What years did Harry Gumbert play?

Harry Gumbert played in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1950.

Was Harry Gumbert a pitcher?

Yes. Harry Gumbert pitched in the major leagues, recording 143 wins and 709 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Harry Gumbert hit?

Harry Gumbert hit 5 career home runs with 130 hits.

What teams did Harry Gumbert play for?

Harry Gumbert played for 4 teams: the New York Giants (1935–1941), the St. Louis Cardinals (1941–1944), the Cincinnati Reds (1944, 1946–1949), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1949–1950).

What were Harry Gumbert's career stats?

In 508 games, Harry Gumbert went 143-113 with a 3.68 ERA, 709 strikeouts, 2,156.0 innings pitched, and 48 saves. At the plate he had 130 hits and 5 home runs.

What position did Harry Gumbert play?

Harry Gumbert played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Harry Gumbert and how much did he weigh?

Harry Gumbert was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.

What was Harry Gumbert's career ERA?

Harry Gumbert finished with a 3.68 career ERA, going 143-113 with 709 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Harry Gumbert have?

Harry Gumbert recorded 709 career strikeouts.

Is Harry Gumbert in the Hall of Fame?

No. Harry Gumbert has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Harry Gumbert

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1935-1950)

Harry Gumbert was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1950 for 4 teams, including the New York Giants, a span of 16 seasons. Across 508 career appearances, he went 143-113 with a 3.68 ERA, 709 strikeouts, and 48 saves. He also batted .184 with 5 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2242.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 143–113

ERA 3.68

WHIP 1.35

SO 709

Pitcher PIV 2242.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 11/5/1909 in Elizabeth, PA, USA
Died: 1/4/1995 in Wimberley, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1935-09-12
Last Game: 1950-04-29

Full name: Harry Edwards Gumbert

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Career Pitching Statistics

Harry Gumbert — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
143	113	508	235	96	14	48	2156.0	2,186	882	121	721	709	3.68	2242.1

Career ERA 3.68 vs. league average 4.05 across their career seasons — 9.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Harry Gumbert Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1935	NY1	NL	1	2	6	3	1	0	0	23.2	35	16	10	11	6.08	4.35 (-40%)	160.3
1936	NY1	NL	11	3	39	15	3	0	0	140.2	157	61	54	52	3.90	4.59 (+15%)	461.0
1937	NY1	NL	10	11	34	24	10	1	1	200.1	194	82	62	65	3.68	4.34 (+15%)	431.9
1938	NY1	NL	15	13	38	33	14	1	0	235.2	238	105	84	84	4.01	4.35 (+8%)	569.7
1939	NY1	NL	18	11	36	34	14	2	0	243.2	257	117	81	81	4.32	4.28 (-1%)	-1520.1
1940	NY1	NL	12	14	35	30	14	2	2	237.0	230	99	81	77	3.76	4.21 (+11%)	-806.3
1941	NY1	NL	1	1	5	5	1	0	0	32.1	34	16	18	9	4.45	3.94 (-13%)	-960.4
1941	SLN	NL	11	5	33	17	8	3	1	144.1	139	44	30	53	2.74	3.94 (+30%)	2199.3
1942	SLN	NL	9	5	38	19	5	0	5	163.0	156	59	59	52	3.26	3.57 (+9%)	1206.5
1943	SLN	NL	10	5	21	19	7	3	0	133.0	115	42	32	40	2.84	3.50 (+19%)	1163.7
1944	SLN	NL	4	2	10	7	3	0	1	61.1	60	17	19	16	2.49	3.57 (+30%)	430.1
1944	CIN	NL	10	8	24	19	11	2	2	155.1	157	57	40	40	3.30	3.57 (+8%)	58.0
1946	CIN	NL	6	8	36	10	5	0	4	119.0	112	43	42	44	3.25	3.59 (+9%)	-636.5
1947	CIN	NL	10	10	46	0	0	0	10	90.1	88	39	47	43	3.89	3.97 (+2%)	541.1
1948	CIN	NL	10	8	61	0	0	0	17	106.1	123	41	34	25	3.47	4.10 (+15%)	623.8
1949	CIN	NL	4	3	29	0	0	0	2	40.2	58	25	8	12	5.53	4.12 (-34%)	-66.3
1949	PIT	NL	1	4	16	0	0	0	3	27.2	30	18	18	5	5.86	4.12 (-42%)	-1613.6
1950	PIT	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	2	0	5.40	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			143	113	508	235	96	14	48	2,156.0	2,186	882	721	709	3.68	—	2,242

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.

