Showing posts with label Alex Gordon Is Awesome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alex Gordon Is Awesome. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Friday, October 25, 2013
Alex Gordon 2013 Defense Highlights
For the third straight year, Alex Gordon played left field almost perfectly. Seemingly any ball to left that can be caught is, his decision making is impeccable, and Royals fans beg the opposition to run on him. For some reason, they still do, bless their little hearts. Here are his defensive highlights this year from MLB.com.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Alex Gordon 2012 Defense Highlights
Alex Gordon's all-around game has been the best part of Royals baseball for the past two seasons. In addition to a great combination of on-base skills and pop with the bat, he has turned himself into the best defensive left fielder in the game. His 2012 glove work has been recognized with a second straight Gold Glove and as the unanimous choice for the Fielding Bible Award. In honor of another stellar year by Our Alex, here are all the defensive highlights MLB.com has for him in 2012:
many more after the jump
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Royal Doubles
Billy Butler has slowed down in his pursuit of the Royals single-season home run record, but Alex Gordon has a good shot to capture a less glamorous team record: doubles in a season. Hal McRae has held the team mark with 54 since 1977. Gordon is up to 44 and is on pace for 56. Here is a graph of McRae's and Gordon's doubles totals by game:
And while we're talking about Royals doubles, here are the top doubles hitters in team history:
Mark Teahen looms disturbingly large in team hitting history. Billy and Alex are already looking good from the counting perspective (they might be 8-9 in team history by the end of the year), and their rates look even better. Out of the 76 humanoids with 1000+ plate appearances for the Royals, here are the hitters with the most doubles per 550 PA:
Jeff Francoeur ya'all!
And while we're talking about Royals doubles, here are the top doubles hitters in team history:
Rk | Player | 2B |
---|---|---|
1 | George Brett | 665 |
2 | Hal McRae | 449 |
3 | Frank White | 407 |
4 | Amos Otis | 365 |
5 | Mike Sweeney | 297 |
6 | Willie Wilson | 241 |
7 | Joe Randa | 223 |
8 | Billy Butler | 204 |
9 | David DeJesus | 187 |
10 | Freddie Patek | 182 |
11 | Alex Gordon | 176 |
12 | Mike Macfarlane | 174 |
13 | Carlos Beltran | 156 |
14 | Johnny Damon | 156 |
15 | Mark Teahen | 146 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 8/29/2012
Player | PA | 2B | 2B/550 |
Mark Quinn | 1166 | 72 | 34.0 |
Mark Grudzielanek | 1432 | 88 | 33.8 |
Hal McRae | 7362 | 449 | 33.5 |
Billy Butler | 3392 | 204 | 33.1 |
Alex Gordon | 2906 | 174 | 32.9 |
Jeff Francoeur | 1141 | 66 | 31.8 |
George Brett | 11625 | 665 | 31.5 |
Mike Sweeney | 5278 | 297 | 30.9 |
Clint Hurdle | 1240 | 69 | 30.6 |
Wally Joyner | 2173 | 120 | 30.4 |
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Alex Gordon 2011 Defense Highlights
In honor of Alex Gordon's Gold Glove, and one of the truly elite seasons in Royals history, here are all of Alex's 2011 defensive gems I find on MLB.com:
many more after the jump
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