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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
23 890 2108 138 126 158 3.96 37
Birth Date11-18-1967
Height5' 10"
Weight200 lbs
Age56 years, 5 months, 7 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
1988 KCA MLB 5 2 15.7 0 2 0 16 7 18 1 96 9.2 4.0 0.6 10.3 0% .366 1.47 2.68 5.17 82 3.27 78.7 0.3
1989 KCA MLB 49 16 163.0 17 9 1 122 86 153 10 98 6.7 4.7 0.6 8.4 0% .262 1.28 3.36 3.64 84 3.15 75.8 3.4
1990 KCA MLB 32 32 195.3 12 11 0 192 99 175 17 100 8.8 4.6 0.8 8.1 0% .310 1.49 3.70 3.73 92 4.10 95.5 2.5
1991 KCA MLB 45 14 158.0 9 14 1 129 87 167 16 98 7.3 5.0 0.9 9.5 0% .276 1.37 3.83 3.87 81 3.06 70.9 3.8
1992 KCA MLB 40 11 117.7 6 10 0 116 55 98 9 98 8.9 4.2 0.7 7.5 0% .306 1.45 3.61 4.59 92 3.60 87.2 1.8
1993 KCA MLB 48 14 155.7 12 6 1 125 77 143 11 99 7.2 4.5 0.6 8.3 0% .272 1.30 3.57 3.58 83 3.32 71.6 3.8
1994 KCA MLB 24 24 155.3 11 7 0 136 87 126 15 99 7.9 5.0 0.9 7.3 0% .273 1.44 4.56 4.35 98 4.34 87.4 2.7
1995 KCA MLB 31 31 189.0 12 12 0 204 89 119 12 97 9.7 4.2 0.6 5.7 0% .310 1.55 4.18 4.43 103 5.25 107.6 1.3
1996 BOS MLB 34 34 215.7 12 9 0 249 105 171 28 106 10.4 4.4 1.2 7.1 0% .320 1.64 4.86 5.59 107 6.52 128.7 -0.9
1997 BOS MLB 42 25 182.7 6 10 11 155 78 159 10 101 7.6 3.8 0.5 7.8 0% .277 1.28 3.44 3.74 88 3.92 81.6 3.8
1998 BOS MLB 73 0 79.3 7 4 46 55 25 78 2 102 6.2 2.8 0.2 8.8 0% .250 1.01 2.52 2.72 73 2.60 53.9 2.4
1999 BOS MLB 21 0 17.7 0 2 11 17 12 24 2 99 8.7 6.1 1.0 12.2 0% .349 1.64 4.15 5.60 88 3.40 66.1 0.4
2001 CHN MLB 47 0 45.3 1 2 27 32 16 67 4 98 6.4 3.2 0.8 13.3 0% .283 1.06 2.32 3.38 63 2.16 44.8 1.6
2002 CHN 0 19 0 23.7 1 1 0 27 10 31 1 100 10.3 3.8 0.4 11.8 0% .426 1.56 2.19 3.42 91 3.60 77.3 0.4
2002 HOU 0 15 0 19.0 0 2 0 15 6 17 2 103 7.1 2.8 0.9 8.1 0% .250 1.11 3.40 3.32 82 3.32 71.2 0.4
2003 CHA MLB 66 0 74.0 7 6 12 57 31 91 4 100 6.9 3.8 0.5 11.1 0% .294 1.19 2.75 3.16 68 2.27 47.6 2.6
2004 NYA MLB 80 0 89.7 9 4 4 56 23 96 5 104 5.6 2.3 0.5 9.6 0% .235 0.88 2.54 2.21 72 2.77 57.1 2.8
2005 NYA MLB 79 0 80.7 5 4 2 59 29 69 8 102 6.6 3.2 0.9 7.7 0% .234 1.09 3.70 2.57 89 3.63 78.2 1.7
2006 PHI MLB 59 0 59.3 3 4 34 53 22 68 9 99 8.0 3.3 1.4 10.3 0% .288 1.26 3.94 3.34 81 3.28 66.8 1.5
2007 PHI MLB 44 0 40.0 3 2 6 40 13 32 7 103 9.0 2.9 1.6 7.2 0% .284 1.33 4.97 4.73 102 4.90 101.3 0.3
2008 PHI MLB 34 0 29.7 5 4 2 31 17 26 3 98 9.4 5.2 0.9 7.9 0% .301 1.62 4.38 5.16 94 3.64 77.6 0.6
2009 ARI MLB 3 0 1.7 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 103 16.2 16.2 0.0 0.0 0% .429 3.60 8.45 21.60 152 5.26 112.8 0.0
2002 TOT MLB 34 0 42.7 1 3 0 42 16 48 3 101 8.9 3.4 0.6 10.1 0% .000 1.36 2.73 3.38 88 3.48 74.6 0.9
CareerMLB8902032108.0138126158188997719281761008.14.20.88.248%.2891.363.743.96903.9484.237.0

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.
