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Don Gordon

Donald Thomas Gordon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 10, 1959 in New York, NY
Schools: The Citadel (Charleston, SC), University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 31st round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1986
Teams (by GP): Indians/BlueJays 1986-1988

Final Game: September 29, 1988
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1986 26 TOR AL 0 1 .000 7.06 14 0 6 0 0 1 21.2 28 20 17 1 8 1 13 1 0 0 102 61 1.662 11.6 0.4 3.3 5.4 1.63
1987 27 TOT AL 0 3 .000 4.09 26 0 9 0 0 1 50.2 57 36 23 5 15 3 23 4 0 0 228 112 1.421 10.1 0.9 2.7 4.1 1.53
1987 27 TOR AL 0 0 4.09 5 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 8 5 5 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 43 114 1.000 6.5 1.6 2.5 2.5 1.00
1987 27 CLE AL 0 3 .000 4.08 21 0 7 0 0 1 39.2 49 31 18 3 12 3 20 4 0 0 185 112 1.538 11.1 0.7 2.7 4.5 1.67
1988 28 CLE AL 3 4 .429 4.40 38 0 15 0 0 1 59.1 65 33 29 5 19 3 20 3 4 2 261 94 1.416 9.9 0.8 2.9 3.0 1.05
3 Yrs 3 8 .273 4.72 78 0 30 0 0 3 131.2 150 89 69 11 42 7 56 8 4 2 591 92 1.458 10.3 0.8 2.9 3.8 1.33
162 Game Avg. 3 7 .273 4.72 68 0 26 0 0 3 115 131 78 60 10 37 6 49 7 3 2 515 92 1.458 10.3 0.8 2.9 3.8 1.33
CLE (2 yrs) 3 7 .300 4.27 59 0 22 0 0 2 99.0 114 64 47 8 31 6 40 7 4 2 446 101 1.465 10.4 0.7 2.8 3.6 1.29
TOR (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.06 19 0 8 0 0 1 32.2 36 25 22 3 11 1 16 1 0 0 145 73 1.439 9.9 0.8 3.0 4.4 1.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1986 26 TOR AL 21.2 14 0 20 8.31 4.58 0.08 -0.36 102.8 4.25 -10 -0.9 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .433 .494 $
1987 27 TOR AL 11.0 5 0 5 4.09 4.78 0.33 -0.37 102.3 4.16 0 0.0 .8 -0.0 0.1 1 .502 .500 $71,500
1987 27 CLE AL 39.2 21 0 31 7.03 5.22 -0.34 -0.40 99.9 5.16 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .463 .495 $
1988 28 CLE AL 59.1 38 0 33 5.01 4.41 -0.30 -0.35 103.4 4.51 -3 -0.3 1.3 -0.2 0.0 3 .491 .498 $
3 Seasons 131.2 78 0 89 6.08 4.71 -0.20 -0.37 102.2 4.63 -21 -2.1 1.2 -0.5 -1.4 -7 .473 .497 $71,500
CLE (2 yrs) 99.0 59 0 64 5.82 4.74 -0.32 -0.37 102.0 4.77 -12 -1.1 1.3 -0.3 -0.6 -1 .481 .497 $
TOR (2 yrs) 32.2 19 0 25 6.89 4.64 0.17 -0.36 102.6 4.22 -10 -0.9 1.1 -0.2 -0.8 -6 .451 .497 $71,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1986 26 TOR AL 14 102 90 20 28 5 0 1 0 2 8 13 .311 .366 .400 .766 .346 36 0 1 1 2 1 1
1987 27 TOT AL 26 228 206 36 57 14 2 5 3 2 15 23 .277 .335 .437 .772 .289 90 5 4 1 2 3 9
1987 27 CLE AL 21 185 166 31 49 13 2 3 2 2 12 20 .295 .353 .452 .805 .317 75 5 4 1 2 3 9
1987 27 TOR AL 5 43 40 5 8 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 .200 .256 .375 .631 .171 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 28 CLE AL 38 261 229 33 65 13 3 5 3 2 19 20 .284 .341 .432 .773 .288 99 6 3 6 4 3 5
3 Yrs 78 591 525 89 150 32 5 11 6 6 42 56 .286 .343 .429 .772 .298 225 11 8 8 8 7 15
162 Game Avg. 68 515 458 78 131 28 4 10 5 5 37 49 .286 .343 .429 .772 .298 196 10 7 7 7 6 13
MLB Averages .258 .325 .396 .721 .286

