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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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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
1953 25 NYG NL 13 11 .542 3.40 29 26 0 13 3 0 204.0 166 89 77 17 101 113 4 0 3 872 127 1.309 7.3 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.12 MVP-22
1954 26 NYG NL 17 9 .654 2.88 37 32 1 10 4 0 221.2 202 85 71 20 109 106 7 1 5 964 141 1.403 8.2 0.8 4.4 4.3 0.97
1955 27 NYG NL 9 10 .474 4.56 33 31 1 9 3 1 185.1 207 103 94 20 63 6 79 7 0 2 809 89 1.457 10.1 1.0 3.1 3.8 1.25
1956 28 NYG NL 7 17 .292 4.58 40 31 4 4 2 0 196.1 191 108 100 19 77 8 76 9 0 1 841 82 1.365 8.8 0.9 3.5 3.5 0.99
1957 29 NYG NL 15 13 .536 3.78 38 36 0 16 1 0 238.1 233 110 100 28 71 10 92 5 0 2 1011 105 1.276 8.8 1.1 2.7 3.5 1.30
1958 30 SFG NL 10 12 .455 4.38 42 30 6 8 1 1 207.2 204 107 101 21 77 3 112 8 0 3 884 87 1.353 8.8 0.9 3.3 4.9 1.45
1959 31 PHI NL 3 8 .273 6.10 20 12 6 2 1 1 72.1 90 55 49 12 24 2 37 0 1 3 327 67 1.576 11.2 1.5 3.0 4.6 1.54
1960 32 PHI NL 0 3 .000 5.33 22 1 6 0 0 1 52.1 68 37 31 7 9 2 24 1 0 2 233 73 1.471 11.7 1.2 1.5 4.1 2.67
1962 34 TOT AL 2 3 .400 4.45 21 6 4 1 0 1 64.2 67 34 32 8 36 5 29 2 1 2 289 88 1.593 9.3 1.1 5.0 4.0 0.81
1962 34 CLE AL 1 2 .333 4.37 15 4 3 0 0 1 45.1 50 23 22 5 25 3 21 2 1 2 207 88 1.654 9.9 1.0 5.0 4.2 0.84
1962 34 MIN AL 1 1 .500 4.66 6 2 1 1 0 0 19.1 17 11 10 3 11 2 8 0 0 0 82 88 1.448 7.9 1.4 5.1 3.7 0.73
1967 39 PHI NL 0 0 3.97 7 0 6 0 0 0 11.1 8 6 5 2 7 3 9 0 0 1 48 86 1.324 6.4 1.6 5.6 7.1 1.29
10 Seasons 76 86 .469 4.09 289 205 34 63 15 5 1454.0 1436 734 660 154 574 39 677 43 3 24 6278 98 1.382 8.9 1.0 3.6 4.2 1.18
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .469 4.09 40 28 5 9 2 1 200 198 101 91 21 79 93 6 0 3 864 98 1.382 8.9 1.0 3.6 4.2 1.18
SFG (6 yrs) 71 72 .497 3.90 219 186 12 60 14 2 1253.1 1203 602 543 125 498 27 578 40 1 16 5381 103 1.357 8.6 0.9 3.6 4.2 1.16
PHI (3 yrs) 3 11 .214 5.62 49 13 18 2 1 2 136.0 166 98 85 21 40 7 70 1 1 6 608 70 1.515 11.0 1.4 2.6 4.6 1.75
MIN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.66 6 2 1 1 0 0 19.1 17 11 10 3 11 2 8 0 0 0 82 88 1.448 7.9 1.4 5.1 3.7 0.73
CLE (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.37 15 4 3 0 0 1 45.1 50 23 22 5 25 3 21 2 1 2 207 88 1.654 9.9 1.0 5.0 4.2 0.84
NL (9 yrs) 74 83 .471 4.07 268 199 30 62 15 4 1389.1 1369 700 628 146 538 34 648 41 2 22 5989 98 1.373 8.9 0.9 3.5 4.2 1.20
AL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.45 21 6 4 1 0 1 64.2 67 34 32 8 36 5 29 2 1 2 289 88 1.593 9.3 1.1 5.0 4.0 0.81

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
1954 26 NYG NL WS W CLE 1 0 1.000 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 4 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 29 0.955 4.9 1.2 3.7 2.5 0.67
1 WS 1 0 1.000 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 4 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 29 0.955 4.9 1.2 3.7 2.5 0.67

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

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

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 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 (1469th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1953 NL  3.397 (8th)
1954 NL  2.883 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1954 NL  17 (6th)
1957 NL  15 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1954 NL  .654 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1953 NL  1.309 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  7.324 (2nd)
1954 NL  8.201 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1953 NL  204.0 (9th)
1957 NL  238.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 NL  113 (9th)
1954 NL  106 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1954 NL  32 (7th)
1955 NL  31 (9th)
1957 NL  36 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 NL  13 (7th)
1957 NL  16 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1953 NL  3 (6th)
1954 NL  4 (2nd)
1955 NL  3 (4th)
1956 NL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1957 NL  28 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL  101 (4th)
1954 NL  109 (1st)
1957 NL  71 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1955 NL  207 (9th)
1957 NL  233 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  .750 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1956 NL  17 (3rd)
1957 NL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1955 NL  94 (9th)
1956 NL  100 (3rd)
1957 NL  100 (5th)
1958 NL  101 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 NL  5 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL  7 (2nd)
1955 NL  7 (4th)
1956 NL  9 (2nd)
1958 NL  8 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1957 NL  1011 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1953 NL  127 (6th)
1954 NL  141 (3rd)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 48 (522), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 4, 1950: Drafted by the Washington Senators from St Jean (Provincial) in the 1950 minor league draft.

June, 1951: Sent from the Washington Senators to St Jean (Provincial) in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 3, 1951: Drafted by the New York Yankees from St Jean (Provincial) in the 1951 minor league draft.

June, 1952: Released by the New York Yankees. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

January 30, 1953: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

December 3, 1958: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Valmy Thomas to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jack Sanford.

Before 1962 Season: Sent from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.

August 20, 1962: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later, Jackie Collum and cash. The Minnesota Twins sent Georges Maranda (October 9, 1962) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

January 21, 1963: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

March, 1963: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Before 1964 Season: Sent from the Cleveland Indians to Monterrey (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.

December 21, 1966: Sent to the Philadelphia Phillies by Veracruz (Mexican) as part of a conditional deal.

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