
1959	31	PHI	NL	21	17	1	1.6	106	.250	.176	.271	.222	.338	.176	.420	.399	.757	8	.122	-2.3	-0.2	.286	.059	.000
1960	32	PHI	NL	14	12	0	0.0	99	.111	.083	.263	.154	.329	.083	.404	.237	.733	-33	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.182	.083	.000

1962	34	TOT	AL	19	15	1	1.8	102	.176	.167	.262	.211	.334	.167	.408	.377	.742	4	.153	-2.5	-0.2	.267	.056	.000
1962	34	CLE	AL	13	10	1	2.7	100	.231	.231	.260	.231	.331	.231	.404	.462	.736	27	.276	-1.4	-0.1	.300	.000	.000
1962	34	MIN	AL	6	5	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.268	.167	.341	.000	.417	.167	.758	-51	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
10 Seasons				519	422	28	1.8	106	.223	.199	.270	.224	.338	.245	.420	.469	.759	24	.146	-53.4	-5.2	.334	.075	.046	2.4
162 Game Avg.				221	179	12	1.8	106	.223	.199	.270	.224	.338	.245	.420	.469	.759	24	.146	-53.4	-5.2	.334	.075	.046	1

SFG (6 yrs)				465	378	26	1.8	106	.227	.205	.270	.226	.339	.256	.421	.482	.760	28	.154	-46.3	-4.6	.344	.077	.051	2.4
PHI (3 yrs)				35	29	1	0.9	103	.190	.138	.268	.194	.334	.138	.413	.331	.747	-9	.052	-4.6	-0.4	.240	.069	.000
MIN (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.268	.167	.341	.000	.417	.167	.758	-51	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
CLE (1 yr)				13	10	1	2.7	100	.231	.231	.260	.231	.331	.231	.404	.462	.736	27	.276	-1.4	-0.1	.300	.000	.000

NL (9 yrs)				500	407	27	1.8	106	.225	.200	.270	.224	.338	.248	.421	.472	.759	25	.146	-50.9	-5.0	.337	.076	.048	2.4
AL (1 yr)				19	15	1	1.8	102	.176	.167	.262	.211	.334	.167	.408	.377	.742	4	.154	-2.5	-0.2	.267	.056	.000

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
1954	26	NYG	NL	WS	CLE	W	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	25	NYG	NL	79	0.0%	10.1%	1.3%	1.3%	7%	8.00	9.0		18.0		81%
1954	26	NYG	NL	86	2.3%	9.3%	0.0%	3.5%	21%		10.1	40.5	13.5	2.21	83%
1955	27	NYG	NL	65	0.0%	7.7%	1.5%	4.6%	17%	5.00	12.0		30.0	1.31	85%
1956	28	NYG	NL	63	0.0%	7.9%	3.2%	1.6%	9%	2.50	12.0		60.0	1.06	87%
1957	29	NYG	NL	97	1.0%	16.5%	6.2%	3.1%	19%	2.67	5.4	87.0	43.5	1.26	72%
1958	30	SFG	NL	75	0.0%	13.3%	1.3%	5.3%	29%	10.00	7.0		11.7	1.12	80%
1959	31	PHI	NL	21	0.0%	23.8%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	5.00	3.4		17.0	1.00	57%
1960	32	PHI	NL	14	0.0%	21.4%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.0			2.00	64%

1962	34	TOT	AL	19	0.0%	5.3%	5.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	18.0			0.86	89%
1962	34	CLE	AL	13	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.50	100%
1962	34	MIN	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%		1.00	5.0			3.00	67%
10 Seasons				519	0.6%	11.8%	2.7%	2.9%	16%	4.36	7.8	159.0	21.7	1.34	80%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	26	NYG	NL	0	0	69%	29	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44%	5	4	1	0	0	0	4	1	3
1955	27	NYG	NL	0	0	47%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	25%	4	3	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
1956	28	NYG	NL	0	0	69%	19	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1957	29	NYG	NL	0	0	24%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	43%	5	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1958	30	SFG	NL	0	0	53%	24	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1959	31	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	32	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	34	TOT	AL	1	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	34	CLE	AL	1	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	34	MIN	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Seasons				1	0	51%	152	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	29%	21	15	3	3	3	0	10	3	7
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1954	26	NYG	NL	78	37%	14			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	5	4	80%	13	2	15%	14	3	21%	37	4	11%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	8
1955	27	NYG	NL	51	18%	18			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	200%	5	0	0%	3	1	33%	18	2	11%	0	0		0	0		14
1956	28	NYG	NL	47	38%	11			2	0	0	0	0.95	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	10	1	10%	20	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	16
1957	29	NYG	NL	83	30%	16			3	0	0	0	2.84	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	80%	19	4	21%	21	4	19%	52	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	14
1958	30	SFG	NL	76	18%	14			1	1	0	0	3.14	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	18	2	11%	16	4	25%	66	7	11%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
1959	31	PHI	NL	21	19%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	0	0%	7	2	29%	16	1	6%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1960	32	PHI	NL	14	43%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0

