Joe Gordon
Given Name: Joseph Lowell
Born: 2/18/1915 in Los Angeles, CA US
Died: 4/14/1978 in Sacramento, CA USA
First Game: Monday April 18, 1938
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009
Received 10.0 of 12 votes (9 required)
Voted in by Veterans - Pre-1943
Awards:
1939 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (2B)
1939 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (2B)
1939 - TSN All-Star - ML (2B)
1940 - TSN All-Star - ML (2B)
1940 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (2B)
1940 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (2B)
1941 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (2B)
1941 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (2B)
1941 - TSN All-Star - ML (2B)
1942 - TSN Guide MVP - AL
1942 - TSN All-Star - ML (2B)
1942 - Most Valuable Player - AL
1942 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (2B)
1942 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (2B)
1943 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (2B)
1947 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (2B)
1947 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (2B)
1947 - TSN All-Star - ML (2B)
1948 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (2B)
1948 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (2B)
1948 - TSN All-Star - ML (2B)
Joe Gordon's Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1938 | NYA | 127 | 458 | 83 | 117 | 24 | 7 | 25 | 230 | 97 | 11 | 3 | 56 | 72 | .255 | .340 | .502 | .843 |
1939 | NYA | 151 | 567 | 92 | 161 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 287 | 111 | 11 | 10 | 75 | 57 | .284 | .370 | .506 | .876 |
1940 | NYA | 155 | 616 | 112 | 173 | 32 | 10 | 30 | 315 | 103 | 18 | 8 | 52 | 57 | .281 | .340 | .511 | .851 |
1941 | NYA | 156 | 588 | 104 | 162 | 26 | 7 | 24 | 274 | 87 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 80 | .276 | .358 | .466 | .824 |
1942 | NYA | 147 | 538 | 88 | 173 | 29 | 4 | 18 | 264 | 103 | 12 | 6 | 79 | 95 | .322 | .409 | .491 | .900 |
1943 | NYA | 152 | 543 | 82 | 135 | 28 | 5 | 17 | 224 | 69 | 4 | 7 | 98 | 75 | .249 | .365 | .413 | .778 |
1946 | NYA | 112 | 376 | 35 | 79 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 127 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 72 | .210 | .308 | .338 | .645 |
1947 | CLE | 155 | 562 | 89 | 153 | 27 | 6 | 29 | 279 | 93 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 49 | .272 | .346 | .496 | .842 |
1948 | CLE | 144 | 550 | 96 | 154 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 279 | 124 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 68 | .280 | .371 | .507 | .879 |
1949 | CLE | 148 | 541 | 74 | 136 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 220 | 84 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 33 | .251 | .355 | .407 | .762 |
1950 | CLE | 119 | 368 | 59 | 87 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 158 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 44 | .236 | .340 | .429 | .770 |
Career | 1566 | 5707 | 914 | 1530 | 264 | 52 | 253 | 2657 | 975 | 89 | 60 | 759 | 702 | .268 | .357 | .466 | .822 | |
Max | 156 | 616 | 112 | 173 | 32 | 10 | 32 | 315 | 124 | 18 | 10 | 98 | 95 | .322 | .409 | .511 | .900 |
Joe Gordon's World Series and Playoffs Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GIDP | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
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1938 | WS | NYA | 4 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .438 | .733 | 1.171 |
1939 | WS | NYA | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
1941 | WS | NYA | 5 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .929 | 1.595 |
1942 | WS | NYA | 5 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .143 | .238 |
1943 | WS | NYA | 5 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .350 | .471 | .821 |
1948 | WS | CLE | 6 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .217 | .318 | .536 |
29 | 103 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .243 | .322 | .427 | .749 |
Joe Gordon's Fielding Statistics
Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB |
1938 | NYA | 2B | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 290 | 450 | 31 | 98 | 0 |
1939 | NYA | 2B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 370 | 461 | 28 | 116 | 0 |
1940 | NYA | 2B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 374 | 505 | 23 | 116 | 0 |
1941 | NYA | 1B | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 224 | 17 | 4 | 35 | 0 |
1941 | NYA | 2B | 131 | 0 | 0.0 | 332 | 397 | 32 | 109 | 0 |
1942 | NYA | 2B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 354 | 442 | 28 | 121 | 0 |
1943 | NYA | 2B | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 407 | 490 | 29 | 114 | 0 |
1946 | NYA | 2B | 108 | 0 | 0.0 | 281 | 346 | 17 | 87 | 0 |
1947 | CLE | 2B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 341 | 466 | 18 | 110 | 0 |
1948 | CLE | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1948 | CLE | 2B | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 330 | 436 | 23 | 97 | 0 |
1949 | CLE | 2B | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 430 | 15 | 123 | 0 |
1950 | CLE | 2B | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 224 | 283 | 16 | 69 | 0 |
Career | 1B | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 224 | 17 | 4 | 35 | 0 | |
Career | 2B | 1519 | 0 | 0.0 | 3600 | 4706 | 260 | 1160 | 0 | |
Career | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |