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Tom Gordon | Major Leaguer 1988-2008

Full Name: Thomas Gordon
Born: November 18,1967 in Sebring, Florida
Height: 5-9 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Avon Park (Avon Park,FL)
College:

Father of Devaris Strange-Gordon

Debut: September 8,1988

Drafted: Selected by Kansas City Royals in 6th Round (157th overall) of 1986 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 3,1986] - signed [Oct 30,1995] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 21,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox. [Oct 31,2000] - Granted free agency [Oct 31,2000] - On disabled list [Nov 1,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 14,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. [Dec 19,2000] - Signed by Cubs [Aug 22,2002] - Traded by Cubs to Astros for Mike Nannini, Travis Anderson and Ross Rohlicek. [Oct 29,2002] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 23,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by White Sox. [Oct 27,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 16,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Dec 3,2005] - Signed by Phillies (3-years)

Disabled List: [Apr 1,2001] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Strained right triceps muscle) [May 1,2001] - Activated [Mar 30,2002] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Jul 2,2002] - Activated [Aug 21,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right shoulder strain) [Sep 3,2006] - Activated [May 4,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Right rotator cuff inflammation) [Jun 30,2007] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Jul 15,2007] -

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1986	GCL Royals	GCL	18	Kc	Rk	3	1	1.02	9	7	2	1	1	1	44.0	31	12	5	0	23	47	7		6.34	0.00	4.70	9.61	1.23	--
	Omaha	Amer	18	Kc	AAA	0	0	47.37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	6	7	7	0	2	3	0		40.60	0.00	13.53	20.30	6.02	--
1987	Eugene	Nwest	19	Kc	A-	9	0	2.86	15	13	0	0	1	1	72.1	48	33	23	2	47	91	2		5.97	0.25	5.85	11.32	1.31	--
	Fort Myers	FSL	19	Kc	A+	1	0	2.64	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	5	4	4	0	17	11	0		3.29	0.00	11.20	7.25	1.61	--
1988	Appleton	Midw	20	Kc	A	7	5	2.06	17	17	5	1	0	0	118.0	69	30	27	3	43	172	10		5.26	0.23	3.28	13.12	0.95	--
	Memphis	Sou	20	Kc	AA	6	0	0.38	6	6	2	2	0	0	47.1	16	3	2	1	17	62	1		3.04	0.19	3.23	11.79	0.70	--
	Omaha	Amer	20	Kc	AAA	3	0	1.33	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	11	3	3	0	15	29	0		4.87	0.00	6.64	12.84	1.28	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	20	Kc	MLB	0	2	5.17	5	2	0	0	0	0	15.2	16	9	9	1	7	18	0	0	9.20	0.57	4.02	10.34	1.47	32%
1989	Kansas Cty	AL	21	Kc	MLB	17	9	3.64	49	16	1	1	16	1	163.0	122	67	66	10	86	153	12	0	6.74	0.55	4.75	8.45	1.28	49%
1990	Kansas Cty	AL	22	Kc	MLB	12	11	3.73	32	32	6	1	0	0	195.1	192	99	81	17	99	175	11	0	8.85	0.78	4.56	8.06	1.49	45%
1991	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	9	14	3.87	45	14	1	0	11	1	158.0	129	76	68	16	87	167	5	0	7.35	0.91	4.96	9.51	1.37	42%
1992	Kansas Cty	AL	24	Kc	MLB	6	10	4.59	40	11	0	0	13	0	117.2	116	67	60	9	55	98	5	2	8.87	0.69	4.21	7.50	1.45	49%
1993	Kansas Cty	AL	25	Kc	MLB	12	6	3.58	48	14	2	0	18	1	155.2	125	65	62	11	77	143	17	0	7.23	0.64	4.45	8.27	1.30	48%
1994	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	11	7	4.35	24	24	0	0	0	0	155.1	136	79	75	15	87	126	12	1	7.88	0.87	5.04	7.30	1.44	54%
1995	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	12	12	4.43	31	31	2	0	0	0	189.0	204	110	93	12	89	119	9	0	9.71	0.57	4.24	5.67	1.55	49%
1996	Boston	AL	28	Bos	MLB	12	9	5.59	34	34	4	1	0	0	215.2	249	143	134	28	105	171	6	1	10.39	1.17	4.38	7.14	1.64	49%
1997	Boston	AL	29	Bos	MLB	6	10	3.74	42	25	2	1	16	11	182.2	155	85	76	10	78	159	5	0	7.64	0.49	3.84	7.83	1.28	--
1998	Boston	AL	30	Bos	MLB	7	4	2.72	73	0	0	0	69	46	79.1	55	24	24	2	25	78	9	0	6.24	0.23	2.84	8.85	1.01	47%
1999	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	0	2	5.61	21	0	0	0	15	11	17.2	17	11	11	2	12	24	0	0	8.66	1.02	6.12	12.23	1.64	--
2001	Daytona	FSL	33	Chc	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.00	--
	Iowa	PCL	33	Chc	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.50	0.00	4.50	9.00	1.00	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	1	2	3.38	47	0	0	0	40	27	45.1	32	18	17	4	16	67	2	0	6.35	0.79	3.18	13.30	1.06	49%
2002	Daytona	FSL	34	Chc	A+	0	0	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	3.38	0.00	6.77	10.15	1.13	--
	Iowa	PCL	34	Chc	AAA	0	0	16.27	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.2	1	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.42	0.00	16.27	0.00	2.41	--
	Houston	NL	34	Hou	MLB	0	2	3.32	15	0	0	0	3	0	19.0	15	7	7	2	6	17	0	0	7.11	0.95	2.84	8.05	1.11	37%
	Chi Cubs	NL	34	Chc	MLB	1	1	3.42	19	0	0	0	7	0	23.2	27	12	9	1	10	31	0	0	10.27	0.38	3.80	11.79	1.56	58%
2003	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	7	6	3.16	66	0	0	0	35	12	74.0	57	29	26	4	31	91	5	0	6.93	0.49	3.77	11.07	1.19	50%
2004	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	9	4	2.21	80	0	0	0	15	4	89.2	56	23	22	5	23	96	3	0	5.62	0.50	2.31	9.64	0.88	44%
2005	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	5	4	2.57	79	0	0	0	17	2	80.2	59	25	23	8	29	69	1	1	6.58	0.89	3.24	7.70	1.09	58%
2006	Clearwater	FSL	38	Phi	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.25	0.00	2.25	11.25	0.50	--
	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	3	4	3.34	59	0	0	0	53	34	59.1	53	23	22	9	22	68	3	0	8.04	1.37	3.34	10.32	1.26	44%
2007	GCL Phils	GCL	39	Phi	Rk	0	1	19.31	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	5	5	0	1	3	0	0	19.31	0.00	3.86	11.59	2.58	--
	Clearwater	FSL	39	Phi	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	0.00	3.38	3.38	0.75	--
	Philadelph	NL	39	Phi	MLB	3	2	4.73	44	0	0	0	11	6	40.0	40	21	21	7	13	32	1	0	9.00	1.58	2.93	7.20	1.33	57%
2008	Philadelph	MLB	40	Phi	MLB	5	4	5.16	34	0	0	0		2	29.2	31	19	17	3	17	26	4	0	9.40	0.91	5.16	7.89	1.62	--

