Don Gordon - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-436Position when DraftedpPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameDonald Thomas Gordon
Height6-1Weight175BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateOctober 10,1959 [58.199]PlaceNew York,New York
CollegeUniversity of South Carolina (Columbia,SC), The Citadel (Charleston,SC)

DraftedSelected by the Detroit Tigers [Team Picks] in the 31st round (769th overall) of the 1982 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed]
MLB DebutApril 10,1986 [26.183]
OrganizationsTOR [4] CLE [3] DET [3] MIL [2] Awards0
TBC Player ID12024Retrosheet IDgordd001MLBAM ID114966
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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1982	Bristol Tigers	App	Rk	det	-	Rel	22	4	4	2.19	22	0	22	0	0	21	8	65.2	48	17	16	4	14	42	0	0	0	0.94	6.58	0.55	1.92	5.76	3.00	.500	-
1983	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	det	-	R/CL	23	9	5	3.42	43	2	41	2	1	30	10	102.2	104	50	39	8	23	50	2	0	0	1.24	9.12	0.70	2.02	4.38	2.17	.643	-
1984	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	det	-	Rel	24	6	4	3.36	54	1	53	0	0	27	8	109.2	103	47	41	9	21	51	1	0	0	1.13	8.45	0.74	1.72	4.19	2.43	.600	-
1985	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	-	R/CL	25	8	5	2.07	51	0	51	0	0	30	12	113.0	93	39	26	4	21	43	1	0	0	1.01	7.41	0.32	1.67	3.42	2.05	.615	-
1986	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	-	S/R	26	8	5	2.89	25	13	12	2	1	6	2	109.0	105	42	35	3	21	62	2	0	0	1.16	8.67	0.25	1.73	5.12	2.95	.615	-
1986	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	tor	39	Rel	26	0	1	7.06	14	0	14	0	0	6	1	21.2	28	20	17	1	8	13	0	0	1	1.66	11.63	0.42	3.32	5.40	1.63	.000	3.42
1987	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	-	Rel	27	4	6	1.75	41	0	41	0	0	21	6	82.0	83	28	16	9	10	67	4	0	0	1.13	9.07	0.98	1.09	7.32	6.70	.400	-
1987	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	tor	39	Rel	27	0	0	4.09	5	0	5	0	0	2	0	11.0	8	5	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	1.00	6.55	1.64	2.45	2.45	1.00	-	5.51
1987	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	39	Rel	27	0	3	4.08	21	0	21	0	0	7	1	39.2	49	31	18	3	12	20	0	0	4	1.54	11.12	0.68	2.72	4.54	1.67	.000	4.06
1988	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	cle	-	Rel	28	3	3	4.24	21	1	20	1	0	4	0	57.0	62	34	27	5	13	19	2	0	0	1.31	9.73	0.78	2.04	2.98	1.46	.500	-
1988	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	39	Rel	28	3	4	4.40	38	0	38	0	0	15	1	59.0	65	33	29	5	19	20	2	4	3	1.42	9.86	0.76	2.88	3.03	1.05	.429	4.30
1989	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	cle	-	Rel	29	8	5	5.08	63	2	61	0	0	19	1	106.0	149	75	60	8	36	76	5	0	0	1.74	12.61	0.68	3.05	6.43	2.11	.615	-
1990	Denver Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	mil	18	Rel	30	1	0	3.24	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	8.0	10	6	3	0	4	5	1	0	0	1.68	10.80	--	4.32	5.40	1.25	1.000	-
1991	El Paso Diablos	Tex	AA	mil	-	Rel	31	0	0	7.98	7	0	7	0	0	1	0	14.2	20	15	13	3	2	7	1	0	0	1.50	12.27	1.84	1.23	4.30	3.50	-	-
1991	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	-	Rel	31	2	2	1.69	26	0	26	0	0	9	1	48.0	48	11	9	2	9	29	4	0	0	1.19	9.00	0.38	1.69	5.44	3.22	.500	-
1991	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	MLB	-	-	Rel	0	2	2	3.16	33	0	33	0	0	10	1	62.2	68	26	22	5	11	36	5	0	0	1.26	9.77	0.72	1.58	5.17	3.27	.500	3.27
MLB Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								3	8	4.72	78	0	78	0	0	30	3	130.2	150	89	69	11	42	56	2	4	8	1.46	10.25	0.75	2.87	3.83	1.33	.273	1.37
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s)Filter								53	39	3.14	358	19	339	5	2	168	48	814.0	825	364	285	55	174	451	23	0	0	1.22	9.09	0.61	1.92	4.97	2.59	.576	-
AAA Totals - 7 Season(s)Filter								34	26	3.02	232	16	216	3	1	89	22	523.0	550	235	176	31	114	301	19	0	0	1.27	9.44	0.53	1.96	5.17	2.64	.567	-
AA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								15	9	3.69	104	3	101	2	1	58	18	225.0	227	112	93	20	46	108	4	0	0	1.20	9.00	0.79	1.82	4.28	2.35	.625	-
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								4	4	2.19	22	0	22	0	0	21	8	65.2	48	17	16	4	14	42	0	0	0	0.94	6.58	0.55	1.92	5.76	3.00	.500	-
Cleveland Indians Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								3	7	4.27	59	0	59	0	0	22	2	98.1	114	64	47	8	31	40	2	4	7	1.46	10.36	0.73	2.82	3.64	1.29	.300	-
Toronto Blue Jays Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								0	1	6.06	19	0	19	0	0	8	1	32.2	36	25	22	3	11	16	0	0	1	1.44	9.92	0.83	3.03	4.41	1.45	.000	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								5	13	4.72	130	0	130	0	0	50	5	220.0	251	149	115	18	70	94	3	7	13	1.46	10.25	0.75	2.87	3.83	1.33	.278	1.37
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								14	11	3.14	96	5	91	1	1	45	13	220.0	222	98	77	15	47	121	6	0	0	1.22	9.09	0.61	1.92	4.97	2.59	.560	-

