Joe Gordon

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: February 18, 1915 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: April 14, 1978 in Sacramento, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Jefferson HS (Portland, OR)

School: University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)

Debut: April 18, 1938 (Age 23-059d, 8,440th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1950 (Age 35-224d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2009. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Joe Gordon's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Joseph Lowell Gordon

Nicknames: Flash

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.6

5707

1530

253

.268

914

RBI

975

OBP

.357

SLG

.466

OPS

.823

OPS+

120

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-8 / in Starts: 21-8
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	9 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1938	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	8	1.05	0.087	55.08	2.96%	0.67	2B
2	1938	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.625	1.000	8	1.58	0.093	81.07	3.06%	1.12	2B
3	1938	WS g3	Oct 8	NYY		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.417	.833	1.250	8	1.14	0.191	47.50	4.90%	1.63	2B
4	1938	WS g4	Oct 9	NYY		CHC	W,8-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	.400	.438	.733	1.171	8	.48	0.000	10.85	-0.01%	-0.10	2B
1939 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	1939	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	7	.94	-0.012	49.36	-0.14%	-0.11	2B
6	1939	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY		CIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	7	.35	-0.028	18.43	-0.80%	-0.52	2B
7	1939	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	7	.66	-0.065	27.61	-1.78%	-0.94	2B
8	1939	WS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	7	2.32	0.115	43.74	1.30%	-0.14	2B
1941 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	1941	WS g1	Oct 1	NYY		BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.500	3.500	7	.83	0.184	43.58	5.24%	1.98	2B
10	1941	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY		BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	7	1.52	0.106	80.64	3.35%	1.03	2B
11	1941	WS g3	Oct 4	NYY	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.833	1.500	2.333	7	.90	0.028	56.25	0.88%	-0.04	2B
12	1941	WS g4	Oct 5	NYY	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.545	.706	1.091	1.797	7	1.80	0.050	109.42	2.37%	1.50	2B
13	1941	WS g5	Oct 6	NYY	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.500	.667	.929	1.595	7	.78	0.030	26.91	0.67%	0.01	2B
1942 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	1942	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.72	-0.087	37.78	-2.67%	-1.28	2B
15	1942	WS g2	Oct 1	NYY	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	6	.86	-0.028	44.12	-0.79%	-0.07	2B
16	1942	WS g3	Oct 3	NYY		STL	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.154	.231	5	1.73	-0.165	108.71	-6.62%	-1.00	2B
17	1942	WS g4	Oct 4	NYY		STL	L,6-9	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.059	.059	.118	.176	6	.79	-0.006	48.16	-0.10%	-0.22	2B
18	1942	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.143	.238	6	2.05	-0.227	70.77	-4.73%	-1.55	2B
1943 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	1943	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY		STL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	5	.73	0.085	38.13	2.35%	0.67	2B
20	1943	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY		STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.714	1.089	7	1.16	-0.055	62.17	-1.91%	-0.16	2B
21	1943	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.545	.879	5	1.13	-0.082	70.14	-3.28%	0.10	2B
22	1943	WS g4	Oct 10	NYY	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.533	.846	5	.64	-0.021	41.96	-0.97%	-0.38	2B
23	1943	WS g5	Oct 11	NYY	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.471	.821	7	.85	-0.027	38.36	-0.51%	0.45	2B
1948 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1948	WS g1	Oct 6	CLE	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1.43	-0.086	74.61	-2.60%	-0.40	2B
25	1948	WS g2	Oct 7	CLE	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1.16	0.057	61.54	1.83%	0.13	2B
26	1948	WS g3	Oct 8	CLE		BSN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	4	.78	-0.080	48.84	-2.77%	-1.10	2B
27	1948	WS g4	Oct 9	CLE		BSN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	4	.41	-0.032	26.66	-1.14%	-0.46	2B
28	1948	WS g5	Oct 10	CLE		BSN	L,5-11	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.167	.377	4	.79	0.054	39.01	1.83%	0.16	2B
29	1948	WS g6	Oct 11	CLE	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.318	.536	4	1.24	0.074	112.32	4.42%	-0.06	2B
									115	103	12	25	5	1	4	16	12	3	17	0	0			1	2	0	.243	.322	.427	.749

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