What is Tom Jordan (baseball)?
{{Infobox baseball biography |name=Tom Jordan |position=[[Catcher]] |image= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1919|9|5}} |birth_place=[[Lawton, Oklahoma]], U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2019|8|26|1919|9|5}} |death_place=[[Roswell, New Mexico]], U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 4 |debutyear=1944 |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=April 28 |finalyear=1948 |finalteam=St. Louis Browns |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]] |stat1value=.240 |stat2label=[[Home runs]] |stat2value=1 |stat3label=[[Runs batted in]] |stat3value=6 |teams= *[[Chicago White Sox]] (1944; 1946) *[[Cleveland Indians]] (1946) *[[St. Louis Browns]] (1948) }} '''Thomas Jefferson Jordan''' (September 5, 1919 &ndash; August 26, 2019) was an American [[professional baseball]] [[baseball player|player]]. He appeared in 39 [[Major League Baseball|major league]] [[games played|games]] over three seasons for the [[Chicago White Sox]] (1944; 1946), [[Cleveland Indians]] (1946), and the [[St. Louis Browns]] (1948).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thestlbrowns.blogspot.com/2018/07/tom-jordan-live-in-st-louis-and-rogers.html |title=Tom Jordan Live in St. Louis! And a Rogers Hornsby story. |website=St. Louis Browns Fanclub |date=July 16, 2018 |access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> Jordan died at his home in [[Roswell, New Mexico]] on August 26, 2019 from [[heart attack]]-related problems, aged 99.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickdiunte/2019/08/26/tom-jordan-oldest-living-ex-mlb-player-dies-at-99/|title=Tom Jordan, Oldest Living Ex-MLB Player, Dies At 99|first=Nick|last=Diunte|website=Forbes|accessdate=Feb 28, 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Baseballstats |br=j/jordato01 |brm=jordan002tho |mlb=116760}}, or [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/J/Pjordt102.htm Retrosheet] {{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Tom}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Chicago White