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Joe Gordon

Joseph Lowell Gordon (Flash)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 18, 1915 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Jefferson (Portland, OR)
School: University of Oregon
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1938
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians 1938-1950

Final Game: September 30, 1950
Died: April 14, 1978 in Sacramento, CA
Cremated
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 2009.
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 12:06AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #191. Mark Grace… #192. Jorge Posada… #193. Darryl Strawberry… #194. JOE GORDON… #195. Bobby Wallace… #196. Harry Hooper… #197. Magglio Ordonez… 

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
1938 23 NYY AL 127 520 458 83 117 24 7 25 97 11 3 56 72 .255 .340 .502 .843 108 230 3 3 *4 MVP-12
1939 24 NYY AL 151 648 567 92 161 32 5 28 111 11 10 75 57 .284 .370 .506 .876 123 287 15 2 4 *4 AS,MVP-9
1940 25 NYY AL 155 677 616 112 173 32 10 30 103 18 8 52 57 .281 .340 .511 .851 121 315 12 3 6 *4 AS,MVP-23
1941 26 NYY AL 156 665 588 104 162 26 7 24 87 10 9 72 80 .276 .358 .466 .824 117 274 16 4 1 *43 AS,MVP-7
1942 27 NYY AL 147 625 538 88 173 29 4 18 103 12 6 79 95 .322 .409 .491 .900 154 264 22 1 7 *4 AS,MVP-1
1943 28 NYY AL 152 650 543 82 135 28 5 17 69 4 7 98 75 .249 .365 .413 .778 126 224 18 2 7 *4 AS,MVP-25
1946 31 NYY AL 112 431 376 35 79 15 0 11 47 2 5 49 72 .210 .308 .338 .645 79 127 14 4 2 *4 AS
1947 32 CLE AL 155 626 562 89 153 27 6 29 93 7 3 62 49 .272 .346 .496 .842 134 279 16 1 1 *4 AS,MVP-7
1948 33 CLE AL 144 633 550 96 154 21 4 32 124 5 2 77 68 .280 .371 .507 .879 135 279 16 3 3 *4/6 AS,MVP-6
1949 34 CLE AL 148 632 541 74 136 18 3 20 84 5 6 83 33 .251 .355 .407 .762 103 220 20 4 4 *4 AS
1950 35 CLE AL 119 429 368 59 87 12 1 19 57 4 1 56 44 .236 .340 .429 .770 98 158 10 2 3 *4
11 Seasons 1566 6536 5707 914 1530 264 52 253 975 89 60 759 702 .268 .357 .466 .822 120 2657 159 29 41
162 Game Avg. 162 676 590 95 158 27 5 26 101 9 6 79 73 .268 .357 .466 .822 120 275 3 4
NYY (7 yrs) 1000 4216 3686 596 1000 186 38 153 617 68 48 481 508 .271 .358 .467 .825 120 1721 97 19 30
CLE (4 yrs) 566 2320 2021 318 530 78 14 100 358 21 12 278 194 .262 .354 .463 .817 119 936 62 10 11

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1938 23 NYY AL 520 3 2 0 0 9 4 17 35 3.5 26 2.5 1.0 $ *4 MVP-12
1939 24 NYY AL 648 23 -3 0 0 21 5 20 66 6.5 45 4.4 2.1 $ *4 AS,MVP-9
1940 25 NYY AL 677 18 3 0 0 14 7 17 59 5.8 45 4.4 1.4 $ *4 AS,MVP-23
1941 26 NYY AL 665 15 0 0 0 14 5 17 51 5.1 37 3.7 1.4 $ *43 AS,MVP-7
1942 27 NYY AL 625 44 0 0 0 16 7 13 80 8.4 64 6.7 1.7 $ *4 AS,MVP-1
1943 28 NYY AL 650 18 -1 0 0 17 7 14 55 5.7 38 4.1 1.6 $ *4 AS,MVP-25
1946 31 NYY AL 431 -11 -3 0 0 12 5 12 15 1.3 3 0.3 1.0 $ *4 AS
1947 32 CLE AL 626 26 1 0 0 15 7 17 66 6.9 51 5.3 1.6 $ *4 AS,MVP-7
1948 33 CLE AL 633 24 1 0 0 16 7 16 64 6.4 48 4.8 1.6 $ *4/6 AS,MVP-6
1949 34 CLE AL 632 1 -2 0 0 14 7 16 36 3.6 22 2.2 1.4 $ *4 AS
1950 35 CLE AL 429 -2 0 0 0 2 5 12 17 1.7 15 1.5 0.2 $ *4
11 Seasons 6536 159 -2 0 0 150 66 171 544 54.9 394 39.9 15.0 $
NYY (7 yrs) 4216 110 -2 0 0 103 40 110 361 36.3 258 26.1 10.2 $
