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: 4-11 / in Starts: 2-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 3

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 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	1	10	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-11	3-6	BL(0-1)	99	4.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	4.50	5.11	20	8	5	0	0	4		1	1	0	1	1	16	0	1	0	1	1	3	1.35	-0.042	2.15	-0.04%	0.12	3b -2- 0 out a1	6b 3 out d2
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
2	2	15	May 5	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.08	3.62	32	15	6	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.428	1.31	0.36%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	3	19	May 10	NYY		DET	W,14-5	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	5	4	5	5	2	0	2.86	4.72	41	3	20	2	3	8	53			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.147	1.07	0.11%	0.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
4	4	23	May 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8		5	7.0	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.41	4.27	26	4	12	3	1	5	52			0	1	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.229	2.18	-0.27%	0.15	1b start tie	8b --3 0 out tie
5	5	28	May 21(2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS-6	L(2-2)	4	6.0	7	3	3	5	2	2	0	3.60	5.08	30	10	6	0	0	7	43			0	0	0	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.029	1.84	-0.05%	0.86	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
6	6	34	May 26	NYY		WSH	L,7-10	GS-5	L(2-3)	4	4.2	9	7	7	2	1	4	0	4.76	6.23	23	7	5	1	0	8	17			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	-0.381	3.45	-0.76%	-3.32	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d2
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
7	7	42	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	7-GF(10)	L(2-4)	8	3.2	3	1	1	3	1	1	0	4.57	6.41	17	6	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.47	0.021	5.78	0.03%	1.23	7b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
8	8	47	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,7-13	5-6		6	2.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.76	6.25	11	4	3	0	1	4		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.39	-0.266	3.57	-0.41%	-1.72	5b 12- 0 out a2	6b 3 out d2
9	9	49	Jun 13	NYY	@	DET	W,10-9	5-6		1	1.0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4.66	6.37	7	3	1	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.66	-0.169	4.60	-0.28%	-1.30	5b -2- 1 out a1	6b 123 1 out a3
10	10	53	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,5-4	6-GF	S(1)	5	4.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.47	6.15	16	3	8	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	1	1	0	2.02	0.379	7.99	0.90%	1.35	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
11	11	59	Jun 23(2)	NYY		SLB	L,6-10	GS-2	L(2-5)	3	1.0	5	5	5	0	1	1	0	5.26	6.30	8	0	4	0	1	3	24			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.299	3.72	-0.76%	-3.81	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d4
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
12	12	69	Jul 2(2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-15	3-6		8	3.1	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	5.27	6.26	15	3	5	1	1	4		0	0	2	2	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.009	.34	-0.02%	-0.11	3t --- 2 out d10	6t 3 out d9
13	13	87	Jul 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-14	3-5		15	3.0	5	5	2	0	2	2	0	5.31	6.46	16	4	5	1	3	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	2	.30	-0.104	.55	-0.12%	-3.11	3b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d7
14	14	92	Jul 22(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-10	6-6		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.22	6.45	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.21	0.009	.32	0.01%	0.63	6b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d5
15	15	96	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	5.28	6.46	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.012	.16	-0.01%	-1.38	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
							4-11		W-L:2-5,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.5	59.2	66	41	35	28	22	13	2	5.28	6.46	274	0.88		5%	8%	62	45	4	100%	4	4	1	236	10	5	3	6	3	8	1.01	-0.556	2.37	-1.31%	-5.84

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