Lefty Gomez Position: Pitcher Bats: Left  âąÂ  Throws: Left 6-2, 173lb (188cm, 78kg) Born: November 26, 1908 in Rodeo, CA Died: February 17, 1989  in Greenbrae, CA Buried: Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, CA High School: Richmond HS (San Francisco, CA) Debut: April 29, 1930 (6,068th in MLB history) vs. WSH 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L Last Game: May 30, 1943 vs. CHW 4.2 IP, 4 H,âŠ
On February 17, 1989, Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez dies at the age of 80. Gomez won 189 games over a 14-year career with the New York Yankees and Washington Senators. Gomez pitched exceptionally well in World Series play, winning six games without a loss.
ON February 2, 1972 â Lefty Gomez, a southpaw best known for his four 20-win seasons with the Yankees, and Ross Youngs, a popular outfielder for the Giants who compiled a lifetime .322 batting average before succumbing to kidney disease at the age of 30, are selected by the Special Veterans Committee to be enshrinedâŠ
On January 25, 1943, the Yankees sell future Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez to the rival Boston Braves. Gomez will never pitch in a game for the Braves, who decided to release the veteran southpaw. Gomez will eventually sign with the Washington Senators. Gomez will make 1 start for the Senators, and never pitch againâŠ
On Ladiesâ Day at Yankee Stadium, Lefty Gomez breaks the major league mark for walks in a shutout by issuing 11 free passes in the 9-0 victory over St. Louis. The New York southpaw, who extends the teamâs streak of holding the opponents scoreless to 21 consecutive innings, tosses a five-hitter, improving his record to 10-3.
On June 24, 1941 at Yankee Stadium, after going hitless in his first three at-bats vs St. Louis Browns, Joe DiMaggio singles in the eighth inning to extend his hit streak to 36 games off Bob Muncrief helping ignite a 5 run 8th inning. The Yankees and Lefty Gomez coast to a 9-1 victory overâŠ
1940 â At Fenway Parkâ 27-year-old Tiny Bonham makes his major league debut for the Yankees and losesâ 4 â 1â to Fritz Ostermueller. Bonhamâ brought up to replace the sore-armed Lefty Gomezâ will still end the season at 9-3â complete 10 gamesâ and toss three shutouts. His ERA will be 1.90 but Bob Feller will lead the American League at 2.61, although some will consider Bonham the title holder.
  On March 15, 1939 the New York Yankees face the Cincinnati Reds in a spring training game. These two teams will also face off in the 1939 World Series. The Yankees finished with a record of 106â45, winning their 11th pennant, finishing 17 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox, the Red SoxâŠ
 October 6, 1938 at Wrigley Field future hall of famers clash as Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Joe Gordon, Lefty Gomex and Dizzy Dean face off. Game 2 pitted the Yankeesâ Lefty Gomez against former St. Louis Cardinals ace Dizzy Dean, who had been traded to Chicago in April and won seven of his eightâŠ
The National League wins the sixth All-Star Game, 4 â 1, with the aid of fine pitching and four American League errors. Starter Johnny Vander Meer gets the win. Yankeeshurler Lefty Gomez is defeated for the first time in four All-Star starts. National League shortstop Leo Durocher becomes the first Dodger to start in an All-Star Game and gets a âbuntâ home run.
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