» May 5, 1930: Making his first start, Lefty Gomez (1–1) goes all the way to beat the White Sox, 4–1, on a 5-hitter. Red Faber takes the loss for Chicago. Lefty's one other appearance, in relief, resulted in a loss on April 29th.

» May 25, 1931: The A's win their 17th in a row, two behind the White Sox' American League record, beating the Yankees 4–2 and 16–4 at Philadelphia. Lefty Grove wins the opener and Roy Mahaffey coasts to the win in the nitecap. Mickey Cochrane and Ben Chapman match homers in the opener, while Jimmie Foxx is the only batter to leave the park in game 2. The streak, the 4th (tied) longest of the century, ends tomorrow when Lefty Gomez stops the A's 6–2. The A's are in first place by five games.

» August 20, 1931: At St. Louis, Lou Gehrig hits his 33rd homer in the 4th to tie Ruth for the ML lead, but the Babe answers in the 9th with his 34th, a grand slam over RF roof, to give the Yanks a 7–3 win over the Browns. Lefty Gomez almost has New York's first shutout of the season, but he weakens in the 9th.

» September 13, 1931: Yankee Tony Lazzeri steals 2B, reaches 3B, then steal home in the 12th to give Lefty Gomez a 2–1 win over Detroit in the lidlifter. New York edges the Tigers, 4–3, in nitecap although Earl Whitehill holds them to six hits. One of the hits is a 2-run home run by Gehrig in the 6th.

» September 17, 1931: In the first of two, the Yankees and Red Ruffing rough up the Browns and George Blaeholder, 17–0. Bill Dickey's grand slam is the big blow. The Yanks take the nitecap, 6–1 behind Lefty Gomez's three hitter and Babe Ruth's 41st and 42nd homers of the year.

» April 20, 1932: The Yankees draw the largest paid attendance, 55,452, for any home opener. Babe Ruth homers, as Lefty Gomez beats Lefty Grove, and the Yankees defeat the Athletics 8-3.

» May 16, 1932: The Yankees record their 4th straight shutout to equal the record set by Cleveland and Boston in 1903 and 1906. Johnny Allen, George Pipgras, Red Ruffing, and Lefty Gomez are the hurlers. Lefty stops Cleveland on five hits to win, 8–0, New York's 5th shutout in seven games.

» September 29, 1932: Lefty Gomez breezes to a 5–2 win over the Cubs, and Gehrig gets three hits for the Yankees' 2nd victory.

» May 22, 1933: Joe Sewell of the Yankees fans for the first time this season, a 3–0 win behind Lefty Gomez over Cleveland. Sewell will strike out only three more times in 524 at bats.

» May 13, 1934: For the second time in his career, Cleveland's Lloyd Brown serves up a grand slam to Lou Gehrig, as the Yanks roll, 8–0, behind Lefty Gomez. Ben Chapman adds a homer and a pair of triples to lead New York. Babe Ruth leaves in the 4th inning when he is hit on the knee cap by a pitch from Thornton Lee.

» May 30, 1934: Washington's Earl Whitehill pitches a one-hitter, allowing a 9th-inning single by Ben Chapman, to defeat Lefty Gomez of the Yankees 1–0. In the nitecap, Yankee reliever Burleigh Grimes pitches the last four innings to pick up his 269th win, 5–4, in 11 innings.

» June 20, 1934: The AL leading New York Yankees trip the Indians twice, 3–2 and 3–0, at Yankee Stadium. New York ties the first game on Frank Crosetti's solo homer in the 8th of Bob Weiland, then wins it on Gehrig's 18th in the 9th. Lefty Gomez, in relief of Johnny Broaca, is the winner. In game 2, Hal Trosky's single is the only hit off Red Ruffing, who also knocks in a run.

» August 5, 1934: While three teammates stand watching, a fly ball by Foxx drops for a double, the only hit given up by Lefty Gomez in the 3-1 win by the Yankees over the A's.

» September 13, 1934: Lefty Gomez pitches a 3-hitter against the Indians for his 25th win.

» November 3, 1934: Although Lou Gehrig wins the Triple Crown with 49 home runs, 165 RBI, and a .363 BA, Mickey Cochrane, with two home runs, 76 RBI, and a .320 BA, is named American League MVP. Cochrane has 67 points to finish ahead of teammates Charlie Gehringer (65 points) and Schoolboy Rowe (59 points). Lefty Gomez of the Yankees polls 60. Dizzy Dean, with a 30-7 record, is chosen as National League MVP easily outdistancing Pitt's Paul Waner.

» June 8, 1935: In the lidlifter in Boston, Lou Gehrig is 3-for-3 with four RBIs to lead New York to a 13–6 win. Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds on a play at 1B and leaves the game with arm and shoulder injuries. He does play in game 2, a 4–2 Boston win. Lefty Gomez walks eight and wild pitches home two runs to help lose his 7th.

