Goose Goslin

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: October 16, 1900 in Salem, NJ us

Died: May 15, 1971 in Bridgeton, NJ

Buried: Baptist Cemetery, Salem, NJ

High School: Salem HS (Salem, NJ)

Debut: September 16, 1921 (Age 20-335d, 5,319th in major league history)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1938 (Age 37-344d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1968. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Goose Goslin's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Leon Allen Goslin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

66.0

8656

2735

248

.316

1482

RBI

1612

176

OBP

.387

SLG

.500

OPS

.887

OPS+

128

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

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 28	DET		SLB	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	7 (2)	May 1	DET		CHW	W,11-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	8	May 2	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	9	May 3	DET		CHW	W,12-9	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	17 (7)	May 11	DET		PHA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	18	May 13	DET		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	19	May 14	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
11	20	May 15	DET	@	SLB	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	27 (6)	May 23	DET	@	WSH	W,13-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	28	May 24	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
14	29	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	30	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	31	May 27	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	54	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	32	May 28 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	33	May 28 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	34	May 29	DET		SLB	L,9-13	CG	52	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	35	May 30	DET		SLB	W,18-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	36	May 31 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	38 (1)	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	39	Jun 2	DET		WSH	W,11-8	CG	51	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	40	Jun 3	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	41	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	42	Jun 5	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	43	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	44	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	58 (12)	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	63 (4)	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	L,8-15	CG	49	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	64	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	65	Jul 4	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	66	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	101 (34)	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	102	Aug 14 (1)	DET		SLB	W,16-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	103	Aug 14 (2)	DET		SLB	W,20-7	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	104	Aug 15	DET		SLB	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	105	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	W,11-7	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	106	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
41	113 (6)	Aug 24 (2)	DET		PHA	L,8-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	136 (22)	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	11	1	1	13	0
							42gm		7.0	74	3	5	82	1