For other people with the same name, see Sidney Gordon (disambiguation).
Baseball player
Sid Gordon
Left fielder / Third baseman
Born:(1917-08-13)August 13, 1917 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died: June 17, 1975(1975-06-17) (aged 57) New York City, New York, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 11, 1941, for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 20, 1955, for the New York Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average
.283
Home runs
202
Runs batted in
805
Teams
New York Giants (1941–1943, 1946–1949)
Boston / Milwaukee Braves (1950–1953)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1954–1955)
New York Giants (1955)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (1948, 1949)
Sidney Gordon (August 13, 1917 – June 17, 1975) was an American right-handed Major League Baseball two-time All-Star outfielder, third baseman, and first baseman.
He had a 13-year career in MLB for the New York Giants (1941–43, 1946–49, and 1955), Boston / Milwaukee Braves (1950–53), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1954–55). Gordon was one of the Giants' most popular players.[1] In the majors he batted .283, hitting 202 home runs, and batting in 805 runs. In three different years he homered at least once in every park in which he played.[2] A slugger, he also had a great eye—he drew 731 walks, against only 356 strikeouts.
Harold Ribalow in his book The Jew in American Sports referred to Gordon as the "Solid Man".
^"The Ballplayers – Sid Gordon". baseballbiography.com. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
^Sid Gordon at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Ralph Berger, Retrieved July 25, 2009.
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