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Johnny
Gooch		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 9, 1897 in Usa, TN, SMYRNA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1930   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 32 SLC NL $ 2,753,500   71 71 67 16 16 16 53 59 57 27 31 30 80 82 81
1931 33 SLC NL $ 2,753,500   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1932 34 SLC NL $ 2,753,500   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 9 9
1933 35 CLE AL $ 3,000,019   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
1934 36 CLE AL $ 3,000,019   4 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,753,500   4 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,019   71 71 67 16 16 16 53 59 57 27 31 30 80 82 81
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 32 SLC NL 146 505 57 154 19 0 7 65 0 1 39 18 .305 .356 .384 .740 65.1 10.2
1931 33 SLC NL 145 545 73 166 33 1 5 63 0 0 37 25 .305 .348 .396 .744 71.3 11.2
1932 34 SLC NL 140 528 75 160 20 3 7 53 0 0 37 28 .303 .350 .392 .742 66.5 9.1
1933 35 CLE AL 102 342 40 91 7 5 1 37 0 0 21 47 .266 .309 .325 .633 31.0 2.0
1934 36 CLE AL 81 250 30 68 8 2 0 15 0 0 13 50 .272 .307 .320 .627 23.6 1.4
5 Years Sim 614 2170 275 639 87 11 20 233 0 1 147 168 .294 .339 .372 .712 257.4 34.0
162 Game Average 572 72 168 22 2 5 61 0 0 38 44 .294 .339 .372 .712 67.9  
Career Highs 146 545 75 166 33 5 7 65 0 1 39 50 .305 .356 .396 .744 71.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1698 222 495 57 7 15 167 0 1 104 141 .292 .332 .360 .692 197.5
vs LH   472 53 144 30 4 5 66 0 0 43 27 .305 .366 .417 .783 68.6
Home 305 1091 148 340 50 5 11 135 0 1 80 84 .312 .359 .397 .756 148.8
Away 309 1079 127 299 37 6 9 98 0 0 67 84 .277 .319 .348 .667 117.2
RISP   523 0 158 26 1 4 204 0 0 39 36 .302 .346 .379 .725 67.2
Pinch Hitting   61 8 16 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 4 .262 .313 .262 .576 5.4
Close/Late   265 28 87 12 0 3 31 0 0 16 17 .328 .366 .408 .774 37.3
Mar/Apr 102 369 42 110 13 1 5 58 0 0 17 34 .298 .327 .379 .707 44.0
May 110 406 42 118 15 3 2 36 0 0 26 26 .291 .333 .357 .690 47.0
June 103 356 48 103 22 2 4 32 0 0 26 28 .289 .337 .396 .733 45.7
July 107 370 52 122 15 1 3 48 0 1 36 25 .330 .391 .400 .791 55.8
August 101 354 50 99 12 1 4 35 0 0 21 28 .280 .321 .353 .674 39.1
Sep/Oct 91 315 41 87 10 3 2 24 0 0 21 27 .276 .322 .346 .668 34.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 32 SLC NL C 136 124 1124.0 417 63 4 0 .992 3.84 52 26 .500 0 9.5
1931 33 SLC NL C 138 129 1140.7 448 51 6 1 .988 3.94 40 12 .300 3 5.9
1932 34 SLC NL C 136 125 1133.3 342 39 5 0 .987 3.03 21 8 .381 4 4.8
1933 35 CLE AL C 99 91 808.0 324 35 4 1 .989 4.00 31 13 .419 4 5.5
1934 36 CLE AL C 70 67 567.0 194 22 2 1 .991 3.43 16 8 .500 2 2.4
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 579 536 4773.0 1725 210 21 3 .989 3.65 160 67 .419 13 28.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   583 536 4780.0 1725 211 22 3 .989 3.65 160 67 .419 13 28.0
Career Highs   138 129 1140.7 448 63 6 1 .992 4.00 52 26 .500 4  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1932-9-130
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Sam Calderone (962)
  2. Jose Morales (961)
  3. Cliff Bolton (959)
  4. Terry Kennedy (956)
  5. Willard Hershberger (954)
  6. Harry McCurdy (945)
  7. Johnny Moore (944)
  8. Woody Jensen (942)
  9. Clyde Sukeforth (939)
  10. Mickey Owen (935)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Stew Bolen (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1930, off Bill Piercy (BOS)
Drove in 7 runs against Seattle (M) on 8/14/1930
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1930
Injured on 3/14/1932 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/7/1933 to a 3-year deal worth $3,000,019 per year
 
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