Career Batting Statistics

Harry Gumbert — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
512	708	50	130	13	3	5	45	0	18	185	.184	.204	.232	.435	-3,140

Career AVG .184 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 31.1% below league average.

Career OBP .204 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 39.5% below league average.

Career SLG .232 vs. league average .380 across their career seasons — 39.0% below league average.

Career OPS .435 vs. league average .717 across their career seasons — 39.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Harry Gumbert Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1935	NY1	NL	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	NY1	NL	39	44	5	11	2	0	0	6	3	12	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	NY1	NL	34	72	3	13	0	0	1	5	1	15	.181	.276 (-35%)	.342 (-44%)	.398 (-44%)	.740 (-44%)	-520.7
1938	NY1	NL	40	84	3	13	1	1	0	4	0	25	.155	.272 (-43%)	.341 (-55%)	.392 (-51%)	.734 (-53%)	-733.7
1939	NY1	NL	37	90	10	18	2	1	0	9	1	24	.200	.274 (-27%)	.342 (-39%)	.393 (-38%)	.735 (-38%)	-575.5
1940	NY1	NL	35	87	9	17	2	1	1	5	2	29	.195	.267 (-27%)	.335 (-36%)	.387 (-29%)	.722 (-32%)	-469.6
1941	NY1	NL	5	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1941	SLN	NL	34	53	7	17	1	0	2	6	2	11	.321	.262 (+22%)	.332 (+4%)	.373 (+21%)	.705 (+13%)	0.0
1942	SLN	NL	38	54	2	6	2	0	0	3	1	12	.111	.253 (-56%)	.323 (-61%)	.349 (-58%)	.672 (-59%)	-488.3
1943	SLN	NL	21	45	1	7	0	0	0	1	1	11	.156	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	SLN	NL	10	21	2	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	.190	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	CIN	NL	24	52	2	5	3	0	0	1	3	17	.096	.261 (-63%)	.325 (-55%)	.357 (-57%)	.683 (-56%)	0.0
1946	CIN	NL	36	32	1	8	0	0	0	1	1	6	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1947	CIN	NL	46	22	1	6	0	0	0	1	1	6	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
1948	CIN	NL	61	25	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	9	.040	—	—	—	—	0.0
1949	CIN	NL	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1949	PIT	NL	16	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1950	PIT	NL	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			512	708	50	130	13	3	5	45	18	185	.184	—	—	—	—	-2,788

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

Harry Gumbert — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Harry Gumbert — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1942	WS	SLN	2	.000
1937	WS	NY1	2	.000
1936	WS	NY1	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Harry Gumbert — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	6	0	0	4.0	12	12	5	3	27.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Harry Gumbert — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1942	WS	SLN	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0.00
1937	WS	NY1	2	1.1	4	4	1	1	27.00
1936	WS	NY1	2	2.0	7	8	4	2	36.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Harry Gumbert — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	235	327	24	62	5	22	.190
Away	277	381	26	68	0	23	.178

Pitching — Home / Away

Harry Gumbert — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	234	1046.2	1027	416	316	375	3.58
Away	274	1110.0	1163	471	407	335	3.82

