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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

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[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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