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, 15,556th 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

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Relatives: Father of Dee Strange-Gordon, Nick Gordon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.0

138

126

ERA

3.96

890

203

158

2108.0

1928

WHIP

1.360

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
1986	18	KCR-min	Rk,AAA	3	1	.750	2.38	10	7	1	2	1	1	45.1	37	19	12	0	25	1	50	0	1	7				1.368	7.3	0.0	5.0	9.9	2.00	ROY,OMA GULF,AA
1987	19	KCR-min	A-,A	10	0	1.000	2.83	18	16	1	0	0	1	86.0	53	37	27	2	64	0	102	5	4	2				1.360	5.5	0.2	6.7	10.7	1.59	EUG,FTM NORW,FLOR
1988	20	KCR-min	A,AA,AAA	16	5	.762	1.55	26	26	0	7	3	0	185.2	96	36	32	4	75	1	263	1	4	11				0.921	4.7	0.2	3.6	12.7	3.51	APP,MEM,OMA MIDW,SOUL,AA
1988	20	KCR	AL	0	2	.000	5.17	5	2	0	0	0	0	15.2	16	9	9	1	7	0	18	0	0	0	67	80	2.64	1.468	9.2	0.6	4.0	10.3	2.57
1989	21	KCR	AL	17	9	.654	3.64	49	16	16	1	1	1	163.0	122	67	66	10	86	4	153	1	0	12	677	107	3.28	1.276	6.7	0.6	4.7	8.4	1.78	RoY-2
1990	22	KCR	AL	12	11	.522	3.73	32	32	0	6	1	0	195.1	192	99	81	17	99	1	175	3	0	11	858	103	3.71	1.490	8.8	0.8	4.6	8.1	1.77
1991	23	KCR	AL	9	14	.391	3.87	45	14	11	1	0	1	158.0	129	76	68	16	87	6	167	4	0	5	684	107	3.79	1.367	7.3	0.9	5.0	9.5	1.92
1992	24	KCR	AL	6	10	.375	4.59	40	11	13	0	0	0	117.2	116	67	60	9	55	4	98	4	2	5	516	88	3.62	1.453	8.9	0.7	4.2	7.5	1.78
1993	25	KCR	AL	12	6	.667	3.58	48	14	18	2	0	1	155.2	125	65	62	11	77	5	143	1	0	17	651	128	3.57	1.298	7.2	0.6	4.5	8.3	1.86
1994	26	KCR	AL	11	7	.611	4.35	24	24	0	0	0	0	155.1	136	79	75	15	87	3	126	3	1	12	675	115	4.50	1.436	7.9	0.9	5.0	7.3	1.45
1995	27	KCR	AL	12	12	.500	4.43	31	31	0	2	0	0	189.0	204	110	93	12	89	4	119	4	0	9	843	108	4.15	1.550	9.7	0.6	4.2	5.7	1.34
1996	28	BOS	AL	12	9	.571	5.59	34	34	0	4	1	0	215.2	249	143	*134*	28	105	5	171	4	1	6	998	90	4.79	1.641	10.4	1.2	4.4	7.1	1.63
1997	29	BOS	AL	6	10	.375	3.74	42	25	16	2	1	11	182.2	155	85	76	10	78	1	159	3	0	5	774	125	3.41	1.276	7.6	0.5	3.8	7.8	2.04
1998	30	BOS	AL	7	4	.636	2.72	73	0	69	0	0	46	79.1	55	24	24	2	25	1	78	0	0	9	317	173	2.45	1.008	6.2	0.2	2.8	8.8	3.12	AS,MVP-13
1999	31	BOS	AL	0	2	.000	5.60	21	0	15	0	0	11	17.2	17	11	11	2	12	2	24	1	0	0	82	91	4.10	1.642	8.7	1.0	6.1	12.2	2.00
2000			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
2001	33	CHC-min	AAA,A+	0	0		0.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	13			0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00	IWA,DYT PCL,FLOR
2001	33	CHC	NL	1	2	.333	3.38	47	0	40	0	0	27	45.1	32	18	17	4	16	1	67	1	0	2	187	124	2.37	1.059	6.4	0.8	3.2	13.3	4.19
2002	34	CHC-min	A+,AAA	0	0		8.31	4	2	1	0	0	1	4.1	2	5	4	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	21			1.615	4.2	0.0	10.4	6.2	0.60	DYT,IWA FLOR,PCL
2002	34	TOT	NL	1	3	.250	3.38	34	0	10	0	0	0	42.2	42	19	16	3	16	3	48	1	0	0	181	125	2.82	1.359	8.9	0.6	3.4	10.1	3.00
2002	34	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	3.42	19	0	7	0	0	0	23.2	27	12	9	1	10	1	31	1	0	0	104	120	2.29	1.563	10.3	0.4	3.8	11.8	3.10
2002	34	HOU	NL	0	2	.000	3.32	15	0	3	0	0	0	19.0	15	7	7	2	6	2	17	0	0	0	77	133	3.49	1.105	7.1	0.9	2.8	8.1	2.83
2003	35	CHW	AL	7	6	.538	3.16	66	0	35	0	0	12	74.0	57	29	26	4	31	3	91	4	0	5	310	147	2.69	1.189	6.9	0.5	3.8	11.1	2.94