Major League Totals - 20 Season(s)						138	125	3.94	887	203	18	4		158	2,106.1	1886	1012	923	176	974	1928	110	5	8.06	0.75	4.16	8.24	1.36	--
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)						29	7	2.16	68	59	9	4	3	3	334.1	196	102	80	6	173	432	21		5.28	0.16	4.66	11.64	1.10	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1988	Kansas Cty	AL	20	Kc	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	Kansas Cty	AL	21	Kc	MLB	p	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	Kansas Cty	AL	22	Kc	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	p	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	Kansas Cty	AL	24	Kc	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	Kansas Cty	AL	25	Kc	MLB	p	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	p	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Boston	AL	28	Bos	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	Boston	AL	29	Bos	MLB	p	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1998	Boston	AL	30	Bos	MLB	p	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1999	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	p		21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	p	9,6	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2002	Chi Cubs	NL	34	Chc	MLB	p	9	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Houston	NL	34	Hou	MLB	p	9	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2003	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	p	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2004	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	p	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2005	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	p	0	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2008	Philadelph	MLB	40	Phi	MLB			34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)								643	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1998	Boston	AL	30		Div	0	1	9.00	2		0			0	3.0	4		3		4	1			12.00	---	12.00	3.00	2.67	--
1999	Boston	AL	31		Div	0	0	4.50	2		0			0	2.0	1		1		1	3			4.50	---	4.50	13.50	1.00	--
	Boston	AL	31		Ch	0	0	13.50	3		0			0	2.0	3		3		1	3			13.50	---	4.50	13.50	2.00	--
2004	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	Div	0	0	4.92	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	4.92	0.00	0.00	7.38	0.55	--
	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	Ch	0	0	8.11	6	0	0	0	1	0	6.2	10	6	6	2	2	3	1	0	13.51	2.70	2.70	4.05	1.80	--
2005	NY Yankees	AL	37		Div	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	0	1	0	2.1	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	7.73	0.00	0.00	7.73	0.86	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						0	1	7.32	19		0			0	19.2	22		16		8	15			10.07	---	3.66	6.86	1.53	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1998	Boston	AL	30	Bos	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1999	Boston	AL	31	Bos	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1986	GCL Royals	GCL	18	Kc	Rk	P	9			0	9	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	--

