Tom Gordon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: November 18, 1967 in Sebring, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Avon Park HS (Avon Park, FL).

High School: Avon Park HS (Avon Park, FL)

Debut: September 8, 1988 (Age 20-295d, 15,549th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 3, 2009 (Age 41-166d)
vs. MIL 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Thomas Gordon

Nicknames: Flash

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Father of Dee Strange-Gordon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.0

138

126

ERA

3.96

890

203

158

2108.0

1928

WHIP

1.360

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Team Record in Appearances: 27-22 / in Starts: 8-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 18

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	6	1	Apr 3	KCR		TOR	L,3-4	8-GF		99	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.76	7	31	19	7	2	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.085	.73	0.06%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	7	2	Apr 5	KCR		TOR	W,2-1	8-GF	W(1-0)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.13	5	19	12	4	3	2	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.308	2.85	0.21%	1.37	8t 12- 1 out tie	9t end tie
3	8	4	Apr 7	KCR		BOS	W,9-8	7-8	BS(1)	1	0.2	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	6.23	5.30	7	30	15	6	3	3	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.511	3.10	-0.38%	-2.37	7t -2- 2 out a1	8t 1-3 1 out d1
4	9	5	Apr 8	KCR		BOS	W,2-1	8-9		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.26	4.18	8	30	20	8	3	3	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.238	2.70	0.19%	0.96	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
5	10	8	Apr 11	KCR		BAL	W,6-5	8-8	H(1)	2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.91	5.76	4	19	12	6	0	1	3	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.022	1.82	-0.02%	-1.14	8t 1-- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a1
6	11	9	Apr 12	KCR		BAL	L,4-5	8-14		0	6.2	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.57	2.91	22	103	68	21	15	5	7	2	1	0		2	1	0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.645	2.58	0.55%	2.78	8t 12- 1 out d2	14t 3 out tie
7	12	12	Apr 16	KCR	@	TOR	L,8-15	7-7		3	1.0	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.20	3.23	8	33	16	4	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.171	.69	-0.13%	-2.54	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d4
8	13	13	Apr 18	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-4	9-12	W(2-0)	1	3.2	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.38	3.30	15	55	30	9	7	3	6	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.09	0.582	3.81	0.43%	2.04	9b -2- 1 out tie	12b 3 out tie
9	14	17	Apr 22	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-3	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.20	3.17	4	14	10	6	1	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.019	.29	0.01%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
10	15	20	Apr 26	KCR		NYY	W,5-3	7-8	BW(3-0)	3	2.0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.91	3.04	8	33	19	8	7	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.236	3.56	0.21%	1.31	7t 1-3 0 out a1	8t 3 out tie
11	16	23	Apr 29	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	W(4-0)	2	2.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.66	3.02	8	33	18	4	7	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.93	0.267	3.90	0.21%	0.96	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	17	29	May 6	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-1	10-GF(10)	L(4-1)	6	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.96	3.26	5	22	7	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.62	-0.367	4.29	-0.36%	-0.95	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
13	18	33	May 11	KCR		TEX	L,3-6	6-8		4	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.67	3.13	7	21	15	5	3	3	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.088	.60	0.10%	2.13	6t 1-3 1 out d3	8t 3 out d3
14	19	35	May 13	KCR		TEX	W,4-1	6-8	H(2)	1	2.2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.43	3.10	9	35	19	6	5	4	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.187	2.74	0.22%	1.52	6t 123 1 out a3	8t 3 out a3
15	20	37	May 15	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-3	7-8	H(3)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.27	3.11	7	22	16	5	4	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.253	4.30	0.29%	1.03	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
16	21	41	May 20	KCR	@	DET	L,1-2	6-GF	L(4-2)	4	2.2	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.36	3.37	10	41	25	10	4	3	3	2	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	-0.053	3.53	-0.06%	0.83	6b 12- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
17	22	45	May 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-4	7-GF	S(1)	3	2.1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.21	3.01	7	30	21	12	6	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.226	1.97	0.21%	1.30	7b -2- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
18	23	48	May 28	KCR		DET	W,9-5	6-8	BW(5-2)	3	3.0	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.27	3.12	12	52	27	9	4	4	3	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.87	0.027	2.77	0.02%	-0.57	6t 12- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
19	24	49	May 29	KCR		MIN	W,7-1	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.21	3.18	3	13	7	1	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.10	0.002	.15	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
20	25	51	May 31	KCR		MIN	L,1-7	6-GF(6)		1	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.59	3.51	5	15	9	1	4	1	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.122	1.92	-0.11%	-2.53	6t 12- 0 out d2	6t end d 6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	26	54	Jun 4	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-5	6-7		3	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.49	3.34	5	22	15	3	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.010	.16	0.01%	0.72	6b --- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d4
22	27	55	Jun 5	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-3	11-GF(13)	W(6-2)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.33	3.04	10	37	26	10	9	1	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.364	2.26	0.30%	1.49	11b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 2
23	28	59	Jun 10	KCR		CAL	W,5-4	7-8	BW(7-2)	4	2.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.61	3.07	9	34	20	7	4	1	4	3	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.44	-0.138	5.21	-0.18%	-0.66	7t 1-- 0 out a2	8t 3 out tie
24	29	61	Jun 12	KCR		OAK	W,2-1	11-GF(11)	W(8-2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.55	3.03	3	12	8	2	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.134	4.76	0.22%	0.48	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
