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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 20	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 21	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	3	3	1	7	1
6	6	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
7	7	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
9	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
11	11	May 4	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
12	12	May 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
13	13	May 7	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	1	6	0	7	1
14	14	May 8 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
15	15	May 8 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
16	16	May 10	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
17	17	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
18	18	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	19	May 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	20	May 15 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
21	21	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
22	22	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
23	25 (2)	May 22 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
24	26	May 22 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	33	7.0	2	5	0	7	1
25	27	May 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	28	May 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	29	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	30	May 27	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
29	31	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	4	0	1	5	0
30	32	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
31	33	May 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	3	6	1	10	1
32	34	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	3	3	0	6	0
33	35	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	36	Jun 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
35	37	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
36	38	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	39	Jun 4	CLE		PHA	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	40	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
39	42 (1)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	43	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	W,13-11	CG	49	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
41	44	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
42	45	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	46	Jun 11	CLE		NYY	L,7-12	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
44	47	Jun 12 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
45	48	Jun 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
46	49	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	50	Jun 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
48	51	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
49	52	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
50	53	Jun 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	54	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
52	55	Jun 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	56	Jun 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
54	57	Jun 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	65	14.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	58	Jun 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
56	59	Jun 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	GS	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	60	Jun 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	40	8.2	2	1	0	3	1
58	61	Jun 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	35	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
59	62	Jun 28	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
60	63	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
61	64	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
62	65	Jun 30	CLE		DET	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	66	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
64	67	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
65	68	Jul 3 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
66	69	Jul 3 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	0	3	0	3	1
67	70	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
68	71	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
69	72	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
70	73	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
71	74	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
72	75	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
73	76	Jul 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
74	77	Jul 14	CLE		PHA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
75	78	Jul 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	48	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
76	79	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	80	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
78	81	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
79	82	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
80	83	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
81	84	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
82	85	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
83	86	Jul 22	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	4	4	0	8	1
84	87	Jul 23	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	88	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	7	1	9	1
86	89	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
87	90	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	91	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
89	92	Jul 29 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	93	Jul 29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	94	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	47	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
92	95	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	96	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
94	97	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
95	98	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	48	12.0	3	5	0	8	1
96	99	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,14-1	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	100	Aug 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
98	101	Aug 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
99	102	Aug 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
100	103	Aug 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
101	106 (2)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	56	12.0	3	1	0	4	1
102	107	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
103	108	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	109	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
105	110	Aug 15	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	111	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
107	112	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	113	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
109	114	Aug 18	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-4	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	115	Aug 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
111	116	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	117	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	3
113	118	Aug 23	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
114	119	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
115	120	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
116	121	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
117	122	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
118	123	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
119	124	Aug 29 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
120	125	Aug 29 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	5	0	9	3
121	126	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	CG	57	14.0	8	7	0	15	6
122	127	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	128	Sep 1	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	0	8	0	8	0
124	129	Sep 3	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
125	130	Sep 4	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
126	131	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
127	132	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
128	133	Sep 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-10	GS	36	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
129	134	Sep 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	135	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
131	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
132	137	Sep 11	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	138	Sep 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
134	139	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
135	140	Sep 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	3	6	0	9	3
136	141	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
137	142	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
138	143	Sep 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
139	147 (3)	Sep 24	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
140	148	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
141	149	Sep 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
142	150	Sep 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	18	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
143	152 (1)	Sep 30	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
144	153	Oct 1	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
145	154	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							145gm		1291.2	297	430	15	742	123