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Gordon Goldsberry

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: August 30, 1927 in Sacramento, CA us

Died: February 23, 1996 in Laguna Hills, CA

Buried: Cremated

School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 20, 1949 (Age 21-233d, 10,586th in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1952 (Age 25-028d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Gordon Frederick Goldsberry

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

510

123

.241

RBI

OBP

.344

SLG

.343

OPS

.687

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-22 / in Starts: 17-21
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 163 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	86 (42-27-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 163 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	109 (57-35-17)

Most Driven In
J Scala	3
F Baker	2
Self	1
J Tipton	1
C Michaels	1
H Adams	1
E Rapp	1
B Wight	1

Most Driven In By
G Zernial	8
L Appling	5
D Philley	2
C Michaels	2
Self	1
J Scala	1
E Rapp	1
B Souchock	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	2 (1)	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	1.19	-0.075	2.88	-0.11%	-1.08	1B
2	2	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	8						1B
3	3	4	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.600	.429	1.029	8	1.34	0.057	3.00	0.08%	1.10	1B
4	4	9 (4)	Apr 26 (2)	CHW		DET	L,5-7	CG(10)	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.444	.667	.556	1.222	6						1B
5	5	10	Apr 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.500	.650	.571	1.221	2	1.34	0.052	3.35	0.08%	1.00	1B
6	6	11	Apr 30	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.467	.636	.533	1.170	2						1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	7	12	May 1 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.438	.609	.500	1.109	2	.63	-0.016	1.65	-0.03%	-0.18	1B
8	8	13	May 1 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-11	CG	6	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.476	.621	.571	1.192	2	.61	0.125	1.67	0.21%	2.08	1B
9	9	14	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,12-14	CG(10)	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.571	.519	1.090	2	.94	0.013	2.66	0.02%	0.45	1B
10	10	15	May 4	CHW		WSH	L,7-8	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.419	.538	.516	1.055	2	.65	0.098	1.74	0.16%	0.46	1B
11	11	16	May 5	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.382	.500	.471	.971	2	1.27	-0.140	3.74	-0.25%	-1.48	1B
12	12	17	May 6	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.378	.500	.514	1.014	2	.70	0.001	1.84	0.00%	-0.21	1B
13	13	18	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,1-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.357	.471	.476	.947	2						1B
14	14	19	May 8 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,11-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.348	.464	.500	.964	2						1B
15	15	20	May 8 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.327	.450	.469	.919	2						1B
16	16	21	May 10	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.321	.438	.453	.890	2						1B
17	17	22	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,12-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.435	.448	.883	2	.93	0.007	1.68	0.01%	0.16	1B
18	18	23	May 12	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.419	.429	.847	2	1.49	-0.032	3.05	-0.04%	0.13	1B
19	19	24	May 13	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	CG	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.443	.439	.882	2	.94	0.209	1.88	0.25%	1.83	1B
20	20	25	May 15 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-0	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	.338	.440	.437	.877	2	.43	0.093	.91	0.12%	1.17	1B
21	21	26	May 15 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.342	.455	.479	.934	2	.89	0.286	2.11	0.41%	2.09	1B
22	22	27	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.342	.457	.474	.930	2	1.57	-0.007	4.11	-0.01%	0.16	1B
23	23	28	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.358	.464	.481	.945	2	.43	-0.013	1.03	-0.02%	0.11	1B
24	24	29	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.349	.451	.465	.916	2	1.17	0.025	2.49	0.03%	-0.10	1B
25	25	30	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.434	.444	.878	2	1.33	-0.178	3.62	-0.29%	-1.40	1B
26	26	31	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.423	.432	.855	2	1.67	0.225	3.87	0.31%	0.75	1B
27	27	32	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.417	.424	.842	2	1.80	-0.167	4.13	-0.23%	-0.81	1B
28	28	33	May 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.317	.408	.413	.822	2	1.38	-0.104	3.70	-0.17%	-1.04	1B
29	29	34	May 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.395	.398	.793	2	.88	-0.096	1.91	-0.12%	-1.01	1B
30	30	35	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.292	.380	.381	.760	2	1.46	-0.111	2.83	-0.13%	-0.43	1B
31	31	36	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.371	.371	.742	3	.94	-0.070	1.66	-0.08%	-0.65	1B
32	32	37	May 29 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.358	.355	.713	3	2.41	-0.343	4.57	-0.39%	-1.73	1B
33	33	38	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.280	.362	.360	.722	2						1B
34	34	39	May 30 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.354	.352	.706	6						1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	35	40	Jun 1	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.345	.341	.686	2	1.19	-0.127	2.48	-0.16%	-0.97	1B
36	36	41	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,7-12	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.340	.336	.676	6	1.14	-0.092	1.96	-0.10%	-1.26	1B
37	37	42	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-9	GS-7	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.338	.329	.666	2	2.40	-0.132	3.43	-0.11%	-0.72	1B
38	38	44 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.335	.326	.662	9	5.40	-0.126	5.44	-0.08%	-0.36	PH
39	39	45	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.331	.317	.649	6	1.18	-0.082	1.01	-0.04%	-0.89	1B
							17-22		163	145	25	36	3	2	1	13	18	0	9	0	0		3	3	2	1	.248	.331	.317	.649		1.21	-0.720	2.60	-0.67%	-2.83

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