Lefty Gomez

Vernon Louis Gomez
Born: November 26, 1908
Rodeo, CA USA
Deceased: 1989
Greenbrae, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 173
Career: 1930-1943
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
Minor League Statistics

Lefty Gomez compiled a career record of 189 wins and 102 losses in his 368-game career with the New York Yankees and Washington Senators. He began playing during the 1930 season and last took the field during the 1943 campaign. Gomez was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

New York Yankees

Washington Senators

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
1930	AL	New York Yankees	2	5	.286	5.55	15	6	3	2	0	1	60.0	66	41	37	12	28	22	1	0	273
1931	AL	New York Yankees	21	9	.700	2.67	40	26	10	17	1	3	243.0	206	88	72	7	85	150	4	1	1013
1932	AL	New York Yankees	24	7	.774	4.21	37	31	3	21	1	1	265.3	266	140	124	23	105	176	2	0	1149
1933	AL	New York Yankees	16	10	.615	3.18	35	30	3	14	4	2	234.7	218	108	83	16	106	163	0	6	1027
1934	AL	New York Yankees	26	5	.839	2.33	38	33	5	25	6	1	281.7	223	86	73	12	96	158	0	3	1142
1935	AL	New York Yankees	12	15	.444	3.18	34	30	3	15	2	1	246.0	223	104	87	18	86	138	2	8	1030
1936	AL	New York Yankees	13	7	.650	4.39	31	30	1	10	0	0	188.7	184	104	92	6	122	105	1	2	858
1937	AL	New York Yankees	21	11	.656	2.33	34	34	0	25	6	0	278.3	233	88	72	10	93	194	1	2	1148
1938	AL	New York Yankees	18	12	.600	3.35	32	32	0	20	4	0	239.0	239	110	89	7	99	129	1	5	1034
1939	AL	New York Yankees	12	8	.600	3.41	26	26	0	14	2	0	198.0	173	80	75	11	84	102	3	3	831
1940	AL	New York Yankees	3	3	.500	6.59	9	5	3	0	0	0	27.3	37	20	20	2	18	14	1	3	134
1941	AL	New York Yankees	15	5	.750	3.74	23	23	0	8	2	0	156.3	151	76	65	10	103	76	1	5	712
1942	AL	New York Yankees	6	4	.600	4.28	13	13	0	2	0	0	80.0	67	42	38	4	65	41	2	1	355
1943	AL	Washington Senators	0	1	.000	5.79	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.7	4	4	3	0	5	0	0	0	23
Totals			189	102	.649	3.34	368	320	31	173	28	9	2503.0	2290	1091	930	138	1095	1468	19	39	10729

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1930	AL	New York Yankees	15	23	20	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	9	.150	.150	.150	.300	3	0	0	3
1931	AL	New York Yankees	40	94	83	8	11	0	3	0	0	7	28	.133	.200	.133	.333	11	0	0	4
1932	AL	New York Yankees	37	115	104	9	18	2	15	0	0	6	36	.173	.218	.192	.410	20	0	0	5
1933	AL	New York Yankees	35	93	80	3	9	0	3	0	0	7	23	.113	.193	.113	.306	9	0	1	5
1934	AL	New York Yankees	38	119	99	8	13	1	4	0	0	6	30	.131	.189	.141	.330	14	0	1	13
1935	AL	New York Yankees	34	93	83	4	10	0	4	0	1	3	15	.120	.151	.120	.272	10	0	0	7
1936	AL	New York Yankees	31	80	69	1	10	1	5	0	0	3	23	.145	.181	.159	.340	11	0	0	8
1937	AL	New York Yankees	34	115	105	8	21	2	4	1	0	5	22	.200	.236	.219	.455	23	0	0	5
1938	AL	New York Yankees	32	99	86	5	13	2	7	0	0	4	18	.151	.189	.174	.363	15	0	0	9
1939	AL	New York Yankees	26	82	73	3	11	2	4	0	0	5	22	.151	.205	.178	.383	13	3	0	4
1940	AL	New York Yankees	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1941	AL	New York Yankees	23	66	59	5	9	1	4	0	0	3	12	.153	.194	.169	.363	10	1	0	4
1942	AL	New York Yankees	13	35	33	4	5	0	4	0	0	1	12	.152	.176	.152	.328	5	1	0	1
1943	AL	Washington Senators	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals			368	1024	904	59	133	11	58	1	1	50	252	.147	.194	.159	.353	144	5	2	68

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1930	AL	New York Yankees	P	15	1	18	0	0	1.000	1.267
1931	AL	New York Yankees	P	40	6	43	1	1	.980	1.225
1932	AL	New York Yankees	P	37	2	36	2	3	.950	1.027
1933	AL	New York Yankees	P	35	4	30	4	0	.895	.971
1934	AL	New York Yankees	P	38	7	42	1	2	.980	1.289
1935	AL	New York Yankees	P	34	6	49	2	2	.965	1.618
1936	AL	New York Yankees	P	31	4	29	1	3	.971	1.065
1937	AL	New York Yankees	P	34	3	36	3	1	.929	1.147
1938	AL	New York Yankees	P	32	12	51	1	5	.984	1.969
1939	AL	New York Yankees	P	26	2	33	1	0	.972	1.346
1940	AL	New York Yankees	P	9	1	2	0	0	1.000	.333
1941	AL	New York Yankees	P	23	6	11	2	2	.895	.739
1942	AL	New York Yankees	P	13	2	9	1	0	.917	.846
1943	AL	Washington Senators	P	1	0	4	1	1	.800	4.000
Totals				368	56	393	20	20	.957	1.220

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	W%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF
1932	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	1.000	1.00	1	1	1	9.0	9	2	1	0	1	8	0	36
1936	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	1.000	4.70	2	2	1	15.3	14	8	8	1	11	9	1	72
1937	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	1.000	1.50	2	2	2	18.0	16	3	3	1	2	8	0	70
1938	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	1.000	3.86	1	1	0	7.0	9	3	3	0	1	5	0	29
1939	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0		9.00	1	1	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	6
Totals				6	1.000	2.86	7	7	4	50.3	51	17	16	2	15	31	1	213

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1932	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1936	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	8	8	1	2	3	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2
1937	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	8	6	2	1	1	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	1
1938	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1939	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals				7	22	20	3	3	4	2	7	.150	.227	.150	.377	3

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1932	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	1	1	9.0	0	3	1.000	3.000	3.000
1936	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	2	2	15.3	0	3	1.000	1.761	1.500
1937	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	2	2	18.0	1	3	1.000	2.000	2.000
1938	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	1	1	7.0	0	1	1.000	1.286	1.000
1939	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	1	1	1.0	0	0		.000	.000
Totals					7	7	50.3	1	10	1.000	1.967	1.571

Awards

1932 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1934 - AL Pitching Triple Crown
1934 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1937 - AL Pitching Triple Crown
1937 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1938 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2

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