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Lefty
Gomez		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 188
 
Born: November 26, 1908 in Usa, CA, RODEO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1932   
All-Star Selections 1935   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 21 PIT NL $ 300,000 87 87 81 82 49 45 46 67 61 62
1931 22 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 9 9 9 6 5 5 7 6 6
1932 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 10 9 9 6 5 5 6 6 6
1933 24 PIT NL $ 3,192,857 9 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 5 5
1934 25 PIT NL $ 3,192,857 9 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6
1935 26 TAM AL $ 3,592,857 9 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5
1936 27 TAM AL $ 10,000,000 9 9 9 9 5 4 4 5 5 5
1937 28 TAM AL $ 10,000,000 9 9 9 9 5 4 4 5 5 5
1938 29 TAM AL $ 10,000,000 9 9 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
1939 30 TAM AL $ 10,000,000 9 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4
1940 31 TAM AL $ 2,500,000 9 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4
1941 32 NYG NL $ 2,500,000 9 9 8 9 4 3 3 4 4 4
1942 33 NYG NL $ 1,070,000 8 9 9 9 4 3 3 4 4 4
1943 34 NYG NL $ 1,070,000 7 9 8 8 4 3 3 4 4 4
1944 35 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 3 3 3 3 3 3
1945 36 BSN NL $ 1,000,000 7 7 6 7 2 1 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 7 6 7 2 1 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000 87 87 81 82 49 45 46 67 61 62
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 21 PIT NL $ 300,000   11 11 11 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 28 28 28
1931 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1932 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1933 24 PIT NL $ 3,192,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1934 25 PIT NL $ 3,192,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1935 26 TAM AL $ 3,592,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 27 TAM AL $ 10,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 28 TAM AL $ 10,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 29 TAM AL $ 10,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 30 TAM AL $ 10,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 31 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 32 NYG NL $ 2,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 33 NYG NL $ 1,070,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 34 NYG NL $ 1,070,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 36 BSN NL $ 1,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000   11 11 11 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 28 28 28
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 21 PIT NL 19 17 .528 44 44 18 2 0 359.0 364 155 17 145 160 3.89 .264 .332 .374 .706 21.4
1931 22 PIT NL 14 22 .389 45 45 17 3 0 356.7 344 143 18 127 164 3.61 .252 .315 .351 .666 25.2
1932 23 PIT NL 15 16 .484 42 42 10 0 0 329.0 386 163 29 125 136 4.46 .296 .356 .431 .787 15.7
1933 24 PIT NL 14 21 .400 42 42 18 1 0 318.7 362 167 25 110 144 4.72 .280 .336 .403 .739 8.7
1934 25 PIT NL 14 14 .500 42 33 13 2 4 274.7 273 123 23 115 147 4.03 .261 .333 .381 .714 18.7
1935 26 PIT NL 13 13 .500 29 29 14 2 0 234.0 235 107 16 82 109 4.12 .262 .322 .386 .709 13.7
  TAM AL 5 4 .556 9 9 4 0 0 67.7 62 35 4 22 31 4.65 .244 .302 .354 .656 4.0
  TOT   18 17 .514 38 38 18 2 0 301.7 297 142 20 104 140 4.24 .258 .318 .379 .697 17.7
