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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 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,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
5	5	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 19	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 22	NYY		PHA	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	3	8	0	11	3
9	9	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
10	10	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
12	12	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
13	13	Apr 28	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	14	Apr 29	NYY		SLB	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	18 (3)	May 3 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
16	19	May 3 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
17	20	May 4	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
18	21	May 5	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	1	5	1	7	0
19	22	May 6	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
20	23	May 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	24	May 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	4	1	7	2
22	25	May 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
23	26	May 16 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	27	May 16 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	6	5	0	11	2
25	28	May 17 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	29	May 17 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
27	30	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
28	31	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
29	32	May 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	2	9	2
30	33	May 24	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	44	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
31	34	May 25	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
32	35	May 26	NYY		BOS	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
33	36	May 27	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	37	May 28	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
35	38	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,16-1	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
36	39	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
37	40	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	41	May 31 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	2	6	2	10	1
39	42	May 31 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	5	0	10	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	43	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
41	44	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
42	45	Jun 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
43	46	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
44	47	Jun 7 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
45	48	Jun 7 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
46	49	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	W,11-10	CG	52	11.0	2	2	1	5	0
47	50	Jun 9	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
48	51	Jun 10	NYY		DET	L,1-4	CG	42	11.0	1	6	0	7	1
49	52	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	6	5	0	11	2
50	53	Jun 14 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	54	Jun 14 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
52	55	Jun 16 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
53	56	Jun 16 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
54	57	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
55	58	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
56	59	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
57	60	Jun 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	61	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
59	62	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
60	63	Jun 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	64	Jun 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
62	65	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
63	66	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
64	67	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
65	68	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-13	CG	41	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
66	69	Jun 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
67	70	Jun 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	71	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	72	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
70	73	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
71	74	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
72	75	Jul 5 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
73	76	Jul 5 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
74	77	Jul 9	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
75	78	Jul 10	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
76	79	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
77	80	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
78	81	Jul 12 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-1	GS	41	12.0	4	5	0	9	1
79	82	Jul 13	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	83	Jul 14	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
81	84	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
82	85	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	GS	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
83	90 (4)	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	91	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	10.0	3	6	0	9	2
85	92	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	2	8	1	11	2
86	93	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
87	94	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
88	95	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
89	96	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
90	97	Jul 29 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	48	10.2	5	5	0	10	1
91	98	Jul 29 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
92	99	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	46	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
93	100	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	101	Aug 1	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
95	102	Aug 2 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
96	103	Aug 2 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
97	104	Aug 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
98	105	Aug 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	106	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
100	107	Aug 10 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	108	Aug 10 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
102	109	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
103	110	Aug 12	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
104	111	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	4
105	112	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
106	113	Aug 15 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
107	114	Aug 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	CG	21	6.0	1	4	0	5	0
108	115	Aug 17	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
109	116	Aug 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	2	3	0	5	2
110	117	Aug 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
111	118	Aug 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	119	Aug 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
113	120	Aug 21	NYY		WSH	W,17-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	121	Aug 22	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
115	122	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
116	123	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	CG	22	6.0	5	2	0	7	2
117	124	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
118	125	Aug 26	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
119	126	Aug 28	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
120	127	Aug 29	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
121	128	Aug 30 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
122	129	Aug 30 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	6	4	0	10	0
123	130	Aug 31	NYY		DET	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	131	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	132	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
126	133	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	134	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
128	135	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	2
129	136	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
130	137	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
131	138	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
132	139	Sep 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
133	140	Sep 10	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
134	141	Sep 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
135	142	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
136	143	Sep 13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
137	144	Sep 13 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
138	145	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
139	146	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
140	147	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
141	148	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
142	149	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
143	150	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	151	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
145	152	Sep 22	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
146	153	Sep 23	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
147	154	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
							147gm		1305.0	354	442	28	824	121