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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-8 / in Starts: 27-6
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 119 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	82 (47-25-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 119 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (41-25-14)

Most Driven In
M Hoag	2
B Dickey	1
G Selkirk	1
T Lazzeri	0
D Heffner	0
A Jorgens	0
S Byrd	0

Most Driven In By
B Ruth	3
J Saltzgaver	2
B Chapman	1
L Gehrig	1

1934 Batting Game Log

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1934 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	128	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.98	-0.032	2.57	-0.05%	-0.38	P
2	129	5 (3)	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.66	-0.080	1.72	-0.13%	-1.59	P
3	130	10 (4)	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.76	-0.302	7.65	-0.50%	-1.90	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	131	14 (3)	May 4	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.64	-0.032	2.22	-0.07%	-0.57	P
5	132	18 (3)	May 8	NYY		SLB	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	9	.95	-0.012	3.88	-0.03%	0.95	P
6	133	23 (4)	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.053	.000	.053	9	.24	-0.025	1.20	-0.08%	-1.52	P
7	134	26 (2)	May 19	NYY	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.048	.091	.095	.186	9	.44	0.040	2.22	0.12%	1.02	P
8	135	31 (4)	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.077	.080	.157	9	.97	-0.106	3.87	-0.25%	-0.92	P
9	136	35 (3)	May 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.038	.074	.077	.151	3	.36	-0.010	1.56	-0.03%	-0.50	P
10	137	36	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.036	.069	.071	.140	9	1.86	-0.088	8.49	-0.24%	-0.57	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	138	41 (4)	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.032	.063	.065	.127	9	1.19	-0.015	4.77	-0.04%	-0.64	P
12	139	45 (3)	Jun 8	NYY		PHA	W,11-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.057	.083	.086	.169	9	.41	0.036	1.64	0.09%	0.78	P
13	140	48 (2)	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.079	.103	.105	.208	9	.74	0.011	3.33	0.03%	-0.22	P
14	141	52 (3)	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.073	.095	.098	.193	9	1.36	-0.130	8.76	-0.50%	-1.16	P
15	142	55 (2)	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.073	.095	.098	.193	9						P
16	143	58 (2)	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.070	.091	.093	.184	9	1.21	-0.063	6.56	-0.21%	-0.51	P
17	144	63 (4)	Jun 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-7	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0		0	0	.089	.109	.111	.220	9	1.11	-0.039	5.16	-0.11%	-0.52	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	145	66 (2)	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.104	.140	.125	.265	9	.58	-0.008	3.30	-0.03%	0.08	P
19	146	72 (5)	Jul 7	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.098	.148	.118	.266	9	.80	-0.073	4.36	-0.24%	-0.27	P
20	147	77 (4)	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,11-12	GS-5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.158	.130	.288	9	.33	-0.009	3.08	-0.05%	-0.13	P
21	148	81 (3)	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.158	.130	.288	8						P
22	149	84 (2)	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.123	.167	.140	.307	9	.80	-0.034	3.95	-0.10%	-0.64	P
23	150	90 (5)	Jul 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.172	.133	.305	9	1.24	-0.059	7.14	-0.20%	-0.91	P
24	151	94 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.176	.127	.303	9	.23	0.003	1.45	0.01%	-0.59	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	152	100 (5)	Aug 5	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.183	.136	.319	9	.98	-0.060	5.91	-0.22%	-0.73	P
26	153	104 (3)	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2		0		0	0	.132	.203	.147	.350	9	.62	-0.017	3.43	-0.06%	-0.28	P
27	154	108 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.211	.157	.368	9	.27	-0.002	2.44	-0.01%	0.22	P
28	155	111 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.203	.151	.353	9	.25	-0.020	1.79	-0.09%	-0.48	P
29	156	117 (5)	Aug 22 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,9-0	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.217	.158	.375	9	.35	0.042	1.01	0.07%	0.04	P
30	157	122 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.221	.165	.385	9	.77	-0.060	2.20	-0.10%	-0.16	P
31	158	126 (3)	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.211	.157	.368	9	.26	-0.024	.61	-0.03%	-0.95	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	159	130 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,11-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.202	.149	.352	9	.71	-0.086	.98	-0.07%	-1.24	P
33	160	133 (2)	Sep 7	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.202	.149	.352	9						P
34	161	135 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.132	.194	.143	.337	9						P
35	162	137 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.194	.143	.337	9						P
36	163	139 (1)	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.128	.188	.138	.326	9	1.00	-0.086	3.94	-0.20%	-1.18	P
37	164	143 (3)	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.184	.135	.320	9	1.15	-0.065	2.74	-0.09%	-0.62	P
38	165	147 (3)	Sep 23 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.131	.189	.141	.330	9						P
							30-8		119	99	8	13	1	0	0	4	6	0	30	1	13		2		0	0	.131	.189	.141	.330		.82	-1.405	3.59	-3.40%	-16.10

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