After 14 seasons Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon has announced he will be retiring at the end of this season.
Gordon is a seven-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner and Rawlings Platinum Glove winner. He was a three time Wilson Defensive player of the year and a 3 time All-Star.
He started all 16 postseason games during Kansas City’s 2015 World Series run, has played his entire 14-year career with Kansas City from 2007-20, making him one of three position players to play 14 seasons or more with the Royals, joining George Brett 21 seasons and Frank White 18 seasons.
Gordon was selected second overall in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Nebraska and made his Major League debut on Opening Day in 2007 as a third baseman, before moving to left field during the 2010 season.
