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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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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
1941 23 NYG NL 9 37 31 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 6 1 .258 .378 .355 .733 106 11 0 0 0 /O
1942 24 NYG NL 6 22 19 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 .316 .409 .421 .830 142 8 1 0 0 /5
1943 25 NYG NL 131 528 474 50 119 9 11 9 63 2 43 32 .251 .315 .373 .688 98 177 26 1 10 53O/4
1946 28 NYG NL 135 520 450 64 132 15 4 5 45 1 60 27 .293 .380 .378 .758 114 170 15 3 7 O5
1947 29 NYG NL 130 490 437 57 119 19 8 13 57 2 50 21 .272 .347 .442 .789 107 193 11 0 3 *O/5
1948 30 NYG NL 142 605 521 100 156 26 4 30 107 8 74 39 .299 .390 .537 .927 148 280 18 3 7 *5O AS,MVP-4
1949 31 NYG NL 141 588 489 87 139 26 2 26 90 1 95 37 .284 .404 .505 .909 142 247 24 3 1 *5O/3 AS,MVP-30
1950 32 BSN NL 134 562 481 78 146 33 4 27 103 2 78 31 .304 .403 .557 .960 156 268 14 2 1 *O5 MVP-22
1951 33 BSN NL 150 641 550 96 158 28 1 29 109 2 0 80 32 .287 .383 .500 .883 143 275 28 5 6 *O5 MVP-16
1952 34 BSN NL 144 606 522 69 151 22 2 25 75 0 4 77 49 .289 .384 .483 .866 142 252 10 3 4 *O/5 MVP-30
1953 35 MLN NL 140 541 464 67 127 22 4 19 75 1 1 71 40 .274 .372 .461 .834 121 214 14 2 4 *O
1954 36 PIT NL 131 447 363 38 111 12 0 12 49 0 0 67 24 .306 .405 .438 .843 123 159 10 0 8 9 95/7
1955 37 TOT NL 82 224 191 21 43 7 1 7 26 0 0 27 21 .225 .317 .382 .699 85 73 3 0 3 3 2 57/9
1955 37 PIT NL 16 49 47 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .170 .204 .191 .396 7 9 3 0 0 0 0 /57
1955 37 NYG NL 66 175 144 19 35 6 1 7 25 0 0 25 15 .243 .349 .444 .793 109 64 0 0 3 3 2 57/9
13 Seasons 1475 5811 4992 735 1415 220 43 202 805 19 5 731 356 .283 .377 .466 .843 129 2327 174 22 54 12 2
162 Game Avg. 162 638 548 81 155 24 5 22 88 2 80 39 .283 .377 .466 .843 129 256 19 2 6
NYG (8 yrs) 760 2965 2565 385 714 102 32 90 393 14 0 356 174 .278 .368 .448 .816 122 1150 95 10 31 3 2
MLN (4 yrs) 568 2350 2017 310 582 105 11 100 362 5 5 306 152 .289 .385 .500 .886 141 1009 66 12 15
PIT (2 yrs) 147 496 410 40 119 13 0 12 50 0 0 69 30 .290 .385 .410 .795 110 168 13 0 8 9 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1948
1949 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 NL (4, 21%)
1949 NL (30, 0%)
1950 NL (22, 3%)
1951 NL (16, 3%)
1952 NL (30, 2%)
0.29 Career Shares (604th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 NL  .299 (8th)
1950 NL  .304 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 NL  .380 (10th)
1948 NL  .390 (9th)
1949 NL  .404 (6th)
1950 NL  .403 (7th)
1952 NL  .384 (7th)
Career  .377 (197th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1948 NL  .537 (3rd)
1949 NL  .505 (9th)
1950 NL  .557 (4th)
1951 NL  .500 (9th)
1952 NL  .483 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1948 NL  .927 (3rd)
1949 NL  .909 (5th)
1950 NL  .960 (4th)
1951 NL  .883 (8th)
1952 NL  .866 (7th)
Career  .843 (192nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1948 NL  100 (6th)
1951 NL  96 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1948 NL  280 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1950 NL  33 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1943 NL  11 (5th)
1947 NL  8 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  30 (5th)
1949 NL  26 (5th)
1950 NL  27 (9th)
1951 NL  29 (8th)
1952 NL  25 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1948 NL  107 (4th)
1950 NL  103 (9th)
1951 NL  109 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 NL  74 (9th)
1949 NL  95 (5th)
1950 NL  78 (10th)
1951 NL  80 (9th)
1952 NL  77 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 NL  8 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1948 NL  148 (3rd)
1949 NL  142 (5th)
1950 NL  156 (3rd)
1951 NL  143 (7th)
1952 NL  142 (6th)
Career  129 (175th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1948 NL  108 (4th)
1949 NL  99 (8th)
1950 NL  107 (8th)
1951 NL  104 (9th)
1952 NL  94 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  35 (5th)
1949 NL  33 (5th)
1950 NL  41 (4th)
1951 NL  35 (7th)
1952 NL  31 (6th)
Career  216 (226th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1948 NL  3.5 (5th)
1949 NL  3.2 (5th)
1950 NL  3.9 (4th)
1951 NL  3.4 (7th)
1952 NL  3.2 (6th)
Career  21.2 (238th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  60 (5th)
1950 NL  64 (7th)
1951 NL  58 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1952 NL  231 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1948 NL  .715 (3rd)
1949 NL  .688 (6th)
1950 NL  .731 (4th)
1951 NL  .664 (9th)
1952 NL  .693 (7th)
Career  .641 (235th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (10th)
1951 NL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL  9 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1943 NL  26 (1st)
1946 NL  15 (4th)
1948 NL  18 (2nd)
1949 NL  24 (1st)
1951 NL  28 (1st)
Career  174 (153rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 NL  12.6 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1947 NL  20.8 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1948 NL  17.4 (5th)
1949 NL  18.8 (4th)
1950 NL  17.8 (6th)
1951 NL  19.0 (8th)
1952 NL  20.9 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1955 NL  born 1917-08-13 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 77 (310), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 25 (668), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Jay Payton (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Brian Jordan (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brian Jordan (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Brian Jordan (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Raul Ibanez (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the New York Giants with Buddy Kerr, Willard Marshall and Red Webb to the Boston Braves for Alvin Dark and Eddie Stanky.

December 26, 1953: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Larry Lasalle (minors), Sam Jethroe, Curt Raydon, Max Surkont, Fred Waters and $100,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny O'Connell.

May 23, 1955: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 14, 1955: Released by the New York Giants.

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