Brian Gordon (baseball)
| Brian Gordon | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: August 16, 1978 West Point, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 17, 2008, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| June 22, 2011, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2011 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 0-1 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.40 | ||
| Strikeouts | 5 | ||
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Brian Ernest Gordon (born August 16, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played for the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, as well as SK Wyverns and Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization in South Korea.
His parents are Ernie Gordon, who grew up a Yankees fan in Hyde Park, New York, and Wendy Abrahamsen. They have since divorced. His father was an Army engineer stationed at West Point when he was born, but the family moved to Round Rock, Texas, before he was 2. His mother works as a secretary for the Round Rock Express.
At Round Rock High School, his career record was 43-3, and his team, the Dragons, won the Texas class 5A state championship in 1997.
Gordon and his wife, Amanda, have a daughter, Finley and a son, Riggs.
Gordon was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 7th round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft as an outfielder. With the Diamondbacks organization, he made it as high as Triple-A Tucson in 2003 and became a free agent after the season. Gordon signed with the Anaheim Angels where he played in the next two years with their Triple-A affiliate, Salt Lake Stingers. After the 2005 season, Gordon signed with the Houston Astros organization. Playing the entire year in Triple-A, he batted only .241, and after the season decided to convert to pitcher with the help of Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan, who was a special assistant to the Astros.
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