Tom Gordon

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.

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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

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Avon Park High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Gordon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110725

Tags

• Florida
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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