1936 27 TAM AL 18 14 .563 43 43 16 2 0 347.3 315 132 23 111 212 3.42 .241 .300 .363 .663 27.5
1937 28 TAM AL 15 12 .556 33 33 13 0 0 265.7 229 101 17 96 158 3.42 .231 .298 .335 .633 19.5
1938 29 TAM AL 16 15 .516 43 43 14 0 0 331.7 332 145 29 132 180 3.93 .260 .330 .398 .728 18.3
1939 30 TAM AL 16 15 .516 42 42 11 2 0 301.0 298 149 28 130 203 4.46 .256 .330 .391 .721 9.5
1940 31 TAM AL 9 13 .409 82 9 0 0 12 141.3 151 82 15 76 103 5.22 .270 .357 .417 .774 5.9
1941 32 TAM AL 4 4 .500 33 6 0 0 0 77.7 74 34 6 33 48 3.94 .252 .326 .371 .697 5.3
  NYG NL 4 5 .444 40 8 0 0 2 51.0 57 24 4 34 28 4.24 .284 .386 .403 .789 3.5
  TOT   8 9 .471 73 14 0 0 2 128.7 131 58 10 67 76 4.06 .265 .351 .384 .735 8.7
1942 33 NYG NL 9 8 .529 62 8 3 1 1 115.7 99 59 11 67 73 4.59 .236 .339 .360 .699 8.1
1943 34 NYG NL 3 4 .429 42 0 0 0 3 53.7 59 25 4 26 32 4.19 .278 .357 .406 .763 3.4
1944 35 NYG NL 2 1 .667 39 0 0 0 0 41.7 45 15 3 27 23 3.24 .280 .381 .348 .729 3.5
1945 36 BSN NL 1 2 .333 8 4 0 0 0 23.0 22 20 4 20 12 7.83 .244 .387 .389 .776 0.0
    AAA   11 8 .579 24 24 0 0 0 163.0 133 56 18 99 124 3.09 .222 .332 .356 .688  
16 Years Sim 191 200 .488 720 440 151 15 22 3689.3 3707 1679 276 1478 1963 4.10 .261 .330 .382 .712 211.8
1 Years AAA 11 8 .579 24 24 0 0 0 163.0 133 56 18 99 124 3.09 .222 .332 .356 .688  
Season Average 11 12 .478 45 27 9 0 1 230.6 231 104 17 92 122 4.10 .261 .330 .382 .712  
Career Highs 19 22 .667 82 45 18 3 12 359.0 386 167 29 145 212 7.83 .296 .387 .431 .787  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2619 1154 184 1026 1327   .268 .338 .386 .724
vs LH   1088 525 92 452 636   .244 .314 .375 .689
Home 90 102 .469 368 222 75 10 10 1910.3 1844 849 146 759 1034 4.00 .252 .323 .374 .697
Away 101 98 .508 352 218 76 5 12 1779.0 1863 830 130 719 929 4.20 .270 .338 .391 .729
Mar/Apr 20 40 .333 118 71 27 2 7 588.0 590 332 65 243 337 5.08 .262 .334 .409 .742
May 34 34 .500 116 80 28 4 5 640.3 635 273 44 251 305 3.84 .258 .326 .379 .705
June 35 32 .522 122 76 21 4 0 638.6 648 270 43 249 368 3.81 .263 .331 .381 .712
July 36 27 .571 121 69 27 2 5 592.0 580 254 36 272 309 3.86 .256 .336 .366 .702
August 30 36 .455 123 68 23 2 2 603.0 618 267 36 211 318 3.99 .264 .324 .373 .697
Sep/Oct 36 31 .537 120 76 27 1 3 627.3 636 283 52 252 326 4.06 .262 .332 .386 .718
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 21 PIT NL 44 117 6 15 2 1 0 4 0 0 4 25 .128 .157 .162 .319 1.2 0.0
1931 22 PIT NL 45 122 5 14 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 32 .115 .135 .131 .266 -0.7 0.0
1932 23 PIT NL 42 113 5 18 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 19 .159 .172 .195 .367 1.9 0.0
1933 24 PIT NL 42 110 10 14 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 27 .127 .134 .182 .316 0.2 0.0
1934 25 PIT NL 42 91 6 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 29 .143 .161 .165 .326 -0.1 0.0
1935 26 PIT NL 29 77 5 11 0 1 0 8 0 1 2 28 .143 .165 .169 .333 0.7 0.0
  TAM AL 9 21 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .333 .619 2.0 0.1
  TOT   38 98 6 17 1 1 0 11 0 1 2 32 .173 .190 .204 .394 2.6 0.1
1936 27 TAM AL 43 116 6 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 26 .112 .140 .129 .270 -0.9 0.0
1937 28 TAM AL 33 86 4 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .163 .182 .174 .356 1.4 0.0
1938 29 TAM AL 43 110 8 16 2 1 1 6 0 0 1 25 .145 .152 .209 .361 2.2 0.0
1939 30 TAM AL 42 96 6 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 4 24 .083 .117 .083 .200 -1.5 0.0
