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Alex Gordon

Alex Jonathan Gordon

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman 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 (Age 23)
Team: Royals 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 4 yrs/$37.5M (12-15) & 16 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.092, 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 .879 140 307 9 7 0 3 2 *7/3 MVP-21,GG
2012 28 KCR AL 161 721 642 93 189 51 5 14 72 10 5 73 140 .294 .368 .455 .822 125 292 14 3 0 3 3 *7 GG
2013 29 KCR AL 68 303 276 41 81 14 2 6 36 2 1 23 59 .293 .350 .424 .774 113 117 2 2 0 2 1 *7
7 Yrs 788 3356 2971 429 807 197 16 88 356 58 25 325 700 .272 .349 .438 .786 112 1300 59 35 5 17 16
162 Game Avg. 162 690 611 88 166 41 3 18 73 12 5 67 144 .272 .349 .438 .786 112 267 12 7 1 3 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 1 -0 8 1 -2 -0.2 23 20 2.0 .498 .499 1.2 0.9 12 $380,000 *53/6
2008 24 KCR AL 134 571 7 4 0 -8 2 6 0.8 21 27 2.8 .504 .503 3.5 -0.5 35 $406,000 *5/D
2009 25 KCR AL 49 189 -3 1 0 -3 1 -4 -0.3 7 3 0.3 .492 .498 0.6 -0.2 6 $457,000 5
2010 26 KCR AL 74 281 -3 -4 -2 -4 -2 -15 -1.5 11 -4 -0.5 .479 .490 -0.1 -0.6 -0 $1,150,000 75/9D3
2011 27 KCR AL 151 690 36 0 -0 19 -7 48 5.1 24 72 7.3 .533 .531 5.4 1.3 53 $1,400,000 *7/3 MVP-21,GG
2012 28 KCR AL 161 721 20 1 -1 24 -7 37 4.0 26 63 6.5 .525 .524 4.0 1.9 39 $6,000,000 *7 GG
2013 29 KCR AL 68 303 6 3 -0 3 -3 8 1.0 10 19 2.0 .513 .505 1.6 0.1 16 $9,000,000 *7
7 Seasons 788 3356 50 6 -3 39 -15 78 8.8 121 199 20.4 .510 .511 16.3 2.9 160 $18,793,000

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 98 .358 .303 .257 .376 .322 .502 .407 .879 .729 140 .687 35.6 3.5 .880 .324 .200 19.6
2012 28 KCR AL 721 475 108 6.1 99 .356 .294 .256 .368 .320 .455 .412 .822 .732 125 .627 24.6 2.4 .790 .282 .160 11.7
2013 29 KCR AL 303 200 43 5.8 98 .352 .293 .255 .350 .320 .424 .409 .774 .729 113 .604 5.0 0.5 .722 .217 .130 3.0
7 Yrs 3356 2270 465 5.5 101 .327 .272 .261 .349 .327 .438 .414 .786 .741 112 .563 56.6 5.5 .753 .286 .166 69.9
162 Game Avg. 690 467 96 5.5 101 .327 .272 .261 .349 .327 .438 .414 .786 .741 112 .563 12 1 .753 .286 .166 14

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 721 1.9% 19.4% 10.1% 9.7% 37% 1.92 4.6 45.9 8.9 0.74 1.12 68% 22% 5.4% 11%
2013 29 KCR AL 303 2.0% 19.5% 7.6% 7.3% 27% 2.57 4.7 46.0 7.7 0.80 0.90 70% 25% 5.6% 11%
7 Yrs 3356 2.6% 20.9% 9.7% 9.0% 37% 2.15 4.2 33.8 8.3 0.64 0.88 66% 21% 7.1% 11%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.3% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 2.18 4.9 34.4 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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 8.8 0.8 0.91 5.4 0
2009 25 KCR AL -2.9 -0.3 194 -0.6 2.9 -3.6 1.03 -0.1 -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 -0.1 37.0 3.6 0.94 40.2 3.86 1
2012 28 KCR AL 24.6 2.4 746 -0.2 12.6 -12.8 1.03 1.5 -1.7 12.9 1.3 0.93 17.5 2.84 1
2013 29 KCR AL 5.0 0.5 315 1.1 6.6 -5.5 1.13 0.5 0.5 11.3 1.1 0.92 7.7 0
7 Yrs 56.6 5.5 3501 2.5 61.9 -59.5 1.02 4.7 -2.3 41.3 4.1 0.94 47.3 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 OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm 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 0 2 0 2 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 1 2 0 3 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 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 0 1 0 1 2 31% 17 12 5 5 5 0 7 2 4
2011 27 KCR AL 6 2 33% 315 17 8 68% 15 5 2 2 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 2 1 29 37% 44 35 9 12 9 2 27 7 20
2012 28 KCR AL 1 0 32% 324 10 5 67% 9 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 1 3 1 1 13 38% 36 30 6 11 5 6 29 12 17
2013 29 KCR AL 3 0 35% 104 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 11 50% 10 9 1 7 2 5 13 4 9
7 Yrs 22 3 32% 1309 58 25 70% 50 20 7 4 1 1 11 1 23 3 9 3 8 92 44% 171 130 41 51 23 26 125 37 86

