MLB / Players

Ruben Gomez

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 170 lb
BornJuly 13, 1927 · Arroyo, P.R.
MLB debutApril 17, 1953
Final gameMay 2, 1967
Seasons10 (1953–1967)

New York Giants 1953–1957; San Francisco Giants 1958; Philadelphia Phillies 1959–1960; Cleveland Indians 1962; Minnesota Twins 1962; Philadelphia Phillies 1967

Percentile snapshot

1958 season — qualified pitchers

G
42
83
GS
30
56.6
W
10
20.8
L
12
39.6
SV
1
35.8
CG
8
34
SHO
1
20.8
H
204
41.5
ER
101
9.4
BB
77
32.1
SO
112
50.9
HR
21
45.3
IP
207.7
52.8
ERA
4.38
13.2
WHIP
1.353
35.8
K/9
4.85
47.2
FIP
3.97
32.1
FIP-
101.6
37.7
ERA+
89.3
15.1
sWAR
1.0
15.1

of 54 qualified 1958 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
97.1
26.6
sWAR
12.1
89

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1953617972151510041800.208.219.222.4414.615.3.2003.4
1954498681111410260802.173.183.259.442-2.014.6.1955.1
195542656091821021500.300.311.367.67879.880.8.3051.0
195652636091110012510.183.210.200.4103.711.7.1910.0
1957549787616201261600.184.237.241.47825.529.3.2242.8
1958487570814400611010.200.211.257.46814.024.3.2111.0
19592421170300011500.176.222.176.3991.47.2.193-1.0
19602214120100001300.083.154.083.237-39.8-32.9.127-0.5
19622219180300001100.167.211.167.377-2.62.0.1830.2
196770000000000000.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19532926131101331667710111317204.03.401.3094.994.1396.1126.63.4
1954373217901042027110910620221.72.881.4034.304.20104.0140.25.1
1955333191019320794637920185.34.561.4573.843.9999.987.61.0
19564031717042191100777619196.34.581.3653.484.03107.681.80.0
1957383615130161233100719228238.33.781.2763.474.22108.9102.72.8
1958423010121812041017711221207.74.381.3534.853.97101.689.31.0
1959201238121904924371272.36.101.5764.604.75117.966.1-1.0
1960221031006831924752.35.331.4714.134.05106.671.1-0.5
19622162311067323629864.74.451.5934.044.99126.388.60.2
196770000008579211.33.971.3247.155.22153.385.70.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
381
PA
519
AB
477
R
58
H
95
2B
11
3B
1
HR
3
RBI
22
BB
14
SO
61
SB
2
BA
.1992
OBP
.2236
SLG
.2453
OPS
.4689

Pitching

G (P)
289
GS
205
W
76
L
86
SV
5
CG
63
SHO
15
396th-most career SHO
IP
1,454
SO (P)
677
BB allowed
574
ERA
4.085
WHIP
1.3824
K/9
4.19

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1958-04-19SF @ LAD Gameday422200104
1957-09-28PIT @ SF Gameday302200004
1954-07-30CIN @ SF Gameday311001204
1954-09-21SF @ LAD Gameday211001104
1957-07-26SF @ ATL Gameday311001104

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1953-06-05CHC @ SF Gameday9.08117110
1958-05-12SF @ LAD Gameday9.06331101
1956-06-06SF @ STL Gameday8.2421390
1953-07-24CIN @ SF Gameday9.0311481
1954-07-08SF @ LAD Gameday9.0720580

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.