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Johnny
Gooch		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 9, 1897 in Usa, TN, SMYRNA
 
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
1921 23 PHA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 2 2 8 5 6 6 4 4 9 7 8
1922 24 PHA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 2 3 8 5 6 5 3 4 8 6 7
1923 25 PHA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 2 2 8 5 6 6 4 4 8 6 7
1924 26 PHA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 2 2 7 5 6 5 3 4 8 6 7
1925 27 PHA AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 4 2 3 7 5 6 6 4 5 8 6 7
1926 28 PHA AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 4 2 3 7 5 6 6 4 5 8 6 7
1927 29 PHA AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 3 1 2 7 5 6 6 4 5 8 6 6
1928 30 SLA AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 3 1 2 8 5 6 6 4 5 7 5 6
1929 31 SLA AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 3 1 1 8 6 6 6 4 5 7 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 1 1 7 5 6 5 3 4 7 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 6 4 2 3 8 6 6 6 4 5 9 7 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1921 23 PHA AL 58 197 29 55 5 3 2 30 0 0 16 11 .279 .330 .365 .696 23.2 3.4
1922 24 PHA AL 115 438 63 121 21 1 6 53 0 0 28 52 .276 .320 .370 .690 49.2 8.7
1923 25 PHA AL 21 66 7 12 2 0 2 13 0 0 7 11 .182 .257 .303 .560 5.7 0.3
    AAA   108 390 52 113 25 1 8 59 3 4 53 46 .290 .375 .421 .795 60.7  
1924 26 PHA AL 65 199 22 63 9 1 1 26 0 0 15 12 .317 .363 .387 .750 26.2 5.1
    AAA   15 60 6 17 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 4 .283 .358 .317 .675 7.2  
    AA   16 60 11 23 7 0 0 10 1 1 10 4 .383 .471 .500 .971 12.7  
1925 27 PHA AL 30 68 5 12 3 1 0 4 0 0 9 6 .176 .273 .250 .523 4.8 0.0
1926 28 PHA AL 55 162 27 40 4 1 0 16 0 0 15 15 .247 .311 .284 .595 14.0 0.7
1927 29 PHA AL 11 29 5 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .172 .250 .241 .491 1.8 0.0
    AAA   22 53 6 12 1 0 0 4 1 0 4 6 .226 .281 .245 .526 3.8  
    AA   48 168 24 54 8 0 1 17 1 3 30 8 .321 .424 .387 .811 28.2  
1928 30 PHA AL 22 66 10 14 4 0 0 8 0 0 5 8 .212 .278 .273 .551 3.7 0.0
  SLA AL 10 32 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .156 .206 .188 .393 0.2 0.0
  TOT   32 98 11 19 5 0 0 11 0 0 6 10 .194 .255 .245 .500 3.9 0.0
    AAA   35 116 13 29 8 0 0 12 2 1 13 8 .250 .326 .319 .645 12.4  
1929 31 SLA AL 31 91 12 21 4 0 0 11 0 0 8 10 .231 .304 .275 .579 8.8 0.8
    AAA   45 122 22 30 5 2 0 16 1 1 20 13 .246 .352 .320 .672 15.0  
9 Years Sim 418 1348 181 348 55 7 11 167 0 0 107 128 .258 .314 .334 .647 137.5 19.0
5 Years AAA 225 741 99 201 41 3 8 93 7 6 97 77 .271 .356 .367 .723 99.1  
2 Years AA 64 228 35 77 15 0 1 27 2 4 40 12 .338 .439 .417 .855 40.9  
7 Years Minors 289 969 134 278 56 3 9 120 9 10 137 89 .287 .376 .379 .754 140.1  
162 Game Average 522 70 134 21 2 4 64 0 0 41 49 .258 .314 .334 .647 53.3  
Career Highs 115 438 63 121 21 3 6 53 0 0 28 52 .317 .363 .387 .750 49.2  
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   717 98 162 18 0 4 76 0 0 53 87 .226 .278 .268 .546 53.5
vs LH   631 83 186 37 7 7 91 0 0 54 41 .295 .353 .409 .762 87.1
Home 220 691 95 178 31 4 9 87 0 0 56 67 .258 .314 .353 .667 76.2
Away 198 657 86 170 24 3 2 80 0 0 51 61 .259 .313 .314 .627 64.4
RISP   377 0 91 18 4 1 142 0 0 34 41 .241 .300 .318 .618 36.7
Pinch Hitting   50 5 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 7 .280 .362 .320 .682 6.4
Close/Late   171 14 47 2 1 3 26 0 0 16 16 .275 .335 .351 .686 20.8
Mar/Apr 26 89 19 27 6 1 2 16 0 0 9 7 .303 .367 .461 .828 14.3
May 76 231 41 74 10 1 3 46 0 0 19 20 .320 .374 .411 .785 33.9
June 89 293 39 74 12 0 2 27 0 0 13 21 .253 .289 .314 .603 24.9
July 90 286 34 75 8 2 1 36 0 0 27 24 .262 .323 .315 .638 30.2
August 71 247 26 56 13 3 0 24 0 0 20 27 .227 .286 .304 .590 20.9
Sep/Oct 66 202 22 42 6 0 3 18 0 0 19 29 .208 .275 .282 .557 16.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1921 23 PHA AL C 46 46 410.3 131 44 3 1 .983 3.84 63 31 .492 4 3.2
    SS 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1922 24 PHA AL C 115 113 996.0 250 92 8 2 .977 3.09 164 64 .390 7 7.0
1923 25 PHA AL C 20 19 171.3 42 11 0 0 1.000 2.78 16 8 .500 1 0.9
1924 26 PHA AL C 50 48 425.7 87 35 3 0 .976 2.58 55 21 .382 0 2.6
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1925 27 PHA AL C 16 16 132.0 39 17 1 1 .982 3.82 23 9 .391 0 1.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1926 28 PHA AL C 42 41 346.3 92 26 2 0 .983 3.07 58 19 .328 3 1.8
1927 29 PHA AL C 10 9 77.7 25 9 1 0 .971 3.94 16 8 .500 0 0.6
1928 30 PHA AL C 21 20 173.4 50 13 1 1 .984 3.27 31 10 .323 0 1.2
  SLA AL C 10 9 81.9 24 6 0 0 1.000 3.30 14 4 .286 0 0.3
  TOT   C 31 29 255.3 74 19 1 1 .989 3.28 45 14 .311 0 1.5
1929 31 SLA AL C 30 27 237.0 79 15 3 0 .969 3.57 31 9 .290 0 1.1
  C 360 348 3051.6 819 268 22 5 .980 3.21 471 183 .389 15 20.1
  RF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   364 348 3056.3 822 268 22 5 .980 3.21 471 183 .389 15 20.1
Career Highs   115 113 996.0 250 92 8 2 1.000 3.94 164 64 .500 7  
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.
Strikeouts
1922-7-52
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  4. Al Devormer (975)
  5. Ira Thomas (973)
  6. John Warner (968)
  7. Bob Wood (960)
  8. Butch Henline (956)
  9. Jack Lapp (955)
  10. Ed Sweeney (952)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1921
Had first career hit (double) on 4/19/1921, off Tom Hughes (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/8/1921, off Lefty Tyler (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1922, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 6/8/1923 with a Sprained Ankle, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 9/3/1923
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/2/1927 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/1/1928 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to St. Louis (A) on 7/1/1928 (Going to PHA: C Fred Hofmann. Going to SLA: C Johnny Gooch, P Bill Shores)
 
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