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1982	Bristol Tigers	App	Rk	det	22	P	22	-	-	6	25	1	1	32	31	.969	1.41	-	-	-	--	-	22	100.0	34.4
1983	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	det	23	P	43	-	-	3	27	3	2	33	30	.909	0.70	-	-	-	--	-	43	100.0	29.7
1984	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	det	24	P	54	-	-	4	24	1	2	29	28	.966	0.52	-	-	-	--	-	54	100.0	36.7
1985	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	25	P	51	-	-	14	34	1	7	49	48	.980	0.94	-	-	-	--	-	51	100.0	36.4
1986	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	26	P	25	-	-	12	20	-	2	32	32	1.000	1.28	-	-	-	--	-	25	100.0	18.0
1986	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	tor	26	P	14	-	21	1	2	2	-	5	3	.600	0.21	0.14	-	-	--	-	14	100.0	8.6
1987	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	27	P	41	-	-	2	11	1	1	14	13	.929	0.32	-	-	-	--	-	41	100.0	29.3
1987	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	27	P	21	-	39	3	10	2	1	15	13	.867	0.62	0.33	-	-	--	-	21	100.0	13.0
1987	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	tor	27	P	5	-	11	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.20	0.09	-	-	--	-	5	100.0	3.1
1988	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	cle	28	P	21	-	-	7	7	-	2	14	14	1.000	0.67	-	-	-	--	-	21	100.0	15.1
1988	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	28	P	38	-	59	4	12	1	-	17	16	.941	0.42	0.27	-	-	--	-	38	100.0	23.5
1989	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	cle	29	P	63	-	-	8	21	2	3	31	29	.935	0.46	-	-	-	--	-	63	100.0	44.4
1990	Denver Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	mil	30	P	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	1.000	0.80	-	-	-	--	-	5	100.0	3.4
1991	El Paso Diablos	Tex	AA	mil	31	P	7	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	--	-	7	100.0	5.1
1991	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	31	P	26	-	-	8	6	2	-	16	14	.875	0.54	-	-	-	--	-	26	100.0	18.1
MLB Totals for P - 3 season(s)				-	�	P	78	-	130	8	25	5	1	38	33	.868	0.42	0.25	-	-	--	-	78	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 7 season(s)				-	�	P	232	-	-	51	103	6	15	160	154	.963	0.66	-	-	-	--	-	232	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 3 season(s)				-	�	P	104	-	-	7	51	5	4	63	58	.921	0.56	-	-	-	--	-	104	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	22	-	-	6	25	1	1	32	31	.969	1.41	-	-	-	--	-	22	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1982	Bristol Tigers	App	Rk	det	22	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	det	23	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	det	24	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	25	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	26	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	tor	26	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	27	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	27	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	tor	27	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	cle	28	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	28	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	cle	29	63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Denver Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	mil	30	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	El Paso Diablos	Tex	AA	mil	31	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	tor	31	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1987-08-10						Trade	Traded by Blue Jays with Darryl Landrum to Indians for Phil Niekro.		�
1984-06-25						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by Blue Jays.		�
1984-06-23							Released by Tigers.		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
1986	Toronto Blue Jays	Team Payroll	26	60,000	-	614	31	-		386,347	60,000	60,000
1987	Toronto Blue Jays	Team Payroll	27	71,500	-	485	21	31		344,906	60,000	131,500
1987	Cleveland Indians	Team Payroll	27	71,500	-	485	20	31		344,906	60,000	131,500
1988	Cleveland Indians	Team Payroll	28	62,500	-	604	28	-		392,107	62,500	194,000

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* League minimum salaries are displayed in red

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Don GordonTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1982-1991 MLB Years: 1986-1988
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