1987	Eugene	Nwest	19	Kc	A-	P	15			8	10	1	19	1	-	-	-	.947	--
1987	Fort Myers	FSL	19	Kc	A+	P	3			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1988	Appleton	Midw	20	Kc	A	P	17			8	8	2	18	0	-	-	-	.889	--
1988	Memphis	Sou	20	Kc	AA	P	6			3	6	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	--
1988	Omaha	Amer	20	Kc	AAA	P	3			1	2	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	--
1988	Kansas Cty	AL	20	Kc	MLB	P	5		15.2	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.30

1989	Kansas Cty	AL	21	Kc	MLB	P	49		163	15	26	0	41	7	-	-	-	1.000	2.26

1990	Kansas Cty	AL	22	Kc	MLB	P	32		195.1	17	24	1	42	1	-	-	-	.976	1.89

1991	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	P	45		158	12	17	2	31	1	-	-	-	.935	1.65
1991	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

1992	Kansas Cty	AL	24	Kc	MLB	P	40		117.2	11	14	1	26	1	-	-	-	.962	1.91

1993	Kansas Cty	AL	25	Kc	MLB	P	48		155.2	18	21	2	41	0	-	-	-	.951	2.25

1994	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	P	24		155.1	12	25	2	39	3	-	-	-	.949	2.14

1995	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	P	31		189	25	26	2	53	3	-	-	-	.962	2.43

1996	Boston	AL	28	Bos	MLB	P	34		215.2	14	30	3	47	3	-	-	-	.936	1.84

1997	Boston	AL	29	Bos	MLB	P	42		182.2	18	20	2	40	1	-	-	-	.950	1.87

1998	Boston	AL	30	Bos	MLB	P	73		79.1	7	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	.91

1999	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	P	21		17.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.51

2001	Daytona	FSL	33	Chc	A+	P	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Iowa	PCL	33	Chc	AAA	P	2			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2001	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	P	47		45.1	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.40

2002	Daytona	FSL	34	Chc	A+	P	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Iowa	PCL	34	Chc	AAA	P	2			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2002	Chi Cubs	NL	34	Chc	MLB	P	19		23.2	1	4	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.90
2002	Houston	NL	34	Hou	MLB	P	15		19	0	2	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	.95

2003	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	P	66	-	74	6	10	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.95

2004	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	P	80	-	89.2	6	13	1	20	1	-	-	-	.950	1.91

2005	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	P	79	-	80.2	7	13	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	2.23

2006	Clearwater	FSL	38	Phi	A+	P	2								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	P	59	-	59.1	5	8	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.97

2007	GCL Phils	GCL	39	Phi	Rk	P	2								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Clearwater	FSL	39	Phi	A+	P	2								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Philadelph	NL	39	Phi	MLB	P	44	-	40	6	7	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.93

Awards

[1988] - Minor League Player of the Year, Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year [1989] - AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #2) [1998] - AL Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #13), Played in MLB All-Star Game [2004] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [2006] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1988	*62,500		325,305	72
1989	68,000		375,257	68
1990	185,000		426,358	49
1991	325,000		617,627	40
1992	815,000		798,185	30
1993	890,000		815,723	27
1994	2,635,000		914,157	15
1995	3,300,000		831,504	11
1996	3,050,000		835,262	10
1997	2,900,000		996,990	13
1998	3,300,000		1,054,037	12
1999	3,750,000		1,222,537	11
2000	3,750,000		1,369,505	14
2001	2,000,000		1,609,512	27
2002	2,800,000		1,654,088	21
2003	1,400,000		1,773,364	29
2004	3,500,000		1,716,303	16
2005	3,750,000		1,825,756	16
2006	4,500,000		1,937,004	14
2007	*7,000,000		2,923,340	15
2008	*5,500,000

Career:	$55,480,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1998, 2004, 2006)