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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
6	7 (1)	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
7	8	Apr 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	9	May 2	NYY	@	DET	W,22-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
9	10	May 3	NYY	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
10	11	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	47	10.0	3	6	0	9	2
11	12	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	10.1	4	5	0	9	1
12	13	May 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
13	14	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
14	15	May 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
15	16	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	17	May 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
17	18	May 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	19	May 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
19	20	May 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
20	21	May 16	NYY		SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	7	1	11	2
21	22	May 17	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
22	23	May 18	NYY		SLB	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
23	24	May 19	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
24	25	May 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	26	May 21	NYY		CLE	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
26	27	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	28	May 24	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	29	May 25	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	30	May 26	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
30	31	May 27 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
31	32	May 27 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
32	33	May 28	NYY		PHA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	34	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	4
34	35	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
35	36	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-9	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	37	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	38	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,17-5	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
38	39	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
39	40	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
40	41	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
41	42	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	3	5	1	9	1
42	43	Jun 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	2
43	44	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	45	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
45	46	Jun 11 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	47	Jun 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
48	49	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
49	50	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
50	51	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
51	52	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
52	53	Jun 20	NYY		CHW	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
53	54	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
54	55	Jun 22	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
55	56	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
56	57	Jun 25 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	58	Jun 25 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	59	Jun 26	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
59	60	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,23-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
60	61	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
61	62	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	48	11.2	5	2	1	8	0
62	63	Jun 29 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
63	64	Jun 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	66	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
66	67	Jul 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
67	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
69	70	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	2	8	1
70	71	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	72	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
72	73	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	74	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
74	75	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
76	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
77	78	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
78	79	Jul 16 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
79	80	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
80	81	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
81	82	Jul 18 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	3	7	0
82	83	Jul 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	84	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
84	85	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
85	86	Jul 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
86	87	Jul 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
87	88	Jul 25	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	89	Jul 26	NYY		SLB	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	90	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	91	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
91	92	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	93	Aug 1	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	94	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
94	95	Aug 3	NYY		DET	W,12-3	CG	41	9.0	2	8	1	11	3
95	96	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
96	97	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
97	98	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
98	99	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
99	100	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	101	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
101	102	Aug 10	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	103	Aug 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
103	104	Aug 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,18-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	105	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,9-12	CG	49	8.2	1	2	1	4	0
105	106	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,21-0	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	107	Aug 15	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	10.0	5	3	0	8	2
107	108	Aug 16	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	109	Aug 17	NYY		WSH	W,9-8	CG	49	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
109	110	Aug 18	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
110	111	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
111	112	Aug 20 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
112	113	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
113	114	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
114	115	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
115	116	Aug 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
116	117	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
117	118	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
118	119	Aug 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
119	120	Aug 27	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
120	121	Aug 28	NYY	@	DET	W,18-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
121	122	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	4	4	1	9	2
122	123	Aug 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	124	Sep 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
124	125	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
125	126	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,11-12	CG	46	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
126	127	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,5-5	CG	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	1
127	128	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
128	129	Sep 4 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
129	130	Sep 6	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
130	131	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
131	132	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	27	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
132	133	Sep 9	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
133	134	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
134	135	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
135	136	Sep 12	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	137	Sep 13	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
137	138	Sep 14	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
138	139	Sep 15	NYY		DET	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	4	11	0	15	2
139	140	Sep 16	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
140	141	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
141	142	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
142	143	Sep 18	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
143	144	Sep 19	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
144	145	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
145	146	Sep 21	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
146	147	Sep 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
147	148	Sep 24	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
148	149	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
149	150	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
150	151	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
151	152	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	7.0	4	3	0	7	0
							151gm		1337.0	370	461	28	859	116