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Tom Gordon

Yankees Career team 2004 to 2005
Number #36
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Height 5' 10"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place Sebring, FL
Born Nov 18, 1967

Key Insights

2009
This opponent has his number every time they meet

David Ortiz has hit .385/.467/1.231 against Gordon over 15 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

5 for 13 with 3 home runs and 5 strikeouts, against a .702 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Gordon has struck Dave Henderson out 9 times in 13 plate appearances, 69.2% of everything between them.

9 strikeouts in 13 plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Mark McGwire has taken Gordon deep 5 times, once every 10.8 plate appearances between them.

54 career plate appearances against him.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Gordon has walked Turner Ward 7 times in 15 plate appearances, 46.7% of them.

7 walks in 15 plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Gordon has faced Rafael Palmeiro more than any other hitter: 71 plate appearances, and Rafael Palmeiro has hit .218/.380/.255 in them.

12 hits, 0 home runs and 7 strikeouts across 71 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Gordon throws than Steve Buechele: 55.6% of the swings between them come up empty.

15 plate appearances between them. 98th percentile of the 244 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 18, 1967
Birth Place Sebring, FL
Height 5' 10"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right