Rubén Gómez

Ruben (Colon) Gomez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 13, 1927 in Arroyo, P.R.(All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies/Indians/Twins 1953-1967

Final Game: May 2, 1967 (Age 39)
Died: July 26, 2004 in Carolina, P.R.
Buried: Cementerio Nuevo Municipal,in Guayama, P.R.
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1953	NYG	NL	25	P	29	26	13	204.0	62	20	39	3	1	.952			2.60	2.03	.956	2.06	2.02	4	1	20%		1	MVP-22
1954	NYG	NL	26	P	37	32	10	221.2	64	13	47	4	3	.938			2.44	1.62	.960	2.07	2.06	2	7	78%	45%	1
1955	NYG	NL	27	P	33	31	9	185.1	63	22	39	2	4	.968			2.96	1.85	.950	2.04	2.02	6	5	45%	44%	2
1956	NYG	NL	28	P	40	31	4	196.1	60	19	40	1	4	.983			2.70	1.48	.966	2.05	2.03	4	3	43%	41%	1
1956	NYG	NL	28	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
1956	NYG	NL	28	RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1957	NYG	NL	29	P	38	36	16	238.1	67	14	51	2	3	.970			2.45	1.71	.962	2.06	2.08	9	4	31%	39%	0
1957	NYG	NL	29	LF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			2.00
1957	NYG	NL	29	OF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			2.30
1958	SFG	NL	30	P	42	30	8	207.2	62	21	39	2	3	.968			2.60	1.43	.955	1.97	1.96	6	4	40%	39%	3
1959	PHI	NL	31	P	20	12	2	72.1	27	7	18	2	3	.926			3.11	1.25	.954	1.99	1.97	2	2	50%	38%	0
1960	PHI	NL	32	P	22	1	0	52.1	13	5	6	2	0	.846			1.89	0.50	.962	2.08	2.08	2	0	0%	40%	0
1962	TOT	AL	34	P	21	6	1	64.2	19	5	13	1	2	.947			2.51	0.86	.958	2.09	2.07	2	4	67%	36%	0
1962	CLE	AL	34	P	15	4	0	45.1	14	3	10	1	2	.929			2.58	0.87	.958	2.08	2.07	0	2	100%	36%	0
1962	MIN	AL	34	P	6	2	1	19.1	5	2	3	0	0	1.000			2.33	0.83	.958	2.09	2.07	2	2	50%	36%	0
1967	PHI	NL	39	P	7	0	0	11.1	6	1	5	0	1	1.000			4.76	0.86	.960	1.99	2.00	0	1	100%	40%	0
	10 Seasons			P	289	205	63	1454.0	443	127	297	19	24	.957			2.62	1.47	.958	2.04	2.03	37	31	46%	38%	8
	2 Seasons			OF	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.25
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			2.00
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
	10 Seasons			TOT	291	205	63	1456.0	443	127	297	19	24	.957	0	0	2.62	1.46	.958	2.04	2.03	37	31	46%	38%	8

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd
1953	NYG	NL	25	P
1954	NYG	NL	26	P
1955	NYG	NL	27	P
1956	NYG	NL	28	P
1956	NYG	NL	28	RF
1957	NYG	NL	29	P
1957	NYG	NL	29	LF	0		0	0	0
1958	SFG	NL	30	P
1959	PHI	NL	31	P
1960	PHI	NL	32	P
1962	CLE	AL	34	P
1962	MIN	AL	34	P
1967	PHI	NL	39	P
	10 Seasons			P
	1 Season			LF	0		0	0	0
	1 Season			RF
	10 Seasons			TOT	0	0	0	0	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	LF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1953	NYG	NL	25	61	26	61	29	29	0	0	0	0	32
1954	NYG	NL	26	49	32	49	37	37	0	0	0	0	12
1955	NYG	NL	27	42	31	42	33	33	0	0	0	1	8
1956	NYG	NL	28	52	31	52	41	40	0	1	1	2	10
1957	NYG	NL	29	54	36	54	38	38	1	0	1	3	13
1958	SFG	NL	30	48	30	48	42	42	0	0	0	1	5
1959	PHI	NL	31	24	12	24	20	20	0	0	0	0	4
1960	PHI	NL	32	22	1	22	22	22	0	0	0	0	0
1962	CLE	AL	34	16	4	16	15	15	0	0	0	0	1
1962	MIN	AL	34	6	2	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0
1967	PHI	NL	39	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
	10 Seasons			381	205	381	290	289	1	1	2	7	85

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

										Putouts			Assists			Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	31	Tot	1B	2B	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	163	GB	LD	bFld	bF2O%
1953	NYG	NL	25	818	75%	28%	42	95%	0	18	1	16	39	31	4	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	100%
1954	NYG	NL	26	958	79%	33%	53	91%	0	13	1	8	46	35	6	4	1	3	0	1	4	2	3	1	12	92%
1955	NYG	NL	27	671	84%	33%	39	90%	0	18	3	12	33	24	3	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	3	1	5	100%
1956	NYG	NL	28	742	82%	32%	41	95%	1	20	1	16	39	31	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	3	3	2	4	100%
1957	NYG	NL	29	926	86%	32%	58	91%	2	14	2	9	48	39	5	2	0	2	0	1	3	3	3	0	6	83%
1958	SFG	NL	30	879	80%	27%	45	93%	1	15	0	11	43	32	4	2	0	0	2	1	3	2	3	0	6	100%
1959	PHI	NL	31	327	84%	30%	18	94%	1	7	1	4	18	11	3	2	1	1	0	1	5	3	4	1	1	100%
1960	PHI	NL	32	234	88%	25%	10	70%	0	5	0	2	6	5	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1962	CLE	AL	34	207	79%	24%	11	91%	0	4	0	4	10	8	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	5	80%
1962	MIN	AL	34	82	83%	27%	5	60%	0	2	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1967	PHI	NL	39	48	71%	23%	6	100%	0	1	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	100%
	10 Seasons			5892	81%	30%	328	91%	5	117	9	83	290	223	31	18	2	10	6	7	28	18	22	5	46	93%
	MLB Averages				80%	27%		89%																		82%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1957	NYG	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	0%	100%	0%	0
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	0%	100%	0%	0
	MLB Averages																														58.2%			2.6%			63%	80%	29%		48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1956	NYG	NL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	7	86%	57%	29%	0
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	7	86%	57%	29%	0
	MLB Averages																														41.3%			3.2%			63%	80%	29%		54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

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 (1521st)	Putouts as P s c a p y 1953 NL 20 (2nd) 1955 NL 22 (1st) 1956 NL 19 (4th) 1958 NL 21 (2nd)	Assists as P s c a p y 1957 NL 51 (4th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1954 NL 4 (1st)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1955 NL 2.96 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1953 NL 2.03 (2nd) 1955 NL 1.85 (1st) 1957 NL 1.71 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1967 NL born 1927-07-13 (1st)

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