My Take
Tom "Flash" Gordon is one of those pitchers who quietly had a longer, more interesting career than most people give him credit for. I grew up watching him carve through lineups as a starter for the Kansas City Royals before he reinvented himself as a dominant closer in Boston — that 1998 season where he notched 46 consecutive saves was genuinely jaw-dropping. What I love about Flash is the durability of his reinvention: he bounced through the Cubs, Astros, White Sox, Yankees, and Phillies, and he kept finding ways to be useful well into his late thirties. He's also notable for being Dee Gordon's dad, which adds a sweet generational footnote to his legacy. A journeyman in the best possible sense — a guy who figured out what he did best and made a two-decade MLB career out of it.
Overview
Thomas Gordon (born November 18, 1967), nicknamed "Flash", is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher and current radio color commentator for the Boston Red Sox. Gordon played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals (1988–1995), Boston Red Sox (1996–1999), Chicago Cubs (2001–02), Houston Astros (2002), Chicago White Sox (2003), New York Yankees (2004–05), Philadelphia Phillies…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tom Gordon
- Name (Japanese)
- トム・ゴードン
- Reading
- とむ・ごーどん
- Born
- November 18, 1967 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Goat
- Origin
- Sebring, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Avon Park High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.