Johnny Gooch
1921–1933 · bats B / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates
805G
.280AVG
.342OBP
.355SLG
More career statistics
662H
7HR
293RBI
11SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 805 | 804 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,363 | 2,360 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 5 | 7 |
| Batting · Doubles | 98 | 97 |
| Batting · Hits | 662 | 661 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,613 | 2,610 |
| Batting · Runs | 227 | 226 |
| Batting · RBI | 293 | 299 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 11 | 13 |
| Batting · Triples | 29 | 30 |
| Batting · Walks | 206 | 207 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 805 | 2,613 | 2,363 | 227 | 662 | 98 | 29 | 7 | 293 | 206 | 141 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 839 | .280 | .342 | .355 | .697 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1922-07-07 to 1922-07-19
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1922-07-07 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1922-07-07 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1930-05-31 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 425 | 1316 | 344 | 0 | 158 | 115 | 64 | .292 | .349 | .365 |
| Away | 379 | 1294 | 317 | 7 | 141 | 92 | 77 | .268 | .316 | .346 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 76 | 229 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 20 | .281 | .319 | .362 |
| May | 143 | 466 | 122 | 0 | 58 | 40 | 20 | .291 | .348 | .351 |
| June | 143 | 483 | 121 | 5 | 56 | 40 | 22 | .276 | .333 | .360 |
| July | 165 | 554 | 149 | 2 | 67 | 54 | 22 | .304 | .366 | .406 |
| August | 127 | 412 | 95 | 0 | 47 | 23 | 30 | .250 | .286 | .318 |
| September | 143 | 444 | 112 | 0 | 47 | 33 | 26 | .277 | .327 | .334 |
| October | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .167 | .273 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 126 | 397 | 90 | 1 | 36 | 28 | 25 | .249 | .297 | .320 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 110 | 371 | 72 | 1 | 31 | 36 | 28 | .220 | .291 | .281 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 109 | 348 | 79 | 0 | 35 | 26 | 17 | .248 | .302 | .292 |
| new-york-giants | 107 | 359 | 106 | 1 | 45 | 24 | 15 | .322 | .362 | .395 |
| boston-braves | 97 | 311 | 94 | 2 | 43 | 27 | 8 | .337 | .389 | .441 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 92 | 328 | 96 | 2 | 57 | 26 | 13 | .325 | .372 | .444 |
| cincinnati-reds | 89 | 280 | 81 | 0 | 38 | 18 | 17 | .316 | .354 | .391 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 37 | 128 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 11 | .248 | .312 | .316 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 13 | 38 | 9 | – | 3 | 1 | .237 | – | – |
| 1922 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 105 | 353 | 116 | 1 | 44 | 1 | .329 | – | – |
| 1923 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 202 | 56 | 1 | 23 | 3 | .277 | – | – |
| 1924 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 70 | 224 | 65 | – | 25 | 2 | .290 | – | – |
| 1925 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 215 | 64 | – | 30 | 1 | .298 | – | – |
| 1926 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 218 | 59 | 1 | 42 | 1 | .271 | – | – |
| 1927 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 101 | 291 | 75 | 2 | 48 | – | .258 | – | – |
| 1928 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 177 | 50 | – | 18 | – | .282 | – | – |
| 1929 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds | 93 | 288 | 86 | – | 34 | 4 | .299 | – | – |
| 1930 |  Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 277 | 67 | 2 | 30 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Boston Red Sox | 37 | 77 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .182 | – | – |