Alex Gordon
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Gordon with Kansas City Royals
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| Left fielder | |||
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Born: February 10, 1984 Lincoln, Nebraska |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 3, 2007, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .264 | ||
| Hits | 1,238 | ||
| Home runs | 151 | ||
| Runs batted in | 563 | ||
| Stolen bases | 89 | ||
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Representing  United States
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| World University Championship | ||
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2004 Tainan | Team |
Alexander Jonathan Gordon (born February 10, 1984) is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Prior to playing professionally, Gordon attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he played college baseball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
At Nebraska, Gordon won the Brooks Wallace Award, Dick Howser Trophy, and Golden Spikes Award in 2005. That year, the Royals made Gordon the second overall pick in the 2005 MLB Draft. Gordon has won four Gold Glove Awards, three Fielding Bible Awards, a Platinum Glove Award, and one Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award in MLB. Prior to 2010, Gordon was primarily a third baseman.
Alex was born into a baseball-loving family in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a two-time Gatorade Nebraska Player of the Year after hitting .483 with 25 home runs and 112 runs batted in (RBIs) at Lincoln Southeast High School, from which he graduated in 2002.
Gordon played American Legion Baseball and earned the organization's Graduate of the Year award in 2015.
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