25	30	63	Jun 14	KCR		OAK	L,1-2	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	3.02	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.031	3.80	0.06%	0.43	9t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
26	31	65	Jun 16	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-1	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.52	3.14	3	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.47	-0.294	11.61	-0.38%	-0.86	9b 12- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
27	32	68	Jun 20	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-2	8-10	BW(9-2)	3	3.0	2	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.55	3.05	13	54	31	9	8	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.060	5.84	0.07%	0.43	8b --- 0 out a1	10b 3 out tie
28	33	72	Jun 24	KCR		NYY	L,5-12	6-7		3	2.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.62	3.13	9	35	17	6	3	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	.11	-0.001	.24	0.00%	-0.04	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d7
29	34	74	Jun 27	KCR		SEA	L,0-8	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.53	3.06	8	30	19	6	4	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
30	35	76	Jun 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-12	6-6		1	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.84	3.11	4	17	9	2	0	0	3	3	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.091	.88	-0.11%	-4.34	6b 123 1 out d2	6b 12- 1 out d7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	36	78	Jul 1	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.93	3.09	8	39	26	6	7	3	2	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.327	1.26	-0.38%	-2.11	7b 12- 2 out tie	8b end d 3
32	37	82	Jul 5	KCR	@	OAK	W,12-9	3-8		3	5.0	3	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.13	3.09	22	99	58	12	12	5	8	2	2	0		0	0	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.019	2.90	0.03%	0.51	3b --- 0 out tie	8b 123 0 out a3
33	38	86	Jul 9	KCR		CHW	W,5-4	7-GF	BW(10-2)	3	2.2	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.14	3.05	13	39	25	9	8	3	4	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.010	4.80	-0.01%	-0.87	7t 1-3 1 out a3	9t end tie
34	39	92	Jul 17	KCR		MIL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(11-2)	7	8.0	6	2	2	0	10	0	1	3.04	2.79	30	118	76	16	25	12	7	3	1	0	72			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.029	2.11	0.04%	0.87	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
35	40	97	Jul 22	KCR		CLE	L,0-1	GS-9	L(11-3)	4	8.2	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.83	2.76	35	119	78	12	12	11	18	8	5	0	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	0.208	2.62	0.23%	3.02	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out d1
36	41	101	Jul 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-6	L(11-4)	4	5.1	8	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.17	2.98	28	98	55	15	10	12	9	4	2	0	31			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.192	.77	-0.15%	-1.83	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	42	107	Aug 3	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-4)	6	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.88	2.86	30	105	73	20	12	15	5	3	1	0	87			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.412	.84	0.24%	4.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
38	43	112	Aug 8	KCR		BOS	W,8-1	GS-7	W(13-4)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.77	2.84	26	104	65	18	10	7	11	2	1	0	67			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	2	0	0	.91	0.207	.91	0.12%	2.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
39	44	116	Aug 13	KCR		TOR	W,8-3	GS-7	W(14-4)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.84	2.80	29	117	68	19	9	11	11	4	3	0	54			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.009	1.21	0.01%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
40	45	121	Aug 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS-8	W(15-4)	4	8.0	2	1	1	5	10	1	0	2.72	2.86	31	118	73	19	17	8	8	0	2	0	79			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.389	1.61	0.33%	2.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
41	46	126	Aug 23	KCR		CAL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(16-4)	4	7.0	3	1	0	2	8	0	0	2.57	2.78	26	106	67	13	17	8	8	3	2	0	75			0	0	0	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	.90	0.226	2.54	0.38%	2.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
42	47	130	Aug 27	KCR		OAK	L,0-6	GS-7	L(16-5)	3	7.0	6	6	6	3	5	1	0	2.84	2.87	29	111	66	15	13	8	13	5	1	0	43			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.189	3.09	-0.52%	-2.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
43	48	134	Sep 1	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS-8		4	7.2	4	3	3	5	5	2	0	2.88	3.08	32	103	61	9	13	10	12	8	1	0	59			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	-0.090	3.70	-0.17%	0.51	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out tie
44	49	138	Sep 5	KCR	@	DET	L,2-10	GS-1	L(16-6)	3	0.2	6	6	6	1	1	0	0	3.25	3.09	9	33	18	9	1	3	4	3	0	0	16			1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.394	3.60	-0.83%	-5.75	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d6
45	50	142	Sep 10	KCR		MIN	L,2-8	GS-7	L(16-7)	4	6.1	9	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.41	3.15	29	96	64	12	11	10	13	7	0	0	37			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.163	2.40	-0.28%	-1.29	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d3
46	51	146	Sep 14	KCR		TEX	L,4-10	GS-3	L(16-8)	3	2.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.67	3.16	14	54	29	7	5	7	3	1	1	0	22			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.301	2.97	-0.60%	-3.42	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d4
47	52	150	Sep 18	KCR		CHW	L,2-4	GS-7		3	6.0	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.58	3.17	23	72	45	9	6	10	8	2	2	0	61			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	-0.015	4.47	-0.03%	0.91	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a1
48	53	154	Sep 22(2)	KCR		SEA	L,0-2	GS-2	L(16-9)	3	1.1	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	3.67	3.25	10	42	19	9	1	5	1	0	0	0	38			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.229	1.26	-0.13%	-2.59	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d2
49	54	158	Sep 27	KCR	@	CAL	W,8-3	GS-6	W(17-9)	4	6.0	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.64	3.28	27	99	61	6	17	11	8	4	0	0	50			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.59	0.175	.31	0.02%	0.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
							27-22		W-L:17-9,Sv:1,BSv:6,Hld:3	2.7	163.0	122	67	66	86	153	10	1	3.64	3.28	677	2577	61%	16%	13%	0.99		19%	8%	0	54	33	48%	7	3	0	582	18	4	4	20	4	3	1.33	1.757	2.41	-0.05%	5.10

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