Joe Gordon

1938–1950 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees

1,566G

.268AVG

.357OBP

.466SLG

More career statistics

1,530H

253HR

975RBI

89SB

4Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	5,707	5,706
Batting · Caught stealing	60	69
Batting · Strikeouts	702	707
Batting · Plate appearances	6,536	6,535
Batting · RBI	975	974
Batting · Stolen bases	89	90
Batting · Walks	759	757

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,566	6,536	5,707	914	1,530	264	52	253	975	759	702	89	60	29	0	2,657	.268	.357	.466	.823

Streaks

29longest hitting streak · 1942-05-10 to 1942-06-13

30longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
61	The Cycle	1940-09-08	1 in 694 games	box score ↗
56	Four Extra-Base Hits	1938-09-04	1 in 450 games	box score ↗
48	Six Times On Base	1940-09-08	1 in 214 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	769	3109	695	119	437	358	355	.256	.339	.447
Away	797	3426	835	134	537	399	352	.279	.360	.483

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	111	473	109	15	73	45	51	.256	.326	.418
May	249	1028	247	43	162	98	103	.268	.336	.464
June	281	1166	274	41	196	154	148	.273	.367	.467
July	314	1327	293	58	195	146	161	.252	.331	.454
August	327	1375	331	50	182	178	133	.282	.370	.474
September	273	1119	264	45	158	132	108	.270	.354	.493
October	11	47	12	1	8	4	3	.279	.340	.372

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
philadelphia-athletics	230	966	236	41	149	109	78	.278	.357	.476
boston-red-sox	226	951	226	43	151	104	122	.270	.347	.491
detroit-tigers	226	961	230	36	122	112	127	.273	.356	.455
chicago-white-sox	223	920	217	32	133	109	87	.272	.354	.467
washington-senators-1901-60	218	913	212	26	128	95	99	.265	.336	.442
st-louis-browns	215	899	224	41	159	114	89	.289	.376	.519
cleveland-guardians	144	589	118	19	90	68	70	.229	.316	.399
new-york-yankees	84	336	67	15	42	46	35	.233	.336	.429

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1938	New York Yankees	127	458	118	25	97	11	.258	–	–
1939	New York Yankees	151	567	161	28	112	12	.284	–	–
1940	New York Yankees	155	616	173	30	101	18	.281	–	–
1941	New York Yankees	156	588	162	24	87	10	.276	–	–
1942	New York Yankees	147	538	173	18	103	12	.322	–	–
1943	New York Yankees	152	543	135	17	69	4	.249	–	–
1946	New York Yankees	112	376	79	11	47	2	.210	–	–
1947	Cleveland Guardians	155	562	152	29	93	7	.270	–	–
1948	Cleveland Guardians	144	550	154	32	124	5	.280	–	–
1949	Cleveland Guardians	148	540	136	20	84	5	.252	–	–
1950	Cleveland Guardians	119	368	87	19	57	4	.236	–	–