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Sid
Gordon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 13, 1917 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1942    1944    1951   
All-Star Selections 1942    1944    1945    1947    1948    1949    1950    1951   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1942 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 8 8
1943 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1944 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1945 27 CIN NL $ 3,300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1946 28 CIN NL $ 5,300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1947 29 CIN NL $ 5,300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1948 30 CIN NL $ 5,300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1949 31 NYG NL $ 5,300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1950 32 NYG NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1951 33 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 9
1952 34 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 7 7
1953 35 NYA AL $ 6,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1941 23 CIN NL 125 466 61 133 21 3 16 66 1 0 55 45 .285 .362 .446 .809 72.2 11.6
    AAA   26 102 20 34 5 1 8 21 2 3 15 3 .333 .419 .637 1.056 24.1  
1942 24 CIN NL 154 589 88 152 19 1 20 103 0 0 84 59 .258 .348 .396 .744 81.5 13.0
1943 25 CIN NL 147 560 100 161 23 4 21 110 0 0 70 48 .288 .364 .455 .819 89.3 15.7
1944 26 CIN NL 153 564 102 159 22 7 29 105 0 1 87 39 .282 .371 .500 .871 103.8 20.6
1945 27 CIN NL 155 592 96 168 21 4 21 95 0 0 68 29 .284 .353 .439 .792 92.8 17.2
1946 28 CIN NL 148 550 82 156 14 6 16 81 0 0 86 39 .284 .379 .418 .797 87.3 13.5
1947 29 CIN NL 153 581 109 177 17 3 29 119 0 0 69 26 .305 .378 .494 .872 103.1 18.3
1948 30 CIN NL 155 607 130 193 22 1 34 137 1 0 77 33 .318 .391 .526 .917 114.0 21.7
1949 31 NYG NL 156 582 92 180 25 6 25 102 0 0 91 33 .309 .400 .502 .902 112.6 23.1
1950 32 NYG NL 142 542 95 163 34 3 23 90 0 1 81 38 .301 .390 .502 .892 98.8 17.0
1951 33 NYG NL 26 95 18 30 5 0 9 19 0 0 11 4 .316 .383 .653 1.036 20.8 3.5
  TAM AL 131 471 72 142 23 1 18 86 0 0 78 38 .301 .400 .469 .869 83.6 13.0
  TOT   157 566 90 172 28 1 27 105 0 0 89 42 .304 .397 .500 .897 104.4 16.4
1952 34 TAM AL 155 577 73 153 18 4 16 87 0 0 58 52 .265 .332 .393 .726 73.3 9.7
1953 35 NYA AL 80 144 6 27 3 1 2 10 0 0 12 29 .188 .248 .264 .512 8.8 0.0
13 Years Sim 1880 6920 1124 1994 267 44 279 1210 2 2 927 512 .288 .370 .460 .830 1141.9 197.6
1 Years AAA 26 102 20 34 5 1 8 21 2 3 15 3 .333 .408 .637 1.046 24.1  
162 Game Average 596 96 171 23 3 24 104 0 0 79 44 .288 .370 .460 .830 98.4  
Career Highs 157 607 130 193 34 7 34 137 1 1 91 59 .318 .400 .526 .917 114.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4477 726 1254 173 31 171 810 1 2 593 331 .280 .362 .447 .809 734.3
vs LH   2443 398 740 94 13 108 400 1 0 334 181 .303 .385 .485 .870 449.5
Home 950 3425 552 985 117 15 144 587 1 1 440 257 .288 .367 .457 .823 576.9
Away 930 3495 572 1009 150 29 135 623 1 1 487 255 .289 .373 .464 .837 606.8
RISP   1964 0 550 68 13 70 891 0 0 305 150 .280 .367 .435 .801 330.7
Pinch Hitting   110 13 34 6 1 2 18 0 0 11 14 .309 .372 .436 .808 17.2
Close/Late   781 115 237 30 5 31 125 0 0 119 47 .303 .396 .474 .869 145.2
Mar/Apr 288 1077 174 296 37 9 49 203 1 0 129 85 .275 .351 .462 .814 176.1
May 331 1233 206 363 57 5 54 242 0 0 166 76 .294 .375 .480 .855 220.4
June 307 1120 197 347 46 9 52 209 0 0 146 93 .310 .385 .506 .891 212.8
July 304 1136 152 318 34 7 33 171 0 1 154 102 .280 .366 .409 .775 174.8
August 327 1195 190 342 56 10 37 185 0 0 163 75 .286 .370 .443 .813 197.0
Sep/Oct 323 1159 205 328 37 4 54 200 1 1 169 81 .283 .372 .462 .833 202.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 23 CIN NL 3B 118 113 1031.0 87 236 21 20 .939 2.82   3.2
    LF 6 6 55.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.1
1942 24 CIN NL 3B 150 148 1348.0 98 373 23 36 .953 3.14   7.8
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1943 25 CIN NL 3B 144 138 1236.0 88 327 10 27 .976 3.02   6.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1944 26 CIN NL 3B 152 149 1333.7 87 362 24 30 .949 3.03   6.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1945 27 CIN NL 3B 150 146 1319.3 90 325 23 32 .947 2.83   4.8
    LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1946 28 CIN NL 3B 147 143 1288.3 102 307 21 22 .951 2.86   5.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 29 CIN NL 3B 150 144 1302.7 93 338 20 27 .956 2.98   4.4
1948 30 CIN NL 3B 152 148 1327.7 113 314 19 24 .957 2.89   4.1
1949 31 NYG NL 3B 150 150 1338.3 79 329 17 23 .960 2.74   5.8
    LF 5 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1950 32 NYG NL 3B 139 138 1237.7 79 345 16 29 .964 3.08   5.2
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 33 NYG NL 3B 26 24 210.6 15 57 3 8 .960 3.08   0.7
    LF 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 8.18   0.0
  TAM AL 3B 128 123 1092.4 79 298 17 39 .957 3.11   4.5
    LF 1 0 5.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.58   0.0
