GORDON, ALEX  
 
Image of    Nickname:   N/A Position:   OF
Home: N/A Team:   Retired
Height: 6' 1" Bats:   L
Weight: 220 Throws:   R
DOB: 2/10/1984 Agent: Casey Close
Birth City: Lincoln, NE Draft: Royals #1 - 2005 - Out of Univ. of Nebraska
Uniform #: 4  
 
YR LEA TEAM SAL(K) G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO OBP SLG AVG
2006 TL WICHITA   130 486 111 158 39 1 29 101 22 3 72 113   .588 .325
2007 AL ROYALS $380.00 151 543 60 134 36 4 15 60 14 4 41 137 .314 .411 .247
2008 AL ROYALS $406.00 134 493 72 128 35 1 16 59 9 2 66 120 .351 .432 .260
2009 AL ROYALS $457.00 49 164 28 38 6 0 6 22 5 0 21 43 .324 .378 .232
2009 AZL AZL-Royals   4 7 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 3 .538 .714 .286
2009 TL NORTHWEST ARKANSAS   8 30 4 11 3 0 2 10 0 0 5 5 .457 .667 .367
2009 PCL OMAHA   18 67 17 21 4 1 2 10 0 0 13 16 .435 .493 .313
2010 PCL OMAHA   68 260 59 82 20 3 14 44 7 2 51 72 .442 .577 .315
2010 CAR WILMINGTON   7 17 7 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 9 3 .548 .412 .235
2010 AL ROYALS $1,150.00 74 242 34 52 10 0 8 20 1 5 34 62 .315 .355 .215
2011 AL ROYALS $1,400.00 151 611 101 185 45 4 23 87 17 8 67 139 .376 .502 .303
2012 AL ROYALS $4,775.00 161 642 93 189 51 5 14 72 10 5 73 140 .368 .455 .294
2013 AL ROYALS $9,000.00 156 633 90 168 27 6 20 81 11 3 52 141 .327 .422 .265
2014 AL ROYALS $11,250.00 156 563 87 150 34 1 19 74 12 3 65 126 .351 .432 .266
2015 AL ROYALS $13,750.00 104 354 40 96 18 0 13 48 2 5 49 92 .377 .432 .271
2015 PCL OMAHA   8 28 6 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 8 6 .568 .607 .429
2016 PCL OMAHA   2 7 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .600 .429 .429
2016 TL NORTHWEST ARKANSAS   4 15 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .412 .600 .333
2016 AL ROYALS $12,000.00 128 445 62 98 16 2 17 40 8 1 52 148 .312 .380 .220
2017 AL ROYALS $16,000.00 148 476 52 99 20 2 9 45 7 4 45 126 .293 .315 .208
2018 AL ROYALS $20,000.00 141 506 56 124 24 0 13 54 12 2 50 124 .324 .370 .245
2018 PCL OMAHA   3 9 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .364 .333 .222
2019 AL ROYALS $21,000.00 150 556 77 148 31 1 13 76 5 3 51 100 .345 .396 .266
2020 AL ROYALS $1,481.00 50 163 15 34 4 0 4 11 0 0 18 37 .299 .307 .209

  • The thing that has made the difference for Alex Gordon is good, old-fashioned hard work. It comes from being raised by Mike and Leslie Gordon in Nebraska.

    "My Dad was always a hard worker and my Mom was always at two jobs, a hard worker," Gordon said. His mom, Leslie, was a nurse who also dealt in antiques. His father, Mike, managed a beer warehouse and played amateur baseball until he was in his 40s. "So I just grew up around it. That's how I was raised, and it was just kind of a natural thing."

    Add some extraordinary baseball skills to that strong work ethic and you have a star baseball player. To this day, Alex is hitting or lifting during more than most players.

    "My Dad once said, 'If you're not working hard, someone is getting better than you,'" Gordon said. "So that always stuck with me and was a big message to me throughout my life."  (Dick Kaegel-MLB.com-4/26/11)

  • Alex played basketball, football, and baseball at Lincoln Southeast High School in Nebraska. He was excellent at both baseball and football. In 2002, he was rated as the top high school prospect from Nebraska in the baseball draft, but was not chosen because of his strong desire to play for the Cornhuskers.

  • Alex and his family were Royals fans, attending a few games every year. George Brett was a favorite and Alex' brother is named Brett after the Hall of Famer.

  • In 2004, Gordon hit .365-18-75 for the University of Nebraska.

  • In the summer of 2004, Gordon hit .524 with two homers to earn offensive MVP honors during Team USA's gold medal run at the World University Championships.

  • In 2005 at Nebraska, Gordon had a .372 batting average, 19 home runs, and 66 RBIs. He drew 63 walks and struck out just 38 times. That statistic speaks more of the respect opposing pitchers gave him by working around him rather than throwing strikes—which translated to a .518 on-base percentage.  He also stole 23 bases in 26 attempts and played a solid third base.

  • In 2005, Alex was rated the best college player in the draft, and the Royals chose him with the second overall pick, behind only Justin Upton.

  • In 2006, Gordon was named the Texas League Player of the Year. He is the second Wrangler to win the award. Johnny Damon took home the honors in 1995.

    Gordon ranked in the top five in the TL in 10 categories—average (third), runs (first), hits (fourth), doubles (fifth, homers (third), RBIs (third), walks (tied for first), slugging percentage (first), on-base percentage (third), OPS (first).

  • In 2006, Baseball America named Gordon its Minor League Player of the Year.  He became the first player ever to win Baseball America's College Player of the Year and Minor League Player of the Year awards in consecutive seasons.

  • Alex has an older brother, Eric, who also played college baseball at Nebraska-Omaha. Alex followed him around, even though there is a 10-year age difference. They did almost everything together, especially when it came to baseball.

    The Gordon family focused on baseball a lot. All four of the boys—Alex has two younger brothers, Brett (named for George Brett) and Derek, that are also solid baseball players. Their Dad, Mike, played at Nebraska, and his father, Charlie, who was 83 years old when Alex was drafted by the Royals in 2005, used to coach the varsity at Lincoln Southeast High, where the boys went to school. Too many uncles and cousins to count also played.

    "They played all the time," said their mother, Leslie. "They grew up doing it and we've done it all our lives. That's all we did all summer was play ball. It's been our life; it's a passion for us."