Situational Batting*

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 % DPopp DPs 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 3.86 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 721 65% 189 11 1 1 0 0 0 2.84 14 0 9 11 3 6 8 0 0 0 120 14 12% 57 15 26% 375 59 16% 42 23 55% 22 10 45% 0
2013 29 KCR AL 303 69% 81 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 9 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 41 2 5% 21 3 14% 150 30 20% 15 9 60% 8 3 38% 0
7 Yrs 3356 69% 807 58 5 6 1 1 1 2.30 88 1 65 62 26 43 45 0 10 5 50% 602 59 10% 268 66 25% 1919 276 14% 173 86 50% 123 52 42% 0
MLB Averages 55% 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 722 2894 4.01 1794 62% 29% 15% 28% 28% 71% 1% 44% 79% 19% 5% 34 0 13% 95 31 9% 62 32 20% -1 0 0
2013 29 KCR AL 303 1217 4.02 752 62% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 1% 45% 78% 17% 5% 15 2 18% 55 29 10% 31 15 17% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 3361 13266 3.95 8119 61% 26% 17% 28% 28% 74% 1% 45% 77% 29% 5% 153 15 14% 480 205 9% 305 168 26% -5 0 2
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 14% 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 28 720 3053 2695 388 726 183 14 82 320 56 24 302 641 .269 .348 .439 .787 112 1183 57 33 5 15 15
2013 29 788 3356 2971 429 807 197 16 88 356 58 25 325 700 .272 .349 .438 .786 112 1300 59 35 5 17 16

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 27 151 699 619 108 193 47 4 24 93 18 70 139 .312 .386 .517 .903 122 151
2012 28 161 729 648 98 195 53 5 14 76 10 75 140 .301 .374 .463 .837 113 161
2013 29 68 307 279 43 84 15 2 6 38 2 24 59 .301 .358 .434 .792 43 68
7 Yrs 788 3375 2987 443 823 201 16 89 367 59 331 700 .276 .353 .443 .796 465 788
162 Game Avg. 162 694 614 91 169 41 3 18 75 12 68 144 .276 .353 .443 .796 96 788



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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 (1521st)

Gold Gloves
2011 AL (LF)
2012 AL (LF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 AL  7.3 (9th)
2012 AL  6.5 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2011 AL  7.3 (7th)
2012 AL  6.5 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 AL  5.4 (10th)

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

Games Played s c a p y
2012 AL  161 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
2012 AL  642 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 AL  690 (10th)
2012 AL  721 (3rd)

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

Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  185 (8th)
2012 AL  189 (6th)

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

Doubles s c a p y
2011 AL  45 (6th)
2012 AL  51 (1st)

Triples s c a p y
2013 AL  2 (10th)

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

Singles s c a p y
2013 AL  59 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2011 AL  140 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2011 AL  118 (7th)
2012 AL  108 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  36 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  3.5 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  72 (6th)
2012 AL  70 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 AL  259 (7th)
2012 AL  265 (5th)

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  475 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 AL  36.97 (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 (9th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1035), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (995), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1518), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (105th), 20.4 career WAR/20.4 7yr-peak WAR/20.4 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.4 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  7. Gabe Kapler (938)
  8. Mike Lamb (937)
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  4. Eric Hinske (955)
  5. Rip Repulski (954)
  6. Luis Gonzalez (953)
  7. Ivan Calderon (951)
  8. Jackie Jensen (951)
  9. Dan Ford (949)
  10. Jackie Brandt (948)
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  6. Ray Lankford (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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