Tom Gordon

Position: 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)

Debut: September 8, 1988 (Age 20-295d, 15,549th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-27 / in Starts: 5-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 12

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	87	5	Apr 13	KCR		NYY	L,8-9	7-GF		99	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.52	10	39	25	6	5	3	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.145	1.02	0.12%	1.50	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	88	7	Apr 16	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-5	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.86	7	31	21	11	1	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.009	.11	0.01%	1.05	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
3	89	11	Apr 20	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	7.0	4	0	0	4	13	0	0	0.00	0.86	29	128	76	28	12	6	6	3	1	0	78			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.270	.60	0.16%	3.49	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a5
4	90	17	Apr 28	KCR		BOS	L,1-2	3-GF	L(1-1)	7	7.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	0	0.47	1.33	29	123	73	20	14	8	11	4	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.232	1.22	0.17%	2.49	3t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	91	24	May 5	KCR		TOR	L,0-3	GS-9	L(1-2)	6	8.0	6	2	1	2	8	0	0	0.67	1.41	30	134	88	25	17	11	9	6	0	0	70			0	2	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.199	.84	0.09%	2.37	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out d1
6	92	28	May 11	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(2-2)	5	8.0	5	2	2	1	8	1	0	1.03	1.74	29	108	71	19	16	11	9	1	4	0	71			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.303	.58	0.10%	1.91	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a2
7	93	33	May 17	KCR		MIL	L,5-7	GS-9		5	8.1	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	1.45	1.91	33	116	69	19	5	15	12	5	1	0	59			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.210	.43	0.07%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
8	94	38	May 22	KCR		SEA	W,3-1	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	3	1	0	1.38	2.38	31	117	74	16	11	10	15	2	2	0	75			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.530	.50	0.15%	3.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	95	43	May 28	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS-6	W(4-2)	5	5.1	4	4	3	5	5	1	0	1.72	2.73	26	109	64	19	12	8	8	3	0	0	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.076	.69	-0.03%	-0.58	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	96	48	Jun 2	KCR		MIN	L,1-4	GS-4	L(4-3)	4	4.0	7	4	4	3	4	2	0	2.19	3.18	21	89	57	18	11	5	9	2	2	0	33			0	1	0	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.223	.44	-0.07%	-2.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
11	97	53	Jun 8	KCR		CHW	L,7-14	GS-5	L(4-4)	5	4.1	10	10	10	2	4	1	0	3.41	3.33	25	82	54	15	8	4	15	5	1	0	5			1	0	0	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.464	.38	-0.13%	-7.45	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d7
12	98	61	Jun 17	KCR	@	TEX	L,9-10	GS-5		8	5.0	8	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.68	3.50	26	94	55	13	12	7	10	5	2	0	36			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.174	.86	-0.06%	-1.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
13	99	65	Jun 22	KCR		BAL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-5)	4	7.0	3	1	1	5	10	0	2	3.46	3.46	32	123	74	22	13	8	7	2	1	0	72			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.44	0.241	.85	0.09%	2.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	100	68	Jun 24	KCR		CAL	L,4-9	5-7		1	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.33	3.44	13	52	30	8	4	2	6	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.032	.06	0.01%	2.98	5t -23 0 out d6	7t 3 out d6
15	101	73	Jun 30	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-6)	5	7.0	5	3	3	6	5	1	0	3.38	3.63	32	125	71	16	12	8	13	3	3	0	54			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	-0.016	.23	0.00%	0.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	102	78	Jul 5	KCR		OAK	L,3-9	GS-4	L(4-7)	4	3.2	3	7	6	7	2	1	0	3.83	3.93	21	80	34	12	3	6	6	1	1	0	24			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	.91	-0.318	.19	-0.04%	-5.11	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d7
17	103	84	Jul 14	KCR	@	DET	W,18-4	GS-6	W(5-7)	8	6.0	5	4	3	4	7	3	0	3.87	4.24	28	125	73	19	17	5	12	5	1	0	51			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.31	0.018	.04	0.00%	-0.95	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a9
18	104	89	Jul 19	KCR		DET	L,0-17	GS-6	L(5-8)	4	6.0	6	8	6	6	10	1	0	4.17	4.26	31	124	71	17	23	8	7	1	2	0	36			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	1	.67	-0.381	.13	-0.04%	-5.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d8
19	105	92	Jul 23	KCR		MIL	W,8-7	6-7	H(1)	3	1.0	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.39	4.32	8	28	12	6	1	1	3	2	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.025	.06	0.00%	-2.71	6t 1-- 2 out a3	7t 12- 2 out a4
20	106	95	Jul 26	KCR	@	TOR	L,5-6	10-GF(11)	L(5-9)	2	1.1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	4.33	4.34	8	27	15	5	1	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.00	-0.218	.84	-0.04%	-1.56	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
21	107	96	Jul 27	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-2	8-9	W(6-9)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.28	4.26	3	18	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.192	.38	0.02%	0.76	8b 1-- 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	108	100	Aug 1	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-5	8-10	W(7-9)	4	3.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.16	4.17	13	41	30	7	6	6	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	0.375	.41	0.04%	1.47	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
