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Sid Gordon
Sidney Gordon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
School Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus

Debut September 11, 1941
Final Game September 20, 1955
Born August 13, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY
Died June 17, 1975 in New York, NY

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 23 NYG NL   9   31    4    8   1  1   0    4   0      6   1  .258  .378  .355  106   11   0           0   0
 1942 24 NYG NL   6   19    4    6   0  1   0    2   0      3   2  .316  .409  .421  142    8   0           0   1
 1943 25 NYG NL 131  474   50  119   9 11   9   63   2     43  32  .251  .315  .373   98  177  10           1  26
 1946 28 NYG NL 135  450   64  132  15  4   5   45   1     60  27  .293  .380  .378  114  170   7           3  15
 1947 29 NYG NL 130  437   57  119  19  8  13   57   2     50  21  .272  .347  .442  107  193   3           0  11
 1948 30 NYG NL 142  521  100  156  26  4  30  107   8     74  39  .299  .390  .537  148  280   7           3  18 MVP-4,AS
 1949 31 NYG NL 141  489   87  139  26  2  26   90   1     95  37  .284  .404  .505  142  247   1           3  24 MVP-30,AS
 1950 32 BSN NL 134  481   78  146  33  4  27  103   2     78  31  .304  .403  .557  156  268   1           2  14 MVP-22
 1951 33 BSN NL 150  550   96  158  28  1  29  109   2  0  80  32  .287  .383  .500  143  275   6           5  28 MVP-16
 1952 34 BSN NL 144  522   69  151  22  2  25   75   0  4  77  49  .289  .384  .483  142  252   4           3  10 MVP-30
 1953 35 MLN NL 140  464   67  127  22  4  19   75   1  1  71  40  .274  .372  .461  121  214   4           2  14
 1954 36 PIT NL 131  363   38  111  12  0  12   49   0  0  67  24  .306  .405  .438  123  159   8   9       0  10
 1955 37 TOT NL  82  191   21   43   7  1   7   26   0  0  27  21  .225  .317  .382   85   73   3   3   2   0   3
         PIT NL  16   47    2    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   6  .170  .204  .191    7    9   0   0   0   0   3
         NYG NL  66  144   19   35   6  1   7   25   0  0  25  15  .243  .349  .444  109   64   3   3   2   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1475 4992  735 1415 220 43 202  805  19  5 731 356  .283  .377  .466  129 2327  54  12   2  22 174
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        548   81  155  24  5  22   88   2  1  80  39  .283  .377  .466  129  256   6   1   0   2  19
 Career High    150  550  100  158  33 11  30  109   8  4  95  49  .306  .405  .557  156  280  10   9   2   5  28
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 23 NYG NL   37   23    4   4.7    96| .258  .268| .378  .339| .355  .378| .733  .717| 106  .553   0.4   0.0     
 1942 24 NYG NL   22   14    3   5.8    88| .316  .257| .409  .329| .421  .357| .830  .686| 142  .682   1.0   0.1     
 1943 25 NYG NL  528  391   55   3.8    90| .251  .266| .315  .335| .373  .361| .688  .696|  98  .482  -4.0  -0.4     
 1946 28 NYG NL  520  340   64   5.0    93| .293  .264| .380  .339| .378  .369| .758  .708| 114  .600  10.4   1.1     
 1947 29 NYG NL  490  332   67   5.4   107| .272  .275| .347  .351| .442  .408| .789  .759| 107  .566   3.4   0.3     
 1948 30 NYG NL  605  390  108   7.4   103| .299  .270| .390  .345| .537  .400| .927  .744| 148  .715  35.0   3.4     
 1949 31 NYG NL  588  375   99   7.1   104| .284  .270| .404  .344| .505  .405| .909  .749| 142  .688  32.9   3.2     
 1950 32 BSN NL  562  350  107   8.2   103| .304  .262| .403  .338| .557  .407| .960  .745| 156  .731  41.1   3.9     
 1951 33 BSN NL  641  426  104   6.6    97| .287  .259| .383  .332| .500  .392| .883  .724| 143  .664  35.0   3.4 100%
 1952 34 BSN NL  606  389   94   6.5    95| .289  .258| .384  .330| .483  .384| .867  .714| 142  .693  31.2   3.2   0%
 1953 35 MLN NL  541  356   79   5.9   105| .274  .267| .372  .337| .461  .416| .833  .753| 121  .588  16.8   1.6  50%
 1954 36 PIT NL  447  279   66   6.4   107| .306  .272| .405  .343| .438  .420| .843  .763| 123  .625  16.4   1.6   0%
 1955 37 TOT NL  224  157   26   4.4   106| .225  .266| .317  .337| .382  .421| .699  .758|  85  .475  -3.9  -0.4   0%
         PIT NL   49   42    1   0.6   104| .170  .263| .204  .334| .191  .417| .395  .750|   7  .026  -6.3  -0.6   0%
