What years did Chris Gomez play?

Chris Gomez played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2008.

Was Chris Gomez a pitcher?

No. Chris Gomez was a position player (Shortstop).

How many home runs did Chris Gomez hit?

Chris Gomez hit 60 career home runs with 1206 hits.

What was Chris Gomez's career batting average?

Chris Gomez batted .262 over his career, with 1,206 hits in 4,604 at bats.

How many RBI did Chris Gomez have?

Chris Gomez drove in 487 runs in his career.

Is Chris Gomez in the Hall of Fame?

No. Chris Gomez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Chris Gomez

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1993-2008)

Chris Gomez was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2008 for 8 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 16 seasons. In 1,515 career games, he hit .262 with 1,206 hits, 60 home runs, and 487 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated September 8, 2026

AVG .262

HR 60

RBI 487

H 1,206

OPS .685

PIV -6,970

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 183 lb
Born: 6/16/1971 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1993-07-19
Last Game: 2008-09-18

Full name: Christopher Cory Gomez

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Career Batting Statistics

Chris Gomez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,515	4,604	517	1,206	234	18	60	487	35	408	750	.262	.325	.360	.685	-6,970

Career AVG .262 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .325 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .360 vs. league average .423 across their career seasons — 15.0% below league average.

Career OPS .685 vs. league average .759 across their career seasons — 9.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Chris Gomez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1993	DET	AL	46	128	11	32	7	1	0	11	2	9	17	.250	.265 (-6%)	.332 (-8%)	.403 (-21%)	.735 (-15%)	-306.6
1994	DET	AL	84	296	32	76	19	0	8	53	5	33	64	.257	.269 (-5%)	.338 (-1%)	.424 (-5%)	.763 (-3%)	-124.2
1995	DET	AL	123	431	49	96	20	2	11	50	4	41	96	.223	.266 (-17%)	.337 (-13%)	.417 (-15%)	.755 (-14%)	-1067.0
1996	DET	AL	48	128	21	31	5	0	1	16	1	18	20	.242	.269 (-10%)	.340 (avg)	.426 (-29%)	.767 (-16%)	-287.4
1996	SDN	NL	89	328	32	86	16	1	3	29	2	39	64	.262	.269 (-3%)	.340 (+3%)	.426 (-19%)	.767 (-10%)	-287.4
1997	SDN	NL	150	522	62	132	19	2	5	54	5	53	114	.253	.266 (-5%)	.336 (-3%)	.419 (-22%)	.756 (-14%)	-1092.7
1998	SDN	NL	145	449	55	120	32	3	4	39	1	51	87	.267	.266 (avg)	.335 (+3%)	.420 (-10%)	.755 (-4%)	-232.8
1999	SDN	NL	76	234	20	59	8	1	1	15	1	27	49	.252	.271 (-7%)	.344 (-4%)	.433 (-29%)	.778 (-18%)	-658.2
2000	SDN	NL	33	54	4	12	0	0	0	3	0	7	5	.222	.270 (-18%)	.344 (-11%)	.437 (-49%)	.782 (-32%)	-285.9
2001	SDN	NL	40	112	6	21	3	0	0	7	1	9	14	.188	.263 (-29%)	.332 (-27%)	.426 (-50%)	.758 (-40%)	-743.2
2001	TBA	AL	58	189	31	57	16	0	8	36	3	8	24	.302	.263 (+14%)	.332 (avg)	.426 (+20%)	.758 (+11%)	-743.2
2002	TBA	AL	130	461	51	122	31	3	10	46	1	21	58	.265	.261 (+1%)	.331 (-8%)	.416 (-2%)	.747 (-4%)	-425.0
2003	MIN	AL	58	175	14	44	9	3	1	15	2	7	13	.251	.264 (-5%)	.332 (-16%)	.422 (-16%)	.754 (-16%)	-508.6
2004	TOR	AL	109	341	41	96	11	1	3	37	3	28	41	.282	.266 (+6%)	.335 (+1%)	.427 (-19%)	.762 (-10%)	-539.8
2005	BAL	AL	89	219	27	61	11	0	1	18	2	27	17	.279	.264 (+5%)	.330 (+9%)	.418 (-18%)	.749 (-6%)	-140.7
2006	BAL	AL	55	132	14	45	7	0	2	17	1	7	11	.341	.269 (+27%)	.336 (+15%)	.431 (+2%)	.768 (+8%)	222.9
2007	BAL	AL	73	169	17	51	10	1	1	16	1	10	20	.302	.268 (+13%)	.335 (+1%)	.422 (-8%)	.758 (-4%)	-112.1
2007	CLE	AL	19	53	4	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	.283	.268 (+6%)	.335 (-17%)	.422 (-24%)	.758 (-21%)	-112.1
2008	PIT	NL	90	183	26	50	8	0	1	20	0	13	30	.273	.263 (+4%)	.333 (-3%)	.416 (-20%)	.749 (-13%)	-366.3
Career · 19 seasons			1,515	4,604	517	1,206	234	18	60	487	35	408	750	.262	—	—	—	—	-7,810

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Chris Gomez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
19	55	5	12	1	1	0	1	7	12	.218

