Dee Strange-Gordon

Devaris "Dee" Strange-Gordon (born April 22, 1988), formerly known as Dee Gordon, is an American professional baseball second baseman, shortstop, and center fielder who is currently a free agent. He has played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, Seattle Mariners, and Washington Nationals. Strange-Gordon debuted in MLB with the Dodgers in 2011. He was primarily a shortstop and second baseman, and with the Marlins, he was primarily a second baseman. He began his tenure with the Mariners by playing center field in 2018, and started playing left field in 2020. In 2015, in his first season with the Marlins, Strange-Gordon hit .333 with a total of 205 hits and stole 58 bases. He led the NL in all three categories and became the first player to lead the National League in both batting average and stolen bases since fellow second baseman Jackie Robinson in 1949. Through the 2010s, Strange-Gordon stole 330 bases, the most of any player. Early life Strange-Gordon was born in Windermere, Florida, the son of former MLB pitcher Tom Gordon and Devona Denise Strange. His parents were high school sweethearts but did not marry; Tom had relationships with three other women as well and had a total of five children, all in Florida. Strange-Gordon is his second-oldest. When Strange-Gordon was seven years old, his mother Devona was shot to death by a subsequent boyfriend who claimed that she was shot as they played with a loaded gun. The boyfriend pleaded no contest to manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison. Tom Gordon sued for custody of Strange-Gordon and raised him with the help of his own mother, Dee's grandmother. Baseball career