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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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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 4:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #601. Adam Jones… #602. Luis Castillo… #603. Darren Daulton… #604. ALEX GORDON… #605. Ray Boone… #606. Adam Dunn… #607. Sixto Lezcano… 

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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 151 601 543 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 67 298 273 40 81 14 2 6 36 2 1 21 59 .297 .349 .429 .778 114 117 2 2 0 2 1 *7
7 Yrs 787 3351 2968 428 807 197 16 88 356 58 25 323 700 .272 .348 .438 .786 112 1300 59 35 5 17 16
162 Game Avg. 162 690 611 88 166 41 3 18 73 12 5 66 144 .272 .348 .438 .786 112 268 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 67 298 6 2 -0 3 -3 8 1.0 10 18 1.9 .513 .505 1.6 0.1 15 $9,000,000 *7
7 Seasons 787 3351 51 6 -3 39 -15 78 8.8 121 199 20.4 .510 .511 16.2 2.9 160 $18,793,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 KCR AL 23 3B 137 129 112 1135.0 360 99 247 14 22 .961 -3 6 -3 6 2.74 2.53 .957 2.63 2.60
2007 KCR AL 23 1B 32 16 9 154.0 141 132 8 1 16 .993 2 2 19 16 8.18 4.38 .995 9.37 9.27
2007 KCR AL 23 SS 1 0 0 6.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 4.50 3.00 .970 4.50 4.40
2008 KCR AL 24 3B 133 133 129 1180.0 358 112 230 16 21 .955 1 -8 1 -8 2.61 2.57 .958 2.74 2.71
2008 KCR AL 24 DH 1 1
2009 KCR AL 25 3B 49 48 37 406.0 125 21 94 10 8 .920 -4 -3 -12 -9 2.55 2.35 .957 2.68 2.65
2010 KCR AL 26 OF 58 58 56 511.1 142 137 2 3 1 .979 2 -0 5 0 2.45 2.40 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 KCR AL 26 LF 55 55 53 486.1 136 132 2 2 1 .985 4 3 10 7 2.48 2.44 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 KCR AL 26 3B 10 9 9 84.0 17 3 10 4 0 .765 -3 -4 -46 -56 1.39 1.30 .956 2.64 2.61
2010 KCR AL 26 RF 3 3 3 25.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -2 -3 -77 -149 1.80 1.67 .983 2.09 2.07
2010 KCR AL 26 DH 2 1
2010 KCR AL 26 1B 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.00 .990 9.30 9.20
2011 KCR AL 27 LF 148 147 140 1309.0 335 312 20 3 2 .991 11 20 10 18 2.28 2.24 .982 2.13 2.11 MVP-21,GG
2011 KCR AL 27 OF 148 147 140 1309.0 335 312 20 3 2 .991 11 20 10 18 2.28 2.24 .986 2.28 2.26 MVP-21,GG
2011 KCR AL 27 1B 7 2 2 23.0 28 24 3 1 3 .964 -1 -1 -63 -47 10.57 3.86 .993 9.31 9.24 MVP-21,GG
2012 KCR AL 28 LF 160 159 158 1424.1 338 319 17 2 3 .994 2 24 2 20 2.12 2.10 .984 1.94 1.93 GG
2012 KCR AL 28 OF 160 159 158 1424.1 338 319 17 2 3 .994 2 24 2 20 2.12 2.10 .986 2.17 2.16 GG
2013 KCR AL 29 LF 67 67 66 590.2 131 124 7 0 0 1.000 4 3 7 6 2.00 1.96 .991 1.94 1.93
2013 KCR AL 29 OF 67 67 66 590.2 131 124 7 0 0 1.000 4 3 7 6 2.00 1.96 .989 2.22 2.21
4 Seasons OF 433 431 420 3835.1 946 892 46 8 6 .992 19 47 6 14 2.20 2.17 .986 2.23 2.22
4 Seasons LF 430 428 417 3810.1 940 887 46 7 6 .993 21 50 7 15 2.20 2.17 .984 2.02 2.01
4 Seasons 3B 329 319 287 2805.0 860 235 581 44 51 .949 -9 -9 -4 -3 2.62 2.48 .957 2.68 2.65
3 Seasons 1B 40 18 11 180.0 170 157 11 2 19 .988 1 1 9 6 8.40 4.20 .995 9.36 9.26
1 Season RF 3 3 3 25.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -2 -3 -77 -144 1.80 1.67 .983 2.09 2.07
1 Season SS 1 0 0 6.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 4.50 3.00 .970 4.50 4.40
7 Seasons TOT 803 768 718 6826.1 1979 1286 639 54 76 .973 12 39 2 6 2.54 2.40 .974 2.61 2.75
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)
2013 AL  273 (8th)

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 (9th)

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

Singles s c a p y
2013 AL  59 (7th)

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)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2008 AL  133 (2nd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2007 AL  99 (4th)
2008 AL  112 (1st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
2008 AL  230 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2007 AL  14 (4th)
2008 AL  16 (2nd)
Active  44 (23rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  148 (3rd)
2012 AL  160 (1st)
2013 AL  67 (1st)
Active  430 (16th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  312 (1st)
2012 AL  319 (1st)
2013 AL  124 (1st)
Active  887 (11th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  20 (1st)
2012 AL  17 (1st)
2013 AL  7 (1st)
Active  46 (7th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (4th)
2011 AL  2 (3rd)
2012 AL  3 (1st)
Active  6 (10th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2012 AL  160 (2nd)
2013 AL  67 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2011 AL  20 (1st)
2012 AL  17 (2nd)
2013 AL  7 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.74 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
2007 AL  2.53 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  11 (2nd)
2013 AL  4 (3rd)
Active  21 (11th)
Career  21 (52nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2011 AL  2.28 (3rd)
2012 AL  2.12 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  2.24 (1st)
2012 AL  2.10 (1st)
2013 AL  1.96 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  .991 (1st)
2012 AL  .994 (3rd)
2013 AL  1.000 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2011 AL  11 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2013 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

† 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 (609), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (1003), 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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  1. Chad Tracy (957)
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  3. Leon Roberts (942)
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  5. Chase Headley (941)
  6. Kevin Mench (939)
  7. Gabe Kapler (938)
  8. Mike Lamb (937)
  9. Walt Moryn (935)
  10. Nate McLouth (935)
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  1. Ray Lankford (967)
  2. Mike Davis (957)
  3. Mark Teahen (957)
  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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  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
  4. Darnell Coles (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eric Hinske (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ray Lankford (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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.
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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200723Kansas City Royals$380,000
200824Kansas City Royals$406,000
200925Kansas City Royals$457,000
201026Kansas City Royals$1,150,000
201127Kansas City Royals$1,400,000
201228Kansas City Royals$6,000,000contracts
201329Kansas City Royals$9,000,000
201430Kansas City Royals$10,000,000
201531Kansas City Royals$12,500,000
201632Kansas City Royals*$12,500,000$12.5M Team Option
Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)$18,793,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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