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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

I would hardly call him great defensively and to mention him in the same breath as Ozzie Smith to defend the pick as a "glove man" is a stretch. Compare their two sets of stats - Smith's were head-and-shoulders above his peers during his tenure; not Gordon's.

He did have some good home run and RBI totals for a second baseman, but nothing else about him really stands out other than his MVP award in 1942.

I'm a Yankee fan and I think this was a bad pick. I would much rather have seen Deacon White or Bill Dahlen have gotten in.