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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
7 5 14.3 0 1 0 4.40 -0.1
Birth Date8-16-1978
Height6' 0"
Weight190 lbs
Age45 years, 8 months, 24 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2008 TEX MLB 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 119 9.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 0% .267 1.00 2.65 2.25 97 4.60 98.2 0.0
2011 NYA MLB 2 2 10.3 0 1 0 12 3 4 3 108 10.5 2.6 2.6 3.5 0% .265 1.45 7.51 5.23 132 6.45 149.8 -0.2
CareerMLB5214.30101635311110.01.91.93.127%.2651.336.154.401235.93135.4-0.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2007 CCH AA TXS 30 0 50.0 5 1 1 44 19 43 3 102 7.9 3.4 0.5 7.7 0% .279 1.26 3.50 2.88 87 3.69 75.7
2007 ROU AAA PCL 9 0 11.0 1 1 0 14 1 8 1 103 11.5 0.8 0.8 6.5 0% .371 1.36 3.53 4.91 86 4.60 94.3
2008 TEX MLB AL 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 119 9.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 0% .267 1.00 2.65 2.25 97 4.60 98.2
2008 CCH AA TXS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 94 9.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 0% .200 1.50 10.32 4.50 78 6.18 126.6
2008 FRI AA TXS 15 0 22.0 2 0 3 9 4 18 0 85 3.7 1.6 0.0 7.4 0% .158 0.59 2.23 0.00 78 1.79 36.6
2008 OKL AAA PCL 18 11 71.0 4 5 0 85 15 51 14 113 10.8 1.9 1.8 6.5 0% .320 1.41 5.32 4.56 109 5.01 102.5
2009 OKL AAA PCL 43 2 77.3 7 3 2 72 20 51 5 85 8.4 2.3 0.6 5.9 0% .275 1.19 3.75 3.49 94 3.39 71.3
2010 LEH AAA INT 40 0 78.0 1 3 0 73 19 86 2 8.4 2.2 0.2 9.9 0% .335 1.18 2.18 3.46 0 0.00 0.0
2010 LAG Wnt VWL 2 2 5.0 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 10.8 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .429 1.20 0.98 1.80 0 0.00 0.0
2011 NYA MLB AL 2 2 10.3 0 1 0 12 3 4 3 108 10.5 2.6 2.6 3.5 0% .265 1.45 7.51 5.23 132 6.45 149.8
2011 LEH AAA INT 12 9 55.3 5 0 0 39 7 56 4 91 6.3 1.1 0.7 9.1 0% .250 0.83 2.58 1.14 70 2.76 56.4
2011 SWB AAA INT 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 77 7.2 0.0 0.0 12.6 0% .364 0.80 0.43 0.00 72 5.86 119.5
2013 SAC AAA PCL 51 0 63.0 4 0 23 61 9 66 4 8.7 1.3 0.6 9.4 0% .318 1.11 2.82 3.57 75 2.82 61.4
2014 SWB AAA INT 14 13 77.7 4 6 0 89 28 50 7 103 10.3 3.2 0.8 5.8 0% .320 1.51 4.39 4.75 110 5.79 122.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 48 0.5625 0.4792 0.8696 0.7037 0.1905 0.8421 1.0000 0.1304
2011 154 0.5584 0.4675 0.8611 0.6279 0.2647 0.9074 0.7222 0.1389
Career2020.55940.47030.86310.64590.24710.89190.78820.1369

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-04-08 2011-04-20 Minors 12 0 Not Disclosed -
2010-07-08 2010-07-21 Minors 13 0 Right Hip Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 37 d1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 12/4/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 12/22/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 2012. Played with Samsung of Korea.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/2/11 (minor-league contract). May opt out of deal if not on Major League roster 6/15/11. Released by Philadelphia 6/15/11. Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 6/15/11. Released by NY Yankees 7/8/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 3/21/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.4025M (2009). Re-signed by Texas 12/2/08 (split contract, $81,000 in minors).
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased by Texas 9/15/08. Sent outright to Triple-A by Texas 10/1/08.
  • Drafted by Arizona (as outfielder) 1997 (7-233) (Round Rock HS, Texas).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Brian Gordon threw 229 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2013, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2013, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Sinker (89mph), also mixing in a Slow Curve (70mph). He also rarely threw a Change (80mph), Slider (76mph) and Curve (75mph).