Lefty Gomez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 173lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: November 26, 1908 in Rodeo, CA us

Died: February 17, 1989 in Greenbrae, CA

Buried: Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, CA

High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1930 (Age 21-154d, 7,083rd in major league history)
vs. WSH 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: May 30, 1943 (Age 34-185d)
vs. CHW 4.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1972. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Lefty Gomez's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Vernon Louis Gomez

Nicknames: Goofy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.7

189

102

ERA

3.34

368

320

2503.0

1468

WHIP

1.352

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-0 / in Starts: 7-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1932	WS g2	Sep 29	NYY		CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	9	2	1	1	8	0	0	1.00	1.35	36	130	86	28	18	11	10	0	2	6	70			0	0	1	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.273	58.54	7.51%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
1936 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	1936	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY	@	NYG	W,18-4	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	6	4	4	7	8	0	0	4.00	3.87	40	172	93	32	18	7	18	8	5	0	60			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.023	26.24	0.81%	0.73	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a14
3	1936	WS g6	Oct 6	NYY	@	NYG	W,13-5	GS-7	W(2-0)	3	6.1	8	4	4	4	1	1	0	4.70	5.14	32	106	61	8	8	14	13	3	3	0	38			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.218	116.57	-11.98%	-1.53	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a1
1937 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1937	WS g1	Oct 6	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.00	3.09	33					8	16	4	2	6	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.257	35.92	7.33%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
5	1937	WS g5	Oct 10	NYY	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	10	2	2	1	6	1	0	1.50	3.37	37					8	12	4	2	10	64			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	0.403	49.94	8.73%	2.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
1938 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	1938	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	7.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.86	2.05	29					9	7	0	2	7	51			0	1	1	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.002	54.62	-0.11%	0.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
1939 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1939	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-3	GS-1		12	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.00	0.59	6					2	2	0	0	1	44			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.045	43.47	-1.23%	-0.49	1b start a 2	1b 3 out a1
											50.1	51	17	16	15	31	2	0	2.86		213																			1

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