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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 NYG NL 25 P 29 62 20 39 3 1 .952 2.03 .956 0.87 MVP-22
1954 NYG NL 26 P 37 32 221.2 64 13 47 4 3 .938 2.44 1.62 .961 2.07 0.87
1955 NYG NL 27 P 33 31 185.1 63 22 39 2 4 .968 2.96 1.85 .949 2.04 0.83
1956 NYG NL 28 P 40 31 196.1 60 19 40 1 4 .983 2.70 1.48 .965 2.05 0.83
1956 NYG NL 28 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1956 NYG NL 28 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1957 NYG NL 29 P 38 36 238.1 67 14 51 2 3 .970 2.45 1.71 .961 2.06 0.82
1957 NYG NL 29 LF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 1.70
1957 NYG NL 29 OF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.10
1958 SFG NL 30 P 42 30 207.2 62 21 39 2 3 .968 2.60 1.43 .955 1.97 0.77
1959 PHI NL 31 P 20 12 72.1 27 7 18 2 3 .926 3.11 1.25 .956 1.99 0.82
1960 PHI NL 32 P 22 1 52.1 13 5 6 2 0 .846 1.89 0.50 .969 2.08 0.87
1962 TOT AL 34 P 21 6 64.2 19 5 13 1 2 .947 2.51 0.86 .958 2.09 0.79
1962 CLE AL 34 P 15 4 45.1 14 3 10 1 2 .929 2.58 0.87 .957 2.08 0.79
1962 MIN AL 34 P 6 2 19.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.33 0.83 .960 2.09 0.78
1967 PHI NL 39 P 7 0 11.1 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.76 0.86 .967 1.99 0.79
10 Seasons P 289 179 1250.0 443 127 297 19 24 .957 3.05 1.47 .958 2.04 0.83
2 Seasons OF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.05
1 Season LF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 1.70
1 Season RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
10 Seasons TOT 291 179 1252.0 443 127 297 19 24 .957 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.05 1.46 .915 2.04 0.84

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 NYG NL 25 61 61 61 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYG NL 26 49 32 49 49 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
1955 NYG NL 27 42 31 42 42 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1956 NYG NL 28 52 31 52 52 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8
1957 NYG NL 29 54 36 54 54 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 9
1958 SFG NL 30 48 30 48 48 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1959 PHI NL 31 24 12 24 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1960 PHI NL 32 22 1 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 34 16 4 16 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 MIN AL 34 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 39 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 381 179 381 381 289 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 47
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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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%
1954 NYG NL 26 886 78% 33% 48 90% 0 11 0 7 41 32 5 4 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 12 92%
1955 NYG NL 27 642 82% 32% 36 92% 0 18 3 12 30 22 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 3 1 5 100%
1956 NYG NL 28 645 80% 32% 37 95% 1 15 1 12 35 28 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 3 2 3 100%
1957 NYG NL 29 874 84% 31% 52 92% 2 14 2 9 43 34 5 2 0 2 0 1 3 3 3 0 6 83%
1958 SFG NL 30 896 78% 26% 45 93% 1 15 0 11 43 32 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 3 0 6 100%
1959 PHI NL 31 335 82% 29% 18 94% 1 7 1 4 18 11 3 2 1 1 0 1 5 3 4 1 1 100%
1960 PHI NL 32 239 86% 24% 10 70% 0 5 0 2 6 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 CLE AL 34 212 77% 23% 11 91% 0 4 0 4 10 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 5 80%
1962 MIN AL 34 87 78% 25% 5 60% 0 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 PHI NL 39 50 68% 22% 6 100% 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
9 Seasons 4866 80% 30% 268 91% 5 92 7 62 234 179 26 15 2 9 4 6 25 17 21 4 42 93%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 56.7% 2.4% 62% 78% 28% 48%

* 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.

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