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Ruben Gomez

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Full Name: Ruben (Colon) Gomez Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: April 17, 1953
Birthdate: July 13, 1927 Final Game: May 2, 1967
Birthplace: Arroyo, Puerto Rico MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: July 26, 2004
Deathplace: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on July 13, 1927 in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, Ruben Gomez (Ruben (Colon) Gomez) played for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career. Gomez broke into the bigs on April 17, 1953 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.40 ERA in 204 innings pitched in 1953, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ruben Gomez's best season was 1954, when he posted a 2.88 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 106 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1953 NY N 29 26 13 11 3.40 113 89 77 13 3 0 204 166 17 101 0 3 4
1954 NY N 37 32 17 9 2.88 106 85 71 10 4 0 221.2 202 20 109 14 5 7
1955 NY N 33 31 9 10 4.56 79 103 94 9 3 1 185.1 207 20 63 6 2 7
1956 NY N 40 31 7 17 4.58 76 108 100 4 2 0 196.1 191 19 77 8 1 9
1957 NY N 38 36 15 13 3.78 92 110 100 16 1 0 238.1 233 28 71 10 2 5
1958 SF N 42 30 10 12 4.38 112 107 101 8 1 1 207.2 204 21 77 3 3 8
1959 PHI N 20 12 3 8 6.10 37 55 49 2 1 1 72.1 90 12 24 2 3 0
1960 PHI N 22 1 0 3 5.33 24 37 31 0 0 1 52.1 68 7 9 2 2 1
1962 MIN A 6 2 1 1 4.66 8 11 10 1 0 0 19.1 17 3 11 2 0 0
1962 CLE A 15 4 1 2 4.37 21 23 22 0 0 1 45.1 50 5 25 3 2 2
1962 TOT A 21 6 2 3 4.45 29 34 32 1 0 1 64.2 67 8 36 5 2 2
1967 PHI N 7 0 0 0 3.97 9 6 5 0 0 0 11.1 8 2 7 3 1 0
Total NL 268 199 74 83 4.07 648 700 628 62 15 4 1389.1 1369 146 538 48 22 41
Total AL 21 6 2 3 4.45 29 34 32 1 0 1 64.2 67 8 36 5 2 2
Total 289 205 76 86 4.09 677 734 660 63 15 5 1454 1436 154 574 53 24 43

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1953 NY N P 29 0 0 20 39 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1954 NY N P 37 32 221.2 13 47 4 3 0 0 2 6 1 .938
1955 NY N P 33 0 0 22 39 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1956 NY N P 40 0 0 19 40 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1956 NY N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1957 NY N P 38 36 238.1 14 51 2 3 0 0 9 4 0 .970
1957 NY N LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1957 NY N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1958 SF N P 42 30 207.2 21 39 2 3 0 1 6 4 3 .968
1959 PHI N P 20 12 72.1 7 18 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 .926
1960 PHI N P 22 1 52.1 5 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .846
1962 MIN A P 6 2 19.1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.000
1962 CLE A P 15 4 45.1 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 .929
1962 TOT A P 21 6 64.2 5 13 1 2 0 0 2 4 0 .947
1967 PHI N P 7 0 11.1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 289 117 868.1 127 297 19 24 0 1 23 21 4 .957
Total LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1953 NY N 61 72 15 15 0 4 .208 .219 .222 1 0 1 8 0 6 0 0 2
1954 NY N 49 81 11 14 2 6 .173 .183 .259 1 0 0 8 1 4 0 0 2
1955 NY N 42 60 9 18 0 2 .300 .311 .367 2 1 1 5 0 4 0 0 0
1956 NY N 52 60 9 11 0 1 .183 .210 .200 1 0 2 5 0 1 1 0 1
1957 NY N 54 87 6 16 1 2 .184 .237 .241 2 0 6 16 0 4 0 0 4
1958 SF N 48 70 8 14 0 6 .200 .211 .257 4 0 1 10 0 4 1 0 2
1959 PHI N 24 17 0 3 0 1 .176 .222 .176 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0
1960 PHI N 22 12 0 1 0 0 .083 .154 .083 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0
1962 MIN A 6 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE A 16 13 0 3 0 0 .231 .231 .231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 TOT A 22 18 0 3 0 0 .167 .211 .167 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI N 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 359 459 58 92 3 22 .200 .224 .248 11 1 13 60 1 27 2 0 11
Total AL 22 18 0 3 0 0 .167 .211 .167 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 381 477 58 95 3 22 .199 .224 .245 11 1 14 61 1 27 2 0 11

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Washington Senators from St Jean (Provincial) in the minor league draft (December 4, 1950).
  • Selected by New York Yankees from St Jean (Provincial) in the minor league draft (December 3, 1951).
  • Released by New York Yankees (@June, 1952).
  • Signed by New York Giants (January 30, 1953).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants with Valmy Thomas to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jack Sanford (December 3, 1958).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jackie Collum, cash and a player to be named later (August 20, 1962); Cleveland Indians received Georges Maranda (October 9, 1962).
  • Released by Minnesota Twins (January 21, 1963).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (@March, 1963).
  • Sent to Philadelphia Phillies by Veracruz (Mexican) for future considerations (December 21, 1966).

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