#52 Herman Gordon, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, Boston (N) Braves Wednesday, 10/25/1936 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Herman Gordon
1/1/1900 36 NEGRO,LG,PLAYER 5"10 185
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Average Normal Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 6,635,000 1938 12 Year(s), 63 Days (2127 total Days) 172 Day(s) 14 Year(s), 110 Days (2518 total Days) 16 Year(s) Not eligible Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 8 | 9 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 8 | 7 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
Talent | 7 | 7 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 57 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Talent | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 7 4 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .958 (Fielding Pct.) 2B : 7 (Range), .970 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/2 | CHC | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | W | PoG | | | |
9/7 | @STL | L 1-4 | * | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | L | | | | |
9/14 | CIN | W 6-4 | * | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/19 | @BRO | W 5-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
9/26 | CHC | W 3-1 | * | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
10/1 | @NYN | L 8-10 | * | 6.1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | L | | | | |
10/8 | @NYN | L 4-9 | * | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | L | | | | |
10/17 | NYY | W 9-8 | * | 9 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | W | | | | |
10/22 | @NYY | L 9-10 | * | 6.2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | L | | | | |
10/24 | NYY | L 4-9 | * | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 28 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4.37 | 234.2 | 214 | 132 | 114 | 62 | 209 | 20 | 71.4 | 1 | 13 | 46.4 |
Projected | 28 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4.37 | 234.0 | 214 | 132 | 114 | 62 | 209 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.98 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 460 | 117 | 39 | 10 | 16 | 74 | 76 | 37 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .307 | .487 | .794 |
vs. RHB | 450 | 97 | 44 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 56 | 25 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .255 | .411 | .666 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3.28 | 131.2 | 102 | 62 | 48 | 36 | 124 |
Road | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5.77 | 103.0 | 112 | 70 | 66 | 26 | 85 |
Postseason | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12.17 | 23.2 | 42 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 20 |
This Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.75 | 4.0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
Last Week | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.34 | 15.2 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 15 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.09 | 40.2 | 45 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 34 |
May | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.75 | 36.0 | 36 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 40 |
June | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.83 | 35.0 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
July | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.28 | 40.0 | 34 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 38 |
August | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.23 | 32.2 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 35 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.11 | 50.1 | 44 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 36 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1923 | 38 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 4.43 | 298.2 | 277 | 163 | 147 | 23 | 116 | 184 | 20 | 3 | 1.32 | .272 | SLA |
1924 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 5.37 | 295.0 | 323 | 212 | 176 | 32 | 105 | 181 | 19 | 1 | 1.45 | .298 | SLA |
1925 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.37 | 23.2 | 32 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.90 | .354 | SLA |
1926 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.12 | 11.1 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 | .359 | SLA |
1927 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6.75 | 56.0 | 65 | 46 | 42 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1.63 | .304 | SLA |
1928 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5.52 | 176.0 | 201 | 125 | 108 | 25 | 69 | 119 | 11 | 0 | 1.53 | .308 | SLA |
1929 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 15.0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | .212 | SLA |
1930 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.48 | 21.2 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 | .377 | SLA |
1931 | 69 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4.18 | 75.1 | 76 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 29 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | .300 | PHA,AL |
1932 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 4.74 | 79.2 | 87 | 44 | 42 | 5 | 25 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .329 | PHA |
1933 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 5.44 | 41.1 | 42 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | .314 | PHA |
1934 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4.25 | 42.1 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | .305 | PHA |
1935 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3.92 | 80.1 | 73 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 35 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | .294 | PHA |
1936 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4.37 | 234.2 | 214 | 132 | 114 | 24 | 62 | 209 | 20 | 1 | 1.18 | .281 | BSN |
Total | 465 | 132 | 72 | 85 | 57 | 4.99 | 1451.0 | 1492 | 917 | 805 | 145 | 523 | 1047 | 72 | 5 | 1.39 | .296 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1920, AA | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1.76 | 66.1 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 0.86 | .189 |
1920, AAA | 18 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6.01 | 88.1 | 110 | 62 | 59 | 13 | 46 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 1.77 | .346 |
1921, AAA | 24 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2.78 | 194.0 | 158 | 76 | 60 | 12 | 67 | 179 | 13 | 1 | 1.16 | .272 |
1922, AAA | 25 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1.95 | 203.1 | 156 | 52 | 44 | 13 | 65 | 145 | 14 | 3 | 1.09 | .243 |
1926, AAA | 53 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 3.83 | 82.1 | 65 | 36 | 35 | 7 | 33 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 1.19 | .259 |
1927, AAA | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3.33 | 129.2 | 122 | 58 | 48 | 7 | 46 | 122 | 8 | 1 | 1.30 | .304 |
1930, AAA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 12.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | .257 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1925 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1936 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12.17 | 23.2 | 42 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12.24 | 25.0 | 44 | 37 | 34 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1923 | 38 | 111 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .207 | .241 | .234 | .476 | SLA |
1924 | 36 | 110 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .182 | .211 | .218 | .429 | SLA |
1925 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | SLA |
1926 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | SLA |
1927 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | SLA |
1928 | 27 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .183 | .155 | .339 | SLA |
1929 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLA |
1930 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | SLA |
1931 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA,AL |
1932 | 63 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | PHA |
1933 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA |
1934 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | PHA |
1935 | 54 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | PHA |
1936 | 28 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .160 | .132 | .292 | BSN |
Total | 465 | 429 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 53 | 15 | 110 | 7 | 9 | .175 | .202 | .193 | .395 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 28 | 28 | 18 | 41 | 0 | 62 | 3 | .952 | 234.2 | 2.38 | | | | |
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Drafted in 3rd round, 41st overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1920... Injured on 3/13/1921 with a Strained Back, out for 2 weeks... Injured on 4/10/1921 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks... Injured on 3/24/1922 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 6/11/1922 with a Strained Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks... Injured on 7/23/1922 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Had first career hit on 4/2/1923, off Bunny Hearn (CLE)... Earned first career win on 4/7/1923... Injured on 7/20/1923 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Injured on 9/10/1923 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1923, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Rookie Of The Year in 1923, going 18-12, 4.43 ERA... Hit first career homerun on 6/18/1924, off Dicta Johnson (BOS)... Won World Series with St. Louis (A) in 1925... 1/31/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1929: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1930: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/9/1931 to a 5-year deal worth $7,680,000 per year... Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/8/1936 to a 3-year deal worth $6,635,000 per year...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Losses 1924 - 20 - 2nd
| Saves 1932 - 16 - 1st 1933 - 16 - 1st 1934 - 7 - 5th 1935 - 14 - 3rd
| K's 1923 - 184 - 1st 1924 - 181 - 3rd 1928 - 119 - 10th
| BB 1923 - 116 - 4th 1924 - 105 - 5th
| SHO 1923 - 3 - 5th
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