CLE (4 yrs) 2320 49 0 0 0 47 26 61 183 18.6 136 13.8 4.8 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1938 23 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 16 15 3 6 2 0 1 6 1 0 1 3 .400 .438 .733 1.171 11 0 0 0 0 1
1939 24 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 0 0 0 0 0
1941 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 21 14 2 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 7 0 .500 .667 .929 1.595 13 1 0 0 0 2
1942 27 NYY AL WS STL L 5 21 21 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .095 .095 .143 .238 3 0 0 0 0 0
1943 28 NYY AL WS STL W 5 20 17 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 .235 .350 .471 .821 8 0 0 0 0 0
1948 33 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 23 22 3 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 .182 .217 .318 .536 7 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Series) 29 115 103 12 25 5 1 4 16 2 0 12 17 .243 .322 .427 .749 44 1 0 0 0 3
6 WS 29 115 103 12 25 5 1 4 16 2 0 12 17 .243 .322 .427 .749 44 1 0 0 0 3

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1938 NYY AL 23 2B 126 771 290 450 31 98 .960 5.87 .967 5.52 MVP-12
1939 NYY AL 24 2B 151 859 370 461 28 116 .967 5.50 .965 5.56 AS,MVP-9
1940 NYY AL 25 2B 155 902 374 505 23 116 .975 5.67 .969 5.39 AS,MVP-23
1941 NYY AL 26 2B 131 761 332 397 32 109 .958 5.56 .967 5.47 AS,MVP-7
1941 NYY AL 26 1B 30 245 224 17 4 35 .984 8.03 .990 9.92 AS,MVP-7
1942 NYY AL 27 2B 147 824 354 442 28 121 .966 5.41 .969 5.62 AS,MVP-1
1943 NYY AL 28 2B 152 926 407 490 29 114 .969 5.90 .969 5.57 AS,MVP-25
1946 NYY AL 31 2B 108 644 281 346 17 87 .974 5.81 .970 5.54 AS
1947 CLE AL 32 2B 155 825 341 466 18 110 .978 5.21 .978 5.46 AS,MVP-7
1948 CLE AL 33 2B 144 789 330 436 23 97 .971 5.32 .976 5.62 AS,MVP-6
1948 CLE AL 33 SS 2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.50 .964 5.15 AS,MVP-6
1949 CLE AL 34 2B 145 742 297 430 15 123 .980 5.01 .974 5.49 AS
1950 CLE AL 35 2B 105 523 224 283 16 69 .969 4.83 .976 5.76
11 Seasons 2B 1519 8566 3600 4706 260 1160 .970 5.47 .971 5.54
1 Season 1B 30 245 224 17 4 35 .984 8.03 .990 9.92
1 Season SS 2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.50 .964 5.15
11 Seasons TOT 1551 8816 3826 4726 264 1196 .970 5.51 .971 5.62
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1955 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 2.1%)
1958 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1960 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1962 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1964 BBWAA (14.9%)
1964 Run Off ( 0.5%)
1966 BBWAA (10.3%)
1967 BBWAA (22.6%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.2%)
1968 BBWAA (27.2%)
1969 BBWAA (28.5%)
1970 BBWAA (26.3%)
2009 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 2009
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1939 (2B)
1940 (2B)
1941 *
1942 (2B)
1943
1946 *
1947 (2B)
1948 (2B)
1949 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1942 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1938 AL (12, 7%)
1939 AL (9, 13%)
1940 AL (23, 1%)
1941 AL (7, 18%)
1942 AL (1, 80%)
1943 AL (25, 1%)
1947 AL (7, 18%)
1948 AL (6, 19%)
1 MVP
1.57 Career Shares (138th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1939 AL  6.5 (7th)
1940 AL  5.8 (7th)
1941 AL  5.1 (8th)
1942 AL  8.4 (2nd)
1943 AL  5.7 (5th)
1947 AL  6.9 (3rd)