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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-
1986 OMA AAA AA 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 41.5 13.8 0.0 20.8 0% .000 6.15 3.06 48.46 0 0.00 0.0
1987 EUG A- NWN 15 13 72.3 9 0 1 48 47 91 2 6.0 5.9 0.2 11.3 0% .000 1.31 3.51 2.86 0 0.00 0.0
1987 FTM A+ FSL 3 3 13.7 1 0 0 5 17 11 0 3.3 11.2 0.0 7.2 0% .000 1.61 5.12 2.63 0 0.00 0.0
1988 KCA MLB AL 5 2 15.7 0 2 0 16 7 18 1 96 9.2 4.0 0.6 10.3 0% .366 1.47 2.68 5.17 82 3.27 78.7
1988 WIS A MDW 17 17 118.0 7 5 0 69 43 172 3 5.3 3.3 0.2 13.1 0% .000 0.95 1.60 2.06 0 0.00 0.0
1988 MEM AA SOU 6 6 47.3 6 0 0 16 17 62 1 3.0 3.2 0.2 11.8 0% .000 0.70 1.61 0.38 0 0.00 0.0
1988 OMA AAA AA 3 3 20.3 3 0 0 11 15 29 0 4.9 6.7 0.0 12.9 0% .000 1.28 2.34 1.33 0 0.00 0.0
1989 KCA MLB AL 49 16 163.0 17 9 1 122 86 153 10 98 6.7 4.7 0.6 8.4 0% .262 1.28 3.36 3.64 84 3.15 75.8
1990 KCA MLB AL 32 32 195.3 12 11 0 192 99 175 17 100 8.8 4.6 0.8 8.1 0% .310 1.49 3.70 3.73 92 4.10 95.5
1991 KCA MLB AL 45 14 158.0 9 14 1 129 87 167 16 98 7.3 5.0 0.9 9.5 0% .276 1.37 3.83 3.87 81 3.06 70.9
1992 KCA MLB AL 40 11 117.7 6 10 0 116 55 98 9 98 8.9 4.2 0.7 7.5 0% .306 1.45 3.61 4.59 92 3.60 87.2
1993 KCA MLB AL 48 14 155.7 12 6 1 125 77 143 11 99 7.2 4.5 0.6 8.3 0% .272 1.30 3.57 3.58 83 3.32 71.6
1994 KCA MLB AL 24 24 155.3 11 7 0 136 87 126 15 99 7.9 5.0 0.9 7.3 0% .273 1.44 4.56 4.35 98 4.34 87.4
1995 KCA MLB AL 31 31 189.0 12 12 0 204 89 119 12 97 9.7 4.2 0.6 5.7 0% .310 1.55 4.18 4.43 103 5.25 107.6
1996 BOS MLB AL 34 34 215.7 12 9 0 249 105 171 28 106 10.4 4.4 1.2 7.1 0% .320 1.64 4.86 5.59 107 6.52 128.7
1997 BOS MLB AL 42 25 182.7 6 10 11 155 78 159 10 101 7.6 3.8 0.5 7.8 0% .277 1.28 3.44 3.74 88 3.92 81.6
1998 BOS MLB AL 73 0 79.3 7 4 46 55 25 78 2 102 6.2 2.8 0.2 8.8 0% .250 1.01 2.52 2.72 73 2.60 53.9
1999 BOS MLB AL 21 0 17.7 0 2 11 17 12 24 2 99 8.7 6.1 1.0 12.2 0% .349 1.64 4.15 5.60 88 3.40 66.1
2001 CHN MLB NL 47 0 45.3 1 2 27 32 16 67 4 98 6.4 3.2 0.8 13.3 0% .283 1.06 2.32 3.38 63 2.16 44.8
2001 DAY A+ FSL 2 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 0% .000 0.00 0.20 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2001 IOW AAA PCL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4.5 4.5 0.0 9.0 0% -.333 1.00 3.05 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2002 CHN MLB NL 19 0 23.7 1 1 0 27 10 31 1 100 10.3 3.8 0.4 11.8 0% .426 1.56 2.19 3.42 91 3.60 77.3
2002 HOU MLB NL 15 0 19.0 0 2 0 15 6 17 2 103 7.1 2.8 0.9 8.1 0% .250 1.11 3.40 3.32 82 3.32 71.2
2002 DAY A+ FSL 2 2 2.7 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 3.3 6.7 0.0 10.0 0% .143 1.11 3.17 3.33 0 0.00 0.0
