Lefty Gomez stats

Last played for the Minnesota Twins, 1943

Pitcher

Age 117

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Lefty Gomez played 14 MLB seasons, 1930 to 1943.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
368
W
189
L
102
ERA
3.34
IP
2,503.0
K
1,468
BB
1,095
WHIP
1.35
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1930NYY15255.5560.022281.57
1931NYY402192.67243.0150851.20
1932NYY372474.21265.11761051.40
1933NYY3516103.18234.21631061.38
1934NYY382652.33281.2158961.13
1935NYY3412153.18246.0138861.26
1936NYY311374.39188.21051221.62
1937NYY3421112.33278.1194931.17
1938NYY3218123.35239.0129991.41
1939NYY261283.41198.0102841.30
1940NYY9336.5927.114182.01
1941NYY231553.74156.1761031.62
1942NYY13644.2880.041651.65
1943MIN1015.794.2051.93

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
7
W
6
L
0
ERA
2.88
IP
50.0
K
31
BB
15
WHIP
1.32

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
173
SHO
28
K/9
5.3
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1930NYY0203.30000
1931NYY01715.60000
1932NYY02116.00000
1933NYY01446.30000
1934NYY02565.00000
1935NYY01525.00000
1936NYY01005.00000
1937NYY02566.30000
1938NYY02044.90000
1939NYY01424.60000
1940NYY0004.60000
1941NYY0824.40000
1942NYY0204.60000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
117 yearsNov 26, 1908
Debut
1930

What were Lefty Gomez's career stats?

Lefty Gomez played 14 seasons for the Yankees and the Twins. He had 189 wins and 1,468 strikeouts with a 3.34 ERA over 2,503.0 innings. His best season was 1934: 26 wins, a 2.33 ERA and 158 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1930 to 1943

Championships ×6

All-time career rank

  • 253rd in strikeouts (pitching) (1,468)
  • 142nd in wins (pitching) (189)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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