Joe Gordon holds the AL single season record for HR's by a 2nd baseman with 32, hit while playing for Cleveland in 1948, the year he helped them win the World Championship. Gordon's 246 career home runs set an American League record for 2nd basemen.
Steady Joe Gordon hit 20 or more home runs seven times in his 11-year career, which was interrupted by military service in World War II. Despite playing in poor parks for his right-handed power, Gordon socked more than 250 home runs, setting an AL career record for homers by a second baseman. In 1961
Joe Gordon played for the Yankees between 1938 and 1946 and won the AL MVP in 1942(.322/18/103). Far from being just an offensive player, Gordon played second base admirably(and acrobatically), often amongst the league leaders for his position in assists, double plays and fielding percentage.
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