Last 10 Games — Batting

Harry Gumbert — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H
1950-04-29	PIT	CIN	L	1	1	1
1949-09-19	PIT	NY1	L	1	0	0
1949-09-18	PIT	NY1	L	0	0	0
1949-09-10	PIT	CHC	L	0	0	0
1949-09-08	PIT	CIN	L	0	0	0
1949-09-03	PIT	CHC	L	0	0	0
1949-09-01	PIT	NY1	L	0	0	0
1949-08-29	PIT	BRO	L	0	0	0
1949-08-24	PIT	BSN	L	0	0	0
1949-08-20	PIT	STL	L	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Harry Gumbert — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1950-04-29	PIT	CIN	—	1.2	3	3	1	2	0	0
1949-09-19	PIT	NY1	L	3.0	2	2	2	1	0	1
1949-09-18	PIT	NY1	—	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	1
1949-09-10	PIT	CHC	—	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0
1949-09-08	PIT	CIN	—	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0
1949-09-03	PIT	CHC	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
1949-09-01	PIT	NY1	—	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0
1949-08-29	PIT	BRO	—	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	2
1949-08-24	PIT	BSN	—	3.0	1	1	1	2	1	0
1949-08-20	PIT	STL	L	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Harry Gumbert — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	508	0	129	670	17	42

Season-by-Season Fielding

Harry Gumbert — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1935	NY1	P	6	1	4	1	1
1936	NY1	P	39	12	44	1	1
1937	NY1	P	34	16	80	2	2
1938	NY1	P	38	8	85	1	7
1939	NY1	P	36	18	76	3	4
1940	NY1	P	35	11	65	0	4
1941	NY1	P	5	4	10	1	1
1941	SLN	P	33	9	47	2	2
1942	SLN	P	38	6	60	0	2
1943	SLN	P	21	10	35	1	0
1944	SLN	P	10	6	14	1	5
1944	CIN	P	24	14	38	2	4
1946	CIN	P	36	5	29	0	2
1947	CIN	P	46	2	17	1	3
1948	CIN	P	61	4	40	1	3
1949	CIN	P	29	2	13	0	0
1949	PIT	P	16	1	11	0	1
1950	PIT	P	1	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Harry Gumbert Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	508

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Harry Gumbert: the record in brief

Between the debut on September 12, 1935 and the final game on April 29, 1950, Harry Gumbert built the record summarized on this page. Club by club, the record runs the New York Giants (1935 to 1941), the St. Louis Cardinals (1941 to 1944), the Cincinnati Reds (1944 through 1949), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1949 to 1950). Gumbert played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on November 5, 1909, in Elizabeth, PA, USA, Gumbert was listed at 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds. Gumbert died on January 4, 1995, in Wimberley, TX, USA. Harry Gumbert was the playing name; the full given name is Harry Edwards.

Gumbert went 143-113 with a 3.68 ERA in 508 games, 235 of them starts. The totals include 709 strikeouts, 96 complete games, 14 shutouts, and 48 saves. That 3.68 ERA compares with a 4.05 league average across the same seasons, 9.0% better. No season topped the 18 wins of 1939. The strikeout high was 84 in 1938.

Frequently Asked Questions about Harry Gumbert

What years did Harry Gumbert play?: Harry Gumbert played in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1950.
Was Harry Gumbert a pitcher?: Yes. Harry Gumbert pitched in the major leagues, recording 143 wins and 709 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Harry Gumbert hit?: Harry Gumbert hit 5 career home runs with 130 hits.
What teams did Harry Gumbert play for?: Harry Gumbert played for 4 teams: the New York Giants (1935–1941), the St. Louis Cardinals (1941–1944), the Cincinnati Reds (1944, 1946–1949), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1949–1950).
What were Harry Gumbert's career stats?: In 508 games, Harry Gumbert went 143-113 with a 3.68 ERA, 709 strikeouts, 2,156.0 innings pitched, and 48 saves. At the plate he had 130 hits and 5 home runs.
What position did Harry Gumbert play?: Harry Gumbert played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Harry Gumbert and how much did he weigh?: Harry Gumbert was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.
What was Harry Gumbert's career ERA?: Harry Gumbert finished with a 3.68 career ERA, going 143-113 with 709 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Harry Gumbert have?: Harry Gumbert recorded 709 career strikeouts.
Is Harry Gumbert in the Hall of Fame?: No. Harry Gumbert has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.