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Alex Gordon

Alex Jonathan Gordon

Positions: Third Baseman, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 10, 1984 in Lincoln, NE
High School: Lincoln Southeast HS (Lincoln, NE)
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed September 29, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2007
Team: Royals 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 4 yrs/$37.5M (12-15) & 16 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.092, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Casey Close, previously: Damon Thames [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 23 KCR AL 151 601 543 60 134 36 4 15 60 14 4 41 137 .247 .314 .411 .725 90 223 12 13 1 2 4 *53/6
2008 24 KCR AL 134 571 493 72 128 35 1 16 59 9 2 66 120 .260 .351 .432 .783 109 213 8 6 1 5 5 *5/D
2009 25 KCR AL 49 189 164 28 38 6 0 6 22 5 0 21 43 .232 .324 .378 .703 87 62 5 2 1 1 0 5
2010 26 KCR AL 74 281 242 34 52 10 0 8 20 1 5 34 62 .215 .315 .355 .671 84 86 9 2 2 1 1 75/9D3
2011 27 KCR AL 151 690 611 101 185 45 4 23 87 17 8 67 139 .303 .376 .502 .879 139 307 9 7 0 3 2 *7/3 MVP-21,GG
2012 28 KCR AL 48 216 190 23 44 12 0 4 19 1 1 25 45 .232 .324 .358 .682 89 68 6 1 0 0 2 *7
6 Yrs 607 2548 2243 318 581 144 9 72 267 47 20 254 546 .259 .341 .428 .768 106 959 49 31 5 12 14
162 Game Avg. 162 680 599 85 155 38 2 19 71 13 5 68 146 .259 .341 .428 .768 106 256 13 8 1 3 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 KCR AL 151 601 -11 0 -0 8 -0 -3 -0.2 20 17 1.6 .498 .498 0.9 0.9 9 $380,000 *53/6
2008 24 KCR AL 134 571 7 4 0 -8 2 5 0.8 19 24 2.5 .504 .503 3.2 -0.5 32 $406,000 *5/D
2009 25 KCR AL 49 189 -3 1 0 -3 1 -4 -0.3 6 2 0.2 .492 .497 0.5 -0.2 5 $457,000 5
2010 26 KCR AL 74 281 -3 -4 -2 -4 -3 -15 -1.5 10 -6 -0.6 .479 .490 -0.2 -0.6 -2 $1,150,000 75/9D3
2011 27 KCR AL 151 690 35 0 -0 19 -7 46 5.0 23 69 7.1 .532 .530 5.1 1.3 50 $1,400,000 *7/3 MVP-21,GG
2012 28 KCR AL 48 216 -3 0 -0 8 -2 2 0.2 7 10 0.9 .506 .502 0.2 0.6 2 $ *7
6 Seasons 607 2548 21 3 -2 20 -10 31 4.0 86 117 11.7 .505 .503 9.7 1.5 97 $3,793,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2007 23 KCR AL 601 428 70 4.4 107 .303 .247 .271 .314 .339 .411 .424 .725 .762 90 .434 -9.0 -0.8 .675 .258 .164 14.5
2008 24 KCR AL 571 381 79 5.6 104 .309 .260 .266 .351 .333 .432 .417 .783 .751 109 .551 8.3 0.8 .779 .320 .172 11.5
2009 25 KCR AL 189 133 21 4.2 105 .276 .232 .264 .324 .332 .378 .423 .703 .756 87 .417 -2.9 -0.3 .687 .305 .146 5.5
2010 26 KCR AL 281 207 26 3.4 99 .254 .215 .259 .315 .327 .355 .406 .671 .733 84 .353 -5.0 -0.5 .578 .264 .140 1.8
2011 27 KCR AL 690 446 118 7.1 99 .358 .303 .258 .376 .323 .502 .409 .879 .732 139 .687 34.7 3.4 .880 .324 .200 19.6
2012 28 KCR AL 216 153 22 3.9 98 .284 .232 .252 .324 .320 .358 .409 .682 .728 89 .423 -2.3 -0.2 .614 .258 .126 1.6
6 Yrs 2548 1748 336 5.1 102 .311 .259 .263 .341 .330 .428 .415 .768 .745 106 .528 23.8 2.3 .734 .294 .169 56.9
162 Game Avg. 680 467 90 5.1 102 .311 .259 .263 .341 .330 .428 .415 .768 .745 106 .528 6 1 .734 .294 .169 15

