Joe Gordon

Joseph Lowell Gordon
Born: February 18, 1915
Los Angeles, CA USA
Deceased: 1978
Sacramento, CA USA
Primary Position: 2B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, SS, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180
College: University of Oregon
Career: 1938-1950
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
Minor League Statistics

Joe Gordon compiled a career batting average of .268 with 253 home runs and 975 RBI in his 1566-game career with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians. He began playing during the 1938 season and last took the field during the 1950 campaign. Gordon was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.

New York Yankees

Cleveland Indians

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1938	AL	New York Yankees	127	520	458	83	117	24	7	25	97	11	3	56	72	.255	.340	.502	.843	230	0	3	3
1939	AL	New York Yankees	151	648	567	92	161	32	5	28	111	11	10	75	57	.284	.370	.506	.876	287	15	2	4
1940	AL	New York Yankees	155	677	616	112	173	32	10	30	103	18	8	52	57	.281	.340	.511	.851	315	12	3	6
1941	AL	New York Yankees	156	665	588	104	162	26	7	24	87	10	9	72	80	.276	.358	.466	.824	274	16	4	1
1942	AL	New York Yankees	147	625	538	88	173	29	4	18	103	12	6	79	95	.322	.409	.491	.900	264	22	1	7
1943	AL	New York Yankees	152	650	543	82	135	28	5	17	69	4	7	98	75	.249	.365	.413	.778	224	18	2	7
1946	AL	New York Yankees	112	431	376	35	79	15	0	11	47	2	5	49	72	.210	.308	.338	.645	127	14	4	2
1947	AL	Cleveland Indians	155	626	562	89	153	27	6	29	93	7	3	62	49	.272	.346	.496	.842	279	16	1	1
1948	AL	Cleveland Indians	144	633	550	96	154	21	4	32	124	5	2	77	68	.280	.371	.507	.879	279	16	3	3
1949	AL	Cleveland Indians	148	632	541	74	136	18	3	20	84	5	6	83	33	.251	.355	.407	.762	220	20	4	4
1950	AL	Cleveland Indians	119	429	368	59	87	12	1	19	57	4	1	56	44	.236	.340	.429	.770	158	10	2	3
Totals			1566	6536	5707	914	1530	264	52	253	975	89	60	759	702	.268	.357	.466	.822	2657	159	29	41

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1938	AL	New York Yankees	2B	126	290	450	31	98	.960	5.873
1939	AL	New York Yankees	2B	151	370	461	28	116	.967	5.503
1940	AL	New York Yankees	2B	155	374	505	23	116	.975	5.671
1941	AL	New York Yankees	1B	30	224	17	4	35	.984	8.033
1941	AL	New York Yankees	2B	131	332	397	32	109	.958	5.565
1942	AL	New York Yankees	2B	147	354	442	28	121	.966	5.415
1943	AL	New York Yankees	2B	152	407	490	29	114	.969	5.901
1946	AL	New York Yankees	2B	108	281	346	17	87	.974	5.806
1947	AL	Cleveland Indians	2B	155	341	466	18	110	.978	5.206
1948	AL	Cleveland Indians	2B	144	330	436	23	97	.971	5.319
1948	AL	Cleveland Indians	SS	2	2	3	0	1	1.000	2.500
1949	AL	Cleveland Indians	2B	145	297	430	15	123	.980	5.014
1950	AL	Cleveland Indians	2B	105	224	283	16	69	.969	4.829
Totals				1551	3826	4726	264	1196	.970	5.514

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	IBB
1938	AL	New York Yankees	WS	4	16	15	3	6	2	0	1	6	1	1	3	.400	.438	.733	1.171	11	0	1
1939	AL	New York Yankees	WS	4	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	0
1941	AL	New York Yankees	WS	5	21	14	2	7	1	1	1	5	0	7	0	.500	.667	.929	1.595	13	1	2
1942	AL	New York Yankees	WS	5	21	21	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.095	.095	.143	.238	3	0	0
1943	AL	New York Yankees	WS	5	20	17	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	3	3	.235	.350	.471	.821	8	0	0
1948	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	6	23	22	3	4	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	.182	.217	.318	.536	7	0	0
Totals				29	115	103	12	25	5	1	4	16	2	12	17	.243	.322	.427	.749	44	1	3

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1938	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2B	4	4	36.0	12	11	2	3	.920	5.750	5.750
1939	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2B	4	4	37.0	6	13	0	4	1.000	4.622	4.750
1941	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2B	5	5	45.0	6	19	1	5	.962	5.000	5.000
1942	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2B	5	5	44.0	11	12	0	1	1.000	4.705	4.600
1943	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2B	5	5	45.0	20	23	0	3	1.000	8.600	8.600
1948	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	2B	6	6	53.0	15	13	1	7	.966	4.755	4.667
Totals					29	29	260.0	70	91	4	23	.976	5.573	5.552

Awards

1939 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 2B
1940 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 2B
1941 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 2B
1942 - AL TSN Guide MVP
1942 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 2B
1942 - AL Most Valuable Player
1943 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 2B
1947 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 2B
1948 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 2B

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