1940 31 TAM AL 82 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .080 .148 .080 .228 -0.4 0.0
1941 32 TAM AL 33 22 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .136 .208 .227 .436 0.9 0.0
  NYG NL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   73 22 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .136 .208 .227 .436 0.9 0.0
1942 33 NYG NL 62 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.9 0.2
1943 34 NYG NL 42 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
1944 35 NYG NL 39 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1945 36 BSN NL 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0
16 Years Sim 720 1139 73 156 21 3 2 76 0 1 27 296 .137 .157 .166 .323 9.2 0.3
162 Game Average 256 16 35 4 0 0 17 0 0 6 66 .137 .157 .166 .323 2.1  
Career Highs 82 122 10 18 4 1 1 11 0 1 4 32 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2.6  
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   807 50 115 18 2 2 61 0 1 17 201 .143 .159 .177 .336 3.4
vs LH   332 23 41 3 1 0 15 0 0 10 95 .123 .153 .139 .292 -2.8
Home 368 539 36 72 8 1 2 38 0 1 14 147 .134 .154 .163 .317 -0.2
Away 352 600 37 84 13 2 0 38 0 0 13 149 .140 .160 .168 .329 0.8
RISP   289 0 46 8 0 0 69 0 0 11 70 .159 .185 .187 .372 5.2
Close/Late   104 4 20 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 22 .192 .229 .212 .441 4.1
Mar/Apr 90 188 14 33 2 0 0 14 0 0 1 44 .176 .178 .186 .364 2.4
May 97 203 13 30 2 2 0 14 0 1 6 46 .148 .175 .177 .353 1.6
June 97 192 16 29 6 1 0 17 0 0 3 58 .151 .162 .193 .354 1.7
July 85 178 10 18 0 0 2 10 0 0 5 42 .101 .126 .135 .261 -2.8
August 90 185 9 21 5 0 0 10 0 0 7 50 .114 .144 .141 .285 -1.8
Sep/Oct 104 193 11 25 6 0 0 11 0 0 5 56 .130 .156 .161 .316 -0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 21 PIT NL P 44 44 359.0 31 66 2 5 .980 2.43    
1931 22 PIT NL P 45 45 356.7 14 84 4 6 .961 2.47    
1932 23 PIT NL P 42 42 329.0 25 75 3 6 .971 2.74    
1933 24 PIT NL P 42 42 318.7 23 73 4 7 .960 2.71    
1934 25 PIT NL P 42 33 274.7 18 61 2 3 .975 2.59    
1935 26 PIT NL P 29 29 234.0 12 55 1 5 .985 2.58    
  TAM AL P 9 9 67.7 3 16 0 2 1.000 2.53    
  TOT   P 38 38 301.7 15 71 1 7 .989 2.57    
1936 27 TAM AL P 43 43 347.3 25 66 2 3 .978 2.36    
1937 28 TAM AL P 33 33 265.7 13 68 3 7 .964 2.74    
1938 29 TAM AL P 43 43 331.7 23 73 1 7 .990 2.61    
1939 30 TAM AL P 42 42 301.0 19 69 5 6 .946 2.63    
1940 31 TAM AL P 82 9 141.3 10 28 2 2 .950 2.42    
1941 32 TAM AL P 33 6 77.7 10 18 1 1 .966 3.24    
  NYG NL P 40 8 51.0 6 11 1 0 .944 3.00    
  TOT   P 73 14 128.7 16 29 2 1 .957 3.15    
1942 33 NYG NL P 62 8 115.7 9 23 1 3 .970 2.49    
1943 34 NYG NL P 42 0 53.7 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.52    
1944 35 NYG NL P 39 0 41.7 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.94    
1945 36 BSN NL P 8 4 23.0 2 9 1 1 .917 4.30    
Career Totals   720 440 3689.3 250 812 33 64 .970 2.59    
Career Highs   82 45 359.0 31 84 5 7 1.000 4.30    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1932 23 PIT NL 3 1 .750 7 7 2 0 0 57.0 58 21 7 18 21 3.32 .252 .306 .378 .685
1934 25 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .250 .250 .500 .750
1938 29 TAM AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 16 10 4 7 6 6.43 .291 .371 .582 .953
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 2 .667 10 9 2 0 0 72.3 75 31 11 25 28 3.86 .260 .318 .419 .737
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 23 PIT NL 7 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .048 .091 .048 .139