    Such a passion, in fact, that when Mike came home from work, most nights he would just change clothes and follow his boys out to a baseball field. He would throw batting practice whenever they wanted to hit, or whenever he wanted to pitch.

    And, as his sons put it, he'd throw about 300 pitches, then go home and ice the arm.

    The real treat came every summer, though, when the family would cram into the car and drive about four hours south, heading straight for Kauffman Stadium. They didn't have any teams to cheer for in Nebraska—other than the Huskers, of course—so the Royals were their team. They cheered all the Royals, but especially George Brett. Mike and Leslie liked the Hall of Famer so much, in fact, that they named their third son after No. 5.  (Matt LaWell-MLB.com-6/7/05)

  • Alex credits his Dad for instilling in him the desire to do whatever it takes to get better. "When I was little, he was always pushing me,” Gordon said. "He was my coach, and we'd always stick around and do a little extra work after practice. That stuck with me. I'm the kind of guy who likes to stay around and get a few extra swings in."  (Stephen Pivovar-Baseball America-1/13/05)

  • Alex has a tremendous work ethic. During the season, he spends three or four days a week in the gym. While he rarely maxes out, he can bench press 225 for 10 or 15 reps. "I don't try to get bigger, but I want to maintain what I gained in the offseason and not lose it," he said.

  • Gordon has some intangibles, with competitiveness and solid demeanor being among them. And he is very coachable, receiving and applying instruction. He has natural poise, handling adversity and a game-winning home run with the same aplomb and composure.

  • In 2005, Alex won the triple crown of collegiate baseball awards. He won the Dick Howser Trophy, awarded by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and Baseball America's College Player of the Year award and then, the Golden Spikes Award.

  • After the 2005 season, Alex played in the Arizona Fall League and hit two homers, nine RBIs, and a .260 batting average in 16 games.

  • During the offseason before 2006 spring training, Baseball America rated Gordon as the #1 prospect in the Royals organization. And during the winter before 2007 camps opened, the magazine still had Alex as the top prospect in the Kansas City farm system.

  • In December 2007, Gordon got married just before Christmas. He and wife Jamie were married in Lincoln, Nebraska.

  • An incident occurred toward the end of spring training in 2008 when an afternoon sports talker at the station interviewed Gordon's wife, Jamie, and Luke Hochevar’s wife, Ashley, in the stands at Surprise Stadium, where the Royals and Rangers share the campus. As the sports talker did his interview from the stands, the show’s other co-hosts listened and commented on the interview from the press box—Jamie and Ashley could not hear those comments.

    The seemingly harmless interview took a nasty turn when Jamie was asked whether she knew who Yoko Ono was. When she said she did not, someone back in the booth or at the station hit a “drop” button that spewed the words “stupid b....” over the air. The same drop button was hit again moments later after Jamie answered another question.

    Then later in the interview, one of the show’s hosts made crude innuendos about Jamie and Ashley, urging his interviewer to “try and get them to kiss.”

    Royals upper management got wind of the interview and was furious, as was Gordon. Royals vice president of communications Mike Swanson demanded an apology from the station and the hosts.

    “Having to play the interview for Alex was not an enviable task,” Swanson said. “Then one of the show’s hosts told me he wouldn’t apologize directly to Alex because that was my job as a liaison. That really got me upset.”

    Gordon admitted that a face-to-face meeting at the time of the incident probably wasn’t wise anyway.

    “I guess everyone thought a fight might happen,” Gordon said.

    Gordon said neither he nor Jamie, whom he married in 2007, got an apology from the station. (Jeffrey Flanagan - The Kansas City Star)

  • Alex and Jamie celebrated the birth of their first child, son Max, in 2010.

    "It's awesome," Gordon said a year and a half later, during 2012 spring training. "Baseball is really a second thought to me throughout the day. When I go home, I don't even think about baseball anymore. In the past, when I didn't have Max, I might go home and sit on the couch and think, 'Aw, I don't know why I didn't get a hit in my third at-bat, what did I do wrong?' But once I leave the field, it's all about my kid, and baseball doesn't even creep into my head. He's been unbelievable and a very good blessing for me."

  • August 12, 2013: Alex's second son, Sam Patrick Gordon, weighing in at 8 pounds, 15 ounces, was born. (Third and final son, Joey, came later.)

  • August 19, 2011: Alex was presented the Heart and Hustle Award before a game against the Red Sox. The award was presented to Gordon in an on-field ceremony by former Royals closer Jeff Montgomery.

    Given by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association, the award is given each year to "an active player who demonstrates a passion for the game of baseball and best embodies the values, spirit and traditions of the game" from every club.

  • In 2011, Alex was named winner of his first Les Milgram Award as the Royals' Player of the Year. The winner is chosen annually by the Kansas City Chapter, Baseball Writers' Association of America. The award is in memory of Les Milgram, a Kansas City businessman who helped convince Royals founder Ewing Kauffman to invest in the expansion franchise.

  • Very few players attack the game like Gordon. His work ethic is legendary. Prior to the 2013 season, Gordon moved from Kansas City back to his hometown of Lincoln, Neb., with wife Jamie and 2-year-old son Max. His ties to his alma mater, the University of Nebraska, are strong.

    "I try to go to every football game," he said. "I try to go into the games, but it's so much fun with my friends that tailgate outside and watch it on TV, but we go to pretty much every game." Gordon prepared for this 2013 season with workouts at the university.

  • Gordon gained distinction through his baseball card back in 2006. Topps issued Gordon's rookie card prematurely, as only players on 25-man rosters or who have played in at least one Major League game are eligible. As a result, Topps stopped producing the card and cut holes in some of the existing cards. Examples that found their way into retail stores have garnered bids in the thousands of dollars on eBay.

  • Walk-Up Music: Gordon has used some of the music from Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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  • Alex's gritty dedication to hard work is almost legendary. The Royals star has no doubt where he gets it—from his mother, Leslie. "She's been everything to me," Gordon said. "People always say my work ethic is great, and I really do think I get it from my parents. My mom worked night shifts as a nurse from 11 to 7, and then during the day she owned an antique store, which she loved to do and was another job that she had.

    "So it was pretty much she was working all day, taking care of the kids. We always said, 'When do you sleep?' And she always said she didn't need sleep. So she worked very hard in giving me and my three brothers a great life, and we're fortunate to have her do what she did all of her life."

