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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
5	5	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
6	6	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
8	8	Apr 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
10	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
11	11	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
12	12	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
13	13	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	45 (31)	Jun 9	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
15	46	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
16	47	Jun 12	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
17	48	Jun 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
18	49	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
19	50	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	51	Jun 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
21	52	Jun 19 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
22	53	Jun 19 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	T,7-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
23	54	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
24	55	Jun 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
25	56	Jun 22 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	57	Jun 22 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
27	58	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	2	8	1
28	59	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	60	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	61	Jun 26	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
31	62	Jun 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
32	63	Jun 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
33	64	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	65	Jul 1	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
35	66	Jul 2	NYY		WSH	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
36	67	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
37	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG	54	13.0	8	10	0	18	1
39	70	Jul 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
40	71	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
41	72	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
42	73	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
43	74	Jul 12 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
44	75	Jul 13	NYY		SLB	W,15-12	CG	51	10.0	2	5	1	8	2
45	76	Jul 14	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	33	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	77	Jul 15	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	21	6.0	1	4	0	5	0
47	78	Jul 16	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
48	79	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,16-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
49	80	Jul 19	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	81	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
51	82	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
52	83	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	7	0	11	5
53	84	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
54	85	Jul 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
55	86	Jul 28	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
56	87	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
57	88	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	47	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
58	89	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
59	90	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	52	15.0	0	9	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	91	Aug 2	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	1	7	2
61	92	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	53	11.0	2	6	1	9	0
62	93	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
63	94	Aug 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
64	95	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
65	96	Aug 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
66	97	Aug 9	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
67	98	Aug 10	NYY		WSH	W,12-11	CG	50	10.0	1	5	1	7	1
68	99	Aug 11	NYY		WSH	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	100	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
70	101	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,16-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
71	102	Aug 13	NYY		PHA	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	2
72	103	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
73	104	Aug 14 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
74	105	Aug 16 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,16-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
75	106	Aug 16 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
76	107	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
77	108	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
78	109	Aug 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
79	110	Aug 20	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
80	111	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
81	112	Aug 21 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	113	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
83	114	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
84	115	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
85	116	Aug 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
86	117	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
87	118	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,15-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
88	119	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,15-9	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
89	120	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
90	121	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	8	2	11	1
91	122	Aug 27 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,13-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
92	123	Aug 28	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
93	124	Aug 29	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
94	125	Aug 30	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
95	126	Aug 31	NYY		DET	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	127	Sep 1	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
97	128	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
98	129	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
99	130	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
100	131	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
101	132	Sep 5 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
102	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	31	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
104	135	Sep 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
105	136	Sep 10	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
106	137	Sep 11	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
107	138	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
108	139	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	2
109	140	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
110	141	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
111	142	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
112	143	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
113	144	Sep 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-13	CG	44	8.0	4	6	2	12	3
114	145	Sep 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
115	146	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	2	5	0
116	147	Sep 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
117	148	Sep 24	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
118	149	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	46	10.0	4	2	1	7	0
119	150	Sep 25 (2)	NYY		BOS	T,2-2	CG	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	1
120	151	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
121	152	Sep 27	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
122	153	Sep 28	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
123	154	Sep 29 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
124	155	Sep 29 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	T,1-1	CG	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
125	156	Oct 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
126	157	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
							126gm		1101.0	290	450	31	771	98