Don Gordon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: October 10, 1959 in New York, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 31st round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

Schools: The Citadel (Charleston, SC), University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: April 10, 1986 (Age 26-182d, 15,136th in major league history)
vs. TEX 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1988 (Age 28-355d)
vs. BOS 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Donald Thomas Gordon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

ERA

4.72

131.2

WHIP

1.458

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1982	22	DET-min	Rk	4	4	.500	2.19	22	0	21	0	0	8	65.2	48	17	16	4	14	0	42	2	0	0				0.944	6.6	0.5	1.9	5.8	3.00	BRS APPY
1983	23	DET-min	AA	9	5	.643	3.42	43	2	30	2	1	10	102.2	104	50	39	8	23	4	50	1	1	2				1.237	9.1	0.7	2.0	4.4	2.17	BIR SOUL
1984	24	DET-TOR-min	AA					54																										BIR,KNX SOUL
1985	25	TOR-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.07	51	0	30	0	0	12	113.0	93	39	26	4	21	2	43	5	0	1				1.009	7.4	0.3	1.7	3.4	2.05	SYR IL
1986	26	TOR-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.89	25	13	6	2	1	2	109.0	105	42	35	3	21	1	62	7	2	2				1.156	8.7	0.2	1.7	5.1	2.95	SYR IL
1986	26	TOR	AL	0	1	.000	7.06	14	0	6	0	0	1	21.2	28	20	17	1	8	1	13	1	0	0	102	61	3.42	1.662	11.6	0.4	3.3	5.4	1.63
1987	27	TOR-min	AAA	4	6	.400	1.75	41	0	21	0	0	6	82.1	83	28	16	9	10	3	67	6	1	4				1.130	9.1	1.0	1.1	7.3	6.70	SYR IL
1987	27	TOT	AL	0	3	.000	4.09	26	0	9	0	0	1	50.2	57	36	23	5	15	3	23	4	0	0	228	112	4.37	1.421	10.1	0.9	2.7	4.1	1.53
1987	27	TOR	AL	0	0		4.09	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	8	5	5	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	43	114	5.51	1.000	6.5	1.6	2.5	2.5	1.00
1987	27	CLE	AL	0	3	.000	4.08	21	0	7	0	0	1	39.2	49	31	18	3	12	3	20	4	0	0	185	112	4.06	1.538	11.1	0.7	2.7	4.5	1.67
1988	28	CLE-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.24	21	1	4	1	0	0	57.1	62	34	27	5	13	0	19	3	2	2				1.308	9.7	0.8	2.0	3.0	1.46	CSP PCL
1988	28	CLE	AL	3	4	.429	4.40	38	0	15	0	0	1	59.1	65	33	29	5	19	3	20	3	4	2	261	94	4.30	1.416	9.9	0.8	2.9	3.0	1.05
1989	29	CLE-min	AAA	8	5	.615	5.08	63	2	19	0	0	1	106.1	149	75	60	8	36	5	76	7	1	5				1.740	12.6	0.7	3.0	6.4	2.11	CSP PCL
1990	30	MIL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.24	5	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	10	6	3	0	4	1	5	2	0	1				1.680	10.8	0.0	4.3	5.4	1.25	DEN AA
1991	31	TOR-MIL-min	AAA,AA	2	2	.500	3.16	33	0	10	0	0	1	62.2	68	26	22	5	11	1	36	4	2	5	267			1.261	9.8	0.7	1.6	5.2	3.27	SYR,ELP IL,TL
3 Yrs				3	8	.273	4.72	78	0	30	0	0	3	131.2	150	89	69	11	42	7	56	8	4	2	591	92	4.18	1.458	10.3	0.8	2.9	3.8	1.33
162 Game Avg.				3	7	.273	4.72	68	0	26	0	0	3	115	131	78	60	10	37	6	49	7	3	2	515	92	4.18	1.458	10.3	0.8	2.9	3.8	1.33

CLE (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	4.27	59	0	22	0	0	2	99.0	114	64	47	8	31	6	40	7	4	2	446	101	4.20	1.465	10.4	0.7	2.8	3.6	1.29
TOR (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	6.06	19	0	8	0	0	1	32.2	36	25	22	3	11	1	16	1	0	0	145	73	4.12	1.439	9.9	0.8	3.0	4.4	1.45

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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