Tom Gordon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: November 18, 1967 in Sebring, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Avon Park HS (Avon Park, FL).

High School: Avon Park HS (Avon Park, FL)

Debut: September 8, 1988 (Age 20-295d, 15,549th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 3, 2009 (Age 41-166d)
vs. MIL 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Thomas Gordon

Nicknames: Flash

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Father of Dee Strange-Gordon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.0

138

126

ERA

3.96

890

203

158

2108.0

1928

WHIP

1.360

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-18 / in Starts: 12-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 4

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	309	1	Apr 2	BOS	@	ANA	W,6-5	GS-5		99	4.2	5	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.86	5.25	23	102	60	21	10	8	6	4	1	0	49			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.014	.93	-0.01%	0.29	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d2
2	310	6	Apr 7	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	6	4	4	1	6	2	0	4.63	5.42	27	106	67	20	6	6	14	5	3	0	54			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.169	.97	-0.11%	-0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	311	11	Apr 13	BOS		SEA	W,7-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	8.0	4	1	0	1	6	0	0	2.75	4.02	29	95	59	23	4	9	13	4	3	0	77			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	.65	0.166	.58	0.09%	3.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
4	312	16	Apr 20	BOS		BAL	L,1-11	GS-4	L(1-2)	6	4.0	5	6	3	4	3	0	0	3.42	4.12	22	77	46	17	6	7	8	2	2	0	33			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.270	1.18	-0.20%	-3.74	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
5	313	21	Apr 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.23	3.86	27	114	71	23	9	14	10	6	2	0	60			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.083	1.21	0.07%	1.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	314	30	May 6	BOS		KCR	L,2-7	GS-9	L(1-4)	10	8.1	9	5	5	3	9	0	0	3.69	3.47	35	120	78	29	9	12	11	8	0	0	51			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.005	1.17	0.00%	0.51	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d2
7	315	35	May 11	BOS		TEX	L,6-8	GS-4	L(1-5)	4	3.2	7	6	6	4	2	1	0	4.64	3.93	21	78	41	9	7	3	12	2	2	0	21			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.06	-0.389	.81	-0.18%	-4.28	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d4
8	316	39	May 17	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-5)	5	9.0	4	0	0	4	10	0	0	3.83	3.63	35	132	80	24	9	15	6	3	1	0	85			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.448	.42	0.12%	4.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
9	317	43	May 22	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-2	GS-7	W(3-5)	4	7.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.53	3.42	29	100	67	19	7	12	10	4	1	0	64			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.233	.37	0.05%	2.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
10	318	47	May 27	BOS		MIL	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.1	6	5	4	2	5	0	1	3.86	3.38	22	81	53	13	8	6	8	3	1	0	36			4	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	-0.218	.55	-0.06%	-1.90	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	319	52	Jun 1	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.73	3.41	29	111	62	20	8	9	12	8	0	0	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	0.155	.63	0.05%	1.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
12	320	57	Jun 6	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	GS-5	L(3-6)	4	4.1	8	6	4	2	5	1	0	4.00	3.51	23	85	55	22	6	8	8	3	3	0	30			1	0	0	21	4	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.283	.24	-0.05%	-3.75	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d6
13	321	62	Jun 11	BOS		BAL	W,10-1	CG	W(4-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.67	3.34	31					12	7	0	2	4	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.171	.03	0.02%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
14	322	67	Jun 16	BOS		PHI	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	7	4	3	2	6	0	0	3.69	3.25	30	116	74	27	10	11	11	6	0	0	53			1	0	0	28	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.034	.24	0.00%	0.46	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out tie
15	323	72	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-7	W(5-6)	5	7.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.51	3.26	28	105	58	22	8	9	10	4	1	0	66			2	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.336	.26	0.05%	2.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
16	324	77	Jun 27	BOS		DET	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.30	3.19	33					16	5	1	1	4	77			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.43	0.547	.49	0.11%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	325	82	Jul 2	BOS		FLA	L,2-3	GS-9	L(5-7)	4	8.1	5	3	2	6	6	0	0	3.22	3.24	36					15	6	1	0	3	63			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.12	0.070	.27	0.01%	0.45	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out d1
18	326	87	Jul 10	BOS		TOR	W,8-7	GS-7		7	7.0	8	5	5	2	6	1	1	3.40	3.31	31	120	71	16	13	10	12	6	1	0	45			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.158	.15	-0.01%	-1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
19	327	92	Jul 15	BOS		DET	L,5-7	GS-6		4	6.0	9	4	4	1	8	0	1	3.52	3.23	30	118	85	23	15	11	9	6	0	0	45			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.087	.06	0.00%	-0.61	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