1938 29 TAM AL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .040 .077 .040 .117
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1934-10-4.03
1936-1-3.42
1937-4-3.42
 Losses
1931-1-22
1932-10-16
1933-2-21
1938-9-15
CAR-30-200
 Saves
1940-6-12
 Games Pitched
1940-4-82
1942-4-62
CAR-26-720
 Games Started
1930-5-44
1931-1-45
1932-1-42
1933-1-42
1936-6-43
1938-5-43
1939-6-42
 Complete Games
1933-5-18
1935-9-14
1936-6-16
CAR-43-151
Shutouts
1930-10-2
1931-6-3
1933-9-1
1934-3-2
1935-4-2
1936-4-2
1939-5-2
 Innings Pitched
1930-8-359.0
1931-6-356.7
1932-6-329.0
1933-5-318.7
1936-3-347.3
1938-6-331.7
 Hits Allowed
1932-3-386
1933-5-362
1938-8-332
CAR-42-3707
 Homeruns Allowed
1932-1-29
1933-3-25
1934-5-23
1936-6-23
1938-5-29
1939-1-28
 Strikeouts
1930-2-160
1931-4-164
1932-5-136
1933-6-144
1934-6-147
1936-2-212
1937-5-158
1938-3-180
1939-2-203
 Walks Allowed
1930-2-145
1931-2-127
1932-3-125
1933-8-110
1934-3-115
1936-9-111
1938-6-132
1939-6-130
CAR-25-1478
Hits per 9IP
1931-9-8.7
1934-7-8.9
1935-8-9.0
1936-2-8.2
1937-1-7.8
1939-10-8.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1930-3-4.0
1931-4-4.1
1932-8-3.7
1933-9-4.1
1934-4-4.8
1935-9-4.2
1936-2-5.5
1937-4-5.4
1938-6-4.9
1939-2-6.1
 WHiP
1936-1-1.23
1937-4-1.22
 OAVG
1931-8-.252
1934-7-.261
1935-8-.262
1936-2-.241
1937-1-.231
1939-8-.256
 OOBP
1936-1-.300
1937-4-.298
 OSLG
1931-4-.351
1934-10-.381
1936-3-.363
1937-1-.335
OOPS
1931-9-.666
1934-9-.714
1936-1-.663
1937-1-.633
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 123    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Curt Simmons (917)
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  3. Johnny Sain (901)
  4. Walt Masterson (896)
  5. Bert Blyleven (887)
  6. Joe Dobson (879)
  7. Bobo Newsom (872)
  8. Cliff Fannin (865)
  9. Mickey Lolich (860)
  10. Jim Maloney (858)
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  1. Johnny Vander Meer (988)
  2. Walt Masterson (988)
  3. Gus Keriazakos (988)
  4. Karl Spooner (987)
  5. Ted Gray (985)
  6. Cliff Fannin (982)
  7. Paul Dean (982)
  8. Hugh Mulcahy (979)
  9. Jack Kramer (978)
  10. Ralph Terry (977)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1930
Had first career hit on 4/5/1930, off Ted Lyons (NYM)
Earned first career win on 4/5/1930
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,192,857 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 7/29/1933, off Benny Frey (CIN)
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,192,857 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1934, going 6-1, 1.95
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1935 (Going to PIT: CF Kiki Cuyler, CF Heinie Manush. Going to TAM: P Lefty Gomez)
Injured on 8/17/1935 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
9/1/1935: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $10,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/9/1938 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
6/1/1939: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1939, winning 2 games with a 1.02 ERA
6/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,070,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 7/1/1941 (Going to NYG: P Lefty Gomez, 2B Billy Herman. Going to TAM: LF Chet Laabs, CF Dom Dimaggio)
4/2/1942: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1942, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1945 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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