# Harry Gumbert

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1909–1995)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Harry Gumbert
|image=Harry Gumbert Cardinals.jpg
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|birth_date={{Birth date|1909|11|5}}
|birth_place=[Elizabeth, Pennsylvania](/source/Elizabeth%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1995|1|4|1909|11|5}}
|death_place=[Wimberley, Texas](/source/Wimberley%2C_Texas), U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 12 
|debutyear=1935
|debutteam=New York Giants
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 29
|finalyear=1950
|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=143–113
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=3.68
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=709
|teams=
* [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)) ({{mlby|1935}}–{{mlby|1941}})
* [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) ({{mlby|1941}}–{{mlby|1944}})
* [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) ({{mlby|1944}}, {{mlby|1946}}–{{mlby|1949}})
* [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) ({{mlby|1949}}–{{mlby|1950}})
|highlights=
* [World Series champion](/source/World_Series_champion) ({{wsy|1942}})
}}

'''Harry Edwards Gumbert''' (November 5, 1909 – January 4, 1995), nicknamed "'''Gunboat'''", was an American [pitcher](/source/pitcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) whose career extended for 21 professional seasons, including 15 years and 508 [games pitched](/source/games_pitched) in the big leagues. He threw right-handed and was listed at {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and {{convert|185|lb}}. Gumbert was born in [Elizabeth, Pennsylvania](/source/Elizabeth%2C_Pennsylvania), and was the great-nephew of two 19th-century major league players, [Ad](/source/Ad_Gumbert) and [Billy Gumbert](/source/Billy_Gumbert).

==Pitching career==
Gumbert's career began in 1930 in [minor league baseball](/source/minor_league_baseball), and after [winning](/source/win_(baseball)) 19 games for the [International League edition of the Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles_(minor_league)) in 1935, Gumbert was acquired by the [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(baseball_team)) late in that season.

Gumbert was a member of the Giants' {{baseball year|1936}}–37 [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) champions, as both a [starting pitcher](/source/starting_pitcher) and [reliever](/source/relief_pitcher). He worked in relief in both the [1936 World Series](/source/1936_World_Series) and the 1937 Fall Classic, and was treated harshly by the victorious [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees), allowing 12 [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) and 12 [earned run](/source/earned_run)s in four total [games pitched](/source/games_pitched) and 3{{fraction|1|3}} [innings](/source/innings_pitched). Traded to the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) in May {{baseball year|1941}}, he worked for two more pennant winners and compiled a stellar .667 [winning percentage](/source/winning_percentage) (34–17) and [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average) (2.91) as a Redbird.  He also made a brief appearance (two-thirds of an inning pitched, and no earned runs allowed) in the [1942 World Series](/source/1942_World_Series), in which the Cardinals defeated the Yankees in five games. Gumbert spent his final five seasons in MLB with the [second division](/source/first_division_(baseball)) [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) and [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates). As a reliever with Cincinnati, he led the NL in games pitched (61), [games finished](/source/games_finished) (46) and [saves](/source/save_(baseball)) (17) in 1948. He missed the 1945 season while serving in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm |website=BaseballinWartime.com |title=Baseball in Wartime – Those Who Served A to Z |access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>

thumb|left|200px|Gumbert in 1949
In his 15-season big league career, Gumbert compiled a 143–113 [win–loss record](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)), allowing 2,186 [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) and 721 [bases on balls](/source/bases_on_balls) in 2,156 innings pitched. He [struck out](/source/strike_out) 709, and registered 96 [complete game](/source/complete_game)s, 13 [shut outs](/source/shutout_(baseball)) and 46 career saves. Gumbert also was known as one of the best fielding pitchers of his time, as he set a National League record for [assists](/source/assist_(baseball)) by a pitcher, recording 10 on May 23, 1938.{{cn|date=December 2022}}

As a hitter, Gumbert posted a .184 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) (130-for-708) with 50 [runs](/source/run_(baseball)), 5 [home runs](/source/home_runs) and 45 [RBIs](/source/RBIs) in 512 games. Defensively, he recorded a .979 [fielding percentage](/source/fielding_percentage) which was 18 points higher than the league average at his position.<ref name="Harry Gumbert player page">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gumbeha01.shtml|title=Harry Gumbert statistics and history|work=Baseball Reference.com|accessdate=June 10, 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
* [List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders](/source/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_annual_saves_leaders)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Van Blair|first=Rick|year=1994|title=[Dugout to Foxhole: Interviews with Baseball Players Whose Careers Were Affected by World War II](/source/Dugout_to_Foxhole) |location=Jefferson, North Carolina|publisher=McFarland & Company Publishers}}
* {{cite magazine |author=((The Editors of Total Baseball ))|title=Baseball:The Biographical Encyclopedia |year=2000 |magazine=[Sports Illustrated](/source/Sports_Illustrated) |isbn=1-892129-34-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/baseballbiograph00matt/page/451 451–452] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/baseballbiograph00matt/page/451 }}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats |mlb=115245 |espn= |br=g/gumbeha01 |fangraphs=|brm=gumber001har |retro=Pgumbh101}}
*{{Find a Grave}}
*[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/harry-gumbert/ Harry Gumbert] at [SABR](/source/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research) Bio Project

{{1942 St. Louis Cardinals}}
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