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: 16-18 / in Starts: 14-16

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: 3

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	166	1	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	3.07	32	13	10	1	3	6	74			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.353	2.60	0.54%	3.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
2	167	5	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	0.50	2.96	34	13	10	3	1	7	71			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.539	2.68	0.67%	3.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	168	12	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	8	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.33	3.11	32	10	14	0	5	4	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.595	3.86	1.13%	4.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
4	169	14	May 1	NYY		WSH	L,6-7	9-GF	BL(2-2)	1	0.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0.66	3.33	5	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.36	-0.710	11.49	-1.46%	-2.54	9t 12- 2 out a2	9t end d 1
5	170	15	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	6.0	10	4	4	2	2	0	0	1.62	3.36	30	8	8	0	0	10	36			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.151	2.61	-0.34%	-0.51	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
6	171	20	May 13	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-4)	5	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	1.79	3.60	28	11	6	1	2	5	59			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	.86	0.101	2.65	0.19%	1.83	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	172	25	May 18	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-4)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	1	1.46	3.49	31	8	10	1	3	2	87			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.502	3.68	1.08%	4.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	173	30	May 24	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	GS-8	L(3-5)	5	8.0	7	4	4	6	5	1	0	1.88	3.81	36	7	12	2	4	6	51			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.099	4.29	-0.18%	0.33	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
9	174	35	May 28	NYY		DET	L,3-8	GS-8	L(3-6)	3	8.0	10	6	6	3	2	3	0	2.48	4.41	36	7	14	2	2	10	37			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.339	4.27	-0.84%	-1.67	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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
10	175	40	Jun 1(2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.42	4.24	35	15	10	0	1	7	66			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.449	4.85	1.27%	2.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	176	46	Jun 8(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(4-7)	6	8.0	7	4	4	8	4	0	0	2.62	4.34	37	13	5	1	3	7	48			0	1	0	26	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.06	-0.054	5.80	-0.18%	0.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	177	49	Jun 12(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	7	4	4	2	2	2	0	2.76	4.53	34	10	13	6	1	7	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.44	0.013	2.16	0.04%	1.28	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
13	178	54	Jun 19(1)	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	W(6-7)	6	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	2	0	2.78	4.71	36	13	11	4	3	9	56			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.085	3.80	0.33%	1.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
14	179	59	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	L(6-8)	3	8.2	13	6	5	2	10	0	0	2.97	4.46	42	10	9	1	3	11	44			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.90	-0.564	13.42	-2.39%	-1.03	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out d1
15	180	63	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	GS-9	W(7-8)	5	8.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.00	4.42	34	9	11	1	3	7	55			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.189	3.04	0.66%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a4
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
16	181	68	Jul 4(2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.86	4.34	32	6	15	1	4	4	76			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.362	4.29	1.46%	3.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	182	70	Jul 6(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-7			1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	4.33	5												4					0
18	183	75	Jul 14(1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-3	CG	L(8-9)	7	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.85	4.23	35	9	15	2	5	7	63			0	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.095	6.33	0.39%	1.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
19	184	79	Jul 19	NYY		SLB	L,6-7	GS-2		4	1.2	6	5	2	2	3	1	0	2.94	4.32	13	2	0	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.331	5.40	-1.12%	-4.38	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d5
20	185	83	Jul 23(2)	NYY		DET	L,1-3	GS-7	L(8-10)	3	7.0	5	3	3	1	7	0	0	2.99	4.18	28	11	4	0	2	5	61			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.029	11.15	-0.16%	0.79	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
21	186	88	Jul 28(2)	NYY		WSH	L,1-7	GS-7	L(8-11)	4	7.0	4	5	5	4	7	2	0	3.15	4.30	29	5	10	0	4	3	52			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.257	3.29	-0.79%	-1.21	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
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
22	187	91	Aug 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-2	CG	W(9-11)	5	9.0	6	2	1	2	2	0	0	3.02	4.25	36	14	12	1	2	6	69			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	.43	0.121	2.02	0.35%	2.98	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a11
23	188	95	Aug 7(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-9	W(10-11)	3	8.2	9	4	4	3	8	0	0	3.08	4.15	39	12	7	0	2	9	55			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.162	5.08	0.44%	0.77	1b start a 2	9b -23 2 out a2
24	189	100	Aug 11(1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-8	GS-7	L(10-12)	3	7.0	9	8	5	3	5	3	0	3.22	4.33	35	7	11	1	0	9	35			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.79	-0.268	3.04	-0.62%	-4.21	1t start tie	7t 3 out d7
25	190	103	Aug 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	9-GF	BS(2)	2	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.22	4.34	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9.69	-0.741	41.07	-1.88%	-2.00	9b -23 2 out a1	9b end d 1
26	191	106	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(10-13)	2	9.2	14	3	3	2	4	0	1	3.19	4.29	45	12	15	2	4	11	51			1	0	0	42	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.60	0.140	11.52	0.60%	1.84	1b start tie	10b -23 2 out d1
27	192	109	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	6-GF	S(1)	2	3.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.14	4.24	12	2	5	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.21	0.390	12.74	1.35%	0.89	6b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 1
28	193	113	Aug 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS-9		2	8.2	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.14	4.16	35	9	12	1	4	8	60			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.180	5.75	-0.34%	1.92	1b start a 1	9b -2- 2 out tie
29	194	117	Aug 26(1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-8		2	8.0	9	5	2	5	3	1	0	3.10	4.23	38	10	11	1	0	9	48			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	2	.79	-0.137	1.33	-0.14%	-0.35	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
30	195	123	Aug 31(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(11-13)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.06	4.13	31	11	7	0	3	5	75			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.182	1.70	0.15%	3.08	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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
31	196	128	Sep 8(1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8		7	8.0	5	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.03	4.05	32	8	6	0	1	5	71			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	0.220	.52	0.06%	2.33	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
32	197	134	Sep 13	NYY		DET	L,5-13	GS-7	L(11-14)	4	6.1	8	9	8	5	7	2	0	3.26	4.14	31	9	3	0	2	7	25			0	1	0	25	3	1	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.441	1.10	-0.35%	-5.50	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d6
33	198	140	Sep 18(1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-7	GS-8	L(11-15)	4	7.2	8	6	4	3	5	0	0	3.30	4.11	34	9	9	1	4	8	45			1	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.49	-0.524	.00	0.00%	-2.13	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d3
34	199	145	Sep 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	W(12-15)	4	9.0	7	1	1	5	6	0	0	3.22	4.08	37	13	6	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.332	.00	0.00%	3.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
							16-18		W-L:12-15,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.8	246.0	222	104	88	86	138	18	2	3.22	4.08	1031	1.02		6%	12%	212	57	5	100%	4	6	0	921	41	11	6	16	0	13	1.08	0.005	4.42	-0.07%	26.70

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