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Johnny Gooch

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: November 9, 1897 in Smyrna, TN us

Died: May 15, 1975 in Nashville, TN

Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN

High School: Wallace University School (Nashville, TN)

Debut: September 9, 1921 (Age 23-304d, 5,303rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 12, 1933 (Age 35-307d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: John Beverley Gooch

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1925 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

2363

662

.280

227

RBI

293

OBP

.342

SLG

.355

OPS

.697

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	8 (3)	Apr 22	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	9	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	26 (16)	May 18	PIT	@	NYG	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	29 (2)	May 22	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	30	May 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-5	GF	29	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
7	33 (2)	May 26	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
8	34	May 27	PIT		STL	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	37 (2)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	38	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
11	39	May 31	PIT		CHC	W,10-9	GS	18	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	42 (2)	Jun 3	PIT		PHI	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
13	44 (1)	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	W,9-6	GF	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	45	Jun 8	PIT		NYG	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
15	46	Jun 9	PIT		NYG	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
16	47	Jun 10	PIT		NYG	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	48	Jun 11	PIT		BRO	L,10-11	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	49	Jun 12	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-11	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	52 (2)	Jun 16	PIT		BSN	W,6-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	54 (1)	Jun 18	PIT		BSN	W,7-4	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	55	Jun 19	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-14	CG	46	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
22	56	Jun 20	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	57	Jun 21	PIT		CIN	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	4	0	0	4	1
24	58	Jun 22	PIT		CIN	W,11-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	59	Jun 24	PIT		CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
26	60	Jun 25	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
27	61	Jun 26	PIT	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	62	Jun 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
29	63	Jun 28	PIT	@	STL	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	65 (1)	Jul 1	PIT		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
31	67 (1)	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
32	68	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		STL	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
33	69	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
34	71 (1)	Jul 7	PIT		CHC	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	72	Jul 8	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	74 (1)	Jul 12	PIT	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	76 (1)	Jul 14	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	79 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,9-11	GF	22	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	80	Jul 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	81	Jul 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	83 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	84	Jul 21 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
43	85	Jul 21 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS	29	6.0	3	2	1	6	0
44	87 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	88	Jul 23 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	89	Jul 24 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
47	90	Jul 24 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
48	91	Jul 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	92	Jul 26	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	93	Jul 27	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	94	Jul 28	PIT		BRO	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	95	Jul 29	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	97 (1)	Aug 1	PIT		BSN	L,1-4	GS	36	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
54	98	Aug 2	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	101 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
56	102	Aug 5	PIT		PHI	L,7-9	GF	25	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	103	Aug 6	PIT		NYG	L,2-9	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
58	104	Aug 9	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	105	Aug 10	PIT		NYG	L,3-8	GS	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
60	106	Aug 11	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	108 (1)	Aug 13	PIT	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	109	Aug 14	PIT	@	STL	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	110	Aug 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	112 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	114 (1)	Aug 20	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
66	115	Aug 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,2-1	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	116	Aug 25 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
68	117	Aug 25 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	118	Aug 26	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	121 (2)	Aug 30 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
71	122	Aug 31 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	54	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	124 (1)	Sep 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	125	Sep 2	PIT		STL	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	127 (1)	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	129 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	132 (2)	Sep 9	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
77	134 (1)	Sep 12	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	135	Sep 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	136	Sep 13 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
80	138 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	140 (1)	Sep 16	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	141	Sep 17 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	143 (1)	Sep 19	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	144	Sep 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	145	Sep 21	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
86	147 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
87	149 (1)	Sep 24	PIT		NYG	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
88	150	Sep 25 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
89	152 (1)	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	1
90	153	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	154	Sep 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
							91gm		695.0	285	57	9	351	7