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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
2	2	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	47	12.0	1	5	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	40	9.1	4	1	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	52	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
9	9	May 2 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	10	May 2 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	May 4	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	12	May 5	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
13	13	May 6 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
14	14	May 6 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	3
15	15	May 7	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
16	16	May 8	NYY		PHA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
17	17	May 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
18	18	May 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	19	May 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
20	20	May 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
21	21	May 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
22	22	May 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	9.1	4	5	0	9	1
23	23	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
24	24	May 23 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	25	May 23 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
26	26	May 27	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
27	27	May 28	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
28	28	May 29	NYY		CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	5	5	1	11	4
29	29	May 30 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
30	30	May 30 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
31	31	May 31 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-10	CG	46	10.0	3	4	0	7	2
32	32	May 31 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	33	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
34	34	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
35	35	Jun 4	NYY		SLB	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	36	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	3	4	1	8	0
37	37	Jun 6 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	6	2	0	8	1
38	38	Jun 6 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
39	39	Jun 10	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	10	0	12	1
40	40	Jun 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
42	42	Jun 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	6	6	1	13	3
43	43	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	5	0	10	1
44	44	Jun 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
45	45	Jun 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
46	46	Jun 16	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
47	47	Jun 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
48	48	Jun 18	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
49	49	Jun 19	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	3	3	0	6	0
50	50	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
51	51	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
52	52	Jun 22	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
53	53	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
54	54	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
55	55	Jun 25	NYY	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	41	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
57	57	Jun 27 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
58	58	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	50	11.1	2	3	0	5	0
59	59	Jun 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	45	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	60	Jul 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
61	61	Jul 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
62	62	Jul 3 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
63	63	Jul 3 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	44	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
64	64	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
65	65	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	4	5	1	10	2
66	66	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	67	Jul 5 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
68	68	Jul 6	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
69	69	Jul 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	8	0	11	3
70	70	Jul 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
71	71	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
72	72	Jul 10 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
73	73	Jul 11 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	74	Jul 11 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 16	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
76	76	Jul 17	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	77	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
78	78	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
79	79	Jul 21	NYY		SLB	L,0-1	CG	36	10.0	4	4	0	8	1
80	80	Jul 22	NYY		SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
81	81	Jul 23	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	82	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
83	83	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
85	85	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
86	86	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
87	87	Jul 27	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	2	1	0	3	1
88	88	Jul 28	NYY		CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	89	Jul 29	NYY		CLE	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
90	90	Jul 30	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 31	NYY		DET	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	92	Aug 1 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
93	93	Aug 1 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
94	94	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
95	95	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		DET	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	96	Aug 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
97	97	Aug 7	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	98	Aug 8 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
99	99	Aug 8 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	10.0	2	4	0	6	2
100	100	Aug 10	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-10	GS	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	104 (3)	Aug 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	105	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
103	106	Aug 15 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	7.1	3	3	0	6	1
104	107	Aug 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
105	108	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
106	109	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	47	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
107	110	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	67	13.1	3	1	0	4	0
108	111	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	51	13.0	5	1	0	6	0
109	112	Aug 20	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
110	113	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
111	114	Aug 22 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,0-12	CG	47	8.0	3	2	2	7	0
112	115	Aug 22 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
113	116	Aug 23	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
114	117	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
115	118	Aug 24 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	119	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
117	120	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
118	121	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
119	122	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
120	123	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
121	124	Aug 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	125	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
123	126	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
124	127	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
125	128	Sep 5 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
126	129	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
127	130	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
128	131	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
129	132	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
130	133	Sep 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
131	134	Sep 12 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
132	135	Sep 12 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
133	136	Sep 14	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
134	137	Sep 15	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
135	138	Sep 16	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
136	139	Sep 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
137	140	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	1	4	0	5	0
138	141	Sep 19 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	142	Sep 22	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
140	143	Sep 23	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
141	144	Sep 24	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
142	145	Sep 25	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	50	14.0	5	3	0	8	1
143	146	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
144	147	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
145	148	Sep 27	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
146	149	Sep 28	NYY		CLE	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
147	150	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
148	151	Sep 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
149	152	Sep 30	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
150	153	Oct 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
151	154	Oct 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
152	155	Oct 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							152gm		1385.0	407	490	29	926	114