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Joe Gordon

Joe Gordon

#18 RANKED AT POSITION
1938—1950
Second Base
BORN
February 18, 1915, in Los Angeles, CA
BATS / THROWS
Right / Right
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
5-10 / 180
PRIMARY TEAM
New York Yankees
.268
BATTING AVERAGE
1566
GAMES
55.6
WAR
.357
ON-BASE PCT
914
RUNS
44.8
WAR7
.466
SLUGGING
1530
HITS
20.8
WAR3
.822
ON-BASE + SLUGGING
253
HOME RUNS
5.8
WAR PER SEASON
Acrobatic second baseman, starred on Yankees and Indians in a career that sandwiched World War II.
Hall of Fame
9-TIME
ALL-STAR
Yankees
ALL-TIME TEAM
1938-39, 1941, 1943, 1948
WORLD SERIES CHAMPION

Compared to Hall of Fame Second Basemen

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS WAR PER
Gordon
CAREER
55.6
LONG PEAK
44.8
PRIME
31.7
SHORT PEAK
20.8
JAWS
50.2
WAR PER
5.8
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER
CAREER
70.8
LONG PEAK
45.6
PRIME
33.2
SHORT PEAK
22.8
JAWS
58.2
WAR PER
5.2

Where Does Joe Gordon Rank Among Second Basemen?

RANKING CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS
RANKING
18
CAREER
18
LONG PEAK
12
PRIME
14
SHORT PEAK
20
JAWS
17
RANKING
EGG RANKING
CAREER
WAR
LONG PEAK
WAR7
PRIME
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
SHORT PEAK
WAR3
JAWS
JAWS

Hall of Fame Second Basemen Wins Above Replacement Comparison

Gordon
Average HOF Second Base
80.080.060.060.040.040.020.020.00.00.055.644.831.720.850.25.770.845.633.222.858.25.2Career WARCareer WARWAR7WAR7WAR5CWAR5CWAR3WAR3JAWSJAWSWAR PER SNWAR PER SN
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