Lefty Gomez
Given Name: Vernon Louis
Born: 11/26/1908 in Rodeo, CA US
Died: 2/17/1989 in Greenbrae, CA USA
First Game: Tuesday April 29, 1930
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972
Voted in by Veterans
Awards:
1932 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P3)
1932 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P3)
1934 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
1934 - Pitching Triple Crown - AL
1934 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P2)
1934 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P1)
1937 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P1)
1937 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P2)
1937 - Pitching Triple Crown - AL
1938 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P2)
1938 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
Lefty Gomez's Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1930 | NYA | 15 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 |
1931 | NYA | 40 | 83 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .133 | .200 | .133 | .333 |
1932 | NYA | 37 | 104 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36 | .173 | .218 | .192 | .410 |
1933 | NYA | 35 | 80 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .113 | .193 | .113 | .306 |
1934 | NYA | 38 | 99 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | .131 | .189 | .141 | .330 |
1935 | NYA | 34 | 83 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .120 | .151 | .120 | .272 |
1936 | NYA | 31 | 69 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .145 | .181 | .159 | .340 |
1937 | NYA | 34 | 105 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .200 | .236 | .219 | .455 |
1938 | NYA | 32 | 86 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .151 | .189 | .174 | .363 |
1939 | NYA | 26 | 73 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .151 | .205 | .178 | .383 |
1940 | NYA | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1941 | NYA | 23 | 59 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .153 | .194 | .169 | .363 |
1942 | NYA | 13 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .152 | .176 | .152 | .328 |
1943 | WS1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | 368 | 904 | 59 | 133 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 252 | .147 | .194 | .159 | .353 | |
Max | 40 | 105 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 36 | .200 | .236 | .219 | .455 |
Lefty Gomez's World Series and Playoffs Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GIDP | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1932 | WS | NYA | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1936 | WS | NYA | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
1937 | WS | NYA | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 |
1938 | WS | NYA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1939 | WS | NYA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
7 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .227 | .150 | .377 |
Lefty Gomez's Pitching Statistics
Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1930 | NYA | 2 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 66 | 41 | 37 | 5.55 | 1.57 | 12 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 273 | 3 |
1931 | NYA | 21 | 9 | 40 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 243.0 | 206 | 88 | 72 | 2.67 | 1.20 | 7 | 85 | 150 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1013 | 10 |
1932 | NYA | 24 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 265.1 | 266 | 140 | 124 | 4.21 | 1.40 | 23 | 105 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1149 | 3 |
1933 | NYA | 16 | 10 | 35 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 234.2 | 218 | 108 | 83 | 3.18 | 1.38 | 16 | 106 | 163 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1027 | 3 |
1934 | NYA | 26 | 5 | 38 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 281.2 | 223 | 86 | 73 | 2.33 | 1.13 | 12 | 96 | 158 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1142 | 5 |
1935 | NYA | 12 | 15 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 246.0 | 223 | 104 | 87 | 3.18 | 1.26 | 18 | 86 | 138 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1030 | 3 |
1936 | NYA | 13 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 188.2 | 184 | 104 | 92 | 4.39 | 1.62 | 6 | 122 | 105 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 858 | 1 |
1937 | NYA | 21 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 278.1 | 233 | 88 | 72 | 2.33 | 1.17 | 10 | 93 | 194 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1148 | 0 |
1938 | NYA | 18 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 239.0 | 239 | 110 | 89 | 3.35 | 1.41 | 7 | 99 | 129 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1034 | 0 |
1939 | NYA | 12 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 198.0 | 173 | 80 | 75 | 3.41 | 1.30 | 11 | 84 | 102 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 831 | 0 |
1940 | NYA | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 37 | 20 | 20 | 6.59 | 2.01 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 3 |
1941 | NYA | 15 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 156.1 | 151 | 76 | 65 | 3.74 | 1.62 | 10 | 103 | 76 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 712 | 0 |
1942 | NYA | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 67 | 42 | 38 | 4.28 | 1.65 | 4 | 65 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 355 | 0 |
1943 | WS1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5.79 | 1.93 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Career | 189 | 102 | 368 | 320 | 173 | 28 | 9 | 2503.0 | 2290 | 1091 | 930 | 0.00 | 1.35 | 138 | 1095 | 1468 | 0 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 10729 | 31 | |
'Best' | 26 | 15 | 40 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 281.2 | 266 | 140 | 124 | 2.33 | 1.13 | 23 | 122 | 194 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1149 | 10 |
Lefty Gomez's World Series and Playoffs Pitching Statistics
Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1932 | WS | NYA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
1936 | WS | NYA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4.70 | 1.63 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 |
1937 | WS | NYA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 |
1938 | WS | NYA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3.86 | 1.43 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
1939 | WS | NYA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 | 51 | 17 | 16 | 2.86 | 1.31 | 2 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 0 |
Lefty Gomez's Fielding Statistics
Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB |
1930 | NYA | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | NYA | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1932 | NYA | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
1933 | NYA | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | NYA | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1935 | NYA | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1936 | NYA | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
1937 | NYA | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1938 | NYA | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
1939 | NYA | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | NYA | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | NYA | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1942 | NYA | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | WS1 | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Career | P | 368 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 393 | 20 | 20 | 0 |