Lefty Gomez was a Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher who played for the New York Yankees from 1930 to 1942. Born on November 26, 1908, in Rodeo, California, Gomez was known for his flamboyant personality and his ability to throw the ball with great accuracy. During his playing career, Gomez made the All-Star team seven times and won five World Series championships with the Yankees. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972. More about Lefty Gomez
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Known for his high leg-kick, Gomez was one of the most popular players of his time. He had a career record of 189–102 and a lifetime ERA of 3.34. He also had 1,468 strikeouts and 28 shutouts. In 1933, Gomez went 24-7 with a 3.67 ERA, earning him the American League MVP award. He was also selected to the All-Star team that year, the first of his seven career All-Star selections. The following year, Gomez was a member of the Yankees team that won the World Series, and he would go on to win four more championships in his career.In total, we tracked 1966 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Lefty Gomez (Babe Ruth tour of Japan 1934 Autograph cut/ Lefty Gomez + other Autos PSA Cert.) was sold in July 2021 for $3350.00 while the cheapest item (Lefty Gomez #7 Sketch Card Limited 19/25 Edward Vela Signed) found a new owner for $0.99 in July 2022. The month with the most items sold (30) was July 2008 with an average selling price of $23.50 for an autographed item of Lefty Gomez. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2021 with $168.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.99 was June 2019. In average, an autographed item from Lefty Gomez is worth $28.01.
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Former Head Hog DeBriyn Receives Lefty Gomez Award (11/28/13): FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Univ. of Ark.) - Former University of Arkansas baseball head coach Norm DeBriyn has been named the recipient of the 2014 Lefty Gomez Award, as announced recently by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
By The Numbers: Taking A Closer Look At The Legendary Lefty Gomez (05/13/13): For today’s blog I would like to highlight one of the funniest, most lovable, most quotable pitchers to ever wear the pinstripes -- Lefty Gomez.
County paves way for Lefty Gomez Field flood basin project in Fairfax (03/21/13): Marin County public works officials cleared another milestone this week in efforts to proceed with a $160 million plan to replumb the Ross Valley with a series of projects tapping recreation fields for "dual use" as flood water catch basins.
Dave Albee: New Lefty Gomez book refreshes memories of one of Marin's all-time g (07/18/12): THE FIRST TIME I met Vernon "Lefty" Gomez I didn't know him from Lefty O'Doul, Lefty Grove or Lefty Driesell. El Goofo could have been El Goofy at El Disneyland for all I cared.
Lefty Gomez plaque stolen from San Marin High School (07/06/12): A bronze plaque dedicated to baseball great Vernon "Lefty" Gomez was stolen from the ball field at San Marin High School, Novato police said.