Joe Gordon

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Full Name: Joseph Lowell Gordon	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/180	First Game: April 18, 1938
Birthdate: February 18, 1915	Final Game: September 30, 1950
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: April 14, 1978
Deathplace: Sacramento, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Joe Gordon (Joseph Lowell Gordon) was born on February 18, 1915 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1938 for the New York Yankees. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .255 with 25 home runs and 97 RBI. Gordon played for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Joe Gordon's best season was 1940, when he slugged 30 home runs, hit for a .281 average and knocked in 103 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1938	NY	A	127	458	83	117	25	97	.255	.340	.502	24	7	56	72	3	3	11	0	0
1939	NY	A	151	567	92	161	28	111	.284	.370	.506	32	5	75	57	2	4	11	0	15
1940	NY	A	155	616	112	173	30	103	.281	.340	.511	32	10	52	57	3	6	18	0	12
1941	NY	A	156	588	104	162	24	87	.276	.358	.466	26	7	72	80	4	1	10	0	16
1942	NY	A	147	538	88	173	18	103	.322	.409	.491	29	4	79	95	1	7	12	0	22
1943	NY	A	152	543	82	135	17	69	.249	.365	.413	28	5	98	75	2	7	4	0	18
1946	NY	A	112	376	35	79	11	47	.210	.308	.338	15	0	49	72	4	2	2	0	14
1947	CLE	A	155	562	89	153	29	93	.272	.346	.496	27	6	62	49	1	1	7	0	16
1948	CLE	A	144	550	96	154	32	124	.280	.371	.507	21	4	77	68	3	3	5	0	16
1949	CLE	A	148	541	74	136	20	84	.251	.355	.407	18	3	83	33	4	4	5	0	20
1950	CLE	A	119	368	59	87	19	57	.236	.340	.429	12	1	56	44	2	3	4	0	10
Total			1566	5707	914	1530	253	975	.268	.357	.466	264	52	759	702	29	41	89	0	159

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	NY	A	2B	126	0	0	290	450	31	98	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1939	NY	A	2B	151	0	0	370	461	28	116	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1940	NY	A	2B	155	0	0	374	505	23	116	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1941	NY	A	2B	131	0	0	332	397	32	109	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1941	NY	A	1B	30	0	0	224	17	4	35	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1942	NY	A	2B	147	0	0	354	442	28	121	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1943	NY	A	2B	152	0	0	407	490	29	114	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1946	NY	A	2B	108	0	0	281	346	17	87	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1947	CLE	A	2B	155	0	0	341	466	18	110	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1948	CLE	A	SS	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	CLE	A	2B	144	0	0	330	436	23	97	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1949	CLE	A	2B	145	0	0	297	430	15	123	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1950	CLE	A	2B	105	0	0	224	283	16	69	0	0	0	0	0	.969
Total			1B	30	0	0	224	17	4	35	0	0	0	0	0	.984
Total			2B	1519	0	0	3600	4706	260	1160	0	0	0	0	0	.970
Total			SS	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1936).
Traded by New York Yankees to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Allie Reynolds (October 11, 1946).
Released by Cleveland Indians (October 27, 1950).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jimmy Dykes (August 3, 1960).

[edit] Trivia

9 Time All-Star: (1939-1943, 1946-1949)
5 Time World Series Champion: 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1948

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