ALEX GORDON

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High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 59th in BABIP
Positions: 3B-473, LF-419, 1B-44, RF-10, DH-2, SS-1
Full Name: Alex Jonathan Gordon
Born: Feb 10, 1984 (29.098) in Lincoln,Nebraska

Top Prospect: mlb 2006 (#13), 2007 (#2) team 2006 (#1-KC), 2007 (#1-KC)

MLB Debut: Apr 2, 2007 (23.052)

Speed
61

Contact
41

Patience
81

Batting
69

Power
77

Ht/Wt: 6-1 / 220 Bats/Throws: Left / Right
High School: Southeast (Lincoln,NE)
College: University of Nebraska
Drafted: Kansas City Royals: 2005-1-2 (June-Reg)

Recent Contract: 4-years/$37.5m (2012-2015) by Kansas City Royals Notes

Tags: Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year || College All-American (1st team) || First Round Draft Pick || Futures Game Participant || Gold Glove Award || Golden Spikes Award All Tags

TBC Player ID: 54849
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2012 pitch-level data
Pitch Type	Count	Avg Speed	Pitch Share%	Balls	Strikes	Strike%	1st Pitch	Sw/Miss	%	Called	Fouled	In Play	vs LHB	vs RHB	Hits	AB	Bavg	HR
Fastball	984	92.03	34.19%	351	633	64.33	267	69	7.01	202	210	150	40.55	59.45	61	238	.256	8
2-Seam Fastball	514	92.10	17.86%	194	320	62.26	124	42	8.17	92	94	92	36.77	63.23	32	111	.288	1
Slider	363	83.09	12.61%	146	217	59.78	76	42	11.57	59	50	66	57.85	42.15	18	69	.261	1
Changeup	326	83.75	11.33%	128	198	60.74	74	48	14.72	47	47	56	7.67	92.33	24	63	.381	3
Curveball	283	77.56	9.83%	109	174	61.48	76	30	10.60	53	33	57	39.58	60.42	17	69	.246	0
Sinker	205	90.16	7.12%	77	128	62.44	62	9	4.39	40	32	46	24.39	75.61	25	59	.424	1
Cutter	150	88.35	5.21%	55	95	63.33	28	9	6.00	15	37	34	23.33	76.67	11	24	.458	0
Splitter	24	82.83	0.83%	9	15	62.5	6	3	12.50	6	3	3	0.00	100.00	0	5	.000	0
unknown	13	58.76	0.45%	6	7	53.85	1	2	15.38	2	1	2	15.38	84.62	0	1	.000	0
Intent Ball	8	79.28	0.28%	8	0	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00	100.00	0	2	.000	0
Pitchout	8	86.75	0.28%	1	7	87.5	2	0	0.00	2	2	3	25.00	75.00	1	2	.500	0
2011 pitch-level data
Pitch Type	Count	Avg Speed	Pitch Share%	Balls	Strikes	Strike%	1st Pitch	Sw/Miss	%	Called	Fouled	In Play	vs LHB	vs RHB	Hits	AB	Bavg	HR
Fastball	1013	92.08	36.76%	407	606	59.82	246	69	6.81	174	198	160	34.16	65.84	62	222	.279	11
Slider	430	82.83	15.60%	172	258	60	102	59	13.72	72	61	65	49.30	50.70	33	90	.367	3
Sinker	301	91.32	10.92%	119	182	60.47	84	15	4.98	49	50	66	26.91	73.09	27	73	.370	4
2-Seam Fastball	300	91.92	10.89%	112	188	62.67	73	28	9.33	50	59	49	37.67	62.33	24	62	.387	4
Changeup	293	83.52	10.63%	99	194	66.21	73	46	15.70	29	53	64	9.90	90.10	13	65	.200	0
Curveball	244	77.34	8.85%	108	136	55.74	65	24	9.84	41	31	38	32.38	67.62	16	59	.271	1
Cutter	115	88.19	4.17%	45	70	60.87	34	18	15.65	14	16	21	30.43	69.57	8	31	.258	0
Splitter	31	84.61	1.12%	8	23	74.19	5	5	16.13	2	10	6	0.00	100.00	0	5	.000	0
Knuckleball	13	65.85	0.47%	6	7	53.85	3	0	0.00	2	2	3	0.00	100.00	1	3	.333	0
unknown	9	46.61	0.33%	5	4	44.44	4	1	11.11	1	0	2	0.00	100.00	0	4	.000	0
Intent Ball	4	85.82	0.15%	4	0	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00	100.00	0	1	.000	0
Pitchout	3	79.87	0.11%	0	3	100	0	1	33.33	1	1	0	0.00	100.00	0	0	--	0
2010 pitch-level data
Pitch Type	Count	Avg Speed	Pitch Share%	Balls	Strikes	Strike%	1st Pitch	Sw/Miss	%	Called	Fouled	In Play	vs LHB	vs RHB	Hits	AB	Bavg	HR
Fastball	321	92.31	28.33%	127	194	60.44	78	26	8.10	57	48	61	38.94	61.06	12	70	.172	4
Sinker	200	91.05	17.65%	78	122	61	59	10	5.00	35	45	32	14.50	85.50	10	49	.204	1
Slider	172	83.67	15.18%	78	94	54.65	31	20	11.63	28	24	20	43.60	56.40	8	27	.296	0
2-Seam Fastball	171	91.87	15.09%	65	106	61.99	50	12	7.02	33	27	34	16.96	83.04	11	48	.229	3
Changeup	131	84.11	11.56%	48	83	63.36	29	23	17.56	14	23	23	4.58	95.42	5	23	.217	0
Curveball	74	77.71	6.53%	30	44	59.46	20	9	12.16	22	8	5	25.68	74.32	2	17	.118	0
Cutter	35	87.51	3.09%	22	13	37.14	9	0	0.00	7	2	4	34.29	65.71	4	7	.572	0
unknown	15	49.88	1.32%	2	13	86.67	3	2	13.33	3	6	2	0.00	100.00	0	3	.000	0
Splitter	10	84.31	0.88%	5	5	50	1	2	20.00	0	1	2	0.00	100.00	0	0	--	0
Intent Ball	4	80.83	0.35%	4	0	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00	100.00	0	1	.000	0

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