Sid Gordon
Sidney Gordon
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 13, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Samuel Tilden (Brooklyn, NY)
School: Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1941
Final Game: September 9, 1955
Died: June 17, 1975 in New York, NY
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1941 NYG NL 23 OF 9 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .972 2.14 3-6-0
1942 NYG NL 24 3B 6 23 9 12 2 0 .913 3.50 .943 3.03
1943 NYG NL 25 3B 53 188 62 115 11 12 .941 3.34 .948 2.97
1943 NYG NL 25 1B 41 452 423 25 4 46 .991 10.93 .992 9.99
1943 NYG NL 25 OF 28 64 60 2 2 0 .969 2.21 .977 2.27 28-0-0
1943 NYG NL 25 2B 3 12 6 6 0 1 1.000 4.00 .967 5.40
1946 NYG NL 28 OF 101 206 197 8 1 0 .995 2.03 .977 2.16 101-0-0
1946 NYG NL 28 3B 30 76 18 54 4 3 .947 2.40 .953 2.84
1947 NYG NL 29 OF 124 275 254 13 8 0 .971 2.15 .977 2.19 124-0-0
1947 NYG NL 29 3B 2 4 0 0 4 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.80
1948 NYG NL 30 3B 115 365 126 220 19 19 .948 3.01 .941 2.81 AS,MVP-4
1948 NYG NL 30 OF 23 43 40 3 0 0 1.000 1.87 .977 2.20 18-0-2 AS,MVP-4
1949 NYG NL 31 3B 123 332 112 206 14 18 .958 2.59 .952 2.98 AS,MVP-30
1949 NYG NL 31 OF 15 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 .976 2.25 3-0-12 AS,MVP-30
1949 NYG NL 31 1B 1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 .990 9.00 AS,MVP-30
1950 BSN NL 32 OF 123 289 278 8 3 1 .990 2.33 .978 2.14 123-0-0 MVP-22
1950 BSN NL 32 3B 10 30 5 24 1 0 .967 2.90 .947 3.01 MVP-22
1951 BSN NL 33 OF 122 257 249 4 4 1 .984 2.07 .981 2.23 103-0-23 MVP-16
1951 BSN NL 33 3B 34 127 51 71 5 8 .961 3.59 .953 3.10 MVP-16
1952 BSN NL 34 OF 142 273 263 9 1 0 .996 1.92 .981 2.10 142-0-0 MVP-30
1952 BSN NL 34 3B 2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.50 .957 2.90 MVP-30
1953 MLN NL 35 OF 137 261 245 10 6 2 .977 1.86 .980 2.11 137-0-0
1954 PIT NL 36 OF 73 67 578.1 133 121 9 3 1 .977 -5.5 -11.4 -3.5 0.0 -3.4 -2 2.02 1.78 .975 2.36 2.18
1954 PIT NL 36 RF 67 61 529.1 114 102 9 3 1 .974 -6.4 -14.5 -4.4 -0.9 -3.4 -2 1.89 1.66 .970 1.99 1.80
1954 PIT NL 36 3B 40 35 304.1 107 28 71 8 5 .925 0.5 2.0 0.5 1.0 -0.5 0 2.93 2.48 .953 3.17 2.82
1954 PIT NL 36 LF 7 6 49.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 22.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 3.49 2.71 .968 2.22 1.99
1955 TOT NL 37 3B 39 35 309.1 114 35 79 0 10 1.000 3.0 11.6 3.0 -0.9 3.9 0 3.32 2.92 .949 3.13 2.81
1955 TOT NL 37 OF 21 13 121.0 38 34 3 1 0 .974 1.0 9.9 1.0 0.7 0.3 0 2.75 1.76 .976 2.31 2.10
1955 TOT NL 37 LF 17 10 93.0 28 25 2 1 0 .964 0.7 9.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0 2.61 1.59 .971 2.12 1.82
1955 PIT NL 37 3B 8 8 65.1 26 5 21 0 4 1.000 1.8 33.1 1.8 0.7 1.1 0 3.58 3.25 .950 3.13 2.81
1955 PIT NL 37 LF 4 4 30.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.4 -16.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.10 1.75 .975 2.13 1.82
1955 PIT NL 37 OF 4 4 30.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.4 -16.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.10 1.75 .975 2.31 2.10
1955 NYG NL 37 3B 31 27 244.0 88 30 58 0 6 1.000 1.2 5.9 1.2 -1.6 2.8 0 3.25 2.84 .949 3.13 2.81
1955 NYG NL 37 OF 17 9 91.0 30 27 3 0 0 1.000 1.4 18.5 1.4 1.1 0.3 0 2.97 1.76 .977 2.30 2.10
1955 NYG NL 37 LF 13 6 63.0 20 18 2 0 0 1.000 1.1 21.0 1.1 0.8 0.3 0 2.86 1.54 .970 2.11 1.82
