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: 8-5 / in Starts: 8-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	355	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-5	GS-5		99	4.1	7	5	5	4	2	1	0	10.38	6.92	24	5	6	2	0	7	27			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.468	3.27	-0.83%	-3.30	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out tie
2	356	11	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	8	5.0	8	4	4	3	1	1	0	8.68	6.46	26	7	8	2	1	7	33			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.168	3.58	-0.42%	-1.52	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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
3	357	25	May 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-7	L(0-2)	17	7.0	6	5	5	4	4	0	1	7.71	5.01	28	8	5	0	2	6	45			1	1	0	22	3	0	0	2	0	0	.97	-0.191	4.85	-0.58%	-1.87	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
4	358	32	May 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS-6		9	6.0	5	4	3	4	4	0	0	6.85	4.40	26	5	8	1	2	5	48			1	0	1	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.141	4.59	-0.40%	-1.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
5	359	38	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,16-1	CG	W(1-2)	5	9.0	4	1	1	8	6	0	0	5.17	4.11	39	7	14	1	1	4	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.20	0.100	1.03	0.31%	3.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a15
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
6	360	45	Jun 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	GS-4	W(2-2)	6	4.0	2	2	0	5	3	0	0	4.58	4.14	20	5	5	0	1	2	52			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.33	0.014	7.71	0.05%	-0.13	1t start tie	4t 3 out a3
7	361	59	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-7	L(2-3)	13	7.0	5	5	5	6	1	1	0	4.89	4.48	29	10	7	2	1	5	42			0	2	0	22	0	1	1	1	0	0	.96	-0.342	4.34	-0.93%	-1.87	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
8	362	65	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-4)	6	7.0	6	4	4	8	0	0	0	4.93	4.63	31	8	9	1	0	6	41			0	1	0	22	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.13	-0.177	4.83	-0.45%	-0.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
9	363	76	Jul 5(2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-4)	8	7.0	6	1	0	4	6	0	0	4.31	4.31	30	4	10	0	0	6	65			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.256	7.02	0.84%	2.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
10	364	82	Jul 13	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(4-4)	7	9.0	4	3	3	5	7	0	1	4.13	4.06	37	5	15	0	2	4	69			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.367	9.01	1.30%	1.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	365	90	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS-6	W(5-4)	7	6.0	4	2	2	4	2	1	0	4.04	4.19	25	4	11	0	2	4	54			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.130	2.74	0.29%	0.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
12	366	98	Jul 29(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-7	GS-3		7	2.2	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.38	4.21	15	1	4	1	1	6	28			0	1	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	-0.355	1.35	-0.21%	-3.03	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 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
13	367	111	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	GS-6	W(6-4)	15	6.0	4	2	2	7	4	0	0	4.28	4.21	24	4	6	0	0	3	53			0	3	0	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.142	.39	0.04%	0.83	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a6
							8-5		W-L:6-4	7.0	80.0	67	42	38	65	41	4	2	4.28	4.21	354	0.68		6%	7%	65	48		---%	4	9	1	282	13	2	3	11	0	6	1.00	-0.833	4.38	-0.99%	-5.48

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