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Alex Gordon
Alex Jonathan Gordon

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 220 lb.
School University of Nebraska

Debut April 2, 2007

Born February 10, 1984 in Lincoln, NE

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed September 29, 2005. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 23 KCR AL 151  543   60  134  36  4  15   60  14  4  41 137  .247  .314  .411   87  223   1   2   4  13  12
 2008 24 KCR AL 134  493   72  128  35  1  16   59   9  2  66 120  .260  .351  .432  104  213   1   5   5   6   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      285 1036  132  262  71  5  31  119  23  6 107 257  .253  .332  .421   96  436   2   7   9  19  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        589   75  149  40  3  18   68  13  3  61 146  .253  .332  .421   96  248   1   4   5  11  11
 Career High    151  543   72  134  36  4  16   60  14  4  66 137  .260  .351  .432  104  223   1   5   5  13  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 23 KCR AL  600  428   70   4.4   110| .247  .275| .314  .343| .411  .429| .725  .772|  87  .434 -11.3  -1.1  77%
 2008 24 KCR AL  571  381   79   5.6   108| .260  .272| .351  .340| .432  .426| .783  .767| 104  .551   4.7   0.4  81%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons      1171  809  149   4.9   109| .253  .273| .332  .341| .421  .428| .753  .769|  96  .492  -6.6  -0.7  79%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 23 KCR AL 3B 137 99 247 14 22 .961 .957 2.53 2.34 2.74 2.63 129 1135.0 1B 32 132 8 1 16 .993 .995 4.38 7.93 8.18 9.37 16 154.0 SS 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 4.50 4.50 0 6.0 2008 24 KCR AL 3B 133 112 230 16 21 .955 .958 2.57 2.37 2.61 2.74 133 1180.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 23 KCR AL 1B 32 132 8 1 16 .993 .995 4.38 7.93 8.18 9.37 16 154.0 2007 23 KCR AL 3B 137 99 247 14 22 .961 .957 2.53 2.34 2.74 2.63 129 1135.0 2008 24 KCR AL 3B 133 112 230 16 21 .955 .958 2.57 2.37 2.61 2.74 133 1180.0 2008 24 KCR AL DH 1 2007 23 KCR AL SS 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 4.50 4.50 0 6.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 270 211 477 30 43 .958 .958 2.55 2.35 2.67 2.69 262 2315.0 1B* 32 132 8 1 16 .993 .995 4.38 7.93 8.18 9.37 16 154.0 SS* 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 4.50 4.50 0 6.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 303 345 486 31 59 .964 .964 2.74 2.95 3.02 3.11 278 2475
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
2007 AL-137-8

Hit By Pitch
2007 AL-13-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.0 (2064) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed September 29, 2005.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Kansas City Royals$380,000
Career (may be incomplete)$380,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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