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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
2	3	Apr 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	4	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
4	5	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
5	6	Apr 21	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
6	7	Apr 22	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
7	8	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	9	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	3
9	10	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
10	11	Apr 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	12	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
12	13	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
13	14	Apr 30	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
15	16	May 2	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
16	17	May 3	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
17	18	May 4	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
18	19	May 5	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
19	20	May 6	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
20	26 (5)	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
21	27	May 15	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	28	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
23	29	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	30	May 19 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
25	31	May 19 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	32	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
27	33	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	34	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
29	35	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,12-6	GS	30	6.0	2	4	0	6	1
30	36	May 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
31	37	May 26 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	5	5	1	11	1
32	38	May 26 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	30	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
33	39	May 28	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
34	40	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
35	41	May 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
36	42	May 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	43	May 31	NYY		PHA	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	44	Jun 1	NYY		SLB	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
39	45	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
40	46	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	47	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
42	48	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
43	49	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
44	50	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
45	51	Jun 9 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
46	62 (10)	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
47	63	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
48	64	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	55	11.0	1	5	0	6	0
49	65	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	66	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	3
51	67	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	68	Jun 28	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	69	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
54	70	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	71	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
56	72	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
57	73	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
58	74	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
59	75	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
60	76	Jul 6	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
61	77	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
62	78	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
63	79	Jul 11	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
64	80	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
65	81	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
66	82	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	3
67	83	Jul 15	NYY		DET	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
68	84	Jul 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
69	85	Jul 17 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
70	86	Jul 18	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
71	87	Jul 20	NYY		CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
72	88	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	89	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
74	90	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
75	91	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
76	92	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
77	93	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
78	94	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	95	Jul 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
80	96	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	1	4	0	5	0
81	97	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	114 (16)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
83	115	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
84	116	Aug 20	NYY		CHW	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
85	117	Aug 21 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	118	Aug 21 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS	0		7	3	0	10	1
87	119	Aug 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
88	120	Aug 22 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
89	121	Aug 23	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
90	122	Aug 24	NYY		SLB	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
91	123	Aug 25	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
92	124	Aug 26	NYY		DET	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
93	125	Aug 27	NYY		DET	L,4-7	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
94	126	Aug 28	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
95	127	Aug 29	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
96	128	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	132 (3)	Sep 4	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	8	4	0	12	1
98	133	Sep 5	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
99	134	Sep 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
100	138 (3)	Sep 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	140 (1)	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
102	141	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
103	142	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
104	143	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	144	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	4	1	1	6	0
106	145	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
107	146	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
108	147	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
							108gm		932.0	281	346	17	644	87