Johnny Gooch

Infobox MLB retired
name=Johnny Gooch
position=Catcher


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=November 9, 1897
deathdate=death date and age|1975|5|15|1897|11|9
debutdate= September 9
debutyear= 1921
debutteam= Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate=September 12
finalyear=1933
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.280
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=7
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=293
teams=
* Pittsburgh Pirates (1921-1928)
* Brooklyn Robins (1928-1929)
* Cincinnati Reds (1929-1930)
* Boston Red Sox (1933)
highlights=

John Beverley (Johnny) Gooch (November 9, 1897 - March 15, 1975) was catcher who played in Major League Baseball between by|1921 and through by|1933. Gooch was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was born in Smyrna, Tennessee.

A slick-fielding catcher, Gooch reached the majors in 1921 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, spending six and a half years with them before moving to the Brooklyn Robins (1928-29), Cincinnati Reds (1929-30) and Boston Red Sox (1933). His most productive season came in 1922 with the Pirates, when he posted a career-high .329 batting average and collected an extra-inning six-hit game, two four-hit games, and eight three-hit games. While in Pittsburgh, he was a member of the 1925 World Champion team and also appeared in the 1927 World Series swept by the New York Yankees in four games.

In an 11-season career, Gooch was a .280 hitter with seven home runs and 293 RBI in 805 games played.

Following his playing career, Gooch became a successful manager in the minors and also coached for Pittsburgh in 1937 and 1938.

Gooch died in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 77.

ee also

*Boston Red Sox all-time roster

External links

* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Gooch_Johnny.stm Baseball Library]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/goochjo01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgoocj101.htm Retrosheet]