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 23 KCR AL 601 2.5% 22.8% 6.8% 9.2% 41% 3.34 4.0 36.2 9.1 0.58 0.82 65% 21% 6.6% 11%
2008 24 KCR AL 571 2.8% 21.0% 11.6% 9.1% 41% 1.82 4.1 30.8 8.4 0.46 0.57 63% 20% 7.0% 11%
2009 25 KCR AL 189 3.2% 22.8% 11.1% 6.4% 32% 2.05 3.8 27.3 7.5 0.78 0.96 61% 13% 10.3% 13%
2010 26 KCR AL 281 2.9% 22.1% 12.1% 6.4% 35% 1.82 3.9 30.3 12.1 0.59 0.96 62% 22% 7.6% 8%
2011 27 KCR AL 690 3.3% 20.1% 9.7% 10.4% 39% 2.07 4.4 26.6 7.0 0.68 0.98 66% 19% 9.2% 11%
2012 28 KCR AL 216 1.9% 20.8% 11.6% 7.4% 36% 1.80 4.2 47.5 10.0 0.84 1.23 65% 19% 6.3% 20%
6 Yrs 2548 2.8% 21.4% 10.0% 8.8% 39% 2.15 4.1 31.2 8.4 0.61 0.85 64% 20% 7.7% 11%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 23 KCR AL -9.0 -0.8 632 -2.1 9.3 -11.3 .97 -1.1 -1.0 -20.3 -1.9 0.94 -17.8 1.23 2
2008 24 KCR AL 8.3 0.8 597 0.0 9.6 -9.5 .96 0.7 -0.7 8.6 0.8 0.91 5.1 0
2009 25 KCR AL -2.9 -0.3 194 -0.6 2.9 -3.6 1.03 -0.0 -0.6 -4.6 -0.4 0.99 -0.4 0
2010 26 KCR AL -5.0 -0.5 288 0.5 5.8 -5.3 1.04 -0.5 1.0 -3.9 -0.4 0.95 -5.2 2.31 2
2011 27 KCR AL 35.6 3.5 729 3.7 15.2 -11.5 1.03 3.6 -0.0 36.9 3.6 1.00 38.1 3.85 1
2012 28 KCR AL -2.3 -0.2 221 -1.0 3.4 -4.5 1.09 -0.4 -0.6 -5.9 -0.6 0.98 -3.3 2.86 1
6 Yrs 24.7 2.4 2661 0.5 46.2 -45.7 1.01 2.2 -1.8 10.9 1.1 0.96 16.4 2.30 6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 23 KCR AL 2 1 26% 185 14 4 78% 14 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 13 40% 24 18 6 4 1 3 17 8 9
2008 24 KCR AL 5 0 30% 203 9 2 82% 5 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 23 60% 32 21 11 10 0 9 21 2 18
2009 25 KCR AL 1 0 40% 74 5 0 100% 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 62% 8 5 3 2 1 1 11 2 9
2010 26 KCR AL 4 0 33% 104 1 5 17% 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 31% 17 12 5 5 5 0 7 2 4
2011 27 KCR AL 7 2 33% 315 17 8 68% 15 5 2 2 0 1 4 0 3 29 37% 44 35 9 12 9 2 27 7 20
2012 28 KCR AL 1 0 29% 86 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 25% 9 8 1 2 0 2 5 4 1
6 Yrs 20 3 31% 967 47 20 70% 40 15 6 4 1 1 9 0 16 71 44% 134 99 35 35 16 17 88 25 61

