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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

1925 World Series

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

2363

662

.280

227

RBI

293

OBP

.342

SLG

.355

OPS

.697

OPS+

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-42 / in Starts: 24-26
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	62 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 193 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	135 (77-42-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 193 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	128 (64-40-23)

Most Driven In
J Flowers	4
P Traynor	3
D Bancroft	3
G Grantham	2
A Statz	2
G Wright	1
R Bressler	1
D Bissonette	1

Most Driven In By
L Waner	4
W Clark	2
S Adams	2
H Hendrick	2
B Herman	1
W Gilbert	1
M Carey	1
B Grimes	1

1928 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1928 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	521	2 (1)	Apr 12	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.91	-0.078	2.13	-0.11%	-1.21	C
2	522	3	Apr 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
3	523	4	Apr 15	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	8	.79	-0.043	1.71	-0.06%	-0.66	C
4	524	5	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	8	.34	0.020	.79	0.03%	-0.15	C
5	525	6	Apr 19	PIT		STL	L,10-13	GS-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	8	1.46	0.113	3.60	0.17%	0.95	C
6	526	7	Apr 20	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.278	.188	.465	8	1.31	-0.037	3.04	-0.05%	-0.79	C
7	527	8	Apr 22	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.238	.158	.396	8	.65	-0.051	1.44	-0.07%	-0.46	C
8	528	9	Apr 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.240	.217	.457	8	.27	-0.022	.53	-0.03%	-0.10	C
9	529	10	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.310	.370	.681	8	.43	0.092	.95	0.12%	0.75	C
10	530	11	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.344	.638	8	.49	0.036	.99	0.04%	-0.21	C
11	531	12	Apr 26	PIT		CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.306	.569	8	.57	-0.059	1.21	-0.08%	-1.41	C
12	532	13	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.244	.282	.526	8	1.02	-0.086	2.43	-0.12%	-0.67	C
13	533	14	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W,8-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.214	.250	.286	.536	8	1.12	-0.019	2.36	-0.02%	-0.39	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
14	534	15	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.267	.302	.569	8	.07	0.003	.16	0.00%	0.21	C
15	535	16	May 2	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.271	.304	.575	8	.36	-0.020	.86	-0.03%	-0.37	C
16	536	17	May 3	PIT		BSN	L,4-5	7-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.265	.298	.563	8	1.82	-0.053	4.90	-0.09%	-0.25	C
17	537	18	May 4	PIT		BSN	W,13-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.255	.283	.314	.597	8	.57	0.129	1.43	0.20%	2.68	C
18	538	21 (2)	May 8	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.281	.309	.590	8	.76	-0.077	2.52	-0.15%	-1.87	C
19	539	22	May 9	PIT		NYG	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.271	.298	.569	8	.53	-0.027	1.89	-0.06%	-0.29	C
20	540	23	May 10	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.258	.283	.541	8	1.26	-0.098	4.02	-0.19%	-0.80	C
21	541	25 (1)	May 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.266	.290	.556	8	1.15	-0.027	3.33	-0.05%	-0.32	C
22	542	26	May 14	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.277	.302	.579	8	2.46	0.074	6.29	0.11%	0.28	C
23	543	27	May 15	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.273	.297	.570	8	.75	-0.019	1.80	-0.03%	-0.18	C
24	544	32 (4)	May 21 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.273	.297	.570	8						C
25	545	34 (1)	May 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	7-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.284	.323	.607	8	1.82	0.117	4.16	0.16%	0.42	C
26	546	35	May 24	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.268	.304	.572	8	.65	-0.020	1.21	-0.02%	-0.99	C
27	547	39 (3)	May 29	PIT		STL	L,1-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.274	.300	.574	8	.52	0.013	.59	0.01%	0.28	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
28	548	43 (3)	Jun 1	PIT		CHC	W,10-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.247	.276	.301	.578	8	.42	0.049	.32	0.02%	0.04	C
29	549	44	Jun 2	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.276	.301	.578	8						C
30	550	45	Jun 3	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-7	6-GF(14)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.237	.266	.289	.555	8	1.64	-0.135	1.01	-0.05%	-1.46	C
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Brooklyn Robins
31	551	50	Jun 10	BRO		STL	L,7-15	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.256	.278	.535	8	1.51	-0.136	4.12	-0.22%	-1.32	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
32	552	70 (19)	Jul 3	BRO	@	NYG	L,7-8	5-GF(11)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.259	.280	.539	8	1.44	-0.004	3.28	-0.01%	-0.23	C
33	553	74 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.261	.282	.544	8	1.22	-0.008	1.86	-0.01%	-0.01	C
34	554	75	Jul 7 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.261	.282	.544	8						C
35	555	76	Jul 8	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	0	.239	.272	.284	.556	8						C
