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: 28-9 / in Starts: 26-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 5

1932 Pitching Game Log

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1932 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	56	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-6	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.2	11	6	6	5	7	2	1	6.23	6.26	43	6	16	0	2	8	40			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.023	1.20	-0.03%	-1.42	1b start a 4	9b 123 2 out a6
2	57	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-9	7-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.23	6.60	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	-0.038	6.76	-0.06%	-0.25	7b -2- 1 out a1	7b 12- 1 out a1
3	58	6	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	9	3	3	4	9	1	0	4.58	5.06	39	8	10	1	0	8	62			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.268	2.59	0.45%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	59	11	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(3-0)	7	9.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.38	4.18	33	10	11	1	0	3	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.443	2.73	0.81%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
5	60	15	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-10	GS-4	L(3-1)	3	4.0	7	7	7	3	3	1	0	4.99	4.52	21	5	4	0	0	6	20			0	0	0	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.255	3.30	-0.61%	-4.71	1b start tie	4b 3 out d7
6	61	19	May 10	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	W(4-1)	7	9.0	7	3	2	3	7	0	0	4.31	4.00	35	12	8	1	0	5	67			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.094	3.01	0.17%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
7	62	23	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	SHO	W(5-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.51	3.72	32	7	16	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.359	2.81	0.91%	5.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
8	63	26	May 19(1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-8	9-9		2	1.0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.62	3.68	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.397	8.82	-1.27%	-1.44	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out d2
9	64	28	May 20	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	W(6-1)	0	9.0	9	3	3	1	8	0	1	3.53	3.37	37	10	9	1	0	8	64			1	1	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.173	4.80	0.54%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	65	33	May 24	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	3	1	0	1	13	0	0	3.06	2.96	32	5	11	0	2	2	91			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.515	6.09	1.62%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	66	37	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	W(8-1)	4	9.0	10	8	6	4	2	1	0	3.40	3.21	40	9	15	0	5	10	37			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.225	3.92	0.80%	-2.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
12	67	42	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(9-1)	3	9.0	8	1	1	7	10	0	0	3.15	3.18	41	7	11	2	3	6	70			0	0	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.381	6.40	1.25%	4.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	68	43	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,20-13	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.18	3.30	9	2	4	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.089	5.68	0.29%	-0.16	8b -2- 0 out a3	9b end a 7
14	69	48	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	W(10-1)	4	9.0	5	4	4	9	13	1	0	3.26	3.39	42	7	8	0	3	5	65			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.383	12.77	1.39%	1.47	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
15	70	50	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	9-GF(11)	BW(11-1)	1	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.16	3.44	12	5	3	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.01	0.267	23.98	0.96%	1.23	9b 1-- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
16	71	53	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	W(12-1)	2	9.0	12	7	6	6	6	1	0	3.40	3.56	46	15	8	2	2	11	37			0	0	0	40	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.43	0.265	9.00	1.00%	-1.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	72	59	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(13-1)	6	9.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.21	3.44	33	6	13	1	5	3	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.612	6.56	1.96%	4.52	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
18	73	63	Jun 25	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	W(14-1)	4	9.0	7	4	4	5	8	1	0	3.27	3.49	38	8	11	0	0	6	60			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.211	8.30	0.83%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	74	66	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	GS-8		3	7.1	10	5	5	0	5	0	0	3.43	3.38	31	11	6	0	2	9	43			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.446	8.33	-1.48%	-1.79	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
20	75	72	Jul 4(1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	L(14-2)	4	8.0	7	5	3	2	3	1	0	3.42	3.43	33						53						31	2	0			0
21	76	74	Jul 7	NYY		DET	L,5-8	9-10	BL(14-3)	2	1.2	1	4	4	5	2	0	0	3.63	3.50	11	1	2	0	0	1		2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	-0.532	21.93	-1.92%	-2.68	9t 12- 0 out a3	10t 123 2 out d1
22	77	78	Jul 10(1)	NYY		SLB	L,9-10	GS-	L(14-4)	2	8.1	15	9	8	0	3	2	0	3.91	3.60	40						22						39					0
23	78	84	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	CG	W(15-4)	4	9.0	9	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.97	3.66	38	15	6	0	1	9	49			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.99	0.178	5.85	0.63%	0.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	79	89	Jul 19	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(16-4)	3	9.0	7	3	2	4	3	0	0	3.86	3.65	37	14	9	0	0	7	62			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.08	0.212	4.13	0.49%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	80	94	Jul 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-3	CG	W(17-4)	4	9.0	7	3	1	1	6	0	0	3.72	3.55	35	7	14	0	7	7	70			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.364	3.63	1.07%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
26	81	95	Jul 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	9-GF	BL(17-5)	0	0.1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.81	3.62	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.17	-0.630	19.87	-1.45%	-1.32	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
27	82	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-7	L(17-6)	3	7.0	9	4	4	3	5	1	0	3.86	3.66	32	8	7	2	1	9	45			0	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.178	7.31	-0.61%	0.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
28	83	104	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-3	CG	W(18-6)	5	9.0	11	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.82	3.62	39	8	16	3	6	10	54			0	0	0	37	3	1	0	1	0	0	.33	0.142	1.23	0.32%	1.89	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a12
29	84	109	Aug 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(19-6)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	5	2	0	3.79	3.69	38	12	11	0	4	8	62			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.422	3.97	0.82%	2.52	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
30	85	112	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-	W(20-6)	4	8.0	15	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.81	3.64	39						38						38					0
31	86	117	Aug 19(2)	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GS-8		4	8.0	8	5	4	3	7	2	0	3.84	3.71	34	7	9	1	2	8	52			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.31	-0.181	1.65	-0.14%	-0.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
32	87	123	Aug 25	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(21-6)	5	9.0	10	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.81	3.68	37	14	9	1	2	9	60			1	0	0	37	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.270	.65	0.08%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
33	88	128	Aug 29(1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-3	CG	W(22-6)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.78	3.66	33	9	12	1	3	8	57			0	2	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	.90	-0.014	.30	0.00%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
34	89	135	Sep 5(1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-6	CG	W(23-6)	6	9.0	10	6	6	2	4	1	0	3.86	3.67	38	9	14	1	4	9	45			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.061	.09	0.01%	-1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	90	141	Sep 10(1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-10	GS-8	W(24-6)	4	8.0	8	9	9	10	6	0	0	4.05	3.71	38	6	8	1	3	8	26			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.492	.00	0.00%	-4.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
36	91	147	Sep 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS-7	L(24-7)	4	7.0	11	6	4	2	1	0	0	4.08	3.71	33	10	12	4	4	8	34			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.300	.00	0.00%	-2.19	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d3
37	92	153	Sep 22	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-7	GS-3		6	3.0	6	6	6	3	2	2	0	4.24	3.81	18	3	5	0	1	5	22			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.397	.00	0.00%	-4.19	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
							28-9		W-L:24-7,Sv:1,BSv:3	3.5	265.1	266	140	125	105	175	23	2	4.24	3.81	1145	0.87		4%	11%	207	53	6	67%	7	7	0	1022	35	9	2	18	0	11	1.13	2.051	4.59	8.80%	14.50

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