         NYG NL  175  115   25   5.8   106| .243  .267| .349  .338| .444  .422| .793  .760| 109  .598   2.4   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5811 3822  876   6.1   100| .283  .266| .377  .339| .466  .396| .843  .735| 129  .641 215.9  21.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 23 NYG NL OF 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 .973 2.00 2.14 3 6 0 1942 24 NYG NL 3B 6 9 12 2 0 .913 .942 3.50 3.03 1943 25 NYG NL 3B 53 62 115 11 12 .941 .948 3.34 2.97 1B 41 423 25 4 46 .991 .992 10.93 9.99 OF 28 60 2 2 0 .969 .976 2.21 2.27 28 0 0 2B 3 6 6 0 1 1.000 .968 4.00 5.40 1946 28 NYG NL OF 101 197 8 1 0 .995 .977 2.03 2.16 101 0 0 3B 30 18 54 4 3 .947 .952 2.40 2.84 1947 29 NYG NL OF 124 254 13 8 0 .971 .977 2.15 2.19 124 0 0 3B 2 0 0 4 0 .000 0.00 2.80 1948 30 NYG NL 3B 115 126 220 19 19 .948 .941 3.01 2.81 AS OF 23 40 3 0 0 1.000 .977 1.87 2.20 18 0 2 AS 1949 31 NYG NL 3B 123 112 206 14 18 .958 .952 2.59 2.98 AS OF 15 29 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.93 2.25 3 0 12 AS 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 9.00 AS 1950 32 BSN NL OF 123 278 8 3 1 .990 .978 2.33 2.14 123 0 0 3B 10 5 24 1 0 .967 .948 2.90 3.01 1951 33 BSN NL OF 122 249 4 4 1 .984 .981 2.07 2.23 103 0 23 3B 34 51 71 5 8 .961 .953 3.59 3.10 1952 34 BSN NL OF 142 263 9 1 0 .996 .981 1.92 2.10 142 0 0 3B 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 3.50 2.90 1953 35 MLN NL OF 137 245 10 6 2 .977 .980 1.86 2.11 137 0 0 1954 36 PIT NL OF 73 121 9 3 1 .977 .975 1.78 2.18 8 0 66 3B 40 28 71 8 5 .925 .952 2.48 2.82 1955 37 TOT NL 3B 39 35 79 0 10 1.000 .952 2.92 2.81 TOT NL OF 21 34 3 1 0 .974 .976 1.76 2.10 16 0 5 PIT NL 3B 8 5 21 0 4 1.000 .952 3.25 2.81 OF 4 7 0 1 0 .875 .972 1.75 2.10 4 0 0 NYG NL 3B 31 30 58 0 6 1.000 .951 2.84 2.81 OF 17 27 3 0 0 1.000 .977 1.76 2.10 12 0 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 25 NYG NL 1B 41 423 25 4 46 .991 .992 10.93 9.99 1949 31 NYG NL 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 9.00 1943 25 NYG NL 2B 3 6 6 0 1 1.000 .968 4.00 5.40 1942 24 NYG NL 3B 6 9 12 2 0 .913 .942 3.50 3.03 1943 25 NYG NL 3B 53 62 115 11 12 .941 .948 3.34 2.97 1946 28 NYG NL 3B 30 18 54 4 3 .947 .952 2.40 2.84 1947 29 NYG NL 3B 2 0 0 4 0 .000 0.00 2.80 1948 30 NYG NL 3B 115 126 220 19 19 .948 .941 3.01 2.81 1949 31 NYG NL 3B 123 112 206 14 18 .958 .952 2.59 2.98 1950 32 BSN NL 3B 10 5 24 1 0 .967 .948 2.90 3.01 1951 33 BSN NL 3B 34 51 71 5 8 .961 .953 3.59 3.10 1952 34 BSN NL 3B 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 3.50 2.90 1954 36 PIT NL 3B 40 28 71 8 5 .925 .952 2.48 2.82 1955 37 TOT NL 3B 39 35 79 0 10 1.000 .952 2.92 2.81 PIT NL 3B 8 5 21 0 4 1.000 .952 3.25 2.81 NYG NL 3B 31 30 58 0 6 1.000 .951 2.84 2.81 1941 23 NYG NL OF 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 .973 2.00 2.14 3 6 0 1943 25 NYG NL OF 28 60 2 2 0 .969 .976 2.21 2.27 28 0 0 1946 28 NYG NL OF 101 197 8 1 0 .995 .977 2.03 2.16 101 0 0 1947 29 NYG NL OF 124 254 13 8 0 .971 .977 2.15 2.19 124 0 0 1948 30 NYG NL OF 23 40 3 0 0 1.000 .977 1.87 2.20 18 0 2 1949 31 NYG NL OF 15 29 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.93 2.25 3 0 12 1950 32 BSN NL OF 123 278 8 3 1 .990 .978 2.33 2.14 123 0 0 1951 33 BSN NL OF 122 249 4 4 1 .984 .981 2.07 2.23 103 0 23 1952 34 BSN NL OF 142 263 9 1 0 .996 .981 1.92 2.10 142 0 0 1953 35 MLN NL OF 137 245 10 6 2 .977 .980 1.86 2.11 137 0 0 1954 36 PIT NL OF 73 121 9 3 1 .977 .975 1.78 2.18 8 0 66 1955 37 TOT NL OF 21 34 3 1 0 .974 .976 1.76 2.10 16 0 5 PIT NL OF 4 7 0 1 0 .875 .972 1.75 2.10 4 0 0 NYG NL OF 17 27 3 0 0 1.000 .977 1.76 2.10 12 0 5
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 918 1788 69 29 5 .985 .979 2.02 2.16 806 6 108 3B 454 449 856 68 75 .950 .948 2.87 2.91 1B 42 433 25 4 46 .991 .992 10.90 9.97 2B 3 6 6 0 1 1.000 .968 4.00 5.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1417 2676 956 101 127 .973 .969 2.56 2.64
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1948   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1949   NYG NL       2   0   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   2   0   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .667 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1948
1949 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1948-NL-4-0.21
1949-NL-30-0.00
1950-NL-22-0.03
1951-NL-16-0.03
1952-NL-30-0.02
Car-592-0.29 shares

