Lefty Gomez Trades and Transactions

The Lefty Gomez trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Lefty Gomez has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a trouble spot. One of them was, 'Should I spike myself?' " - Lefty Gomez

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Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#151)

Lefty Gomez Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#151)
 

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Birth Name:   Vernon Louis Gomez
Nickname:   Goofy or Lefty
Born On:   11-26-1908  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Rodeo, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-17-1989
Place of Death Data Died In:   Greenbrae, California
Cemetery:   Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, California Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Richmond High School (San Francisco, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   173
First Game:   04-29-1930 (Age 21)
Last Game:   05-30-1943
Draft:   Not Applicable
Lefty Gomez

Trades & Transactions

08-17-1929: Sold by San Francisco (PCL) to New York Yankees.
01-25-1943: Sold by New York Yankees to Boston Braves.
05-19-1943: Released by Boston Braves.
05-21-1943: Signed by Washington Senators.
07-15-1943: Released by Washington Senators.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Lefty Gomez trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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