Tom Jordan

Who is Tom Jordan?

Thomas Jefferson Jordan is a retired American professional baseball player, a catcher who appeared in 39 Major League games over three seasons for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, and the St. Louis Browns. Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, Jordan stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 195 pounds. He threw and batted right-handed.

Jordan's professional career took place over a twenty-year period, beginning in the minor leagues in 1938 and ending in 1957 after he was a playing manager for a number of unaffiliated teams in the low minors in the Southwestern United States. He spent the entire 1946 campaign in Major League Baseball, starting with the White Sox before being traded to Cleveland for fellow catcher Frankie Hayes on July 5. As a member of the Indians, on August 25, he hit his only MLB home run, a solo shot at Fenway Park off 20-game-winner Boo Ferriss in a 2–1 Boston Red Sox win.

During his big-league career, Jordan collected 23 hits in 96 at bats, including four doubles and two triples.