1948 AL  6.4 (6th)
Career  54.9 (201st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1939 AL  6.5 (5th)
1940 AL  5.8 (4th)
1941 AL  5.1 (5th)
1942 AL  8.4 (2nd)
1943 AL  5.7 (4th)
1947 AL  6.9 (3rd)
1948 AL  6.4 (4th)
Career  54.9 (142nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1940 AL  4.4 (8th)
1942 AL  6.7 (3rd)
1943 AL  4.1 (7th)
1947 AL  5.3 (3rd)
1948 AL  4.8 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1938 AL  1.0 (1st)
1939 AL  2.1 (2nd)
1940 AL  1.4 (2nd)
1941 AL  1.4 (2nd)
1942 AL  1.7 (2nd)
1943 AL  1.6 (2nd)
1946 AL  1.0 (4th)
1947 AL  1.6 (2nd)
1948 AL  1.6 (2nd)
1949 AL  1.4 (2nd)
Career  15.0 (23rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1942 AL  .322 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1942 AL  .409 (5th)
1943 AL  .365 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1940 AL  .511 (9th)
1942 AL  .491 (6th)
1943 AL  .413 (8th)
1947 AL  .496 (3rd)
1948 AL  .507 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1942 AL  .900 (4th)
1943 AL  .778 (8th)
1947 AL  .842 (5th)
1948 AL  .879 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1939 AL  151 (5th)
1940 AL  155 (1st)
1941 AL  156 (1st)
1943 AL  152 (10th)
1947 AL  155 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1939 AL  567 (9th)
1940 AL  616 (4th)
1941 AL  588 (7th)
1947 AL  562 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1939 AL  648 (9th)
1940 AL  677 (7th)
1941 AL  665 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1940 AL  112 (4th)
1941 AL  104 (8th)
1943 AL  82 (7th)
1947 AL  89 (7th)
1948 AL  96 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  173 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1939 AL  287 (8th)
1940 AL  315 (5th)
1941 AL  274 (9th)
1942 AL  264 (6th)
1947 AL  279 (2nd)
1948 AL  279 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1939 AL  32 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1940 AL  10 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 AL  25 (10th)
1939 AL  28 (5th)
1940 AL  30 (6th)
1941 AL  24 (7th)
1942 AL  18 (6th)
1943 AL  17 (5th)
1947 AL  29 (2nd)
1948 AL  32 (2nd)
1949 AL  20 (9th)
Career  253 (192nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1939 AL  111 (5th)
1940 AL  103 (8th)
1942 AL  103 (4th)
1947 AL  93 (7th)
1948 AL  124 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 AL  79 (9th)
1943 AL  98 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1938 AL  72 (10th)
1941 AL  80 (4th)
1942 AL  95 (1st)
1943 AL  75 (5th)
1946 AL  72 (7th)
1948 AL  68 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1940 AL  18 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1942 AL  154 (3rd)
1947 AL  134 (4th)
1948 AL  135 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1939 AL  103 (10th)
1940 AL  106 (8th)
1942 AL  108 (4th)
1943 AL  80 (10th)
1947 AL  96 (5th)
1948 AL  103 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  41 (3rd)
1947 AL  23 (7th)
1948 AL  25 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1942 AL  4.2 (3rd)
1947 AL  2.3 (7th)
1948 AL  2.5 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  65 (7th)
1940 AL  72 (4th)
1942 AL  51 (9th)
1943 AL  50 (8th)
1947 AL  62 (3rd)
1948 AL  57 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 AL  253 (8th)