    Leslie Gordon certainly had her hands full. She had four sons—Eric, Alex, Brett and Derek. They all played baseball and just about everything else.  She's a registered nurse and has been working at Bryan West Hospital in Lincoln, Neb., for the past 37 years. Still has the antique shop, too. "I worked all night," she said. "I had this antique business and I went to tons of baseball games. I guess God just gives you enough energy to do those things."

    Leslie's older brother played baseball, a lot of it at the University of Nebraska. "She grew up going to games," Alex Gordon said. "She had four boys that played baseball, so that's pretty much what she did. She went to baseball games all of her life and she's still doing it now with me and my youngest brother."

    Youngest son Derek pitched for Park University, a college in the Kansas City area, which was involved in postseason play at Springfield, Illinois. And it was Alex at Kauffman Stadium, where she saw him receive his Gold Glove as the American League's best defensive left fielder.

    "I'm pretty proud of my son," said Leslie. "He's worked hard to get where he's at. I have four boys, and they all work hard. Alex is in the limelight, so we all know about him and what he does. But I do have three other boys who have worked just as hard and are just as successful, just in a different way." Oldest son Eric is training to be a policeman in Lincoln, and third son Brett is an arena operations manager in Louisiana. (Yes, Brett was named for George Brett.)

    "My kids just loved going to see their uncle play ball. They all grew up with it, there was no choice I guess," Leslie said. "They always just played because their parents loved it, and that's what they did. That was just in their makeup because we had it in our families as well. That's what we did, and I wouldn't have changed it for one minute." (Kaegel - mlb.com - 5/9/14)

  • Alex was an advanced talent, even at a young age. When he was 8, his proud mother said, he made a team for 11-year-olds. He was always a kid who stayed late for extra practice.

    "I don't know how many hours I spent waiting for him. He was always doing extra," Leslie said. "When you love something, it doesn't matter, you just do it. It doesn't ever feel like work, it's just what you do and that's what he thinks about his job now. What a great thing, to be able to spend your life doing what you love and get to do it every day. So he's pretty blessed. We all are, actually." (5/9/14)

  • He's proud, too, of his mother's courageous battle with cancer, first breast cancer and then cancer of the appendix. "When somebody tells you that you have cancer, it's pretty frightening, and breast cancer is such a prevalent life-threatening disease in women," Leslie said.

    However, cancer of the appendix is extremely rare. "Honestly, that was a bigger scare than the breast cancer," she said. "But God has given me a great deal of strength, and each time that I was diagnosed—10 years ago with breast cancer and then two years ago the appendiceal cancer. Both of the symptoms occurred early and, with my breast cancer, I had early, early detection and I've never had any re-occurrence of that since. That seemed actually very simple to me."

    "Initially, they were pretty skeptical about my life expectancy (for the cancer in her appendix), and I had to go through chemo and I've had three operations now for this," Leslie said. "Yet I've always felt like what a blessed life I've had. If I live 3 more years or if I live 30 more years or 5 more years, I'm pretty blessed. I think this is a path for you in your life.

    "I trust in God. I'm a big advocate of health; I'm a nurse. I eat healthy and I exercise, but sometimes things are out of your control. I just have a lot of faith that God will lead me on the journey I need to be on, and that peace of mind has probably gotten me through all of this. I think it's been one of those life-strengthening events for me. It's made me a stronger person. Right now I'm doing well and I'm very grateful for every day that I'm here on this earth."

    "People ask me, 'What do you do on Mother's Day?'" she said. "Well, I spent pretty much every single Mother's Day at a ballfield. That was the best gift anybody could ever have, to watch your kids play ball." (5/9/14)

  • 8/9/2014: A singing career is definitely not in Alex's future. Or so he said after leading University of Nebraska fans in their fight song.

    It was Husker Night at Kauffman Stadium in K.C. and naturally Gordon, a proud Nebraska alum, celebrated the occasion with a fifth-inning home run. Gordon gamely tried to lead the singing afterward.

    "I heard it was pretty bad; the guys were giving me a hard time," Gordon said. "It was kind of awkward but I tried my best and they responded well. Even though it wasn't very good for me, they picked me up."

    The Nebraska fans accounted for large sections of red shirts and caps in the throng of 35,114. So how special was it for Gordon to give them a homer?

    "I go deep all the time, what are you talking about?" Gordon said, laughing. "I mean, it was a good crowd. I think it just energized all the players. I think we all had that kind of excitement and energy. There was lot of red tonight so that was good to see. It was fun to play in front of."

    And, yes, Gordon provided tickets for a segment of the Nebraska turnout.

    "Quite a few, but it was well worth it," he said. "People that I've known for a while that deserved to be here. I'm not going to give you a number but it was quite a few."(Dick Kaegel - MLB.com - 8/9/2014)

  • Alex's best friend is Bryan Duensing, who is now with the Twins (2015). They were college roommates and were in each other's weddings.

  • What brings Alex good luck?  Gordon said, "I put three pieces of gum in before the game and I chew the same gum the whole time."

  • 2015: Gordon had a very familiar face hanging around Spring Training. The Royals purchased the contract of Gordon's younger brother, Derek, from the Kansas City T-Bones, an independent league team.

  • May 2, 2015: Gordon arrived at the Mid-America Sports Complex in suburban Johnson County to salute a cluster of wide-eyed youth baseball players who have gathered for the inaugural Alex Gordon Classic, which is raising funds for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation and the fight against childhood cancer.

    The participating teams from around the Kansas City area have combined to raise more than $20,000 for the ALSF, a national organization that Gordon and his wife, Jamie, have supported for several years.

    When Gordon was initially approached by the Royals' Community Relations department about getting involved with Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, the elements were in place for a perfect fit. The Foundation developed after childhood cancer patient Alexandra "Alex" Scott announced at age 4 in 2000 that she wanted to open a lemonade stand to raise money so that doctors could do research and find a cure for childhood cancer. She died four years later, but her dream continues. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation has raised more than $95 million, funding over 475 pediatric cancer research projects nationally.

    "From the heart of a young girl who has passed away, her legacy continues to live on," said former Royal outfielder Les Norman, the emcee for the event.

    From one "Alex" to another, Gordon shares the vision of a young girl who inspired so many. The topic strikes home in many ways. Gordon's mother, Leslie, is a two-time cancer survivor.

