Tom Gordon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tom Gordon
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 18, 1967(1967-11-18)
Age	57
Birthplace	Sebring
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Scorpio

Tom Gordon Biography

Tom Gordon is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on November 18, 1967 in Sebring, Florida, United States. All- Star reliever, known for his speedy fastball and hard curveball. He was the top player in to the top of the American League in saves in 1998, with 46 saves with Boston Red Sox. Boston Red Sox.

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Thomas Flynn Gordon (born November 18, 1967), nicknamed “Flash”, is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals (1988–1995), Boston Red Sox (1996–1999), Chicago Cubs (2001–02), Houston Astros (2002), Chicago White Sox (2003), New York Yankees (2004–05), Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2008), and Arizona Diamondbacks (2009). In 1998, he won the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award and led the American League (AL) in saves and games finished. In 1998-99, Gordon set a then-MLB record with 54 consecutive saves.

Gordon was one of several children born to Annie and Thomas Gordon. He was raised in abject poverty and his parents could not afford a telephone. Gordon attended Avon Park High School in Avon Park, Florida, and was a letterman in baseball. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1986 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals. He received a $38,000 signing bonus.

Son Dee Gordon made his MLB debut in 2011 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Tom Gordon Net Worth

Tom Gordon is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom Gordon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

It was a baseball team in the Avon Park High School in Florida.

He was the winner of the World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies in the year 2006.

At this point, Gordon had compiled a career 122-111 record with 1733 strikeouts, a 3.99 ERA, 114 saves, and 1,896.2 innings in 671 games (203 as a starter).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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However, on July 6, 2008, Gordon was placed on the 15-day disabled list for tenderness in his right elbow. Fellow reliever Brad Lidge praised Gordon calling him “a stud” and said that the Phils were hoping for him to return to the team after his 15-day stint. Prior to being placed on the disabled list, Gordon recorded a 13.45 earned run average giving up six runs in four total innings since June 11. He eventually was ruled out for the season but was able to earn his only World Series ring on the bench in the 2008 World Series.

Facts & Trivia

Tom Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tom Gordon celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year.

In his first season in Boston, Gordon had a 12-9 record and a 5.59 ERA – the highest ERA of his career to that point. Over the next two years, however, the Red Sox converted Gordon from a starting pitcher to a closer and his career reignited. In 1998, Gordon set the club’s single-season record for saves (46), with 43 of them in a row, and was named to his first All-Star Team. His success continued in 1999 setting a major league record with his 54th consecutive save in June, but a nagging elbow injury limited him to just 21 appearances, which required ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (or UCL) also known as Tommy John surgery, that forced him to spend all of 2000 on the disabled list. His popularity in Boston at this point led New England-based writer and Red Sox fan Stephen King to reference him as the object of infatuation for the young protagonist of the 1999 novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. After subsequent stops in Houston and both sides of Chicago, Gordon landed in New York. He was an invaluable addition to the Yankees bullpen, serving as a set-up for closer Mariano Rivera, or as a middle reliever in tough situations.

Is Tom Gordon a Hall of Famer?

Darin Erstad, Aaron Boone and Tom Gordon actually got Hall of Fame votes. On Tuesday, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced its 2015 class of inductees and for the first time since 1955, four players will head to Cooperstown in the same year.

Is Tom Gordon a real baseball player?

Gordon played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals (1988–1995), Boston Red Sox (1996–1999), Chicago Cubs (2001–02), Houston Astros (2002), Chicago White Sox (2003), New York Yankees (2004–05), Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2008), and Arizona Diamondbacks (2009).

What does Tom Gordon think of Stephen King?

Gordon said that he admired King , but that King had not quite captured his character. Calm on the inside? Gordon strives to be, but it is not his nature. Gordon has lasted this long on nervous energy, and it will probably always be his fuel.

What actually was the god of the lost?

At the end of the book, we realize Trisha hasn’t been hallucinating; the God of the Lost is a huge bear that’s been hunting her for days. A fan-made GIF of the first few scenes in ‘Gerald’s Game.

How far did Trisha Walk In The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon?

Her bickering mother and brother don’t notice she’s gone for all too long a time. And when they do, Trisha, disoriented, is thoroughly lost in the thick forest. In fact, she’s well on her way to Canada. Only 400 miles to go.