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Full name Thomas Gordon
Born November 18, 1967, Sebring, Florida
First Game: September 8, 1988; Final Game: May 3, 2009
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 160
Father of Nick Gordon
Father of Dee Strange-Gordon
Named AL Rookie Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1989)
Named AL Fireman of the Year by The Sporting News (1998)
Named AL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year (1998)
Named Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America (1988)

Top Performances

Batter Matchups

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP 1988 KC A 1989 KC A 1990 KC A 1991 KC A 1992 KC A 1993 KC A 1994 KC A 1995 KC A 1996 BOS A 1997 BOS A 1998 BOS A 1999 BOS A 2001 CHI N 2002 CHI N 2002 HOU N 2002 TOT N 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2003 CHI A 2004 NY A 2005 NY A 2006 PHI N 2007 PHI N 2008 PHI N 2009 ARI N Total NL ( 6 Years) 221 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total AL (15 Years) 672 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total (21 Years) Splits 893 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1988 KC A 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1989 KC A Daily 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1990 KC A Daily 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1991 KC A 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1992 KC A 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1993 KC A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1994 KC A Daily 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1995 KC A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1996 BOS A 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1997 BOS A 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1998 BOS A 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1999 BOS A 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2001 CHI N 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2002 CHI N Daily Splits 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 2002 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 2002 TOT N 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2003 CHI A Daily Splits 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 2004 NY A 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2005 NY A 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2006 PHI N 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2007 PHI N 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2008 PHI N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2009 ARI N 0.0 Total NL 0.0 Total AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Total SLG BFW Year Team