    "I started doing some research on what this Foundation was all about," Gordon said. "I knew from the get-go this was going to be something very special."

    As the winner of the 2014 Hutch Award, which goes to the player who best exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication of the late Reds' manager Fred Hutchinson, Gordon had an opportunity to travel to Seattle in the offseason. He visited the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and gained added insight into the importance of fundraising efforts.

    Whether he's visiting kids at the ballpark or on an outing such as this one, Gordon gets steady reminders regarding the challenges of childhood cancer. Natural Baseball Academy of Olathe, Kansas, is one of the teams participating in the Alex Gordon Classic. But team member Jacob Sprinkle, 11, could not be with his teammates. He was diagnosed with lymphoma last August. His father, Eric, spoke at the event as Gordon looked on. Jacob was able to monitor the proceedings from home via FaceTime. Jacob Sprinkle wears No. 4 because he so admires Gordon. (R Falkoff - MLB.com - May 2. 2015)

  • In 2015, Gordon was selected to start in the All-Star Game.

  • April 18, 2016: At Kansas City Sports Commission Awards Banquet, Royals manager Ned Yost spun a number of stories, including one about Alex Gordon’s legendary eating habits. Yost had the team bus stop at a hot dog place during a road trip and Gordon asked if the restaurant sold chicken. Just hot dogs, Yost said. Gordon refused to leave the bus:

    “I ain’t eating no hot dog.”

    “You know Gordy,” Yost said, “he won’t eat anything that’s not healthy.”

    That gives you a little context for this: Gordon has lent a recipe to the soon-to-be-released cookbook, “Big Red Recipes, Baseball Edition.” All of the recipes are from former University of Nebraska baseball players, including Gordon and pitcher Brian Duensing.  The book was released May 2, 2016. (Pete Grathoff - kcstar.com - April 18, 2016)

  • May 7, 2016: As her son began to test the free-agent waters last offseason, Leslie Gordon simply had one recurring thought. "I couldn't imagine him playing anywhere else but Kansas City," she said.

    Finally, after some anxious weeks for fans and family, Alex Gordon did re-sign with the Royals on Jan.6.

    "I just knew he would make the right choice," Leslie said. "I'm just grateful he wound up back with the Royals. The Royals are a great organization. It's like family."

    And family comes first for the Gordons, which is what makes Mother's Day so special for Alex and his mom. Alex often credits his mother for his unyielding work ethic. Leslie helped raise four boys in Lincoln, Nebraska—Eric, Alex, Brett (who was named after George Brett) and youngest son Derek, a pitcher for the Royals' Class A Advanced team in Wilmington, Delaware.

    "She really has meant everything to me," Alex said. "She instilled in all of us a great sense of work ethic."

    Aside from working, Leslie also found time to take each of her boys to countless sporting activities. "There was always a game," she said. "They all played. I don't know, I guess I just never needed much sleep. I just thought it was fun. I felt blessed."

    The family bond perhaps is even stronger these days. Leslie has survived two bouts with cancer—first breast cancer, and most recently, cancer of the appendix. She said the cancer is in remission now.

    "I was told I'd have three to five years [to live after the diagnosis of the appendix cancer]," she said. "I'm in Year 4, and so far, so good. "I feel very blessed. I'm grateful it was me and not one of my kids. God has me on this journey. He needs me on earth and not in heaven. I have a very peaceful existence."

    If possible, Alex has developed even more admiration for his mother through the cancer fight. "Of course it is scary," he said. "Any time someone close to you has cancer, it's very scary. But my mom has tremendous determination and courage, and she is a fighter."

    Leslie has done anything but slow down. She still works as a registered nurse at Bryan West Hospital in Lincoln, with two 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. shifts a week, "Next year, I'll be at 40 years there," she said. "Then that will probably be it." (J Flanagan -  MLB.com - May 8, 2016)

  • May 22-24, 2017:  Alex and his wife, Jamie, welcomed their third child to the world, a girl named Joey Lynn.  (The Gordons also have two sons—Max and Sam.)  Gordon said. "I can tell you it's incredible to have another child."

    On the subject of having a baby girl, Gordon smiled and said, "They say they soften you up, then steal your heart."

  • Alex's father, Michael, died at the age of 63 in February 2018.

    "He'd been struggling for a while.  I don't want to get into details [of his death]. He's out of pain now," Alex said.  "I'm doing well. Obviously losing a father is never a good situation. But I was able to spend time with family and friends, and we had a great service that really celebrated his life. It's never a good time, but I think we did it the right way and celebrated his life well."  (Flanagan - mlb.com - 2/21/18)

  • In July 2018, Alex essentially had one year and two months left on the four-year, $72 million contract he signed in 2016, and he admitted that he has at least pondered the notion of retiring when the deal expires.  Standing inside the visiting clubhouse at Guaranteed Rate Field, Gordon spoke openly about the physical toll the game takes on a player, as well as the emotional toll.

    "It's a grind," Gordon said. "I miss my kids and family."

    Gordon will be 35 when his contract ends.  Although Gordon stays in tremendous shape, he admits he's not getting younger. While he remains an elite defender, Gordon's offense tapered off dramatically under the new contract.

    In considering his future, Gordon also takes into account the Royals' current direction, in terms of building for the future. "Obviously, I'm getting up there in age in terms of not many years of me left playing," he said. "I think I dealt with this mentally the last time I signed a contract. It depends on how I feel in one year and two months. Who knows? I may want to play longer. Or I may just want to be with my family. It's the family decision that I think about most. Retirement crosses your mind.

    "I'm a family man. One thing about this game is that it has given me everything in the world. I've been very fortunate. But it does take a lot of time away from your kids and your family. My oldest son is going to be 8 years old and I'm missing out on a lot of things he is doing."

    Gordon and his wife, Jamie, have two sons, Max and Sam, and a daughter, Joey Lynn, who was born last year.  "I've always thought about what I'd do after I was done playing," Gordon said. "One thing I know is that I'd take a year or two off and just regroup. I've never done anything other than this for a long, long time. I'll just sit back and kind of figure out where I am and go from there."  (Flanagan - mlb.com - 8/1/18)

  • Aug 3. 2018: Four years ago, Gordon was asked if he'd like to be on the advisory board of the Taylor Hooton Foundation. And once again this year in 2018, Gordon is proud to take part in the "It's All Me" campaign. The Taylor Hooton Foundation is a leader in the advocacy against appearance and performance-enhancing substance use by the youth of America.

