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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
2	2	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
3	3	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
4	4	Apr 23 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
5	6 (1)	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
6	7	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	8	May 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
8	9	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
9	10	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
10	11	May 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	3	2B
11	12	May 6 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
12	13	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
13	14	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
14	16 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
15	17	May 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
16	18	May 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
17	19	May 13	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
18	20	May 14 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
19	21	May 14 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
20	22	May 16	CLE		PHA	W,15-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
21	23	May 17	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
22	24	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
23	25	May 19	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
24	26	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
25	27	May 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-14	GS	35	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
26	28	May 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-12	GS	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
27	29	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	2	2B
28	30	May 24	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
29	34 (3)	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
30	35	May 28 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
31	36	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	2B
32	37	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
34	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	43	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
35	40	Jun 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
36	41	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
37	42	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,16-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
38	43	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
39	44	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	2	5	0	7	0	2B
40	49 (4)	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
41	50	Jun 14	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
42	51	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
43	52	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
44	53	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	W,8-7	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
45	54	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-0	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
46	55	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,21-2	GS	20	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
47	56	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
48	64 (7)	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,18-2	GS	25	6.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
49	65	Jun 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
50	66	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	67	Jul 1	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
52	68	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
53	75 (6)	Jul 7	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
54	76	Jul 8	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
55	77	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
56	78	Jul 9 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
57	79	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
58	80	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	47	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	2B
59	81	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
60	82	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
61	83	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	2B
62	84	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
63	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
64	86	Jul 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
65	87	Jul 20	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	1	0	2	3	0	2B
66	88	Jul 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
67	89	Jul 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
68	90	Jul 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
69	91	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
70	92	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
71	93	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	5	7	0	12	1	2B
72	94	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
73	95	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
74	96	Jul 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	98 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
76	99	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
77	100	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
78	101	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
79	102	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,0-9	GS	27	5.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
80	103	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
81	104	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-10	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
82	105	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
83	106	Aug 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
84	107	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS	27	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
85	108	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
86	109	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	GS	26	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
87	110	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
88	111	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
89	114 (2)	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
90	117 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	4	2	11	1	2B
91	125 (7)	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	17	3.2	2	2	1	5	0	PR 2B
92	126	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
93	127	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
94	128	Aug 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	132 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
96	133	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
97	134	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
98	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	T,13-13	CG	55	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
99	136	Sep 8 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
100	137	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
101	146 (8)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
102	147	Sep 20 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
103	148	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
104	149	Sep 23	CLE		DET	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
105	150	Sep 24	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
							105gm		884.2	224	283	16	523	69