20	328	97	Jul 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-4	L(5-8)	4	4.0	5	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.76	3.28	20	86	50	13	2	8	6	4	1	0	30			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.260	.10	-0.02%	-2.71	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
21	329	102	Jul 25(1)	BOS		ANA	L,4-5	GS-7	L(5-9)	4	6.2	10	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.90	3.40	32	129	79	22	14	12	12	9	1	0	34			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.90	-0.168	.08	-0.01%	-1.16	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d4
22	330	108	Jul 31	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-8		5	8.0	4	1	1	4	5	1	0	3.75	3.48	30	119	70	21	10	9	12	4	2	0	71			0	2	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.453	.11	0.02%	3.48	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	331	113	Aug 5	BOS	@	TEX	W,17-1	GS-6	W(6-9)	4	6.0	3	1	1	4	6	1	0	3.66	3.56	24	103	59	15	11	9	5	3	0	0	64			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.024	.02	0.00%	2.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out a13
24	332	118	Aug 10	BOS		KCR	W,6-4	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.64	3.51	25	96	63	16	12	12	8	5	1	0	55			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	0.148	.07	0.01%	1.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
25	333	123	Aug 15	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.59	3.45	26	92	58	15	9	10	10	3	0	0	65			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.179	.01	0.00%	1.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
26	334	127	Aug 20(2)	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-4	13-GF(13)	S(1)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.57	3.43	3	16	12	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	0.211	.15	0.01%	0.53	13b --- 0 out a1	13b end a 1
27	335	130	Aug 23	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.66	3.41	7	23	14	1	5	1	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-1.43	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
28	336	131	Aug 24	BOS	@	ANA	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	3.41	3	10	7	1	0	0	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	0.358	.04	0.00%	0.97	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
29	337	132	Aug 25	BOS	@	SEA	W,9-8	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.61	3.39	3	16	11	2	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.215	.05	0.00%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
30	338	134	Aug 27	BOS	@	SEA	W,9-5	8-GF	S(4)	1	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.59	3.41	6	25	14	4	3	0	3	0	3	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.108	.00	0.00%	1.00	8b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 4
31	339	137	Aug 31	BOS		ATL	L,3-7	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.57	3.39	4	20	12	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	340	140	Sep 3	BOS	@	MON	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.54	3.36	3	12	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
33	341	143	Sep 7	BOS		MIL	W,11-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.52	3.33	3	12	11	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a9	9t end a 9
34	342	145	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	8-GF	S(5)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.48	3.31	8	32	20	5	5	3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.088	.00	0.00%	1.13	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
35	343	146	Sep 12	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-2	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	3.31	3	10	6	2	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.104	.00	0.00%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
36	344	147	Sep 13	BOS	@	MIL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.44	3.28	4	15	11	3	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.01	0.220	.00	0.00%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
37	345	148	Sep 14	BOS	@	MIL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(8)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.43	3.29	4	11	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.79	0.220	.01	0.00%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
38	346	152	Sep 17	BOS		TOR	W,4-3	9-GF	S(9)	2	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.46	3.30	6	29	16	6	5	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
39	347	154	Sep 19	BOS		CHW	L,4-5	8-9	BS(1)	1	0.1	2	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.65	3.40	5	16	7	1	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	-0.677	.00	0.00%	-3.53	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t --- 0 out d3
40	348	156	Sep 21	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	9-GF	S(10)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.40	3	11	9	3	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
41	349	159	Sep 25	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	9-GF	S(11)	3	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.66	3.37	5	23	17	6	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.45	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
42	350	162	Sep 28	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-3	8-GF	BL(6-10)	2	0.2	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.74	3.41	6	25	11	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.13	-0.659	.00	0.00%	-1.71	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end d 1
							24-18		W-L:6-10,Sv:11,BSv:2	3.2	182.2	155	85	76	78	159	10	3	3.74	3.41	774	2591	62%	18%	9%	1.04		22%	7%	11	55	7	0%	20	7	1	686	30	2	1	14	4	12	1.07	1.339	.39	-0.05%	18.26

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