David J. Gordon
/in /by adminDAVID J. GORDON MD, PhD is a retired biomedical scientist and longtime Cubs fan, who joined SABR in 2016 and has a keen interest in baseball history and in metrics that can be applied across historical eras. Since 2016, he has authored nine BRJ papers and three books—Baseball Generations, a historical account of the best players of each of seven eras spanning 1871–2019; The American Cardiovascular Pandemic: A 100-Year History, a chronicle of how advances in cardiovascular science have reversed the twentieth century tide of heart attack mortality; and Baseball’s Shooting Stars, which tells the stories of 30 players who had a single Hall of Fame quality season that they could never replicate. More recently, he has collaborated with John Contois on a book about MLB’s greatest hitting pitchers, which should be available in bookstores in 2026.
SABR BioProject biographies written by David J. Gordon
SABR Games Project stories written by David J. Gordon
SABR Journal Articles written by David J. Gordon
- Saves Above Expected: A New Contextual Metric For Closers
- Balancing Starter and Bullpen Workloads in a Seven-Game Postseason Series
- Standardized Peak WAR (SPW): A Fair Standard for Historical Comparison of Peak Value
- Using Career Value Index to Evaluate Hall of Fame Credentials of Negro League Players
- Did Performance-Enhancing Drugs Prolong Careers?
- Competitive Balance in the Free Agent Era: The Dog That Didn’t Bark
- The Rise and Fall of the Deadball Era
- Racial Parity in the Hall of Fame
SABR Research Topics written by David J. Gordon
SABR Research Articles written by David J. Gordon
SABR Ballparks written by David J. Gordon