Playoff Batting by Year

Chris Gomez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2007	ALCS	CLE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2003	ALDS1	MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	NLCS	SDN	6	20	2	3	1	0	0	2	5	.150
1998	NLDS2	SDN	4	11	1	3	0	0	0	4	1	.273
1998	WS	SDN	4	11	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	.364
1996	NLDS2	SDN	3	12	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	.167

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Chris Gomez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	755	2228	262	592	27	244	.266
Away	760	2376	255	614	33	243	.258

Last 10 Games — Batting

Chris Gomez — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2008-09-18	PIT	LAD	L	5	0	0	0	0	0	2
2008-09-13	PIT	STL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008-09-11	PIT	HOU	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008-09-10	PIT	HOU	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008-09-09	PIT	HOU	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008-09-07	PIT	SFG	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2008-09-06	PIT	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008-09-04	PIT	CIN	L	4	2	2	1	2	0	1
2008-08-31	PIT	MIL	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
2008-08-30	PIT	MIL	L	2	1	1	0	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chris Gomez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	137	68	669	49	4	67
2B	176	138	332	391	13	99
3B	96	66	54	147	8	19
SS	1061	977	1495	2778	123	623

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chris Gomez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1993	DET	2B	17	17	37	45	1	7
1993	DET	SS	29	23	32	73	4	16
1994	DET	2B	30	28	64	76	4	18
1994	DET	SS	57	54	76	134	4	21
1995	DET	2B	31	26	55	82	3	20
1995	DET	SS	97	90	155	279	12	61
1996	DET	SS	47	38	77	114	6	34
1996	SDN	SS	89	88	124	261	13	54
1997	SDN	SS	150	146	226	433	15	79
1998	SDN	SS	143	136	180	397	12	93
1999	SDN	SS	75	75	101	195	12	48
2000	SDN	2B	3	0	3	3	0	2
2000	SDN	SS	17	13	24	40	5	10
2001	SDN	2B	8	3	9	11	0	5
2001	SDN	SS	36	28	31	58	6	14
2001	TBA	SS	58	55	80	131	7	29
2002	TBA	SS	130	128	229	356	12	94
2003	MIN	2B	23	16	37	50	1	10
2003	MIN	3B	18	15	14	31	1	3
2003	MIN	SS	17	11	13	21	1	3
2004	TOR	1B	19	12	106	12	2	9
2004	TOR	2B	3	3	6	2	0	2
2004	TOR	3B	5	4	2	8	0	1
2004	TOR	SS	77	69	108	206	10	46
2005	BAL	1B	42	27	252	15	2	29
2005	BAL	2B	18	13	31	40	1	12
2005	BAL	3B	17	13	11	23	1	1
2005	BAL	SS	10	2	5	8	1	3
2006	BAL	1B	27	14	116	7	0	14
2006	BAL	2B	15	13	37	33	1	10
2006	BAL	3B	5	4	3	10	2	1
2006	BAL	SS	6	2	5	7	0	2
2007	BAL	1B	36	9	131	9	0	7
2007	BAL	2B	6	5	8	20	0	6
2007	BAL	3B	25	18	13	42	3	9
2007	BAL	SS	10	9	13	31	0	9
2007	CLE	1B	8	2	25	2	0	2
2007	CLE	2B	4	4	12	9	0	3
2007	CLE	3B	6	6	6	16	0	3
2008	PIT	1B	5	4	39	4	0	6
2008	PIT	2B	18	10	33	20	2	4
2008	PIT	3B	20	6	5	17	1	1
2008	PIT	SS	13	10	16	34	3	7

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Chris Gomez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	137
Second Base	176
Third Base	96
Shortstop	1060
Designated Hitter	18

Salary History

Chris Gomez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2008	PIT	NL	$1,000,000
2007	BAL	AL	$850,000
2006	BAL	AL	$850,000
2005	BAL	AL	$850,000
2004	TOR	AL	$750,000
2003	MIN	AL	$500,000
2002	TBA	AL	$1,000,000
2001	SDN	NL	$3,000,000
2000	SDN	NL	$2,600,000
1999	SDN	NL	$2,200,000
1998	SDN	NL	$1,150,000
1997	SDN	NL	$850,000
1996	DET	AL	$275,000
1995	DET	AL	$215,000
1994	DET	AL	$140,000
1993	DET	AL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$16,339,000

College History

Chris Gomez — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
California State University Long Beach	Long Beach	CA	1992
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles	CA	1990, 1991

Award Voting History

Chris Gomez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1994	Rookie of the Year	AL	4th	6.0	140	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Chris Gomez

What years did Chris Gomez play?: Chris Gomez played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2008.
Was Chris Gomez a pitcher?: No. Chris Gomez was a position player (Shortstop).
How many home runs did Chris Gomez hit?: Chris Gomez hit 60 career home runs with 1206 hits.
What was Chris Gomez's career batting average?: Chris Gomez batted .262 over his career, with 1,206 hits in 4,604 at bats.
How many RBI did Chris Gomez have?: Chris Gomez drove in 487 runs in his career.
Is Chris Gomez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Chris Gomez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.