Batting Average
1948 NL-.299-8
1950 NL-.304-8

On-base %
1946 NL-.380-10
1948 NL-.390-9
1949 NL-.404-6
1950 NL-.403-7
1952 NL-.384-7

Slugging %
1948 NL-.537-3
1949 NL-.505-9
1950 NL-.557-4
1951 NL-.500-9
1952 NL-.483-7

OPS
1948 NL-.927-3
1949 NL-.909-5
1950 NL-.960-4
1951 NL-.883-8
1952 NL-.866-7

Runs
1948 NL-100-6
1951 NL-96-8

Total Bases
1948 NL-280-6

Doubles
1950 NL-33-8

Triples
1943 NL-11-5
1947 NL-8-6

Home Runs
1948 NL-30-5
1949 NL-26-5
1950 NL-27-9
1951 NL-29-8
1952 NL-25-4

RBI
1948 NL-107-4
1950 NL-103-9
1951 NL-109-2

Bases on Balls
1948 NL-74-9
1949 NL-95-5
1950 NL-78-10
1951 NL-80-9
1952 NL-77-8

Stolen Bases
1948 NL-8-10

Adjusted OPS+
1948 NL-148-3
1949 NL-142-5
1950 NL-156-3
1951 NL-143-7
1952 NL-142-6

Runs Created
1948 NL-108-4
1949 NL-99-8
1950 NL-107-8
1951 NL-104-9
1952 NL-94-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1948 NL-35-5
1949 NL-33-5
1950 NL-41-4
1951 NL-35-7
1952 NL-31-6

Batting Wins
1948 NL-3.4-5
1949 NL-3.2-5
1950 NL-3.9-4
1951 NL-3.4-7
1952 NL-3.2-6

Extra-Base Hits
1948 NL-60-5
1950 NL-64-7
1951 NL-58-9

Times on Base
1952 NL-231-10

Offensive Win%
1948 NL-.715-3
1949 NL-.688-6
1950 NL-.731-4
1951 NL-.664-9
1952 NL-.693-7

Hit By Pitch
1946 NL-3-10
1951 NL-5-10

Sac. Flies
1954 NL-9-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1943 NL-26-1
1946 NL-15-4
1948 NL-18-2
1949 NL-24-1
1951 NL-28-1

Power/Speed Number
1948 NL-12.6-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1947 NL-20.8-6

At Bats per Home Run
1948 NL-17.4-5
1949 NL-18.8-4
1950 NL-17.8-6
1951 NL-19.0-8
1952 NL-20.9-4

Oldest Player
1955 NL-37-9

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 77 (308) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.9 (461) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 25.0 (658) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the New York Giants with Buddy Kerr, Willard Marshall, and Red Webb to the Boston Braves for Eddie Stanky and Alvin Dark.

December 26, 1953: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Larry Lasalle (minors), Sam Jethroe, Curt Raydon, Max Surkont, Fred Waters, and $100,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny O'Connell.

May 23, 1955: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 14, 1955: Released by the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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