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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-30 / in Starts: 31-27
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	17 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 220 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	154 (74-46-34)
Avg. MLBer w/ 220 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	147 (73-46-27)

Most Driven In
C Grimm	8
P Traynor	5
J Rawlings	3
R Russell	2
Self	1
C Tierney	1
J Ens	1
R Maranville	1

Most Driven In By
J Morrison	2
R Maranville	2
J Rawlings	2
E Hamilton	1
Self	1
C Bigbee	1
K Cuyler	1
M Carey	1

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 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	119	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.28	-0.101	3.68	-0.17%	-0.75	C
2	120	6 (3)	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,15-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
3	121	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.90	0.049	1.98	0.07%	0.05	C
4	122	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	8	1.50	-0.031	3.40	-0.04%	-0.15	C
5	123	9	Apr 25	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.467	.800	8	.64	-0.060	1.43	-0.08%	-0.44	C
6	124	10	Apr 26	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.421	.737	8	.59	0.069	1.42	0.10%	0.67	C
7	125	13 (2)	Apr 30	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.304	.391	.696	8	1.25	-0.037	3.42	-0.06%	0.18	C
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
8	126	16 (2)	May 3	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	8	.74	0.009	1.71	0.01%	-0.07	C
9	127	20 (3)	May 7	PIT		STL	W,11-4	CG	4	4	1	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.419	.419	.581	1.000	8	.71	0.160	1.98	0.27%	3.17	C
10	128	21	May 8	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.417	.543	.960	8	.31	-0.002	.88	0.00%	-0.34	C
11	129	22	May 11	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.432	.556	.988	8	.63	0.023	1.89	0.04%	0.21	C
12	130	25 (2)	May 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.385	.415	.513	.927	8	1.26	0.055	4.61	0.12%	0.03	C
13	131	27 (1)	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.395	.422	.512	.934	8	1.17	0.048	2.76	0.07%	0.19	C
14	132	29 (1)	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	.378	.429	.489	.917	8	1.42	-0.067	3.78	-0.11%	-0.54	C
15	133	33 (3)	May 25	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	.375	.434	.479	.913	8	1.79	-0.030	6.29	-0.06%	0.04	C
16	134	36 (2)	May 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.365	.421	.462	.883	8	.54	-0.010	1.85	-0.02%	-0.09	C
17	135	38 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.382	.433	.473	.906	8	.67	0.065	2.52	0.15%	1.10	C
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
18	136	41 (2)	Jun 1	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.383	.431	.467	.897	8	2.12	-0.158	7.92	-0.35%	-0.65	C
19	137	43 (1)	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.435	.460	.895	8	1.26	0.012	4.00	0.02%	0.15	C
20	138	45 (1)	Jun 6	PIT		BRO	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.358	.411	.433	.844	8	.75	-0.066	2.22	-0.12%	-1.28	C
21	139	46	Jun 8	PIT		NYG	W,9-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.403	.414	.817	8	.91	-0.011	4.30	-0.03%	-0.64	C
22	140	47	Jun 9	PIT		NYG	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.388	.397	.785	8	1.07	-0.086	5.40	-0.26%	-0.82	C
23	141	48	Jun 12	PIT		NYG	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.388	.397	.785	8						C
24	142	49	Jun 13	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.386	.395	.780	8	1.65	0.012	5.35	0.02%	-0.06	C
25	143	50	Jun 14	PIT		PHI	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.372	.380	.752	8	1.66	-0.130	5.57	-0.26%	-0.77	C
26	144	51	Jun 16	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.360	.366	.725	8	.50	-0.040	1.70	-0.08%	-0.55	C
27	145	52	Jun 18	PIT		BSN	W,8-3	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.356	.361	.717	8	.43	-0.012	1.56	-0.03%	-0.12	C
28	146	57 (4)	Jun 24	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.340	.345	.685	8	.74	-0.082	2.58	-0.17%	-0.98	C
29	147	58	Jun 25	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.327	.330	.656	8	.95	-0.137	3.68	-0.32%	-1.01	C
30	148	61 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.314	.316	.630	8	1.32	-0.149	5.56	-0.38%	-1.16	C
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
31	149	65 (3)	Jul 2	PIT		STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.302	.303	.605	8	1.07	-0.168	4.13	-0.39%	-2.25	C
32	150	67 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		STL	W,7-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.306	.317	.622	8	.60	-0.015	2.40	-0.04%	-0.03	C
