Tom Gordon

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: November 18, 1967 in Sebring, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Avon Park HS (Avon Park, FL).

High School: Avon Park HS (Avon Park, FL)

Last Game: May 3, 2009 (Age 41-166d)
vs. MIL 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Thomas Gordon

Nicknames: Flash

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Relatives: Father of Dee Strange-Gordon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.0

138

126

ERA

3.96

890

203

158

2108.0

1928

WHIP

1.360

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1986	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-AAA	KCR	3	1	.750	2.38	3.77	10	7	1	2	1	1	45.1	37	19	12	0	25	1	50	0	1	7		1.368	7.3	0.0	5.0	9.9	2.00
1986	18	-8.5	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	0	0		47.25	47.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	6	7	7	0	2	0	3	0	0	0		6.000	40.5	0.0	13.5	20.3	1.50
1986	18	-1.7	Royals	GULF	Rk	KCR	3	1	.750	1.02	2.45	9	7	1	2	1	1	44.0	31	12	5	0	23	1	47	0	1	7		1.227	6.3	0.0	4.7	9.6	2.04
1987	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	KCR	10	0	1.000	2.83	3.87	18	16	1	0	0	1	86.0	53	37	27	2	64	0	102	5	4	2		1.360	5.5	0.2	6.7	10.7	1.59
1987	19	-3.7	Fort Myers	FLOR	A	KCR	1	0	1.000	2.63	2.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	5	4	4	0	17	0	11	2	0	0		1.610	3.3	0.0	11.2	7.2	0.65
1987	19	-2.1	Eugene	NORW	A-	KCR	9	0	1.000	2.86	4.11	15	13	1	0	0	1	72.1	48	33	23	2	47	0	91	3	4	2		1.313	6.0	0.2	5.8	11.3	1.94
1988	20		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-AA-AAA	KCR	16	5	.762	1.55	1.75	26	26	0	7	3	0	185.2	96	36	32	4	75	1	263	1	4	11		0.921	4.7	0.2	3.6	12.7	3.51
1988	20	-6.5	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	3	0	1.000	1.33	1.33	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	11	3	3	0	15	0	29	0	0	0		1.279	4.9	0.0	6.6	12.8	1.93
1988	20	-3.8	Memphis	SOUL	AA	KCR	6	0	1.000	0.38	0.57	6	6	0	2	2	0	47.1	16	3	2	1	17	0	62	1	0	1		0.697	3.0	0.2	3.2	11.8	3.65
1988	20	-1.9	Appleton	MIDW	A	KCR	7	5	.583	2.06	2.29	17	17	0	5	1	0	118.0	69	30	27	3	43	1	172	0	4	10		0.949	5.3	0.2	3.3	13.1	4.00
1988	20	-8.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	2	.000	5.17	5.17	5	2	0	0	0	0	15.2	16	9	9	1	7	0	18	0	0	0	67	1.468	9.2	0.6	4.0	10.3	2.57
1989	21	-7.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	17	9	.654	3.64	3.70	49	16	16	1	1	1	163.0	122	67	66	10	86	4	153	1	0	12	677	1.276	6.7	0.6	4.7	8.4	1.78
1990	22	-6.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	12	11	.522	3.73	4.56	32	32	0	6	1	0	195.1	192	99	81	17	99	1	175	3	0	11	858	1.490	8.8	0.8	4.6	8.1	1.77
1991	23	-5.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	9	14	.391	3.87	4.33	45	14	11	1	0	1	158.0	129	76	68	16	87	6	167	4	0	5	684	1.367	7.3	0.9	5.0	9.5	1.92
1992	24	-4.9	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	6	10	.375	4.59	5.12	40	11	13	0	0	0	117.2	116	67	60	9	55	4	98	4	2	5	516	1.453	8.9	0.7	4.2	7.5	1.78
1993	25	-3.7	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	12	6	.667	3.58	3.76	48	14	18	2	0	1	155.2	125	65	62	11	77	5	143	1	0	17	651	1.298	7.2	0.6	4.5	8.3	1.86
1994	26	-3.1	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	11	7	.611	4.35	4.58	24	24	0	0	0	0	155.1	136	79	75	15	87	3	126	3	1	12	675	1.436	7.9	0.9	5.0	7.3	1.45
1995	27	-1.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	12	12	.500	4.43	5.24	31	31	0	2	0	0	189.0	204	110	93	12	89	4	119	4	0	9	843	1.550	9.7	0.6	4.2	5.7	1.34
1996	28	-0.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	12	9	.571	5.59	5.97	34	34	0	4	1	0	215.2	249	143	134	28	105	5	171	4	1	6	998	1.641	10.4	1.2	4.4	7.1	1.63
1997	29	0.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	10	.375	3.74	4.19	42	25	16	2	1	11	182.2	155	85	76	10	78	1	159	3	0	5	774	1.276	7.6	0.5	3.8	7.8	2.04
1998	30	0.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	7	4	.636	2.72	2.72	73	0	69	0	0	46	79.1	55	24	24	2	25	1	78	0	0	9	317	1.008	6.2	0.2	2.8	8.8	3.12
1999	31	1.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	2	.000	5.60	5.60	21	0	15	0	0	11	17.2	17	11	11	2	12	2	24	1	0	0	82	1.642	8.7	1.0	6.1	12.2	2.00

