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Joe Gordon played 11 major-league seasons (1938-1950) as a 2B (1,519), 1B (30), SS (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 11 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 23 | NYA | 127 | 458 | 83 | 117 | 25 | 97 | 11 | 56 | 72 | .255 | .843 | 116 |
| 1939 | 24 | NYA | 151 | 567 | 92 | 161 | 28 | 111 | 11 | 75 | 57 | .284 | .876 | 129 |
| 1940 | 25 | NYA | 155 | 616 | 112 | 173 | 30 | 103 | 18 | 52 | 57 | .281 | .851 | 125 |
| 1941 | 26 | NYA | 156 | 588 | 104 | 162 | 24 | 87 | 10 | 72 | 80 | .276 | .824 | 125 |
| 1942 | 27 | NYA | 147 | 538 | 88 | 173 | 18 | 103 | 12 | 79 | 95 | .322 | .900 | 162 |
| 1943 | 28 | NYA | 152 | 543 | 82 | 135 | 17 | 69 | 4 | 98 | 75 | .249 | .778 | 135 |
| 1946 | 31 | NYA | 112 | 376 | 35 | 79 | 11 | 47 | 2 | 49 | 72 | .210 | .645 | 87 |
| 1947 | 32 | CLE | 155 | 562 | 89 | 153 | 29 | 93 | 7 | 62 | 49 | .272 | .842 | 140 |
| 1948 | 33 | CLE | 144 | 550 | 96 | 154 | 32 | 124 | 5 | 77 | 68 | .280 | .879 | 139 |
| 1949 | 34 | CLE | 148 | 541 | 74 | 136 | 20 | 84 | 5 | 83 | 33 | .251 | .762 | 108 |
| 1950 | 35 | CLE | 119 | 368 | 59 | 87 | 19 | 57 | 4 | 56 | 44 | .236 | .770 | 102 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 2B | 126 | 0 | 290 | 450 | 31 | 98 |
| 1939 | 2B | 151 | 0 | 370 | 461 | 28 | 116 |
| 1940 | 2B | 155 | 0 | 374 | 505 | 23 | 116 |
| 1941 | 2B | 131 | 0 | 332 | 397 | 32 | 109 |
| 1941 | 1B | 30 | 0 | 224 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 1942 | 2B | 147 | 0 | 354 | 442 | 28 | 121 |
| 1943 | 2B | 152 | 0 | 407 | 490 | 29 | 114 |
| 1946 | 2B | 108 | 0 | 281 | 346 | 17 | 87 |
| 1947 | 2B | 155 | 0 | 341 | 466 | 18 | 110 |
| 1948 | 2B | 144 | 0 | 330 | 436 | 23 | 97 |
| 1948 | SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | 2B | 145 | 0 | 297 | 430 | 15 | 123 |
| 1950 | 2B | 105 | 0 | 224 | 283 | 16 | 69 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Joe Gordon won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (ML), TSN All-Star 1939 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1940 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1940 (ML), TSN All-Star 1940 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1941 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1941 (ML), TSN All-Star 1941 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1942 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1942 (ML), MVP 1942 (AL), TSN All-Star 1942 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1943 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1947 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1947 (ML), TSN All-Star 1947 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1948 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1948 (ML), TSN All-Star 1948 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1948, 1947, 1943, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 23 / 336 | 0 |
| 1939 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 43 / 336 | 0 |
| 1940 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1941 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 60 / 336 | 0 |
| 1942 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 270 / 336 | 12 |
| 1943 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1947 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 59 / 336 | 0 |
| 1948 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 63 / 336 | 0 |
Joe Gordon ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #46 | second basemen | 1942 | 162 OPS+ |
| #134 | second basemen | 1947 | 140 OPS+ |
| #140 | second basemen | 1948 | 139 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.