33	151	73 (5)	Jul 11	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.306	.317	.624	8	.63	-0.042	4.00	-0.16%	-0.16	C
34	152	75 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.307	.318	.625	8	1.33	-0.024	8.22	-0.09%	-0.10	C
35	153	78 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.305	.324	.629	8	.50	0.013	1.75	0.03%	-0.10	C
36	154	79	Jul 15	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.295	.313	.608	8	1.68	0.032	6.04	0.07%	-0.42	C
37	155	81 (1)	Jul 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.294	.311	.605	8	.55	-0.058	2.15	-0.14%	-0.73	C
38	156	84 (2)	Jul 20	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.308	.344	.652	8	.72	0.123	2.99	0.31%	2.01	C
39	157	85	Jul 21 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,14-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.303	.339	.642	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.48	PH C
40	158	87 (1)	Jul 23	PIT		CHC	L,3-12	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.309	.339	.647	8	1.62	0.074	7.14	0.20%	-0.04	C
41	159	89 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.314	.344	.658	8	.14	0.021	.56	0.05%	0.68	C
42	160	94 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,2-17	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.306	.333	.639	8	.13	-0.013	1.11	-0.07%	-1.38	C
43	161	95	Jul 31	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.259	.304	.331	.635	8	1.08	-0.121	8.12	-0.54%	-0.84	C
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
44	162	98 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.300	.326	.626	8	1.61	-0.183	6.52	-0.45%	-1.75	C
45	163	99	Aug 4 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.300	.326	.626	8						C
46	164	100	Aug 6	PIT		PHI	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.319	.614	8	.84	-0.066	3.19	-0.15%	-0.55	C
47	165	103 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.293	.318	.611	8	.49	-0.024	.87	-0.03%	0.34	C
48	166	104	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.304	.325	.629	8	.36	0.021	.82	0.03%	0.58	C
49	167	106 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.297	.316	.613	8	1.10	-0.153	2.19	-0.18%	-1.50	C
Sep/Oct		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
50	168	124 (17)	Sep 1	PIT		STL	L,2-8	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.248	.298	.312	.610	8	1.39	-0.088	3.86	-0.15%	-0.70	C
51	169	125	Sep 2	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG(11)	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.306	.323	.629	8	1.03	0.014	2.55	0.02%	0.44	C
52	170	126	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.311	.327	.638	8	.38	0.005	1.87	0.01%	1.37	C
53	171	127	Sep 4	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.311	.327	.638	8	1.07	-0.002	6.21	-0.01%	-0.03	C
54	172	128	Sep 5	PIT		CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.326	.349	.675	8	1.42	0.238	5.53	0.56%	3.11	C
55	173	129	Sep 6	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.323	.345	.667	8	.74	-0.043	2.85	-0.10%	-1.08	C
56	174	130	Sep 7	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.321	.348	.669	8	1.35	-0.048	5.41	-0.12%	0.11	C
57	175	131	Sep 8	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.325	.359	.684	8	.39	0.117	1.44	0.26%	1.18	C
58	176	135 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	4	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.338	.372	.710	8	1.54	0.165	6.29	0.41%	1.51	C
59	177	138 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-13	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.366	.699	8	.52	-0.039	2.87	-0.13%	-0.82	C
60	178	140 (1)	Sep 18	PIT		BSN	W,12-2	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.366	.699	8						C
61	179	143 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,1-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.332	.364	.695	8	.04	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.38	C
62	180	145 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.330	.358	.688	8	1.87	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
63	181	149 (3)	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.330	.358	.688	8						C
64	182	152 (2)	Sep 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.338	.371	.709	8	1.48	0.227	.00	0.00%	1.43	C
65	183	153	Oct 6	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.335	.364	.699	8	.47	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-1.58	C
66	184	154	Oct 7	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.277	.336	.361	.698	8	.66	0.062	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
							36-30		220	202	15	56	10	2	1	23	17	8	13	1	0		1		3	2	.277	.336	.361	.698		.98	-0.735	3.26	-2.47%	-6.72

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