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 23 KCR AL 601 74% 134 10 1 2 0 0 0 1.23 15 0 15 10 5 8 7 0 2 1 50% 124 12 10% 59 6 10% 381 45 12% 32 12 38% 21 8 38% 0
2008 24 KCR AL 571 67% 128 7 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 10 15 1 9 7 0 2 1 50% 120 8 7% 55 14 25% 340 45 13% 28 12 43% 29 9 31% 0
2009 25 KCR AL 189 70% 38 7 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 3 3 2 4 0 4 1 25% 39 5 13% 18 8 44% 138 17 12% 9 6 67% 9 6 67% 0
2010 26 KCR AL 281 75% 52 0 0 2 1 1 1 2.31 8 0 6 5 3 5 3 0 2 2 100% 56 9 16% 18 4 22% 159 14 9% 12 4 33% 7 2 29% 0
2011 27 KCR AL 690 69% 185 16 1 1 0 0 0 3.85 23 0 11 15 8 12 11 0 0 0 102 9 9% 40 16 40% 376 66 18% 35 20 57% 27 14 52% 0
2012 28 KCR AL 216 68% 44 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.86 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 40 6 15% 21 6 29% 129 16 12% 12 5 42% 8 4 50% 0
6 Yrs 2548 71% 581 43 4 6 1 1 1 2.30 72 0 52 51 21 37 35 0 10 5 50% 481 49 10% 211 54 26% 1523 203 13% 128 59 46% 101 43 43% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 KCR AL 602 2280 3.79 1424 62% 23% 19% 29% 29% 77% 2% 48% 75% 38% 3% 17 3 12% 72 40 7% 43 32 26% -1 0 0
2008 24 KCR AL 571 2240 3.92 1360 61% 25% 18% 28% 28% 75% 2% 45% 75% 34% 6% 34 5 15% 87 34 10% 57 25 32% 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 189 737 3.90 440 60% 24% 19% 29% 28% 76% 0% 46% 75% 40% 4% 8 0 14% 27 15 11% 20 13 26% 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 281 1133 4.03 672 59% 30% 16% 27% 27% 70% 1% 42% 77% 30% 4% 10 1 15% 42 20 10% 29 15 29% 0 0 0
2011 27 KCR AL 693 2765 3.99 1677 61% 25% 17% 29% 28% 74% 1% 45% 77% 30% 5% 35 4 15% 102 36 9% 63 36 29% -3 0 2
2012 28 KCR AL 216 879 4.07 525 60% 30% 16% 26% 28% 70% 2% 42% 78% 17% 6% 13 0 13% 29 8 12% 25 14 22% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2552 10034 3.93 6098 61% 26% 18% 28% 28% 74% 1% 45% 76% 32% 5% 117 13 14% 359 153 9% 237 135 28% -4 0 2
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 151 601 543 60 134 36 4 15 60 14 4 41 137 .247 .314 .411 .725 90 223 12 13 1 2 4
2008 24 285 1172 1036 132 262 71 5 31 119 23 6 107 257 .253 .332 .421 .753 99 436 20 19 2 7 9
2009 25 334 1361 1200 160 300 77 5 37 141 28 6 128 300 .250 .331 .415 .746 97 498 25 21 3 8 9
2010 26 408 1642 1442 194 352 87 5 45 161 29 11 162 362 .244 .328 .405 .733 95 584 34 23 5 9 10
2011 27 559 2332 2053 295 537 132 9 68 248 46 19 229 501 .262 .343 .434 .777 108 891 43 30 5 12 12
2012 28 607 2548 2243 318 581 144 9 72 267 47 20 254 546 .259 .341 .428 .768 106 959 49 31 5 12 14

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 23 151 596 540 57 131 35 4 15 57 14 40 137 .243 .309 .406 .715 64 151
2008 24 134 571 493 72 128 35 1 16 59 9 66 120 .260 .351 .432 .783 74 134
2009 25 49 189 164 28 38 6 0 6 22 5 21 43 .232 .324 .378 .703 20 49
2010 26 74 284 244 37 54 10 0 8 22 1 35 62 .221 .323 .361 .683 29 74
2011 27 151 698 618 107 192 47 4 24 92 18 70 139 .311 .385 .516 .902 121 151
2012 28 48 218 191 24 45 12 0 4 20 1 26 45 .236 .330 .361 .692 23 48
6 Yrs 607 2556 2250 325 588 145 9 73 272 48 258 546 .261 .344 .431 .775 331 607
162 Game Avg. 162 682 600 87 157 39 2 19 73 13 69 146 .261 .344 .431 .775 88 607

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Gold Gloves
2011 AL (LF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 AL  7.1 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2011 AL  7.1 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 AL  .303 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 AL  690 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2011 AL  101 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  185 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2011 AL  307 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 AL  45 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  137 (8th)
2011 AL  139 (8th)
2012 AL  45 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2011 AL  140 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2011 AL  118 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  36 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  3.5 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  72 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 AL  259 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2011 AL  .687 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL  13 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2011 AL  19.6 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2012 AL  153 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 AL  36.90 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2011 AL  3.7 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2011 AL  3.6 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2011 AL  3.6 (8th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1299), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1593), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Jeremy Hermida (955)
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  6. Herbert Perry (947)
  7. Johnny Rizzo (946)
  8. Adam Jones (946)
  9. Rocco Baldelli (945)
  10. Rob Mackowiak (943)
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  5. Nate McLouth (961)
  6. Dave Henderson (960)
  7. Bernie Carbo (957)
  8. Gabe Kapler (957)
  9. Mike Davis (957)
  10. Jeremy Hermida (955)
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  3. Howard Johnson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Darnell Coles (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eric Hinske (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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