Johnny Gooch

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: November 9, 1897 in Smyrna, TN us

Died: May 15, 1975 in Nashville, TN

Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN

High School: Wallace University School (Nashville, TN)

Debut: September 9, 1921 (Age 23-304d, 5,303rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 12, 1933 (Age 35-307d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: John Beverley Gooch

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1925 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

2363

662

.280

227

RBI

293

OBP

.342

SLG

.355

OPS

.697

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 20	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	9 (3)	Apr 25	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	15 (5)	May 1	PIT		STL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	16	May 2	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	17	May 3	PIT		STL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
6	18	May 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	19	May 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
8	20	May 6	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
9	21	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
10	22	May 9	PIT		BSN	L,7-10	GS	22	4.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	25 (2)	May 15	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
12	26	May 16	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	GS	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	27	May 17	PIT		PHI	L,8-12	GF	28	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
14	28	May 19	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
15	29	May 20	PIT		NYG	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
16	30	May 21	PIT		NYG	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
17	31	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
18	32	May 23	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	38 (5)	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	51	15.0	7	1	0	8	0
20	39	May 31	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	40	Jun 1	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	41	Jun 2	PIT		STL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
23	43 (1)	Jun 7	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
24	44	Jun 8	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-7	CG	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	46 (1)	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	47	Jun 11	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	48	Jun 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	57 (8)	Jun 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	23	4.2	2	0	0	2	0
29	58	Jun 25	PIT		CHC	W,8-7	CG	55	14.0	8	1	0	9	0
30	59	Jun 26	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
31	60	Jun 27	PIT		CHC	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	61	Jun 28	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	62	Jun 29	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	63	Jun 30	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	66 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	67	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
37	68	Jul 5	PIT		CIN	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	69	Jul 6	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
39	70	Jul 7	PIT		BRO	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
40	71	Jul 8	PIT		BSN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	72	Jul 9	PIT		BSN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	73	Jul 10	PIT		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	91 (17)	Jul 29	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	92	Jul 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	96 (3)	Aug 3	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	97	Aug 4	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
47	99 (1)	Aug 6	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	100	Aug 7	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	1
49	101	Aug 8	PIT	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	102	Aug 9 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,16-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	104 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
52	106 (1)	Aug 13	PIT		NYG	W,4-2	GF	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	107	Aug 14	PIT		NYG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	110 (2)	Aug 18	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
55	112 (1)	Aug 20	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
56	120 (7)	Aug 27	PIT		PHI	L,6-7	GF	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	121	Aug 28	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	122	Aug 29	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	124 (1)	Aug 31	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	125	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
61	126	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	127	Sep 3	PIT		STL	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	128	Sep 4	PIT		STL	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
64	129	Sep 6 (1)	PIT		STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	131 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	134 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
67	135	Sep 10	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	149 (13)	Sep 26 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,9-3	GF	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	153 (3)	Sep 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							69gm		569.0	198	47	3	248	12