2004	36	NYY	AL	9	4	.692	2.21	80	0	15	0	0	4	89.2	56	23	22	5	23	5	96	1	0	3	342	204	2.44	0.881	5.6	0.5	2.3	9.6	4.17	AS
2005	37	NYY	AL	5	4	.556	2.57	79	0	17	0	0	2	80.2	59	25	23	8	29	4	69	0	1	1	324	166	3.68	1.091	6.6	0.9	3.2	7.7	2.38
2006	38	PHI-min	A+	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	13			0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00	CLW FLOR
2006	38	PHI	NL	3	4	.429	3.34	59	0	53	0	0	34	59.1	53	23	22	9	22	4	68	1	0	3	253	141	3.99	1.264	8.0	1.4	3.3	10.3	3.09	AS
2007	39	PHI-min	A+,Rk	0	1	.000	9.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	5	5	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	23			1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00	CLW,CLR FLOR,GULF
2007	39	PHI	NL	3	2	.600	4.73	44	0	11	0	0	6	40.0	40	21	21	7	13	0	32	2	0	1	170	98	5.04	1.325	9.0	1.6	2.9	7.2	2.46
2008	40	PHI-min	A+	0	1	.000	18.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6			3.000	9.0	9.0	18.0	9.0	0.50	CLW FLOR
2008	40	PHI	NL	5	4	.556	5.16	34	0	7	0	0	2	29.2	31	19	17	3	17	1	26	0	0	4	139	85	4.41	1.618	9.4	0.9	5.2	7.9	1.53
2009	41	ARI-min	AAA,A+	0	0		10.97	12	1	2	0	0	0	10.2	20	15	13	0	16	0	5	0	0	2	65			3.375	16.9	0.0	13.5	4.2	0.31	REN,VIS PCL,CALL
2009	41	ARI	NL	0	1	.000	21.60	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	3	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	10	25	8.50	3.600	16.2	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.00
21 Yrs				138	126	.523	3.96	890	203	347	18	4	158	2108.0	1889	1016	927	176	977	57	1928	38	5	112	9058	113	3.71	1.360	8.1	0.8	4.2	8.2	1.97
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.523	3.96	55	13	22	1	0	10	131	118	63	58	11	61	4	120	2	0	7	564	113	3.71	1.360	8.1	0.8	4.2	8.2	1.97
				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
KCR (8 yrs)				79	71	.527	4.02	274	144	58	12	2	3	1149.2	1040	572	514	91	587	27	999	20	3	71	4971	108	3.80	1.415	8.1	0.7	4.6	7.8	1.70
BOS (4 yrs)				25	25	.500	4.45	170	59	100	6	2	68	495.1	476	263	245	42	220	9	432	8	1	20	2171	109	3.88	1.405	8.6	0.8	4.0	7.8	1.96
PHI (3 yrs)				11	10	.524	4.19	137	0	71	0	0	42	129.0	124	63	60	19	52	5	126	3	0	8	562	110	4.41	1.364	8.7	1.3	3.6	8.8	2.42
CHC (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	3.39	66	0	47	0	0	27	69.0	59	30	26	5	26	2	98	2	0	2	291	122	2.34	1.232	7.7	0.7	3.4	12.8	3.77
NYY (2 yrs)				14	8	.636	2.38	159	0	32	0	0	6	170.1	115	48	45	13	52	9	165	1	1	4	666	185	3.02	0.980	6.1	0.7	2.7	8.7	3.17
ARI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	21.60	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	3	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	10	25	8.50	3.600	16.2	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.00
HOU (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.32	15	0	3	0	0	0	19.0	15	7	7	2	6	2	17	0	0	0	77	133	3.49	1.105	7.1	0.9	2.8	8.1	2.83
CHW (1 yr)				7	6	.538	3.16	66	0	35	0	0	12	74.0	57	29	26	4	31	3	91	4	0	5	310	147	2.69	1.189	6.9	0.5	3.8	11.1	2.94

AL (15 yrs)				125	110	.532	3.95	669	203	225	18	4	89	1889.1	1688	912	830	150	890	48	1687	33	5	100	8118	114	3.71	1.365	8.0	0.7	4.2	8.0	1.90
NL (6 yrs)				13	16	.448	3.99	221	0	122	0	0	69	218.2	201	104	97	26	87	9	241	5	0	12	940	111	3.71	1.317	8.3	1.1	3.6	9.9	2.77

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