Tom Gordon

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Full Name: Thomas Gordon	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/160	First Game: September 8, 1988
Birthdate: November 18, 1967	MLB Experience: 18 years
Birthplace: Sebring, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
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Born on November 18, 1967 in Sebring, Florida, Tom Gordon (Thomas Gordon) played for the Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 18 year career. Gordon broke into the bigs on September 8, 1988 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 3.64 ERA in 163 innings pitched in 1989, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tom Gordon's best season was 1998, when he posted a 2.72 ERA, notched 46 saves and struck out 78 batters.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1988	KC	A	5	2	0	2	5.17	18	9	9	0	0	0	15.2	16	1	7	0	0	0
1989	KC	A	49	16	17	9	3.64	153	67	66	1	1	1	163	122	10	86	4	12	1
1990	KC	A	32	32	12	11	3.73	175	99	81	6	1	0	195.1	192	17	99	1	11	3
1991	KC	A	45	14	9	14	3.87	167	76	68	1	0	1	158	129	16	87	6	5	4
1992	KC	A	40	11	6	10	4.59	98	67	60	0	0	0	117.2	116	9	55	4	5	4
1993	KC	A	48	14	12	6	3.58	143	65	62	2	0	1	155.2	125	11	77	5	17	1
1994	KC	A	24	24	11	7	4.35	126	79	75	0	0	0	155.1	136	15	87	3	12	3
1995	KC	A	31	31	12	12	4.43	119	110	93	2	0	0	189	204	12	89	4	9	4
1996	BOS	A	34	34	12	9	5.59	171	143	134	4	1	0	215.2	249	28	105	5	6	4
1997	BOS	A	42	25	6	10	3.74	159	85	76	2	1	11	182.2	155	10	78	1	5	3
1998	BOS	A	73	0	7	4	2.72	78	24	24	0	0	46	79.1	55	2	25	1	9	0
1999	BOS	A	21	0	0	2	5.60	24	11	11	0	0	11	17.2	17	2	12	2	0	1
2001	CHI	N	47	0	1	2	3.38	67	18	17	0	0	27	45.1	32	4	16	1	2	1
2002	HOU	N	15	0	0	2	3.32	17	7	7	0	0	0	19	15	2	6	2	0	0
2002	CHI	N	19	0	1	1	3.42	31	12	9	0	0	0	23.2	27	1	10	1	0	1
2002	TOT	N	34	0	1	3	3.38	48	19	16	0	0	0	42.2	42	3	16	3	0	1
2003	CHI	A	66	0	7	6	3.16	91	29	26	0	0	12	74	57	4	31	3	5	4
2004	NY	A	80	0	9	4	2.21	96	23	22	0	0	4	89.2	56	5	23	5	3	1
2005	NY	A	79	0	5	4	2.57	69	25	23	0	0	2	80.2	59	8	29	4	1	0
2006	PHI	N	59	0	3	4	3.34	68	23	22	0	0	34	59.1	53	9	22	4	3	1
Total	NL		140	0	5	9	3.36	183	60	55	0	0	61	147.1	127	16	54	8	5	3
Total	AL		669	203	125	110	3.95	1687	912	830	18	4	89	1889.1	1688	150	890	48	100	33
Total			809	203	130	119	3.91	1870	972	885	18	4	150	2036.2	1815	166	944	56	105	36

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1988	KC	A	P	5	2	15.2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1.000
1989	KC	A	P	49	16	163	15	26	0	7	0	1	7	3	0	1.000
1990	KC	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	KC	A	P	32	32	195.1	17	24	1	1	0	4	8	10	1	.976
1991	KC	A	P	45	14	158	12	17	2	1	0	2	9	7	0	.935
1992	KC	A	P	40	11	117.2	11	14	1	1	0	4	5	7	0	.962
1993	KC	A	P	48	14	155.2	18	21	2	0	0	4	15	9	0	.951
1994	KC	A	P	24	24	155.1	12	25	2	3	0	0	32	8	0	.949
1995	KC	A	P	31	31	189	25	26	2	3	0	1	12	5	0	.962
1996	BOS	A	P	34	34	215.2	14	30	3	3	0	4	17	5	0	.936
1997	BOS	A	P	42	25	182.2	18	20	2	1	0	3	20	7	1	.950
1998	BOS	A	P	73	0	79.1	7	1	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.000
1999	BOS	A	P	21	0	17.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1.000
2001	CHI	N	P	47	0	45.1	1	1	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.000
2002	HOU	N	P	15	0	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.667
2002	CHI	N	P	19	0	23.2	1	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.000
2002	TOT	N	P	34	0	42.2	1	6	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	.875
2003	CHI	A	P	66	0	74	6	10	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
2004	NY	A	P	80	0	89.2	6	13	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	.950
2005	NY	A	P	79	0	80.2	7	13	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	.952
2006	PHI	N	P	59	0	59.1	5	8	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.000
Total			P	809	203	2036.2	177	258	18	23	0	27	165	67	4	.960
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1988	KC	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	KC	A	49	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	KC	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	KC	A	46	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	KC	A	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	KC	A	48	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	KC	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	KC	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	BOS	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	BOS	A	42	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	BOS	A	73	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	BOS	A	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	CHI	N	47	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	HOU	N	15	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	CHI	N	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	TOT	N	34	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	CHI	A	66	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	NY	A	80	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	NY	A	79	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	PHI	N	59	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		140	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		672	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			812	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1986 - signed June 3, 1986).
Granted free agency (October 30, 1995).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 21, 1995).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2000).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 14, 2000).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Houston Astros in exchange for Ross Rohlicek and 2 players to be named later (August 22, 2002); Chicago Cubs received Travis Anderson and Mike Nannini (September 11, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 29, 2002).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (January 23, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 16, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (December 6, 2005).

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