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Joe Gordon
Joseph Lowell Gordon (Flash)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 18, 1915 in Los Angeles, CA
Schools: University of Oregon
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1938
Final Game: September 30, 1950
Died: April 14, 1978 in Sacramento, CA
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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 .900 155 264 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 .842 135 279 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 .879 134 279 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 .825 121 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

Postseason Batting

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS 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 5.32 MVP-12
1939 NYY AL 24 2B 151 859 370 461 28 116 .967 5.50 .965 5.14 AS,MVP-9
1940 NYY AL 25 2B 155 902 374 505 23 116 .975 5.67 .969 5.22 AS,MVP-23
1941 NYY AL 26 2B 131 761 332 397 32 109 .958 5.56 .967 5.18 AS,MVP-7
1941 NYY AL 26 1B 30 245 224 17 4 35 .984 8.03 .990 9.64 AS,MVP-7
1942 NYY AL 27 2B 147 824 354 442 28 121 .966 5.41 .969 5.39 AS,MVP-1
1943 NYY AL 28 2B 152 926 407 490 29 114 .969 5.90 .969 5.44 AS,MVP-25
1946 NYY AL 31 2B 108 644 281 346 17 87 .974 5.81 .970 5.23 AS
1947 CLE AL 32 2B 155 825 341 466 18 110 .978 5.21 .978 5.19 AS,MVP-7
1948 CLE AL 33 2B 144 789 330 436 23 97 .971 5.32 .976 5.39 AS,MVP-6
1948 CLE AL 33 SS 2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.50 .960 4.85 AS,MVP-6
1949 CLE AL 34 2B 145 742 297 430 15 123 .980 5.01 .974 5.13 AS
1950 CLE AL 35 2B 105 523 224 283 16 69 .969 4.83 .976 5.39
11 Seasons 2B 1519 8566 3600 4706 260 1160 .970 5.47 .971 5.27
1 Season 1B 30 245 224 17 4 35 .984 8.03 .990 9.64
1 Season SS 2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.50 .960 4.85
11 Seasons TOT 1551 8816 3826 4726 264 1196 .970 5.51 .941 5.36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (135th)

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--183rd

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--155--4th
1947 AL--135--4th
1948 AL--134--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--24--7th
1948 AL--25--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1942 AL--4.2--3rd
1947 AL--2.4--6th
1948 AL--2.4--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--210th

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--227th

AB per HR s c a p y
1938 AL--18.320--6th
1939 AL--20.250--9th
1940 AL--20.533--7th
1941 AL--24.500--8th
1942 AL--29.889--7th
1943 AL--31.941--5th
1947 AL--19.379--4th
1948 AL--17.188--2nd
1949 AL--27.050--10th
Career--22.557--193rd

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (678), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 111 (190), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 87 (189), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1936 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

October 11, 1946: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Allie Reynolds.

October 27, 1950: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

August 3, 1960: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Jimmie Dykes.

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