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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
4	4	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
6	6	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
7	7	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
10	10	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	May 3	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
14	14	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	3	8	0	11	2
15	15	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	16	May 11	CLE	@	SLB	W,16-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
17	17	May 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
19	19	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	20	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	5	3	0	8	2
21	21	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	22	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
23	23	May 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
24	24	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	50	12.0	4	1	0	5	2
25	25	May 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	26	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
27	27	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
28	28	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
29	29	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
30	30	May 31	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	31	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
32	32	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	33	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
34	34	Jun 5	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	35	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	36	Jun 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
37	37	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
39	39	Jun 10	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	40	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
41	41	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
43	43	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
48	48	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
49	49	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	6	2	1	9	1
51	51	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
52	52	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 26	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
55	55	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
56	56	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	57	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
58	58	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
59	59	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
60	60	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
61	61	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	T,4-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
62	62	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
63	63	Jul 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	64	Jul 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
65	65	Jul 10 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
66	66	Jul 10 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
67	67	Jul 11	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
68	68	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
69	69	Jul 12 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
70	70	Jul 13 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
71	71	Jul 13 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
72	72	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
73	73	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
74	74	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
75	75	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
76	76	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
77	77	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
78	78	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
79	79	Jul 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	80	Jul 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	81	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
82	82	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
83	83	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
84	84	Jul 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
85	85	Jul 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS	28	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
86	86	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
87	87	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
88	88	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
89	89	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	90	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
91	91	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	39	9.1	0	3	0	3	1
92	93 (1)	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	5	2	0	7	1
93	94	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
94	95	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-13	CG	47	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
95	97 (1)	Aug 8	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
96	98	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
97	99	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
98	100	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
99	101	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
100	102	Aug 11	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
101	103	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	104	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		DET	W,11-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
103	105	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
104	106	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
105	107	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
106	108	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	2	3	0	5	1
107	109	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
108	110	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
109	111	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,9-1	GS	27	7.0	2	4	0	6	1
110	112	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	2	7	0	9	1
111	113	Aug 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
112	114	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
113	115	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
114	116	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
115	117	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GS	29	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	118	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
117	119	Aug 24 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
118	120	Aug 25	CLE		BOS	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
119	121	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	4	1	0	5	0
120	122	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
121	123	Aug 28	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	49	12.0	2	4	1	7	2
122	124	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	GS	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
123	125	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	3
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	126	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
125	127	Sep 1 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
126	128	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
127	129	Sep 3 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
128	130	Sep 3 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
129	131	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	4	7	0	11	2
130	132	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	133	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
132	134	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
133	135	Sep 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
134	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
135	137	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
136	138	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	31	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
137	139	Sep 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS	31	7.0	3	3	1	7	2
138	140	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	5	0	9	3
139	141	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
140	142	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	T,4-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
141	143	Sep 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	5	3	0	8	1
142	144	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
143	145	Sep 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	4
144	146	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
145	147	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
146	148	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	4	1	0	5	1
147	149	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	T,5-5	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
148	150	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
149	151	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
150	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
151	153	Sep 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
152	154	Sep 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
153	155	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
154	156	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
155	157	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
							155gm		1358.0	341	466	18	825	110