1943 AL  235 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1942 AL  .738 (4th)
1947 AL  .659 (6th)
1948 AL  .657 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL  3 (8th)
1941 AL  4 (7th)
1946 AL  4 (4th)
1949 AL  4 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 AL  15 (9th)
1941 AL  16 (9th)
1942 AL  22 (1st)
1943 AL  18 (6th)
1947 AL  16 (8th)
1949 AL  20 (5th)
Career  159 (225th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1939 AL  10 (3rd)
1940 AL  8 (6th)
1941 AL  9 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1938 AL  15.3 (3rd)
1939 AL  15.8 (3rd)
1940 AL  22.5 (1st)
1941 AL  14.1 (4th)
1942 AL  14.4 (3rd)
1947 AL  11.3 (2nd)
1948 AL  8.6 (5th)
1949 AL  8.0 (5th)
Career  131.7 (242nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1938 AL  18.3 (6th)
1939 AL  20.3 (9th)
1940 AL  20.5 (7th)
1941 AL  24.5 (8th)
1942 AL  29.9 (7th)
1943 AL  31.9 (5th)
1947 AL  19.4 (4th)
1948 AL  17.2 (2nd)
1949 AL  27.1 (10th)
Career  22.6 (203rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1939 AL  435 (10th)
1940 AL  469 (7th)
1941 AL  452 (7th)

Assists† s c a p y
1938 AL  450 (4th)
1939 AL  461 (1st)
1940 AL  505 (1st)
1942 AL  442 (5th)
1943 AL  490 (2nd)
1947 AL  466 (3rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1941 AL  36 (4th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1938 AL  126 (5th)
1939 AL  151 (1st)
1940 AL  155 (1st)
1941 AL  131 (5th)
1942 AL  147 (1st)
1943 AL  152 (3rd)
1946 AL  108 (4th)
1947 AL  155 (1st)
1948 AL  144 (4th)
1949 AL  145 (2nd)
Career  1,519 (32nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1939 AL  370 (1st)
1940 AL  374 (2nd)
1941 AL  332 (3rd)
1942 AL  354 (3rd)
1943 AL  407 (2nd)
1946 AL  281 (4th)
1947 AL  341 (3rd)
1949 AL  297 (5th)
Career  3,600 (28th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1938 AL  450 (2nd)
1939 AL  461 (1st)
1940 AL  505 (1st)
1941 AL  397 (3rd)
1942 AL  442 (3rd)
1943 AL  490 (1st)
1946 AL  346 (4th)
1947 AL  466 (1st)
1948 AL  436 (4th)
1949 AL  430 (3rd)
Career  4,706 (28th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1938 AL  31 (1st)
1939 AL  28 (2nd)
1940 AL  23 (3rd)
1941 AL  32 (1st)
1942 AL  28 (1st)
1943 AL  29 (1st)
1946 AL  17 (3rd)
1947 AL  18 (2nd)
1948 AL  23 (3rd)
1949 AL  15 (5th)
Career  260 (47th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1938 AL  5.87 (1st)
1939 AL  5.50 (3rd)
1940 AL  5.67 (3rd)
1941 AL  5.56 (2nd)
1942 AL  5.42 (5th)
1943 AL  5.90 (1st)
1946 AL  5.81 (3rd)
1947 AL  5.21 (5th)
1948 AL  5.32 (5th)
Career  5.47 (56th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1939 AL  .967 (4th)
1940 AL  .975 (4th)
1942 AL  .966 (5th)
1943 AL  .969 (5th)
1946 AL  .974 (2nd)
1948 AL  .971 (5th)
1949 AL  .980 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 111 (189), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 88 (199), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (290), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Larry Doby (871) *
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  5. Bobby Thomson (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Chase Utley (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jeff Kent (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bret Boone (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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