23	109	102	Aug 3	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-3	7-7	L(7-10)	1	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.28	4.17	7	29	16	4	5	3	2	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.277	.42	-0.05%	-1.50	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d2
24	110	109	Aug 11	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	10-GF(13)	W(8-10)	7	4.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	4.21	4.19	16	67	40	15	9	6	5	2	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.111	.45	0.02%	1.00	10t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
25	111	112	Aug 14	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-1	9-GF(11)	W(9-10)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.11	4.13	11	40	24	4	6	4	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.09	0.292	1.11	0.09%	1.50	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 4
26	112	118	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	L,3-7	8-GF		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.04	4.06	6	22	15	5	4	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.011	.03	0.00%	1.00	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
27	113	120	Aug 22	KCR		TEX	L,2-4	6-8	L(9-11)	1	3.0	3	2	1	1	3	0	0	4.01	4.01	14	52	33	6	7	6	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.33	-0.176	.39	-0.03%	-0.50	6t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d2
28	114	123	Aug 25	KCR		TEX	L,4-8	6-8	BS(1)	2	2.2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.93	3.89	9	39	27	8	11	1	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.090	.31	0.01%	0.18	6t 1-3 1 out a2	8t 3 out a1
29	115	125	Aug 27	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.84	3.82	12	47	31	8	12	3	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.378	.41	0.04%	1.50	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
30	116	128	Aug 31	KCR	@	TEX	W,3-2	6-8	H(2)	3	2.2	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	3.76	3.83	11	45	25	8	5	2	3	2	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.54	0.368	.86	0.05%	1.65	6b -2- 1 out a1	8b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	117	133	Sep 5	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-11	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.73	3.81	3	15	10	4	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
32	118	134	Sep 6	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.71	3.81	3	16	7	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.66	8b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
33	119	135	Sep 7	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-4	6-8		0	3.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.63	3.80	11	42	21	10	2	1	6	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.093	.01	0.00%	1.44	6b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
34	120	137	Sep 9	KCR		MIN	L,4-10	7-8		1	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.73	3.80	8	42	26	6	5	2	4	2	1	0		1	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.142	.03	0.00%	-1.27	7t 1-- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d3
35	121	140	Sep 13	KCR		SEA	W,3-2	8-10		3	3.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.65	3.71	10	49	33	12	4	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.183	.00	0.00%	1.50	8t --- 0 out d2	10t 3 out tie
36	122	144	Sep 17	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-1	8-8	H(3)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	3.71	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	0.094	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b 1-3 2 out a2	8b 3 out a2
37	123	145	Sep 18	KCR	@	MIN	W,10-4	6-7		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.59	3.67	8	33	19	9	1	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.05	6b --- 0 out a6	7b 3 out a6
38	124	146	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	L,5-10	6-6	BL(9-12)	0	0.1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.70	3.76	3	12	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	-0.382	.00	0.00%	-2.42	6b 1-3 0 out a2	6b --- 1 out d2
39	125	150	Sep 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,6-7	6-6	BL(9-13)	3	0.1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.82	3.79	4	17	7	2	3	0	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-1.87	6b 12- 1 out a2	6b 123 2 out tie
40	126	151	Sep 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-4	7-8		0	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.92	3.78	5	21	12	5	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.51	7b --- 0 out a4	8b 12- 0 out a4
41	127	153	Sep 26	KCR		CAL	W,3-2	6-8	H(4)	1	2.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.85	3.76	11	49	26	7	4	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.191	.00	0.00%	1.06	6t --- 0 out a1	8t 12- 2 out a1
42	128	155	Sep 28	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	7-GF		1	2.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.78	3.72	10	36	20	9	2	3	3	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.053	.00	0.00%	1.52	7t 1-- 1 out d3	9t end d 2
43	129	158	Oct 1	KCR		OAK	L,0-4	5-8		2	3.2	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.75	3.79	16	59	35	9	6	7	4	2	1	0		1	0	1	0	1	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.30	0.017	.00	0.00%	1.18	5t -2- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d4
44	130	160	Oct 4	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-6	7-8	L(9-14)	2	1.2	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.94	3.82	11	40	19	9	1	3	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.340	.00	0.00%	-3.45	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 2 out d4
45	131	162	Oct 6	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-3	6-GF(8)		1	2.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.87	3.79	9	41	25	7	5	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.035	.00	0.00%	1.25	6b --- 1 out d3	8b end d 2
							18-27		W-L:9-14,Sv:1,BSv:3,Hld:4	3.0	158.0	129	76	68	87	167	16	4	3.87	3.79	684	2727	60%	17%	11%	0.84		19%	8%	0	51	17	35%	9	7	1	585	16	8	6	8	3	7	1.08	1.150	.43	0.73%	5.90

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