    That message is right up Gordon's alley, as Gordon is one of the most nutrition-conscious athletes in baseball.

    "It's all about doing things the right way," Gordon said. "Stay away from performance-enhancing drugs. That's why I got involved with it, because of some of the issues we've had with PEDs in sports. "We do clinics on the field every year with kids from the Kansas City community. Kids come and we show them how to train. This is something that interests me, especially the nutrition part." (J Flanagan - MLB.com - Aug 3, 2018)

  • August 29, 2018: Alex's home run was his 10th of the 2018 season and 170th of his career, surpassing Hal McRae. George Brett (317) is the all-time leader, followed by Mike Sweeney (197) and Amos Otis (193). Royals starter Danny Duffy even stopped Gordon in the dugout to tell him the news of moving up the home run list.

    "I told him that in-game and he said, 'I don't care,'" Duffy said, laughing. "I know he does care. He was just in the moment. He's a gamer. He just wants to win that day."

    Gordon, too, laughed when asked about the exchange.  "I didn't say [that]," Gordon said with a smile. "I was just kind of surprised [Duffy] said that as he was passing me in the dugout. I was very pumped to be on the list. I'm very excited to join the company of guys like Hal McRae and the others."

    Gordon, in his 12th year, had no illusions he would ever get this high on the list. "I just wanted to make it to the big leagues and not mess up," Gordon said. "Any time you have been with an organization as long as I have, you're going to pass some people. I'm just an old guy moving up the list."

    Added Royals manager Ned Yost, "You sit here and you view back that you've had the opportunity to see just about every one of those home runs. To be able to watch him come up as a fledgling left fielder. He's never really looked back from that point on. It's great to see what he's accomplished throughout his career."  (Flanagan - mlb.com)

  • October 4, 2018 : Alex will set the pace at Kansas Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400. The Royals outfielder will drive the pace car for the NASCAR Monster Energy Series race on Oct. 21, keeping the duty in the circle of Kansas City professional athletes. (Blair Kerkhoff - The Kansas City Star)

  • Dec 26, 2018: Will 2019 be the final season on the field for Alex Gordon? Gordon is without a doubt a Royals Hall of Famer. His six American League Gold Glove Awards alone merit that. As to Gordon possibly retiring after 2019, his final season of a four-year, $72 million contract, he spoke openly to me about the possibility late in the season.

    "[Baseball] is a grind. I miss my kids and family," Gordon said. "... Who knows? I may want to play longer. Or I may just want to be with my family. It's the family decision I think about most. [Retirement] crosses your mind."

    Gordon will be 35 when his contract ends. But he also seemed to be rejuvenated late this past season. Gordon had a .788 OPS over the final 33 games and he also captured his sixth Gold Glove Award. He stays in tremendous shape. I could see him playing another year or two beyond 2019, if he continues his offensive resurgence. (J Flanagan - MLB.com - Dec 26, 2018)

  • April 12, 2019:  Alex was convinced that fate intervened for him as he recorded his first four-hit game since last May.  Gordon came into the game against the Indians with a mission: Give a shoutout to a teenage boy named Charlie, who had been in cancer remission, but required brain surgery on Friday.

    Gordon wore a yellow armband with “Charlie” written on it, a tribute to the boy he met years ago through his Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which helps support childhood cancer research. And it didn’t take long for Gordon to draw attention to the armband: Gordon homered in his first at-bat. 

    “He’s going through a tough time,” Gordon said. “I’ve known him for eight or nine years now—became good friends. With what he’s going through, I just told him tonight was for him. I told him I was going to wear something for him, so I hope he was watching.

    “I didn’t tell him I was going to hit a home run, but I think it was kind of meant to be. I had goosebumps going around the bases. I wanted to make sure I tapped him and let him see it. It was pretty special.”

    Each time Gordon got a hit—he had two doubles, a home run, and a single—he made sure to tap the arm-band.  “Probably one of the first kids I met [through the foundation],” Gordon said. “He comes to all the foundation stuff. We’re good friends now. It’s a little bigger than that. I came into the game just wanting to wear the armband to give him a shoutout. Hopefully that’s going to help him a little bit.”  (Flanagan - mlb.com)

  • In 2003, Gordon was a freshman at the University of Nebraska when his mother, Leslie, called him to give him some surprising news. She had just undergone a lumpectomy after being diagnosed with a very early stage of breast cancer. Leslie withheld this information from her kids, Alex and his three brothers, until the surgery was over, in an attempt to avoid interrupting their lives.

    “She called me and said, ‘I just had the surgery, I’m fine,’” Gordon recalled. “I kind of flipped out on her. I said, ‘Wait, you didn’t tell me about this beforehand?’”

    Gordon, whose dorm wasn’t far from the hospital, rushed over that night to see Leslie and spent the night in the room with her.

    “It was just typical of her, not wanting to bother us, not wanting to stress us out about it,” Gordon said.

    More than a decade and a half later, Gordon can chuckle at the memory, mainly because the story has a happy ending. Leslie was declared cancer-free soon after the procedure and she has been healthy ever since.

    “You think about what might have happened, if she didn’t catch it early enough,” Gordon said. “I’m just grateful that she’s still here and still part of my life.”

    Leslie will be at Kauffman Stadium to meet with other breast cancer survivors as part of a Mother’s Day celebration that coincides with Breast Cancer Awareness Day. She has been a regular presence at many Mother’s Day celebrations at The K in the past, making those particular gamedays a little bit more special for Gordon.

    “I’m thankful every year that she is here, but especially on Mother’s Day,” he said. “It makes it extra special. Everything she’s done for me and my other three brothers, and my whole family, words can’t explain how selfless she is. I’m very grateful that it turned out the way it did.”  (May 2019)

  • When you think of Nebraska native sports sons, you immediately think of one name: Alex. Gordon was born in Lincoln, grew up there, and went to school at the University of Nebraska. He is Nebraska through and through.

    So as the Royals and Tigers get set for June 13, 2019’s first-ever MLB game in nearby Omaha, MLB.com sat down with Gordon to talk about his beloved roots.

    Question: How much family do you have left in Nebraska?  Gordon: My mom [Leslie] still lives there, my older brother [Eric] still lives there. And cousins.