  TOT   3B 154 147 1303.0 94 355 20 47 .957 3.10   5.2
      LF 1 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.0
1952 34 TAM AL 3B 154 151 1312.3 94 338 19 28 .958 2.96   3.1
1953 35 NYA AL 3B 25 17 169.0 15 38 2 2 .964 2.82   0.6
    LF 12 7 81.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 1785 1732 15547.0 1119 3987 235 347 .956 2.96   61.7
  LF 34 13 167.0 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.3
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1820 1745 15716.0 1155 3987 235 347 .956 2.94   62.0
Career Highs   155 151 1351.0 113 373 24 47 .976 3.14    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1942 24 CIN NL 13 51 9 14 2 1 2 6 0 0 8 3 .275 .373 .471 .843
1943 25 CIN NL 14 51 10 16 0 0 4 6 0 0 6 4 .314 .386 .549 .935
1944 26 CIN NL 12 48 8 12 1 0 3 11 0 0 7 3 .250 .345 .458 .804
1945 27 CIN NL 5 18 4 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 .444 .545 .778 1.323
1946 28 CIN NL 12 49 3 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .265 .321 .327 .647
1947 29 CIN NL 10 33 4 9 1 0 1 7 0 0 8 1 .273 .415 .394 .809
1948 30 CIN NL 7 24 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 2 .250 .471 .250 .721
1949 31 NYG NL 5 20 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .286 .300 .586
Career Post-Season Batting 78 294 42 83 8 1 12 35 0 0 47 16 .282 .383 .439 .822
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1947-10-.305
1948-5-.318
1949-8-.309
 On-Base Pct
1951-9-.400
 Slugging Pct
1944-6-.500
1947-9-.494
1948-9-.526
1949-7-.502
1950-9-.502
 OPS
1944-8-.871
1947-10-.872
1948-7-.917
1949-8-.902
 XR
1943-8-89.3
1944-2-103.8
1945-8-92.8
1947-7-103.1
1948-6-114.0
1949-4-112.6
1950-10-98.8
 Games
1942-7-154
1945-8-155
1948-9-155
1949-5-156
1952-8-155
At-Bats
1942-7-589
1945-6-592
1947-5-581
1948-4-607
1949-6-582
 Runs
1943-6-100
1944-6-102
1945-6-96
1947-6-109
1948-1-130
 Hits
1945-9-168
1947-7-177
1948-1-193
1949-5-180
1950-9-163
 Total Bases
1943-7-255
1944-5-282
1945-8-260
1947-5-287
1948-2-319
1949-5-292
1950-8-272
 Singles
1945-6-122
1946-8-120
1947-7-128
1948-1-136
1949-6-124
 Doubles
1950-6-34
Triples
1944-6-7
1946-7-6
1949-4-6
 Homeruns
1941-10-16
1942-8-20
1943-9-21
1944-3-29
1945-10-21
1947-5-29
1948-4-34
1949-8-25
1950-10-23
 RBIs
1942-5-103
1943-4-110
1944-7-105
1945-10-95
1947-3-119
1948-2-137
1949-7-102
 Walks
1942-4-84
1944-8-87
1946-9-86
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 142    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1941
Had first career hit on 5/1/1941, off Cy Blanton (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1941, off Vito Tamulis (MON)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1942, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/7/1942
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1942, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/11/1942
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1942
Injured on 4/6/1943 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 6/4/1943
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/3/1944
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1944, hitting .714 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 4/7/1945
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Diego on 8/16/1945
9/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $5,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 4/15/1947
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Boston (A) on 8/30/1947
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1947, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1948, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 6/22/1948
Drove in 9 runs against St. Louis on 6/29/1948
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1948, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1948, hitting .419 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1948, hitting .318 with 34 HR, 137 RBI
Traded from Cincinnati to New York (N) on 3/3/1949 (Going to NYG: 3B Sid Gordon. Going to CIN: P Jim Bagby)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 6/19/1949
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
9/22/1949: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/13/1950 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1950, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 4 runs on 4/7/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1951, hitting .522 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: SS Joe Demaestri, CF Johnny Hopp, 3B Ellis Clary, 2B Lou Stringer. Going to TAM: 3B Sid Gordon, LF Hank Edwards, CF Willard Marshall, C Andy Seminick)
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 5/14/1951
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 7/19/1951
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1951
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 3/3/1953 (Going to NYA: P Ralph Branca, 3B Sid Gordon, SS Jerry Snyder. Going to TAM: LF Pat Seerey, P Don Newcombe, CF Bill Howerton)
 
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