       Division Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1998 BOS A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1998 BOS A 1999 BOS A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1999 BOS A 2004 NY A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2004 NY A 2005 NY A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2005 NY A 2007 PHI N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2007 PHI N Total NL ( 1 Year ) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total NL Total AL ( 4 Years) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total AL Total ( 5 Years) 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1999 BOS A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1999 BOS A 2004 NY A 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2004 NY A Total ( 2 Years) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1998 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1998 AL 2004 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2004 AL 2006 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2006 NL Total ( 3 Years) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1988 KC A Daily Splits 5 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 16 67 1 9 9 7 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 5.17 2.50 -0.2 1988 KC A 1989 KC A Daily Splits 49 16 1 1 16 1 163 122 677 10 67 66 86 4 153 4 4 12 1 0 18 4 20 6 17 9 3.64 3.62 1.2 1989 KC A 1990 KC A Daily Splits 32 32 6 1 0 0 195.1 192 858 17 99 81 99 1 175 8 2 11 3 0 31 7 19 14 12 11 3.73 4.88 0.0 1990 KC A 1991 KC A Daily Splits 45 14 1 0 11 1 158 129 684 16 76 68 87 6 167 5 3 5 4 0 16 8 8 7 9 14 3.87 4.50 0.7 1991 KC A 1992 KC A Daily Splits 40 11 0 0 13 0 117.2 116 516 9 67 60 55 4 98 2 6 5 4 2 23 2 12 9 6 10 4.59 3.91 -0.9 1992 KC A 1993 KC A Daily Splits 48 14 2 0 18 1 155.2 125 651 11 65 62 77 5 143 6 6 17 1 0 27 3 11 6 12 6 3.58 5.14 1.9 1993 KC A 1994 KC A Daily Splits 24 24 0 0 0 0 155.1 136 675 15 79 75 87 3 126 3 8 12 3 1 24 4 8 5 11 7 4.35 4.75 1.3 1994 KC A 1995 KC A Daily Splits 31 31 2 0 0 0 189 204 843 12 110 93 89 4 119 7 11 9 4 0 30 1 21 14 12 12 4.43 4.52 0.4 1995 KC A 1996 BOS A Daily Splits 34 34 4 1 0 0 215.2 249 998 28 143 134 105 5 171 2 11 6 4 1 50 8 13 16 12 9 5.59 7.18 -0.6 1996 BOS A 1997 BOS A Daily Splits 42 25 2 1 16 11 182.2 155 774 10 85 76 78 1 159 3 4 5 3 0 30 2 14 13 6 10 3.74 4.84 1.5 1997 BOS A 1998 BOS A Daily Splits 73 0 0 0 69 46 79.1 55 317 2 24 24 25 1 78 2 2 9 0 0 8 1 4 4 7 4 2.72 - 3.5 1998 BOS A 1999 BOS A Daily Splits 21 0 0 0 15 11 17.2 17 82 2 11 11 12 2 24 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 5.60 - -0.1 1999 BOS A 2001 CHI N Daily Splits 47 0 0 0 40 27 45.1 32 187 4 18 17 16 1 67 0 0 2 1 0 8 0 2 4 1 2 3.38 - 0.7 2001 CHI N 2002 CHI N Daily Splits 19 0 0 0 7 0 23.2 27 104 1 12 9 10 1 31 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 3.42 - 0.1 2002 CHI N 2002 HOU N Daily Splits 15 0 0 0 3 0 19 15 77 2 7 7 6 2 17 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 3.32 - 0.2 2002 HOU N 2002 TOT N 34 0 0 0 10 0 42.2 42 181 3 19 16 16 3 48 3 0 0 1 0 9 2 3 1 1 3 3.38 - 0.3 2002 TOT N 2003 CHI A Daily Splits 66 0 0 0 35 12 74 57 310 4 29 26 31 3 91 4 3 5 4 0 9 0 4 3 7 6 3.16 - 2.1 2003 CHI A 2004 NY A Daily Splits 80 0 0 0 15 4 89.2 56 342 5 23 22 23 5 96 5 2 3 1 0 14 2 8 3 9 4 2.21 - 3.3 2004 NY A 2005 NY A Daily Splits 79 0 0 0 17 2 80.2 59 324 8 25 23 29 4 69 1 3 1 0 1 11 1 5 4 5 4 2.57 - 1.7 2005 NY A 2006 PHI N Daily Splits 59 0 0 0 53 34 59.1 53 253 9 23 22 22 4 68 2 1 3 1 0 8 1 3 4 3 4 3.34 - 1.7 2006 PHI N 2007 PHI N Daily Splits 44 0 0 0 11 6 40 40 170 7 21 21 13 0 32 1 2 1 2 0 7 0 6 2 3 2 4.72 - 0.0 2007 PHI N 2008 PHI N Daily Splits 34 0 0 0 7 2 29.2 31 139 3 19 17 17 1 26 0 1 4 0 0 9 2 0 3 5 4 5.16 - -0.6 2008 PHI N 2009 ARI N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 1 0 1.2 3 10 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 21.60 - -0.5 2009 ARI N Total NL ( 6 Years) 221 0 0 0 122 69 218.2 201 940 26 104 97 87 9 241 6 4 12 5 0 41 6 14 14 13 16 3.99 - 1.6 Total NL Total AL (15 Years) 669 203 18 4 225 89 1889.1 1688 8118 150 912 830 890 48 1687 52 65 100 33 5 298 43 149 104 125 110 3.95 5.00 15.8 Total AL Total (21 Years) Splits 890 203 18 4 347 158 2108 1889 9058 176 1016 927 977 57 1928 58 69 112 38 5 339 49 163 118 138 126 3.96 5.00 17.4 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

         Division Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1998 BOS A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 16 0 3 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9.00 - 1998 BOS A 1999 BOS A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 9 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 - 1999 BOS A 2004 NY A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 14 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.91 - 2004 NY A 2005 NY A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 1 0 2.1 2 11 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.86 - 2005 NY A 2007 PHI N Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 - 2007 PHI N Total NL ( 1 Year ) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 - Total NL Total AL ( 4 Years) 10 0 0 0 4 0 11 9 50 1 8 7 5 0 9 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 5.73 - Total AL Total ( 5 Years) Splits 12 0 0 0 4 0 13 11 59 2 9 8 6 1 13 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 5.54 - Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