    Q: When did you move to Leawood, Kan., from Lincoln?  Gordon: We moved here in 2007 after my rookie year and stayed in the offseason. Then in 2010, we started having kids and moved back near the grandparents in Lincoln, where we could get babysitters. And we stayed [in Lincoln] until after I signed back with the Royals [in 2016], and then we moved back [to Leawood] because we had to pick a full-time school for the kids.

    Q: How are Nebraska fans as sports fans? Gordon: They’re crazy. Every night here I go out there at Kauffman Stadium and there’s a "Go Big Red" chant or something like that. They’re just all into their college sports because we don’t have a pro team, so that makes it really diehard. I think that makes it great because it’s all about the University of Nebraska. The fans, though, are really polite and supportive.”

    Q: You still are extremely loyal to your alma mater. How often do you go to games? Gordon: Oh, yeah. I go to less games now because we have kids and they obviously control your life. But for football games, we have a tailgate spot for football that I share with some buddies and we get together for that and reminisce about old times. So we do that a couple times a year. And I have season tickets for basketball that I share with my wife’s parents. We try to go to those as much as we can. I’d love to go to baseball games, but we just don’t have time.

    Q: When the day comes to retire, would you ever move back to Nebraska? Gordon:  No, we’re Kansas Citians. We’re established here now. And I’m always trying to recruit players here. I tried to get Hoch [Luke Hochevar] and [Jeremy] Guthrie to move here. I got Mitch Maier to move here. Now I’m working on Whit [Merrifield], maybe after he signs his next contract here. But we love it here. We’re not going anywhere.”  (Flanagan - mlb.com - 6/12/19)

  • Entering the 2020 season, Gordon is the WAR leader for the Royals at 35.1. Gordon not only played out his entire long contract in Kansas City, he’ll be back this year to help tutor the young players. You’re never getting him out of here. (Will Leitch - Mar. 22, 2020)

  • Sept. 24, 2020: After 14 years of hard work and dedication to the Royals, Alex Gordon is retiring from baseball.


  • Sept 27, 2020: The end came as Royals legend Alex Gordon likely preferred: Without any fanfare.

    Gordon, who announced his retirement after 14 years with Kansas City, came out of the season ending final game, his final one in the big leagues, in the top of the second inning against Detroit at Kauffman Stadium. Gordon was replaced in left field by Whit Merrifield, who viewed Gordon as his mentor and close friend.

    There were hugs from Gordon’s teammates and coaches, and one from manager Mike Matheny. But obviously there were no fans cheering, no sentimental salutes. Gordon’s mother, Leslie, cried as she looked from on of the team’s suites.

  • Alex Gordon exits for final time

    Gordon, the No. 2 overall pick of the 2005 Draft, never sought attention or publicity. He simply did his job, outworked those around him and transformed himself from a third baseman on the brink of being a bust into the industry standard for defensive left fielders -- he won seven Gold Gloves.

    Gordon did enjoy some of the special attention surrounding his finale. Matheny allowed him to “contribute’” to making out the lineup card. Gordon wound up hitting leadoff, a spot where he once wound up resurrecting his career: He holds the franchise record for leadoff home runs with 14.

  • • Gordon praised as 'rock for this organization'

    If Gordon could have scripted it, he would have hit yet another leadoff homer as he walked off into the sunset. Instead, he struck out.

    “I know. I tried,” Gordon said. “I told everyone I was going to swing at the first pitch no matter where it was to try to add to the leadoff home run record. It didn’t work out … but it’s fitting that I came into this league with a strikeout and ended with a strikeout.” 

  • Asked if the normally stoic Gordon got emotional at all, Matheny said, “Yeah, he was mad at me for pulling him out. He wanted nine today.”

    Matheny said he had planned on taking Gordon out in the second inning.

    “Only out of as much fear of the weather as much as anything else,” said Matheny. “I was afraid of a couple things. I was afraid he might swing so hard that first at-bat that he might hurt himself and that would be anticlimactic. Or the weather would take away the opportunity to honor him the best we could.”

  • Gordon took out the lineup card to the umpires before the start of the game, which was delayed one hour and 35 minutes because of rain.

    There also was a touching video tribute on the giant scoreboard behind center field with farewells from Mike Sweeney to Eric Hosmer to Mike Moustakas to Ned Yost and many others.

    “The video tribute got to me a little bit,” Gordon said. “Hearing Salvy and Moose and Hoz and Whit and Ned. All those guys saying nice things to me. I just think about everything that’s happened over my career and what all these people meant to me.

    “One thing that got me pretty good was when I went into the dugout and our strength coach Ryan Stoneberg, who I’ve had a great relationship with over the years, and he’s just crying. That just hits you.”

  • Alex Gordon reflects on last game:

    Gordon wasn’t sure when it would hit him that his career actually was over.

    “It was today,” he said. “I’ve known this whole year [about retiring], but it really didn’t sink in until today. I’ve always tried to approach this game one day at a time and play the best way I could. But even though everyone knew and I knew … today was the day I kind of sat back and took it all in.”

    But pulling off that Royals jersey one last time did make Gordon emotional.

    “Yes, anyone that has ever played the game will say that,” he said. “I grew up as a kid just wanting to play this game. And this is all I have known. I have been fortunate to play my whole career with the organization I grew up loving. I was sad today, but also happy that my career went the way it did.” (J Flanagan - MLB.com - Sept 27, 2020)


           TRANSACTIONS

  • June 2005: The Royals chose Alex in the first round, out of the University of Nebraska.

    September 29, 2005: Gordon signed with the Royals for a bonus of $4 million. Phil Huffman is the scout who signed him.

  • December 19, 2010: Alex and the Royals agreed to a $1.1 million contract for 2010, avoiding arbitration.

  • March 30, 2012: Gordon and the Royals agreed on a four-year, $37.5 million deal that includes a player option for 2016. Alex made $6 million in 2012, $9 million in 2013, $10 million in 2014 and $12.5 million in 2015. The player option is also for $12.5 million.

  • November 4, 2015: Alex passed up his option for 2016, which had risen to $13.75 million after he achieved a series of escalators, becoming a free agent. But K.C. was always in the forefront of his mind.

  • January 6, 2016: Gordon signed with the Royals, again. He got a four-year, $72 million contract with a mutual option for the 2020 season.

