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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
2	2	Apr 15	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
3	3	Apr 16	NYY		PHA	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 17	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 18	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	44	8.0	9	4	0	13	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	44	10.0	13	0	0	13	1
7	7	Apr 20	NYY	@	PHA	W,19-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
8	8	Apr 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
9	9	Apr 22	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	11	0	1	12	2
10	10	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	49	11.0	10	0	0	10	2
11	11	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
12	12	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
13	13	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
14	14	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	3
15	15	Apr 29	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
16	16	Apr 30	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
18	18	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	2
19	19	May 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	62	13.0	14	4	0	18	2
20	20	May 4	NYY	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	3
21	21	May 5	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
22	22	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	23	May 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
24	24	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
25	25	May 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	48	8.0	11	0	2	13	3
26	26	May 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
27	27	May 13	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
28	28	May 14	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
29	29	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-13	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	30	May 16	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
31	31	May 17	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	5	2	9	0
32	32	May 18	NYY		SLB	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
33	33	May 19	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
34	34	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
35	35	May 21	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
36	36	May 22	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	5	0	12	3
37	37	May 23	NYY		BOS	T,9-9	GS	34	7.0	2	4	0	6	3
38	38	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
39	39	May 25	NYY		BOS	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	40	May 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	4
41	41	May 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
42	42	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	T,2-2	CG	24	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
43	43	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
44	44	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-13	CG	50	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
46	46	Jun 1 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
47	47	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
48	48	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
49	49	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	41	9.1	3	3	0	6	1
50	50	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
51	51	Jun 8 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 8 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	35	7.0	2	2	1	5	1
53	53	Jun 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
55	55	Jun 14	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
56	56	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	7	1	11	0
57	57	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	GS	40	9.0	6	6	0	12	2
58	58	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
59	59	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
60	60	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
61	61	Jun 20	NYY		DET	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
62	62	Jun 21	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 22	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	2
64	64	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
65	65	Jun 25	NYY		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
66	66	Jun 26	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	28	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
67	67	Jun 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	GS	41	8.1	1	5	0	6	1
68	68	Jun 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
69	69	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
70	70	Jun 29 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	5	3	13	3
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
72	72	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-2	CG	18	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	73	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
74	74	Jul 5	NYY		PHA	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	75	Jul 6 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 6 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
77	77	Jul 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	78	Jul 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
79	79	Jul 12	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	80	Jul 13 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
81	81	Jul 13 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	2	5	0	7	1
82	82	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
83	83	Jul 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
84	84	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
85	85	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	86	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	7.2	4	2	0	6	0
87	87	Jul 19 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
88	88	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
89	89	Jul 20	NYY	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	74	17.0	6	5	0	11	3
90	90	Jul 22	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 23	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
92	92	Jul 24	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
93	93	Jul 25	NYY		CHW	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
94	94	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
95	95	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	96	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
97	97	Jul 29	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	49	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
98	98	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	50	13.0	4	6	0	10	0
99	99	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	100	Aug 1	NYY		SLB	W,9-0	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	101	Aug 2	NYY		SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
102	102	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
103	103	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
104	104	Aug 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
105	105	Aug 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
106	106	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
107	107	Aug 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
108	108	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
109	109	Aug 8	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
110	110	Aug 9	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
111	111	Aug 10 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
112	112	Aug 10 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
113	113	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
114	114	Aug 12	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
115	115	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	CG	45	11.0	4	5	0	9	1
116	116	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
117	117	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
118	118	Aug 14 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
119	119	Aug 16	NYY		PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
120	120	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
121	121	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
122	122	Aug 19 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
123	123	Aug 19 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
124	124	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	40	9.1	5	4	0	9	1
125	125	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	126	Aug 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
127	127	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	3
128	128	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
129	129	Aug 24 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
130	130	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
131	131	Aug 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
132	132	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	44	10.0	3	3	1	7	0
133	133	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
134	134	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
135	135	Sep 1 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,13-11	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
136	136	Sep 1 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
137	137	Sep 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	6	2	0	8	2
138	138	Sep 4	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	6	1	12	2
139	139	Sep 6	NYY		BOS	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
140	140	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
141	141	Sep 9	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
142	142	Sep 11	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	50	12.0	2	3	0	5	2
143	143	Sep 12	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
144	144	Sep 13	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
145	145	Sep 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
146	146	Sep 14 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
147	147	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
148	148	Sep 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
149	149	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
150	150	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
151	151	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	4	3	3	10	1
152	152	Sep 24	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
153	153	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
154	154	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
155	155	Sep 27	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
156	156	Sep 28	NYY		WSH	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							161gm		1392.0	556	414	36	1006	144