» June 23, 1935: The league-leading Yanks (37-22) lose their 3rd in a row, dropping a 6–5 decision to the 2nd-place Indians. Rolfe's error in the 8th allows the Tribe to tie and Lefty Gomez looses two wild pitches in a row in the 9th to all Joe Vosmik to get to 3B. Ab Wright's single brings home the winner. Mel Harder, in relief in the 9th, wins his 11th.

» April 14, 1936: At Griffith Stadium, Vice-President James Garner makes the march to the flagpole for the President. Then to a standing ovation from 31,000 Franklin Roosevelt tosses out the first ball in the Senators opener against New York. Nats starter Bobo Newsom pitches a masterful game, surviving a 5th inning beaning when he is hit by a throw to first by 3B Ossie Bluege, to shut out the Yankees, 1–0, on four hits. Lefty Gomez loses his second straight 1–0 Opener.

» October 2, 1936: The Yankees score a still-standing record 18 runs, as they demolish the Giants 18-4. Lefty Gomez coasts to a 6-hit win, while every member of the Yankees lineup makes a hit and scores at least one run. Lazzeri hits a grand slam, the first in WS play since 1920.

» October 6, 1936: The Yankees roll to a 13-5 Series-ending victory. Lefty Gomez is the winning pitcher. In the 6 games the Yankees score 43 runs to the Giants' 23.

» May 13, 1937: Joe DiMaggio replaces Lou Gehrig as the Yankees cleanup hitter and drives in three runs, as the Yankees trip the Browns, 4–2. Gehrig, hitting 5th gets a double after going hitless in his last 21 at bats. Tommy Henrich, making his 2nd appearance, bats third. He collects a pair of singles. Winning pitcher Lefty Gomez is the only Yankee without a hit.

» October 6, 1937: Carl Hubbell and Lefty Gomez duel in the opening game of the WS, a rematch of last year's teams. The Yankees score 7 runs in the 6th inning on 5 singles, 3 walks, and 2 errors. Tony Lazzeri homers in the bottom of the 8th to make the final score 8-1.

» October 10, 1937: Lefty Gomez wins again, and the Yankees wrap up the Series. Gomez himself knocks in the winning run in the 4-2 clincher. It is a record 5th WS win, without a loss, for Gomez. Another record comes when the Yankees complete the Series without an error.

» May 12, 1938: Cleveland manages jut four hits off New York's Lefty Gomez but they win, 3–2, behind Bob Feller's five hitter. Lou Gehrig drives in both runs on a 2-run home run.

» May 18, 1938: After Bobo Newsom equals the American League record with six consecutive strikeouts, Joe DiMaggio hits his 2nd home run of the game, and Newsom and the Browns lose to New York 11–7. DiMag drives in five runs and WP Lefty Gomez knocks in 3.

» October 6, 1938: Lefty Gomez sets a record with his 6th WS victory without a loss, defeating the Cubs 6-3.

» October 7, 1939: The Series resumes at Crosley Field, and Yankee power proves too much for the Reds. Bump Hadley pitches well enough in relief of Lefty Gomez to wrap up a 7-3 victory. Yankees OFCharlie Keller hits 2 HRs.

» August 8, 1940: At Fenway, 27-year-old Tiny Bonham makes his ML debut for the Yankees and loses, 4–1, to Fritz Ostermueller. Tiny, brought up to replace the sore-armed Lefty Gomez, will still end the season at 9–3, complete 10 games, and toss three shut outs. His ERA will be 1.90.

» August 1, 1941: Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees pitches a 9-0 shutout over the St. Louis Browns despite walking 11 batters, the most ever issued in a shutout. Fifteen base runners are left stranded by the Browns.

» May 29, 1942: New York's Lefty Gomez, self-described as the worst-hitting pitcher in baseball, bangs out four hits in pitching a 4-hit, 16–1 victory over Washington. They are his last ML hits. Buddy Hassett adds four hits as well.

» January 25, 1943: The Yankees send Lefty Gomez to the Boston Braves for cash. He will be released without playing a game and will sign with Washington on May 24th.

» May 24, 1943: After his release from the Braves, Lefty Gomez signs with the Senators. He will pitch in only one game, which he loses, then retire.

» April 7, 1970: At Yankee Stadium, Mel Stottlemyre makes his 4th straight Opening Day start, joining Lefty Gomez and Jack Chesbro as the only Yankee hurlers to do so. The Red Sox counter with newly acquired Gary Peters, who allowed no earned runs in 32 spring training innings. Boston jumps out to a 4–0 lead in five innings, but the Yanks score three in the 6th to chase Peters. But that's all the scoring as Boston wins, 4–3.

» May 21, 1970: A generous Mel Stottlemyre hands out 11 walks to Washington in eight 1/3 innings, but the Senators are unable to score. Steve Hamilton gets the last two outs to preserve the 2–0 win. The 11 walks in a shutout ties Lefty Gomez, who did complete his 1941 shutout. Danny Cater's 2-run homer in the 5th accounts for the scoring off Dick Such, making his first ML start.

» February 2, 1972: The Special Veterans Committee selects former players Lefty Gomez and Ross Youngs, and former AL president William Harridge for the Hall of Fame.