1962	34	TOT	AL	19	16%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	34	CLE	AL	13	23%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	34	MIN	AL	6	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Seasons				389	28%	95			6	1	0	0	2.26	3	0	4	1	2	1	2	0	23	27	117%	73	11	15%	75	16	21%	228	14	6%	10	2	20%	19	4	21%	52
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1953	25	61	79	72	15	15	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.208	.219	.222	.441	14	16	2	0	6
1954	26	110	165	153	26	29	2	0	2	10	0	2	1	16	.190	.200	.242	.442	14	37	4	1	10	0
1955	27	152	230	213	35	47	4	1	2	12	0	2	2	21	.221	.231	.277	.508	32	59	4	1	14	0	0
1956	28	204	293	273	44	58	5	1	2	13	1	2	4	26	.212	.227	.260	.487	28	71	5	1	15	0	0
1957	29	258	390	360	50	74	7	1	3	15	1	2	10	42	.206	.229	.256	.485	28	92	9	1	19	0	0
1958	30	306	465	430	58	88	11	1	3	21	2	2	11	52	.205	.226	.256	.482	28	110	11	1	23	0	0
1959	31	330	486	447	58	91	11	1	3	22	2	2	12	57	.204	.226	.253	.479	27	113	11	1	26	0	0
1960	32	352	500	459	58	92	11	1	3	22	2	2	13	60	.200	.224	.248	.472	25	114	11	1	27	0	0
1961	33	352	500	459	58	92	11	1	3	22	2	2	13	60	.200	.224	.248	.472	25	114	11	1	27	0	0
1962	34	374	519	477	58	95	11	1	3	22	2	2	14	61	.199	.224	.245	.469	24	117	11	1	27	0	0
1963	35	374	519	477	58	95	11	1	3	22	2	2	14	61	.199	.224	.245	.469	24	117	11	1	27	0	0
1964	36	374	519	477	58	95	11	1	3	22	2	2	14	61	.199	.224	.245	.469	24	117	11	1	27	0	0
1965	37	374	519	477	58	95	11	1	3	22	2	2	14	61	.199	.224	.245	.469	24	117	11	1	27	0	0
1966	38	374	519	477	58	95	11	1	3	22	2	2	14	61	.199	.224	.245	.469	24	117	11	1	27	0	0
1967	39	381	519	477	58	95	11	1	3	22	2	2	14	61	.199	.224	.245	.469	24	117	11	1	27	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	25	63	74	73	13	14	1	0	0	4	0	1	8	.192	.203	.205	.408	3	61
1954	26	52	86	85	11	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	.000	.012	.000	.012	3	49
1955	27	44	64	63	9	19	2	1	0	2	0	1	5	.302	.313	.365	.678	7	42
1956	28	54	66	64	11	13	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	.203	.227	.219	.446	3	52
1957	29	56	97	91	7	17	2	0	1	2	0	6	17	.187	.237	.242	.479	5	54
1958	30	50	75	74	9	15	4	0	0	7	1	1	11	.203	.213	.257	.470	4	48
1959	31	25	20	19	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.211	.250	.211	.461	1	24
1960	32	23	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	22

1962	34	22	20	19	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.211	.250	.211	.461	1	22
9 Seasons		389	516	501	60	86	10	1	1	23	2	14	63	.172	.196	.202	.397	27	374
162 Game Avg.		162	215	209	25	36	4	0	0	10	1	6	26	.172	.196	.202	.397	11	374

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1953-NL-22-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Oldest s c a p y
1967 NL--born 1927-07-13--1st

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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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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