Joe Gordon stats

Last played for the Cleveland Guardians, 1950

Age 111

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Joe Gordon played 11 MLB seasons, 1938 to 1950.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,566
AB
5,707
R
914
H
1,530
HR
253
RBI
975
SB
89
AVG
.268
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1938NYY12745883117259711.255
1939NYY151567921612811111.284
1940NYY1556161121733010318.281
1941NYY156588104162248710.276
1942NYY147538881731810312.322
1943NYY1525438213517694.249
1946NYY112376357911472.210
1947CLE1555628915329937.272
1948CLE14455096154321245.280
1949CLE1485417413620845.251
1950CLE119368598719574.236

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
29
AB
103
R
12
H
25
HR
4
RBI
16
SB
2
AVG
.243

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,536
TB
2,657
XBH
569
HBP
29
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1938NYY520230563000
1939NYY648287652000
1940NYY677315723000
1941NYY665274574000
1942NYY625264511000
1943NYY650224502000
1946NYY431127264000
1947CLE626279621000
1948CLE633279573000
1949CLE632220414000
1950CLE429158322000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
54.0
RC
989.7
RC/27
6.20
ISOP
.197
SECA
.336
BB/K
1.08
AB/HR
22.6
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1938NYY3.182.16.4.2470.40.818.30
1939NYY6.1107.46.9.2220.41.320.30
1940NYY5.4109.36.5.2310.30.920.50
1941NYY4.7100.86.2.1900.30.924.50
1942NYY7.8110.97.9.1690.30.829.90
1943NYY6.288.65.7.1640.31.331.90
1946NYY1.841.43.7.1280.30.734.20
1947CLE6.799.46.5.2240.31.319.40
1948CLE6.41077.2.2270.41.117.20
1949CLE3.984.45.5.1550.32.527.10
1950CLE1.958.65.5.1930.41.319.40

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
111 yearsFeb 18, 1915
Debut
1938
AL MVP
1942

What were Joe Gordon's career stats?

Joe Gordon played 11 seasons for the Yankees and the Guardians. He was a career .268 hitter with 1,530 hits, 253 home runs and 975 RBI. His best season was 1942: a .322 batting average, 18 home runs and 103 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1938 to 1950

Championships ×5

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 249th in home runs (253)
  • 291st in rbi (975)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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