Joe Gordon

Joseph Lowell Gordon (1915-1978) was a professional baseball player in the mid-twentieth century. He was the New York Yankees' starting second baseman from 1938 to 1943, at which point his career was interrupted by World War II. After the war he returned to the Yankees but was soon traded to the Cleveland Indians, where he would play four more years.

Gordon was a lifetime .268 hitter with 253 home runs and 975 RBI. He played in six World Series and won four champions, with the 1938, 1939, and 1943 Yankees and the 1948 Indians. He was a nine-time All-Star, was the American MVP in 1942, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009.

Joe Gordon in Hitler's War
In Game 3 of the 1938 World Series against the Chicago Cubs, Joe Gordon went 2-4 with a home run and three RBI. Pete McGill believed Gordon had sealed the game for the Yankees, and that the 3-0 lead this gave them in the World Series would be insurmountable against the Cubs.