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1986 26 TOR AL -6.9 -0.7 104 -1.6 0.9 -2.5 .78 -0.4 -1.7 -7.6 -0.7 0.78 -3.2 4 3 7
1987 27 TOT AL -2.0 -0.2 234 -1.0 3.1 -4.1 .88 -0.5 -0.6 -6.5 -0.6 0.88 -1.5 8 6 11
1987 27 TOR AL 0.9 0.1 44 0.0 0.4 -0.4 .69 0.2 -0.2 2.7 0.3 0.69 3.5 1 1 3
1987 27 CLE AL -2.9 -0.3 190 -1.0 2.7 -3.7 .93 -0.7 -0.4 -9.3 -0.9 0.93 -5.0 7 5 8
1988 28 CLE AL -2.2 -0.2 271 -0.5 3.9 -4.4 1.01 -0.8 0.3 -7.4 -0.7 1.01 -7.8 17 5 15
3 Yrs -11.1 -1.1 609 -3.1 7.9 -11.0 .92 -1.7 -1.7 -21.5 -2.0 0.92 -12.4 29 14 33

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1986 26 TOR AL 14 14 6 0 1 2 1 1 50% 4 1 8 4 50% 6 .784 4 3 7 4 3 7 5 9 6 5 7 3 4.6
1987 27 TOT AL 26 26 9 0 3 1 1 0 100% 2 1 27 9 33% .884 8 6 11 6 4 16 17 9 17 4 18 2 5.8
1987 27 TOR AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 .689 1 1 3 2 0 3 3 2 4 0 4 0 6.6
1987 27 CLE AL 21 21 7 0 3 1 1 0 100% 2 1 23 8 35% 6 .929 7 5 8 4 4 13 14 7 13 4 14 2 5.7
1988 28 CLE AL 38 38 15 3 4 3 1 2 33% 7 4 42 15 36% 7 1.009 17 5 15 10 6 22 25 13 17 17 18 8 4.7 25
3 Yrs 78 78 30 3 8 6 3 3 50% 13 6 77 28 36% .922 29 14 33 20 13 45 47 31 40 26 43 13 5.1 25

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1986 26 TOR AL 102 51% 1.0% 12.8% 7.8% 5.9% 21% 1.50 76% 21 0 0%
1987 27 TOT AL 228 57% 2.2% 10.1% 6.6% 9.2% 37% 1.40 79% 46 5 11%
1987 27 TOR AL 43 67% 4.7% 7.0% 7.0% 7.0% 38% 1.42 81% 3 0 0%
1987 27 CLE AL 185 55% 1.6% 10.8% 6.5% 9.7% 37% 1.40 78% 43 5 12%
1988 28 CLE AL 261 58% 1.9% 7.7% 7.3% 8.1% 32% 0.98 1.44 80% 20% 7.7% 38% 58 6 10%
3 Yrs 591 57% 1.9% 9.5% 7.1% 8.1% 32% 0.98 1.43 79% 20% 7.7% 38% 125 11 9%
MLB Averages 40% 2.4% 15.2% 8.6% 7.0% 30% 0.80 1.07 72% 20% 8.2% 41% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 CLE AL 250 891 3.56 547 61% 26% 11% 25% 38% 74% 3% 46% 85% 61% 5% 12 5 14% 36 15 2 42% 4 4 11 0 0
1 Yr 250 891 3.56 547 61% 26% 11% 25% 38% 74% 3% 46% 85% 61% 5% 12 5 14% 36 15 2 42% 4 4 11 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 57% 5% 19% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1986 26 TOR AL 102 28 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 6 5 0 83% 1 0 0 42 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1987 27 TOT AL 228 57 5 1 11 4 1 4 1 13 11 0 85% 9 0 0 91 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1987 27 TOR AL 43 8 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 27 CLE AL 185 49 3 1 9 3 0 3 0 12 10 0 83% 9 0 0 83 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1988 28 CLE AL 261 65 5 0 5 0 12 4 1 1 4 21 13 1 62% 5 2 0 105 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
3 Yrs 591 150 5 0 11 2 27 8 3 5 6 40 29 1 73% 15 2 0 238 6 6 50% 4 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 21 0
MLB Averages 53% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1986 26 0 1 .000 7.06 14 0 6 0 0 1 21.2 28 20 17 1 8 1 13 1 0 0 102 61 1.662 11.6 0.4 3.3 5.4 1.63 61
1987 27 0 4 .000 4.98 40 0 15 0 0 2 72.1 85 56 40 6 23 4 36 5 0 0 330 90 1.493 10.6 0.7 2.9 4.5 1.57 90
1988 28 3 8 .273 4.72 78 0 30 0 0 3 131.2 150 89 69 11 42 7 56 8 4 2 591 92 1.458 10.3 0.8 2.9 3.8 1.33 92

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1986 26 0 2 .000 6.95 22.0 28 19 17 1 8 13 1 1.636 11.5 3.3 5.3 1.63 0.4 14
1987 27 3 2 .600 3.88 51.0 56 24 22 5 15 23 4 1.392 9.9 2.6 4.1 1.53 0.9 26
1988 28 3 3 .500 4.66 58.0 66 33 30 5 19 19 3 1.466 10.2 2.9 2.9 1.00 0.8 38
3 Yrs 6 7 .462 4.74 131.0 150 76 69 11 42 55 8 1.466 10.3 3.8 1.31 0.8 78

* 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.

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