1955 NYG NL 37 RF 4 3 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 12.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .975 2.06 1.85
12 Seasons OF 918 80 699.1 1886 1788 69 29 5 .985 -4.5 -7.7 -2.5 0.7 -3.1 -2 23.90 2.02 .978 2.35 2.16 806-6-108
11 Seasons 3B 454 70 613.2 1373 449 856 68 75 .950 3.5 6.8 3.5 0.1 3.4 0 19.14 2.87 .948 3.15 2.91
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 71 64 557.1 122 110 9 3 1 .975 -6.1 -13.1 -4.1 -0.6 -3.4 -2 1.92 1.68 .970 1.99 1.80
2 Seasons 1B 42 462 433 25 4 46 .991 10.90 .992 9.97
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 24 16 142.0 47 43 3 1 0 .979 1.6 13.5 1.6 1.3 0.3 0 2.92 1.92 .970 2.15 1.87
1 Season 2B 3 12 6 6 0 1 1.000 4.00 .967 5.40
13 Seasons TOT 1417 150 1313.0 3733 2676 956 101 127 .973 -1.0 -0.9 1.0 0.8 0.3 -2 0 24.90 2.56 .942 2.72 2.64 806-6-108
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 NYG NL 23 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 9
1942 NYG NL 24 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1943 NYG NL 25 131 131 131 0 0 41 3 53 0 28 0 0 28
1946 NYG NL 28 135 135 135 0 0 0 0 30 0 101 0 0 101
1947 NYG NL 29 130 130 130 0 0 0 0 2 0 124 0 0 124
1948 NYG NL 30 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 115 0 18 0 2 23
1949 NYG NL 31 141 141 141 0 0 1 0 123 0 3 0 12 15
1950 BSN NL 32 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 10 0 123 0 0 123
1951 BSN NL 33 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 34 0 103 0 23 122
1952 BSN NL 34 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 2 0 142 0 0 142
1953 MLN NL 35 140 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 137
1954 PIT NL 36 131 102 131 131 0 0 0 0 40 0 8 0 66 73 28 0
1955 NYG NL 37 66 36 66 66 0 0 0 0 31 0 12 0 5 17 22 0
1955 PIT NL 37 16 12 16 16 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 4 4 0
13 Seasons 1475 150 1475 1475 0 0 42 3 454 0 806 6 108 918 54 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 PIT NL 36 902 59% 81% 26% 67 87% 0 15 13 1 1 46 36 8 0 2 6 0 6 0 5 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 6 67%
1955 NYG NL 37 925 61% 78% 25% 72 94% 0 20 19 0 1 50 42 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 4 1 1 0 6 83%
1955 PIT NL 37 294 70% 83% 33% 26 96% 0 7 5 2 0 21 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 2121 61% 80% 27% 165 92% 0 42 37 3 2 117 97 17 0 3 6 0 6 0 5 13 7 2 11 2 1 0 12 75%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 PIT NL 36 2 0 1 1 0 5 0 3 1 0 10 5 0 10 2 0 9 2 0 6 0 0 5 3 0 40 12 30.0% 28 0 0.0% 5 1595 61% 82% 30% 124 57%
1955 NYG NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 65% 81% 35% 3 100%
2 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 5 0 3 1 0 10 5 0 10 2 0 9 2 0 6 0 0 5 3 0 40 12 30.0% 28 0 0.0% 5 1632 61% 82% 30% 127 58%
MLB Averages 45.1% 3.4% 63% 79% 30% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 PIT NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 0 86 56% 84% 35% 9 78%
1955 NYG NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 1 173 61% 78% 34% 26 54%
1955 PIT NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 45 40% 78% 22% 3 67%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 13 5 38.5% 6 2 15.4% 1 304 57% 80% 33% 38 61%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.1% 63% 79% 30% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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