FACTS/FLUKES: Gordon, Paxton, Lind, Betances, P. Alvarez
Jul 19 2016
Gordon needs to cut down on the whiffs… A key contributor to the Royals’ 2015 championship season was Alex Gordon (OF, KC). In 2016, not so much; Gordon got off to a slow start, and then missed a month with a broken bone in his hand. As the Royals work to get back into the AL Central race, Gordon finds himself straddling the Mendoza line.
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% h% G/L/F OPSvL HR PX xPX hr/f ==== === ==== ==== === === == ======== ===== == === === ==== 2012 642 .294 .272 10 78 36 42/25/33 .668 14 116 102 8% 2013 633 .265 .247 8 78 31 40/20/39 .877 20 104 125 10% 2014 563 .266 .260 10 78 31 43/19/38 .787 19 123 118 11% 2015 354 .271 .251 12 74 33 ...
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