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Joe Gordon (baseball player)
Joseph Lowell Gordon (February 18, 1915 - April 14, 1978) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball. From the late 1930s through the 1940s, Gordon starred in the American League for the New York Yankees (1938-43, 1946) and Cleveland Indians (1947-50). He batted and threw right-handed.
A native of Los Angeles, California, Gordon earned MVP honors in 1942, as he made the All-Star team eleven times (1938-43, 1946-50).
Gordon was a career .268 hitter with 253 home runs and 975 RBI in 1566 games.
He died at age 63 in Sacramento, California.
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Categories: 1938 American League All-Stars | 1939 American League All-Stars | 1940 American League All-Stars | 1941 American League All-Stars | 1942 American League All-Stars | 1943 American League All-Stars | 1946 American League All-Stars | 1947 American League All-Stars | 1948 American League All-Stars | 1949 American League All-Stars | 1950 American League All-Stars | Cleveland Indians players | New York Yankees players | Major league second basemen | 1915 births | 1978 deaths
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