2001	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	CHC	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	13	0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00
2001	33	6.1	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2001	33	10.3	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CHC	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
2001	33	4.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	1	2	.333	3.38	3.57	47	0	40	0	0	27	45.1	32	18	17	4	16	1	67	1	0	2	187	1.059	6.4	0.8	3.2	13.3	4.19
2002	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	CHC	0	0		8.31	10.38	4	2	1	0	0	1	4.1	2	5	4	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	21	1.615	4.2	0.0	10.4	6.2	0.60
2002	34		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CHC-HOU	1	3	.250	3.38	4.01	34	0	10	0	0	0	42.2	42	19	16	3	16	3	48	1	0	0	181	1.359	8.9	0.6	3.4	10.1	3.00
2002	34	7.1	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	0		16.20	21.60	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.2	1	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	2.400	5.4	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.00
2002	34	11.3	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CHC	0	0		3.38	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	12	1.125	3.4	0.0	6.8	10.1	1.50
2002	34	5.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	1	1	.500	3.42	4.56	19	0	7	0	0	0	23.2	27	12	9	1	10	1	31	1	0	0	104	1.563	10.3	0.4	3.8	11.8	3.10
2002	34	5.2	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	0	2	.000	3.32	3.32	15	0	3	0	0	0	19.0	15	7	7	2	6	2	17	0	0	0	77	1.105	7.1	0.9	2.8	8.1	2.83
2003	35	6.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	7	6	.538	3.16	3.53	66	0	35	0	0	12	74.0	57	29	26	4	31	3	91	4	0	5	310	1.189	6.9	0.5	3.8	11.1	2.94
2004	36	7.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	4	.692	2.21	2.31	80	0	15	0	0	4	89.2	56	23	22	5	23	5	96	1	0	3	342	0.881	5.6	0.5	2.3	9.6	4.17
2005	37	7.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	4	.556	2.57	2.79	79	0	17	0	0	2	80.2	59	25	23	8	29	4	69	0	1	1	324	1.091	6.6	0.9	3.2	7.7	2.38
2006	38	15.0	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	13	0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00
2006	38	8.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	4	.429	3.34	3.49	59	0	53	0	0	34	59.1	53	23	22	9	22	4	68	1	0	3	253	1.264	8.0	1.4	3.3	10.3	3.09
2007	39		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-Rk	PHI	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	5	5	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	23	1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
2007	39	15.9	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
2007	39	18.7	Phillies	GULF	Rk	PHI	0	1	.000	19.29	19.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	5	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	2.571	19.3	0.0	3.9	11.6	3.00
2007	39	10.0	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	2	.600	4.73	4.73	44	0	11	0	0	6	40.0	40	21	21	7	13	0	32	2	0	1	170	1.325	9.0	1.6	2.9	7.2	2.46
2008	40	16.8	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	1	.000	18.00	18.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	3.000	9.0	9.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2008	40	11.1	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	5	4	.556	5.16	5.76	34	0	7	0	0	2	29.2	31	19	17	3	17	1	26	0	0	4	139	1.618	9.4	0.9	5.2	7.9	1.53
2009	41		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	ARI	0	0		10.97	12.66	12	1	2	0	0	0	10.2	20	15	13	0	16	0	5	0	0	2	65	3.375	16.9	0.0	13.5	4.2	0.31
2009	41	14.0	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	0		11.17	13.03	11	1	2	0	0	0	9.2	19	14	12	0	14	0	4	0	0	2	59	3.414	17.7	0.0	13.0	3.7	0.29
2009	41	18.0	Visalia	CALL	A+	ARI	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2009	41	12.4	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	0	1	.000	21.60	21.60	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	3	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	10	3.600	16.2	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (21 seasons)					Majors		138	126	.523	3.96	4.34	890	203	347	18	4	158	2108.0	1889	1016	927	176	977	57	1928	38	5	112	9058	1.360	8.1	0.8	4.2	8.2	1.97
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		29	8	.784	2.47	3.10	82	62	5	9	4	3	346.0	217	119	95	7	191	2	438	6	9	23	141	1.179	5.6	0.2	5.0	11.4	2.29
All Levels (23 Seasons)							167	134	.555	3.75	4.16	972	265	352	27	8	161	2454.0	2106	1135	1022	183	1168	59	2366	44	14	135	9199	1.334	7.7	0.7	4.3	8.7	2.03

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		3	0	1.000	6.43	7.20	19	4	3	0	0	1	35.0	38	28	25	0	35	0	38	0	0	2	75	2.086	9.8	0.0	9.0	9.8	1.09
AA (1 season)					Minors		6	0	1.000	0.38	0.57	6	6	0	2	2	0	47.1	16	3	2	1	17	0	62	1	0	1		0.697	3.0	0.2	3.2	11.8	3.65
A+ (6 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	2.70	2.70	11	10	0	0	0	0	13.1	5	4	4	1	8	0	14	0	0	1	53	0.975	3.4	0.7	5.4	9.5	1.75
A (2 seasons)					Minors		8	5	.615	2.12	2.32	20	20	0	5	1	0	131.2	74	34	31	3	60	1	183	2	4	10		1.018	5.1	0.2	4.1	12.5	3.05
A- (1 season)					Minors		9	0	1.000	2.86	4.11	15	13	1	0	0	1	72.1	48	33	23	2	47	0	91	3	4	2		1.313	6.0	0.2	5.8	11.3	1.94
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		3	2	.600	1.94	3.30	11	9	1	2	1	1	46.1	36	17	10	0	24	1	50	0	1	7	13	1.295	7.0	0.0	4.7	9.7	2.08