Alex Gordon
Alex Jonathan Gordon
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 10, 1984 in Lincoln, NE
High School: Southeast (Lincoln, NE)
School: University of Nebraska
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
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Standard Batting

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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 151 600 543 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 86 62 5 2 1 1 0 5
3 Seasons 334 1360 1200 160 300 77 5 37 141 28 6 128 300 .250 .331 .415 .746 97 498 25 21 3 8 9
162 Game Avg. 162 660 582 78 146 37 2 18 68 14 3 62 146 .250 .331 .415 .746 97 242 12 10 1 4 4

Advanced Batting

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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 600 428 70 4.4 107 .303 .247 .271 .314 .339 .411 .424 .725 .762 90 .434 -9.0 -0.9 .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 4.2 106 .276 .232 .265 .324 .334 .378 .425 .703 .759 86 .417 -3.1 -0.3 .687 .305 .146 5.5
3 Seasons 1360 942 170 4.8 106 .302 .250 .268 .331 .336 .415 .421 .746 .757 97 .482 -3.8 -0.4 .719 .290 .165 31.9
162 Game Avg. 660 457 82 4.8 106 .302 .250 .268 .331 .336 .415 .421 .746 .757 97 .482 -3.8 -0.4 .719 .290 .165 15

Ratio Batting*

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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 600 2.5% 22.8% 6.8% 9.2% 41% 3.34 4.0 36.2 9.1 0.58 0.82 66% 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%
3 Seasons 1360 2.7% 22.1% 9.4% 8.8% 40% 2.34 4.0 32.4 8.5 0.55 0.72 64% 20% 7.2% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
3 Seasons 8 1 30% 462 28 6 82% 23 6 4 0 1 0 5 0 10 37 54% 64 44 20 16 2 13 49 12 36
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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% 32 13 41% 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% 56 20 36% 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 7 78% 0
3 Seasons 1361 71% 300 24 3 2 0 0 0 1.23 37 0 30 28 9 19 18 0 8 3 38% 283 25 9% 132 28 21% 859 107 12% 69 30 43% 97 40 41% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 601 2277 3.79 1422 62% 23% 19% 29% 29% 77% 2% 48% 75% 38% 3% 17 3 12% 72 40 7% 43 32 26% 0 0 1
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
3 Seasons 1361 5254 3.86 3222 61% 24% 19% 29% 28% 76% 1% 46% 75% 36% 4% 59 8 14% 186 89 9% 120 70 28% 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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 23 151 600 543 60 134 36 4 15 60 14 4 41 137 .247 .314 .411 .725 90 223 12 13 1 2 4
2008 24 285 1171 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 1360 1200 160 300 77 5 37 141 28 6 128 300 .250 .331 .415 .746 97 498 25 21 3 8 9

Neutralized Batting

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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 23 151 600 544 58 135 36 4 15 58 14 41 137 .248 .315 .412 .727 68 151
2008 24 134 579 499 73 134 37 1 17 60 9 69 120 .269 .361 .449 .810 80 134
2009 25 49 190 165 28 39 6 0 6 22 5 22 43 .236 .332 .382 .713 21 49
3 Seasons 334 1369 1208 159 308 79 5 38 140 28 132 300 .255 .337 .423 .760 169 334
162 Game Avg. 162 664 586 77 149 38 2 18 68 14 64 146 .255 .337 .423 .760 82 334

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL--137--8th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Felix Torres (954)
  2. Kevin Orie (952)
  3. Wilson Betemit (950)
  4. Willy Aybar (949)
  5. Keith Ginter (945)
  6. Aaron Guiel (943)
  7. Rick Schu (943)
  8. Billy Conigliaro (943)
  9. Tommy Glaviano (942)
  10. Joe Lefebvre (942)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Howard Johnson (967)
  2. Darnell Coles (955)
  3. Kevin McReynolds (955)
  4. Sal Bando (951)
  5. Darrell Evans (950)
  6. Nick Esasky (950)
  7. Rick Schu (948)
  8. Devon White (948)
  9. Tim Wallach (947)
  10. Gil Hodges (946)
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  1. Bill Sudakis (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Foy (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Howard Johnson (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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