Joe Gordon (baseball player) - Definition and Overview

Joseph Lowell "Joe" Gordon (February 18, 1915 - April 14, 1978) was an American Major League Baseball player. From the late 1930s through the 1940s, Gordon starred at second base in the American League for the New York Yankees (1938-43, 1946) and Cleveland Indians (1947-50). He batted and threw right-handed.

A native from Los Angeles, California, Gordon earned MVP honors in 1942, as he made the All-Star team eleven times (1938-43, 1946-50).

Gordon was a career .268 hitter with 253 home runs and 975 RBI in 1566 games.

He died in Sacramento, California, at age of 63.

External links

• Joe Gordon at:
  • Baseball Almanac (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gordojo01)
  • Baseball Library (http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Gordon_Joe.stm)
  • Baseball Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gordojo01.shtml)

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