Dee Gordon has played Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, Seattle Mariners and Washington Nationals.
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39 Facts About Dee Gordon
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Dee Gordon began his tenure with the Mariners by playing center field in 2018, and started playing left field in 2020.
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Dee Gordon led the NL in all three categories and became the first player to lead the National League in both batting average and stolen bases since fellow second baseman Jackie Robinson in 1949.
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Strange-Dee Gordon was born in Windermere, Florida, the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Tom Dee Gordon and Devona Denise Strange.
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Dee Gordon's parents were high-school sweethearts but did not marry; Tom had relationships with three other women as well and had a total of five children, all in Florida.
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When Dee Gordon was seven years old in 1995, his mother Devona was shot to death by a subsequent boyfriend who claimed that she was shot as they played with a loaded gun.
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Tom Gordon sued for custody of Dee and raised him with the help of his own mother, Dee's grandmother.
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Dee Gordon was known professionally by his full name until 2008 when a Missoula Osprey public address announcer mispronounced his first and last names.
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Dee Gordon thereafter chose to be known professionally simply as Dee Gordon.
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Dee Gordon received a scholarship offer to play college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.
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Dee Gordon was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.
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Dee Gordon appeared in the Midwest League All-Star Game, was named the league's most valuable player, selected to its mid-season and post-season All-Star teams, and selected as its "Prospect of the year".
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Dee Gordon played for Gigantes de Carolina in the Puerto Rico Baseball League after the season.
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At the start of 2011, Dee Gordon was the Dodgers' best prospect according to Baseball America.
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Dee Gordon became the first Dodger player since Harvey Hendrick in 1928 and the first Major Leaguer since Jayson Werth on May 12,2009 to accomplish that feat.
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Dee Gordon stole 30 bases for the Isotopes, giving him a total of 54 between the majors and the minors in 2011.
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In just 56 games for the Dodgers, Dee Gordon's 24 stolen bases were tied for the most by a rookie during the 2011 season.
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Dee Gordon hit his first career home run on May 1,2012, leading off the game against Jhoulys Chacin of the Colorado Rockies.
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Dee Gordon rejoined the Dodgers late in the season and was used primarily as a pinch runner.
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Dee Gordon stole 10 bases in 12 attempts for the Dodgers in 2013 while hitting.
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At the All-Star game at Target Field, when Gordon was in the on-deck circle, Derek Jeter told Fox TV commentators how amazing it was to see Dee there, playing as an All-Star, having first met him at age 15 when his father Tom was then pitching for the Yankees.
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Dee Gordon had entered the game as a pinch-runner in the fourth inning, and scored the game-tying run.
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Dee Gordon finished the 2014 season with 64 stolen bases, the most in Major League Baseball.
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On December 10,2014, Dee Gordon was traded to the Miami Marlins, along with Dan Haren and Miguel Rojas, in exchange for Andrew Heaney, Chris Hatcher, Austin Barnes, and Enrique Hernandez.
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Dee Gordon recorded his 50th hit of the season in the Marlins' 28th game on May 7,2015, tying Rogers Hornsby's 1924 Major League record for fewest team games required to reach 50 hits.
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On January 18,2016, Dee Gordon signed a five-year contract extension with the Marlins worth $50 million.
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Dee Gordon then switched to bat left handed as he does naturally and hit his first home run of the year.
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Dee Gordon rounded the bases fighting off tears and hugged teammates upon his arrival back to the dugout.
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Dee Gordon played outfield for the Mariners until Robinson Cano was suspended for 80 games, at which point Dee Gordon returned to second base.
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In September 2018, a day after Dee Gordon nonchalantly dropped a fly ball in the outfield, he was criticized by and fought teammate Jean Segura in the team's locker room after asking media to leave the room.
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Dee Gordon had the fastest average time from home plate to first base of all major league second basemen, at 4.
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On February 7,2021, Strange-Dee Gordon signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds organization.
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On May 26,2021, Strange-Dee Gordon signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs organization and was assigned to the Triple-A Iowa Cubs.
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On July 7,2021, Strange-Dee Gordon signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
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On December 11,2021, Strange-Dee Gordon signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals organization.
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In 2017, Dee Gordon was the Marlins nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award after his work with Athletes Brand and Food for the Hungry in their efforts to end poverty in the Dominican Republic.
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