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: 30-8 / in Starts: 27-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 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	128	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-6		99	5.0	5	3	3	6	3	1	0	5.40	8.18	25	7	5	1	0	4	42			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.263	3.26	-0.41%	-1.58	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out d1
2	129	5	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.57	4.61	33	16	4	0	1	8	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.75	0.336	1.96	0.53%	4.41	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
3	130	10	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	6	2	0	1	5	0	0	1.57	3.75	34	8	14	1	2	6	75			0	0	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.357	2.88	0.59%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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	131	14	May 4	NYY		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	1.13	3.65	33	10	11	0	4	3	82			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.492	3.02	1.02%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	132	18	May 8	NYY		SLB	W,8-3	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	2	1	0	1.54	3.99	38	7	17	1	5	9	56			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	.77	0.076	3.16	0.19%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
6	133	23	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	SHO	W(5-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.26	3.70	32	1	21	1	2	4	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.155	1.54	0.47%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
7	134	26	May 19	NYY	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	W(6-0)	5	9.0	9	3	2	3	7	0	0	1.37	3.54	39	10	11	0	4	8	63			0	1	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.142	3.35	0.43%	2.20	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
8	135	31	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(7-0)	4	9.0	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	1.32	3.58	34	12	12	2	3	3	76			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.648	6.36	1.56%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	136	35	May 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-9	7-GF	S(1)	3	3.0	2	1	1	2	7	0	0	1.39	3.45	13	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.070	4.75	0.18%	0.85	7b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
10	137	36	May 30(1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	CG	L(7-1)	1	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.35	3.43	37	10	14	1	3	6	70			0	1	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.51	0.321	6.89	0.88%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
11	138	41	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(8-1)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	7	3	0	1.52	3.76	35	10	9	1	3	7	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.398	4.50	0.96%	1.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
12	139	45	Jun 8	NYY		PHA	W,11-4	CG	W(9-1)	4	9.0	7	4	4	1	7	0	0	1.74	3.59	35	5	15	0	6	7	63			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.267	1.19	0.64%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
13	140	48	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	W(10-1)	4	9.0	6	2	1	2	6	0	0	1.68	3.50	36	11	11	0	3	6	73			1	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.33	0.304	5.98	0.82%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	141	52	Jun 17(1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(11-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	5	2	2	0	1.71	3.80	36	11	13	0	1	5	66			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.484	8.89	1.87%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	142	55	Jun 20(1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	9-GF	W(12-1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	3.77	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.146	10.15	0.47%	0.54	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
16	143	58	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	L(12-2)	1	7.0	8	4	3	3	3	0	0	1.81	3.76	33	10	10	2	2	7	47			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.097	6.65	-0.32%	-0.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
17	144	63	Jun 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-7	GS-9		4	8.2	10	7	7	3	5	1	0	2.17	3.82	39	7	14	1	3	10	38			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.088	6.18	0.25%	-1.57	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
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
18	145	66	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	SHO	W(13-2)	4	9.0	7	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.03	3.83	36	9	17	0	5	6	71			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	.73	0.411	4.18	1.41%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
19	146	72	Jul 7	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	W(14-2)	4	9.0	10	4	2	4	2	0	0	2.03	3.84	42	14	13	0	2	9	53			0	0	0	37	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.157	6.29	0.51%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	147	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,11-12	GS-5		6	4.0	11	5	5	2	2	0	0	2.27	3.84	23	3	7	0	1	9	20			0	0	0	21	5	0	0	2	0	0	.84	-0.069	7.82	-0.39%	-3.32	1b start a 4	5b -2- 0 out a4
21	148	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	9-GF	BL(14-3)	3	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.83	5	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.39	-0.776	18.89	-2.60%	-2.04	9b -2- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
22	149	84	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(15-3)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.35	3.80	34	12	14	2	1	6	67			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.335	5.44	1.00%	3.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
23	150	90	Jul 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(16-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.28	3.77	33	20	4	0	1	4	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.550	6.29	1.90%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	151	94	Jul 31(1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-2	CG	W(17-3)	4	9.0	3	2	2	0	9	1	0	2.27	3.71	30	3	15	0	3	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.082	.76	0.32%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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
25	152	100	Aug 5	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(18-3)	4	9.0	1	1	0	1	7	0	0	2.16	3.63	30	7	15	1	9	0	89			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	.98	0.513	5.89	1.86%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	153	104	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	W(19-3)	4	9.0	9	3	3	5	2	0	0	2.20	3.67	38	11	11	0	3	9	54			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	4	0	1	.98	0.136	5.47	0.45%	2.41	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
27	154	108	Aug 14(1)	NYY		DET	L,5-9	GS-6		3	5.2	7	5	5	2	5	1	0	2.36	3.70	26	5	7	0	1	7	38			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.213	8.63	-1.17%	-1.98	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out tie
28	155	111	Aug 17(1)	NYY		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(20-3)	2	9.0	8	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.26	3.68	36	6	15	1	1	8	72			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.331	4.97	1.41%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	156	117	Aug 22(1)	NYY		CLE	W,9-0	SHO	W(21-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.17	3.62	30	5	16	2	3	2	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.230	1.02	0.40%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
30	157	122	Aug 26(1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-5	GS-7	W(22-3)	3	7.0	10	5	4	5	7	0	0	2.26	3.61	34	10	2	1	0	10	41			2	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.115	2.68	-0.20%	-1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
31	158	126	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	W,8-2	CG	W(23-3)	3	9.0	5	2	2	4	5	1	0	2.25	3.66	34	6	14	1	1	5	70			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	0	.49	0.149	1.15	0.21%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
32	159	130	Sep 3(1)	NYY		PHA	W,11-7	CG	W(24-3)	3	9.0	11	7	6	3	9	0	0	2.39	3.60	39	7	11	2	4	9	45			0	0	1	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.320	1.66	-0.27%	-2.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	160	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-GF	L(24-4)	3	1.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.41	3.63	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.228	3.29	-0.20%	-0.57	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
34	161	135	Sep 9(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-		1	7.0	11	5	3	3	4	1	0	2.45	3.67	35						40						32					0
35	162	137	Sep 11(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.45	3.68	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	0.054	6.60	0.07%	0.57	9b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 3
36	163	139	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(25-4)	1	9.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.40	3.67	33	9	15	1	4	3	77			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.567	4.61	1.35%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	164	143	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-6	L(25-5)	3	6.0	8	3	2	5	4	0	0	2.41	3.69	30	11	4	0	2	6	45			2	0	0	23	1	0	1	2	0	0	.96	-0.018	2.27	-0.03%	0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
38	165	147	Sep 23(1)	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(26-5)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.33	3.64	30						87						28	0	0			0
							30-8		W-L:26-5,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.3	281.2	223	86	73	96	158	12	0	2.33	3.64	1143	0.77		3%	13%	195	63	3	33%	11	4	2	1036	32	8	3	22	0	10	.98	5.700	4.46	16.17%	65.70

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