2002 IOW AAA PCL 2 0 1.7 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 5.3 15.9 0.0 0.0 0% .167 2.35 8.74 15.88 0 0.00 0.0
2003 CHA MLB AL 66 0 74.0 7 6 12 57 31 91 4 100 6.9 3.8 0.5 11.1 0% .294 1.19 2.75 3.16 68 2.27 47.6
2004 NYA MLB AL 80 0 89.7 9 4 4 56 23 96 5 104 5.6 2.3 0.5 9.6 0% .235 0.88 2.54 2.21 72 2.77 57.1
2005 NYA MLB AL 79 0 80.7 5 4 2 59 29 69 8 102 6.6 3.2 0.9 7.7 0% .234 1.09 3.70 2.57 89 3.63 78.2
2006 PHI MLB NL 59 0 59.3 3 4 34 53 22 68 9 99 8.0 3.3 1.4 10.3 0% .288 1.26 3.94 3.34 81 3.28 66.8
2006 CLR A+ FSL 2 2 4.1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 107 2.2 2.2 0.0 11.0 0% .143 0.49 1.54 0.00 61 2.65 55.5
2007 PHI MLB NL 44 0 40.0 3 2 6 40 13 32 7 103 9.0 2.9 1.6 7.2 0% .284 1.33 4.97 4.73 102 4.90 101.3
2007 CLR A+ FSL 2 2 2.7 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 102 3.3 3.3 0.0 3.3 0% .125 0.74 3.67 0.00 111 3.80 78.1
2007 PHL Rk GCL 2 2 2.3 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 98 19.6 3.9 0.0 11.7 0% .556 2.61 2.13 19.57 87 6.99 143.3
2008 PHI MLB NL 34 0 29.7 5 4 2 31 17 26 3 98 9.4 5.2 0.9 7.9 0% .301 1.62 4.38 5.16 94 3.64 77.6
2008 CLR A+ FSL 2 2 1.0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 108 9.0 18.0 9.0 9.0 0% .000 3.00 20.20 18.00 127 6.15 125.8
2009 ARI MLB NL 3 0 1.7 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 103 16.2 16.2 0.0 0.0 0% .429 3.60 8.45 21.60 152 5.26 112.8
2009 VIS A+ CLF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 101 9.0 18.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 3.00 7.76 9.00 119 6.15 129.4
2009 RNO AAA PCL 11 1 9.7 0 0 0 19 14 4 0 113 17.6 13.0 0.0 3.7 0% .463 3.40 6.95 11.13 144 11.21 235.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 507 0.4734 0.4181 0.7830 0.6125 0.2434 0.8639 0.6000 0.2170
2009 34 0.3529 0.2353 1.0000 0.5000 0.0909 1.0000 1.0000 0.0000
Career5410.46580.40660.79660.60540.23380.87250.62510.2034

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
2009-05-03 2009-08-11 60-DL 100 89 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-03-27 2009-04-27 15-DL 31 18 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Ulnar Nerve Decompression and Bone Spur 2008-10-16
2008-10-16 2008-10-16 Off 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Ulnar Nerve Decompression and Bone Spur 2008-10-16
2008-07-06 2008-10-28 60-DL 114 74 Right Elbow Sprain Ulnar Collateral Ligament -
2007-09-17 2007-09-18 DTD 1 1 Low Back Spasms -
2007-05-12 2007-05-15 On-Alr 3 3 General Medical Illness Fever -
2007-05-02 2007-07-16 60-DL 75 65 Right Shoulder Inflammation Rotator Cuff -
2006-08-13 2006-09-03 15-DL 21 20 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2005-08-20 2005-08-25 DTD 5 5 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2005-07-07 2005-07-14 DTD 7 4 Right Shoulder Inflammation Tendonitis -