  • Nov 2, 2019: Gordon chose free agency.

  • January 22, 2020: Gordon signed a one-year, $4 million contract to remain with the Royals.

  • September 24, 2020: Gordon announced his retirement from playing in the MLB.
PERSONAL:
 

  • The ball jumps off Gordon's bat. He has that rare combination of speed and power. Very few can run the way Alex can and even fewer can drive the ball with the kind of power he had.

    He has fast hands through the strike zone and excellent bat speed—the quickest bat in the Royals organization (in 2006). His fine lefthanded swing is short and compact, with strong wrists helping provide power to all fields. He can hit the ball out of any part of the ballpark.

  • Alex has a smooth, sweet lefthanded swing. He is patient at the plate, exhibiting discipline from excellent strike-zone knowledge. His bat should carry him a long way.

  • Gordon doesn't have many holes in his swing. He is able to make adjustments from at-bat to at-bat. He treats hitting like an art and constantly works to improve his craft. When he was at the University of Nebraska, he borrowed the coach's keys to the practice facility in order to hit during summer and Christmas breaks. That work ethic has produced a hitter with great patience and a finely tuned swing.

  • Alex swings at quality pitches and is patient enough to wait for those pitches. He has a real knack for centering the ball on the barrel of the bat.

  • Gordon has had a habit of tinkering with his swing going back to his days at Nebraska, as well as a tendency to open up that causes a slight uppercut. The Royals are trying to get him to focus on keeping his swing on a slight downward plane to generate more backspin and loft. (Matt Meyers-Baseball America-11/29/06)

  • May 18, 2014: Research shows that only four other Royals had games with at least four hits, two home runs, six RBIs and three runs scored.

    Gordon was the first since Kevin Seitzer had six hits, two homers, seven RBIs and four runs on Aug. 2, 1987, against Boston.

    The others were George Brett (four hits, three homers, seven RBIs, three runs against Detroit on April 20, 1983), U.L. Washington (four hits, two homers, six RBIs, three runs against Oakland on Sept. 21, 1979) and Willie Wilson (four hits, two homers, six RBIs, four runs against Milwaukee on June 15, 1979).

  • August 5, 2014: Gordon became the 10th player in Royals franchise history with 1,000 hits.

  • August 26, 2014: Alex tied another Nebraska native, Wade Boggs, with 108 home runs. 

  • August 29, 2018: Gordon's home run was his 170th of his career, surpassing Hal McRae (169). George Brett (317) is the all-time leader, followed by Mike Sweeney (197) and Amos Otis (193).

  • April 6, 2019: You want to know Alex Gordon’s secret to holding the Royals’ club record for hit by pitches, now at 102?

    “Don’t move,” Gordon said, smiling.

    Actually, Gordon doesn’t have a better explanation as to why he has been such a magnet for pitched balls. He doesn’t really crowd the plate. And he doesn’t really lean into pitches, though he admits to using that practice in college.

    “It was an on-base thing in college at Nebraska,” Gordon said. “I don’t really do that here. We were kind of big on diving over the plate in college. “I think pitchers pitch in to me. And they don’t want to miss over the plate so if they miss, they miss pretty far inside.”

    Gordon already has been hit three times this season, which again leads the team. His teammates are impressed that for all the times he gets hit, he never complains and he never misses playing time.

    “It is impressive,” Whit Merrifield said. “In college, we were all taught to take [the HBP]. Up here, you want to hit, not get hit. And look, it doesn’t feel good to get hit with a 100-mph fastball. But he just seems to brush it off.”

    On the recent homestand, Gordon got hit with a four-seam fastball right between the shoulder blades, close to his neck. Gordon went down to the ground and remained there for a bit, a scary scene that prompted manager Ned Yost and trainer Nick Kenney to come to his aid.

    “It shocked me more than anything,” Gordon said. “I thought it was going to kill me. But it really didn’t hurt me that bad. It didn’t flush me.”

    Once Yost determined Gordon was OK, he joked to him, “You must be getting old. You never buckle over like that.”

    Gordon admits he may have milked the attention.

    “I played it up a little more than I should have,” Gordon said.

    The only time Gordon remembers getting injured by a HBP was in 2011 when a back-foot slider by a Rockies pitcher nailed him in his left knee.

    “I don’t remember who the pitcher was,” Gordon said, “but that got me pretty good. It swelled up pretty bad. But I wasn’t going to play the next day anyway because we were facing a tough lefty. I was OK after about 48 hours and didn’t miss any time.”

    Yost appreciates Gordon’s toughness in getting hit so often, and also how the result adds to Gordon’s on-base percentage.

    “It’s a selfless thing,” Yost said.

    Yost was never hit by a pitch in his Major League career.

    “I was too easy an out,” Yost said. “Why would you hit me? There was a guy in the Minors, threw about 95, and he hit me and I stared at him and said ‘Are you crazy? I’m an easy out.’” (J Flanagan- MLB.com - April 6, 2019)

  • May 10, 2019:  Alex drilled two home runs off Phillies starter Jake Arrieta in the Royals’ 5-1 victory at Kauffman Stadium. Gordon's second home run also was the 1,500th hit of his career.

    “That is a nice number,” Gordon said, smiling. “It took me a while to get there. Halfway to George [Brett]. I don’t know how he did that. It’s cool. I’m lucky to have played this game this long, lucky to have gotten 1,500 hits. Happy to do it.”  (Flanagan - mlb.com)

  • As of the start of the 2021 season, Gordon's career Major League stats were: .257 batting average, 190 home runs with 749 RBI in 6,391 at-bats.
BATTING:
 

  • Gordon's arm is very good. When he was in high school, he was clocked by scouts at 89 mph throwing across the infield.

  • He has good, reliable hands for either third base or the outfield. Alex has solid skills at third base. He has the footwork, instincts, quickness, good arm and glove to play the hot corner in the Majors. He can also play the outfield.

  • Alex has developed a real comfortable demeanor playing third base. He fields the ball seemingly without effort. In fact, everything he does on the field is with apparent ease, so great is his athleticism.

  • The only real weakness Gordon has on defense is his backhand. Otherwise, he is a skilled defender, making the routine play as well as the difficult one to both his left and his right. He catches pop-ups over his head or down the line.

  • In 2011, he switched from third base to left field.

