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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	6	6	0	12	2
2	2	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	5	4	1	10	2
7	7	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	5	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	1	2	5	0
9	9	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
10	10	Apr 30	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
12	12	May 3	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
13	13	May 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
14	14	May 5	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
15	15	May 6	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
16	16	May 7	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
17	17	May 8	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	18	May 9	NYY		CLE	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
19	19	May 10	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	6	4	0	10	3
20	20	May 11	NYY		BOS	L,8-9	CG	49	11.0	4	5	1	10	1
21	21	May 12	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
22	22	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
23	23	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
24	24	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
25	25	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	26	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
27	27	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	28	May 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	3	2	0	5	1
29	29	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
30	30	May 27	NYY		WSH	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
31	31	May 28 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
32	32	May 28 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
33	33	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	3
35	35	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
37	37	Jun 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
38	38	Jun 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
39	39	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	40	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
41	41	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
42	42	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
43	43	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
45	45	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
46	46	Jun 11	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
47	47	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
49	49	Jun 15	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
50	50	Jun 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
51	51	Jun 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	53	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
54	54	Jun 20	NYY	@	CHW	T,0-1	CG	46	10.1	1	5	1	7	1
55	55	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	4	4	0	8	2
57	57	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
58	58	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
59	59	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	25	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 28	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	3
62	62	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
63	63	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
64	64	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	66	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	69	Jul 5	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
70	70	Jul 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	51	9.1	5	3	0	8	0
71	71	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	5	0	11	3
72	72	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
73	73	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
74	74	Jul 13 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
75	75	Jul 13 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
76	76	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
77	77	Jul 15	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
78	78	Jul 16	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	13.0	3	4	0	7	3
80	80	Jul 18	NYY		CLE	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	8	0	10	2
81	81	Jul 19	NYY		CLE	W,15-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 20	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
83	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
84	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
85	85	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
86	86	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,12-14	CG	48	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
89	89	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	11.1	1	3	1	5	1
90	90	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
91	91	Jul 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
92	92	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
93	93	Jul 31	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	49	10.1	4	6	0	10	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	94	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
95	95	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	0	8	1	9	1
96	96	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
97	97	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
98	98	Aug 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	99	Aug 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	2
100	100	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	47	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
101	101	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
102	102	Aug 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	2	4	0	6	1
103	103	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	104	Aug 10	NYY		PHA	W,13-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
105	105	Aug 11	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
106	106	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
107	107	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,19-8	CG	37	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
108	108	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
109	109	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
110	110	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	111	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
112	112	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	113	Aug 20 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
114	114	Aug 21	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
115	115	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	W,15-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
116	116	Aug 23	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
117	117	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
118	118	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
119	119	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
120	120	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	8	0	11	2
121	121	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
122	122	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	52	13.0	3	2	1	6	0
123	123	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	124	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
125	125	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
126	126	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	1	10	1
127	127	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
128	128	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
129	129	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
130	130	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
131	131	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	132	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
133	133	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
134	134	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
135	135	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	24	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	136	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
137	137	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
138	138	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,16-7	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
139	139	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
140	140	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
141	141	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-16	CG	46	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
142	142	Sep 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
143	143	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
144	144	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
145	145	Sep 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
146	146	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
147	147	Sep 22	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
148	148	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
149	149	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,9-4	CG	27	7.0	3	4	0	7	2
150	150	Sep 26 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
151	151	Sep 26 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
152	152	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
153	153	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
154	154	Sep 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	33	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
155	155	Sep 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
							155gm		1373.0	374	505	23	902	116