League Championship Series Pitching Record Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1999 BOS A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 10 2 3 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 - 1999 BOS A 2004 NY A Daily Splits 6 0 0 0 1 0 6.2 10 31 2 6 6 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.10 - 2004 NY A Total ( 2 Years) Splits 9 0 0 0 2 0 8.2 13 41 4 9 9 3 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.35 - Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

           All-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1998 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9.00 - 1998 AL 2004 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 2004 AL 2006 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 2006 NL Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 11 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3.86 - Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1988 KC A Daily Splits P 5 2 0 15.2 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1.000 1989 KC A Daily Splits P 49 16 1 163 15 26 0 7 0 1 7 3 0 1.000 1990 KC A Daily Splits P 32 32 6 195.1 17 24 1 1 0 4 8 10 1 .976 1990 KC A DH 1 0 0 - 1991 KC A Daily Splits P 45 14 1 158 12 17 2 1 0 2 9 7 0 .935 1992 KC A Daily Splits P 40 11 0 117.2 11 14 1 1 0 4 5 7 0 .962 1993 KC A Daily Splits P 48 14 2 155.2 18 21 2 0 0 4 15 9 0 .951 1994 KC A Daily Splits P 24 24 0 155.1 12 25 2 3 0 0 32 8 0 .949 1995 KC A Daily Splits P 31 31 2 189 25 26 2 3 0 1 12 5 0 .962 1996 BOS A Daily Splits P 34 34 4 215.2 14 30 3 3 0 4 17 5 0 .936 1997 BOS A Daily Splits P 42 25 2 182.2 18 20 2 1 0 3 20 7 1 .950 1998 BOS A Daily Splits P 73 0 0 79.1 7 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 1.000 1999 BOS A Daily Splits P 21 0 0 17.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1.000 2001 CHI N Daily Splits P 47 0 0 45.1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1.000 2002 CHI N Daily Splits P 19 0 0 23.2 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1.000 2002 HOU N Daily Splits P 15 0 0 19 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .667 2002 TOT N P 34 0 0 42.2 1 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 .875 2003 CHI A Daily Splits P 66 0 0 74 6 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2004 NY A Daily Splits P 80 0 0 89.2 6 13 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 .950 2005 NY A Daily Splits P 79 0 0 80.2 7 13 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 .952 2006 PHI N Daily Splits P 59 0 0 59.1 5 8 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1.000 2007 PHI N Daily Splits P 44 0 0 40 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 2008 PHI N Daily Splits P 34 0 0 29.2 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 2009 ARI N Daily Splits P 3 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total (21 Years) Splits P 890 203 18 2108 185 268 20 23 0 27 167 68 4 .958 Total ( 1 Year ) DH 1 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

       Division Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1998 BOS A Daily Splits P 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1999 BOS A Daily Splits P 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2004 NY A Daily Splits P 3 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2005 NY A Daily Splits P 3 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2007 PHI N Daily Splits P 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 5 Years) Splits P 12 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1999 BOS A Daily Splits P 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2004 NY A Daily Splits P 6 0 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - Total ( 2 Years) Splits P 9 0 0 8.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1998 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2004 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2006 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 3 Years) Splits P 3 0 0 2.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

Transaction Information

Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1986 - signed June 3, 1986).

Granted free agency (October 30, 1995).

Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 21, 1995).

Granted free agency (November 1, 2000).

Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 14, 2000).

Traded by Chicago Cubs to Houston Astros in exchange for Russ Rohlicek and 2 players to be named later (August 22, 2002); Chicago Cubs received Travis Anderson and Mike Nannini (September 11, 2002).

Granted free agency (October 29, 2002).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (January 23, 2003).

Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).

Signed by New York Yankees (December 16, 2003).

Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).

Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (December 6, 2005).

Granted free agency (October 31, 2008).

Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (February 6, 2009).

Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (August 11, 2009).

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