2005-06-11 2005-06-11 DTD 0 0 Right Hand Contusion Line Drive -
2005-06-05 2005-06-07 DTD 2 2 Right Elbow Soreness -
2004-10-10 2004-10-12 DTD 2 0 Contusion Cork From Champagne -
2004-06-23 2004-06-24 DTD 1 1 Left Thigh Spasms Quadriceps -
2002-03-28 2002-07-02 60-DL 96 80 Right Shoulder Strain Teres Major -
2001-03-23 2001-05-03 15-DL 41 26 Right Upper Arm Strain Triceps -
2000-04-04 2000-10-02 60-DL 181 162 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 1999-12-13 -
1999-12-13 1999-12-13 Off 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 1999-12-13 -
1999-06-12 1999-09-27 15-DL 107 96 Right Elbow Strain - -
1999-04-18 1999-05-10 15-DL 22 20 Right Elbow Strain - -
1995-05-08 1995-05-24 15-DL 16 14 - Face Surgery Wisdom Teeth Removed - -
1992-08-12 1992-09-01 15-DL 20 17 Right Shoulder Inflammation Rotator Cuff - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 PHI $500,000
2008 PHI $5,500,000
2007 PHI $7,000,000
2006 PHI $4,500,000
2005 NYA $3,750,000
2004 NYA $3,500,000
2003 CHA $1,400,000
2002 CHN $2,800,000
2001 CHN $2,000,000
2000 BOS $3,750,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
10 yrPrevious$34,700,000
10 yrTotal$34,700,000

 

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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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DateQuestionAnswer
2010-04-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)I keep reading that Dee Gordon is very "raw"- I find it a bit strange that the son of a major leaguer could have that little baseball experience. Did he play a different sport growing up? Thanks.
(KRS from Chicago)		He didn't start playing baseball until high school, he was more into hoops initially. He also didn't have a very close relationship with his father until his mom passed way and Tom Gordon assumed custody. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)What do you think of the closer situation in Philly. Are we doomed with Lidge's knee injury?
(mikedee from Philly)		Lidge's knee injury is only part of the problem. Tom Gordon is the rest of it. He's an excellent relief pitcher when he's healthy, but he's as likely to break down as a $3 Rolex. Piling up more innings on him early on isn't a great recipe for keeping him healthy, and I don't like how thin the rests of that bullpen is. (Jay Jaffe)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Tom Gordon threw 900 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2009, including pitches thrown in . In 2009, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Slider (88mph) and Curve (82mph).