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: 21-9 / in Starts: 21-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 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	200	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	1	1	4	6	0	0	1.13	3.32	33	10	6	1	3	7	66			1	0	1	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.61	0.256	4.08	0.39%	3.18	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out d1
2	201	5	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	5	2	1	5	4	0	0	1.06	3.73	36	12	10	1	2	5	70			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.51	0.449	3.15	0.56%	3.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
3	202	10	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,10-2	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	7	2	2	8	3	0	0	1.38	4.28	41	14	11	1	4	5	60			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.72	0.329	2.06	0.57%	3.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
4	203	14	Apr 29	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.29	3.83	32	11	12	2	2	3	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.318	2.81	0.65%	4.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
5	204	18	May 3	NYY		SLB	W,14-5	GS-5		3	4.0	9	5	2	1	3	1	0	1.62	4.03	20	6	1	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.195	3.15	-0.36%	-3.15	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out a4
6	205	23	May 9	NYY		PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	1.69	3.92	35	14	11	0	2	3	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.342	3.45	0.73%	3.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	206	30	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	GS-6	W(5-1)	7	5.1	7	4	3	5	2	0	0	2.03	4.07	27	10	5	2	2	5	37			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.173	5.00	-0.54%	-1.10	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
8	207	33	May 21	NYY	@	DET	L,9-10	GS-3		3	2.1	6	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.59	4.12	16	5	1	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.304	8.09	-0.94%	-3.12	1b start a 1	3b 12- 1 out a1
9	208	37	May 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-10	GS-1		3	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.02	4.11	7	0	3	0	2	4	33			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.152	3.47	-0.43%	-2.38	1b start a 5	1b 3 out a2
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
10	209	47	Jun 5	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(6-1)	10	9.0	5	3	2	4	5	0	0	2.88	4.03	37	14	10	2	2	4	68			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.72	0.287	9.87	0.99%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	210	51	Jun 9	NYY		SLB	L,3-5	GS-8	L(6-2)	3	7.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.10	4.00	35	12	10	0	1	7	45			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	3	1.35	-0.007	6.87	-0.02%	-0.29	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d4
12	211	54	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS-4	L(6-3)	6	3.2	8	7	6	3	2	0	0	3.66	4.04	21	4	5	0	1	7	18			1	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.330	5.37	-1.13%	-4.95	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d5
13	212	58	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(7-3)	2	9.0	9	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.48	4.09	37	11	11	1	2	8	58			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.54	0.523	8.09	1.66%	3.77	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a3
14	213	63	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-11	GS-4		4	3.2	6	7	7	6	3	1	0	4.04	4.34	22	6	2	1	0	5	18			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.476	6.80	-1.55%	-4.75	1b start a 2	4b -2- 2 out d2
15	214	68	Jun 30(1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-5	GS-7		5	6.1	8	5	4	4	4	0	1	4.15	4.34	32	9	6	1	1	8	39			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.292	7.20	-1.05%	-1.68	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out tie
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
16	215	72	Jul 4(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-9	W(8-3)	3	8.2	11	3	2	3	1	0	0	3.98	4.32	39	10	17	1	10	8	50			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.307	5.56	0.82%	2.06	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out a1
17	216	77	Jul 11	NYY		CLE	L,2-10	GS-1	L(8-4)	6	0.1	2	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.40	4.39	6	0	0	0	0	2	25			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.310	4.93	-0.69%	-4.15	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d4
18	217	82	Jul 15(2)	NYY		DET	W,7-4	GS-5		3	4.1	3	4	3	5	4	0	0	4.47	4.41	22	4	6	2	1	3	42			1	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.099	6.39	-0.39%	-1.92	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out a2
19	218	88	Jul 19(2)	NYY		SLB	L,4-5	CG	L(8-5)	3	9.0	7	5	3	3	4	0	0	4.36	4.33	37	15	8	1	3	7	58			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	0.026	4.39	0.06%	0.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
20	219	95	Jul 27	NYY	@	DET	L,1-9	GS-6	L(8-6)	7	6.0	5	3	3	6	4	1	0	4.37	4.47	28	5	8	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.026	2.50	-0.05%	0.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
21	220	100	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.2	11	4	4	2	4	2	0	4.39	4.59	36	6	13	0	2	11	43			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	-0.120	6.21	-0.30%	0.69	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out tie
22	221	105	Aug 9(1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	GS-7		7	6.1	9	6	5	3	5	0	0	4.51	4.52	31	5	9	1	0	9	35			2	0	0	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.220	.70	-0.10%	-2.42	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d5
23	222	114	Aug 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-7	GS-1	L(8-7)	7	1.0	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.80	4.52	9	1	2	1	0	4	23			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.320	.48	-0.09%	-4.40	1b start tie	1b 3 out d5
24	223	121	Aug 25	NYY		SLB	W,13-1	GS-7	W(9-7)	7	7.0	3	1	1	5	7	0	0	4.63	4.47	29	4	9	1	3	3	69			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.142	.20	0.02%	3.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
25	224	126	Aug 29	NYY		DET	W,6-4	GS-7	W(10-7)	3	6.2	8	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.61	4.46	31	5	11	1	2	8	45			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.033	.07	0.00%	0.67	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a2
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
26	225	131	Sep 3	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	8	4	4	8	7	0	0	4.57	4.46	41	11	9	0	1	6	54			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.312	.00	0.00%	1.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	226	134	Sep 5(2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,7-7	12-GF(12)	BS(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.56	4.45	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.62	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.35	12b 1-3 1 out a1	12b end tie
28	227	137	Sep 7(1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	GS-9	W(12-7)	1	8.1	9	3	3	2	9	1	0	4.49	4.40	35	8	10	0	2	6	60			0	1	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	.93	0.105	.00	0.00%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a2
29	228	144	Sep 13(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-7	GS-		5	5.1	4	4	4	9	1	0	0	4.56	4.51	27						36						18					0
30	229	149	Sep 20(2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(13-7)	6	9.0	2	2	2	7	5	0	0	4.44	4.51	36	9	13	1	2	2	73			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.637	.00	0.00%	3.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
31	230	154	Sep 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS-4		5	4.0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	4.34	4.57	20	7	5	0	0	1	55			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.231	.00	0.00%	2.41	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
							21-9		W-L:13-7,BSv:1	4.3	188.2	184	104	91	122	105	6	1	4.34	4.57	860	1.02		5%	11%	160	48	2	50%	9	5	1	725	29	7	1	12	0	17	1.19	1.269	3.82	-1.18%	8.72

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