36	556	78 (1)	Jul 10	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-12	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.281	.293	.575	8	.12	0.014	.25	0.02%	0.13	C
37	557	79	Jul 11	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.293	.316	.609	8	1.36	0.194	2.50	0.21%	1.42	C
38	558	81 (1)	Jul 14	BRO	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.282	.303	.585	8	.88	-0.093	2.27	-0.14%	-1.30	C
39	559	83 (1)	Jul 16	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.288	.310	.598	9	2.72	0.332	9.51	0.70%	1.88	PH
40	560	85 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,10-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.286	.307	.593	9	1.93	-0.044	4.15	-0.06%	-0.77	PH
41	561	86	Jul 18 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.278	.298	.576	8	1.54	-0.188	2.40	-0.18%	-1.49	C
42	562	88 (1)	Jul 20	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.274	.294	.568	8	1.01	-0.103	1.33	-0.08%	-1.04	C
43	563	90 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.265	.283	.548	8	.64	-0.067	.70	-0.04%	-1.21	C
44	564	92 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.264	.282	.547	8	1.29	-0.090	1.68	-0.07%	-0.45	C
45	565	93	Jul 23	BRO		PIT	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.264	.282	.547	8						C
46	566	96 (2)	Jul 26	BRO		STL	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.274	.292	.566	8	.46	0.030	.41	0.02%	0.42	C
47	567	98 (1)	Jul 28	BRO		CIN	L,3-7	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.281	.293	.574	8	.89	-0.052	.54	-0.02%	-0.48	C
48	568	99	Jul 29	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.282	.288	.570	8	1.53	-0.096	.45	-0.02%	-0.72	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
49	569	102 (2)	Aug 2	BRO		CHC	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.280	.286	.566	7	1.84	-0.048	.56	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
50	570	104 (1)	Aug 4	BRO		CHC	L,3-16	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.284	.283	.567	8	.21	0.009	.02	0.00%	0.10	C
51	571	106 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.285	.285	.569	8	.98	0.012	.07	0.00%	-0.08	C
52	572	107	Aug 7 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	9-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.281	.280	.561	8	2.47	-0.125	.07	0.00%	-0.41	C
53	573	108	Aug 8	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.279	.278	.557	9	1.84	-0.048	.05	0.00%	-0.11	PH
54	574	114 (5)	Aug 15	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.279	.278	.557	8						C
55	575	115	Aug 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,6-11	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.285	.294	.579	8	1.39	-0.058	.01	0.00%	0.04	C
56	576	116	Aug 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.286	.295	.581	8	1.10	-0.031	.01	0.00%	-0.05	C
57	577	123 (6)	Aug 23 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.293	.303	.596	8	.65	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.05	C
58	578	125 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.293	.303	.596	3						C
59	579	126	Aug 26	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.293	.303	.596	8						C
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
60	580	131 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.299	.299	.597	8	.76	-0.028	.00	0.00%	0.13	C
61	581	133 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.245	.293	.293	.586	8	.48	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
62	582	136 (2)	Sep 9	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.293	.293	.586	8						C
63	583	138 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.302	.303	.605	8	.55	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.99	C
64	584	139	Sep 11 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.305	.306	.611	8	1.32	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-1.21	C
65	585	141 (1)	Sep 12	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.310	.311	.621	8	.30	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.21	C
66	586	142	Sep 13	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-0	CG	5	5	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.324	.337	.661	8	.45	-0.005	.00	0.00%	2.47	C
67	587	144 (1)	Sep 16	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.328	.341	.669	1	4.93	0.418	.00	0.00%	1.62	PH C
68	588	145	Sep 17	BRO		CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.294	.333	.347	.680	8	2.25	0.201	.00	0.00%	1.18	C
69	589	146	Sep 18	BRO		CIN	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.333	.347	.680	8						C
70	590	148 (1)	Sep 22	BRO		CHC	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.328	.341	.669	8	.73	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-1.06	C
71	591	149	Sep 23	BRO		STL	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.323	.335	.658	8	.58	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.71	C
72	592	150	Sep 24	BRO		STL	L,2-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.321	.333	.654	8	.37	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
							30-42		193	177	16	50	3	3	0	18	10	1	15	0	5		1		0	0	.282	.321	.333	.654		.94	-0.415	1.25	-0.24%	-9.82

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Gooch Pages

Johnny Gooch Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Johnny Gooch Pages at Baseball Reference