    PERENNIAL GOLD GLOVER

  • In 2010, the Royals had Gordon move to the outfield, mostly in an effort to revitalize his offense. Not only did it work, he became a Gold Glove left fielder.

  • In 2011, Alex won his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award, as a left fielder.

    Gordon also led the Major Leagues in outfield assists in 2011.

    "He's going to rack up outfield assists," manager Ned Yost said in 2011. "It's always been my experience that infielders who are converted to outfielders always have a much shorter release, because they're used to throwing on the infield. So it's not a big three-step release, a long release. He's very quick, very accurate and has a very strong arm with a very short release."

  • In 2012, he won the Gold Glove.

  • In 2013, Gordon won his third straight Gold Glove. Alex led AL left fielders with 341 total chances but made only one error. He led the AL with 17 outfield assists and now has a Major League best of 54 since 2011.

  • In 2014, Gordon won his fourth Gold Glove award as the best left fielder in the A.L.

  • In 2014, Gordon was named the best left fielder in baseball, winning the annual Fielding Bible award.

  • In 2015 and 2016, Gordon did NOT win the Gold Glove.

  • In 2017, Alex won another Rawlings Gold Glove.

  • In 2018, Gordon took home his sixth Gold Glove Award, and second straight. He also won the honor in consecutive seasons from 2011-14. Gordon led all Major League left fielders with 18 defensive runs saved.

  • In 2019, Gordon won his seventh Rawlings Gold Glove in 13 seasons with the Royals.

  • Typical of his throws was a toss on Sept. 14, 2013 to SS Alcides Escobar, who relayed to Perez to nab the Tigers' Prince Fielder and end a 1-0 victory. Gordon tabbed that as his favorite play of the year.

    "Just because we were in the middle of the chase in the Central Division ... it was a pretty special play for everyone, I think," Gordon said. Diving catches and grabs against the wall also have become Gordon standbys.

  • "He's a huge asset out there," manager Ned Yost said in 2013. "He could be the best throwing outfielder in all of baseball. Especially when you aren't scoring runs, you better keep the opposing team from scoring runs, and he does that with great frequency."

    Since making the move to the outfield in 2011, Gordon had more assists (54) than any outfielder in the Majors. He had 17 in 2013 alone. More than that, he has a knack for making dazzling diving and leaping catches all over his territory. (2013)

  • In 2018, Gordon won his third Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award.

  • In 2018, Gordon was a Fielding Bible Award winner.

  • Alex's mantel is full: He has seven Gold Glove Awards, along with numerous other fielding awards. He is a three-time winner of the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award, and was a Platinum Glove winner in 2014.

    And Gordon’s 98 career assists are not only a franchise record, but that is tied with Gerardo Parra for the most among left fielders since 2010.

    "There’s really no secret how Alex does it," former manager Ned Yost once said. "He works his tail off. You watch him during batting practice every day and he attacks every ball hit his way like it’s the seventh game of the World Series. He never stops working."  (Flanagan - mlb.com = 5/22/2020)

  • Nov 3, 2020: This is exactly the way Royals left fielder Alex Gordon would want to leave the game -- with more gold for his mantel. Gordon captured his eighth career American League Gold Glove Award from Rawlings on Tuesday night, tying Royals Hall of Famer Frank White for the most Gold Gloves by a player in franchise history.

    “It was never a goal of mine to win awards,” Gordon said in a Zoom call with reporters. “That is just is icing on the cake for all the work you put in.

    “But Frank White was my first coach in Double-A in 2006, and it’s something I’ll cherish to share that honor with him.”

    Gordon, who retired after this past season following a 14-year career (all with Kansas City), finished with 102 outfield assists, the most in MLB from 2010-20. (J Flanagan - MLB.com - Nov 3, 2020)

FIELDING:
 
  • Alex has excellent instincts on the bases. And with his good technique, Gordon is able to steal some bases.
  • Gordon is a very good baserunner, utilizing the speed that he has.
RUNNING:
 
  • 2002: Gordon had back problems his senior season at Lincoln Southeast High School in Nebraska.

  • June 2006: Alex had to get three stitches in his left foot after injuring himself at his home in Wichita. According to the Wichita Eagle, Gordon was taking out the trash at his residence when he accidentally stepped on a bottle, cutting his foot.

    "It was a freak accident," Gordon told the paper. "It's just something that walking around the house, anyone could do. I never want to take days off. It's kind of frustrating when something like this comes up."

    Gordon ended up missing three games before returning to the lineup.

  • October 2007: Gordon's season ended at the hospital after he broke his nose and had swelling around both eyes, the result of a hard bouncer off the bat of Kelly Shoppach (Indians) that struck him in the face in the 9th inning of the Royals' final game of the season.
  • August 22-September 12, 2008: Alex suffered a tear in the upper right side of his leg. He felt tightness in his quadriceps while making a charging pick-up and throw on a grounder to third base. So he went on the D.L. with a torn right quad.

  • April 16-July 17, 2009: Gordon was on the D.L. with a tear in the labral cartilage in his right hip. Dr. Marc Philippon repaired it via surgery in Vail, Colorado. Alex suffered the injury while sliding into second base, and aggravated it later in the game while leaving the batter's box after hitting a double-play grounder.

    Alex had surgery to repair torn labral cartilage in that right hip. He was projected be back in June or July. The surgery was performed in Colorado by Marc Philippon, a specialist sometimes known as the "hip doctor to the stars." Philippon had previously performed a similar procedure on Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, whose recovery was projected to last nine weeks.

  • March 7-April 17, 2010: Gordon missed the rest of spring training with a broken right thumb. He was injured when he slid head-first into second base on an attempted stolen base.

    Alex began the season on the D.L. with a minimally displaced fracture of the right thumb.

  • December 30, 2014: Alex underwent surgery on his right wrist. He should be ready for the 2015 season opener.

    Gordon had reached out to the team about wrist discomfort the week before, so they sent him for tests, then Dr. Bruce Toby performed an extensor retinaculum.

  • July 9-Sept. 1, 2015: Gordon was on the D.L. with a severely strained left groin muscle. An MRI showed he suffered a Grade 2-plus strain of his left groin.

  • May 23-June 25. 2016: Gordon was on the DL with fractured right scaphoid bone.

  • April 9-24, 2018: Gordon was on the DL with left hip labral tear.
CAREER INJURY REPORT:
 
 
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