Tanner Gordon #26

Tanner Robert Gordon...Son of Bob and Jody Gordon...Two brothers, Quinton and Tray...His girlfriend, Sydney Hester, is a pediatric nurse in New York City...Was the 97th player in Indiana University school history to get drafted...Was a member of a Hoosier draft class that included a school record and Big Ten-leading 10 players...Went 6-6 with a 3.81 ERA through 16 starts with Indiana in 2019...90 strikeouts rank ninth on IU’s single-season record books...Allowed three hits or less in seven of his 16 starts...Recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts on March 23, 2019 in a win vs. Iowa, allowing three hits over seven innings en route to earning Big Ten Player of the Week Honors...Attended John A. Logan College for two years before transferring to Indiana...Owned a 2.06 ERA in his sophomore season, striking out 104 batters in 70 innings...Helped Champaign Central High School to conference titles in his sophomore, junior and senior years...His sports heroes growing up were David Freese and Adam Wainwright...Favorite athlete is Kyrie Irving...Favorite music artist is Marc E. Bassy...His random talents are that he can “kind of play piano” and can also cook, but “nothing like” his mom, although he notes it’s “edible for sure”...He has “parted ways” with most of his baseball superstitions...The only one he has currently is not stepping on the line when running out to the mound...One of his bucket list items is to catch a marlin.

2025

His six winning decisions were the most among all Rockies pitchers in 2025 … seven quality starts ranked second on the club and were tied for the most among NL rookies...Made 15 starts for the Rockies in his second season in the Majors … went 6-8 with a 6.33 ERA (75.1 IP, 53 ER) in 2025 compared to his 0-6 record with an 8.65 ERA (34.1 IP, 33 ER) in 2024...Six wins were the most by a Rockies rookie since Jairo Díaz in 2019 (six) … most by a Rockies rookie starter since Kyle Freeland (11), Germán Márquez (11) and Antonio Senzatela (10) in 2017...Five of his seven quality starts came over his last seven outings of the season, tied for the fifth-most quality starts among all pitchers Aug. 20-end of season...Went 4-3 (Rockies 5-3) with a 4.71 ERA (42 IP, 22 ER), nine walks and 40 strikeouts over his final eight starts of the season...Recorded a career-high nine strikeouts twice: Sept. 12 at San Diego and Aug. 31 vs. Chicago … with his Aug. 31 start, became the first Rockies pitcher to record at least nine strikeouts in a game in 2025...Posted a 2-5 record with an 8.37 ERA (33.1 IP, 31 ER) through his first seven starts of the season … allowed 17 earned runs between his starts on Aug. 4 vs. Toronto (7) and Aug. 10 at Arizona (10), the sixth Rockie in franchise history to allow 17 or more earned runs through a two-start span.

2024

Made his Major League debut on July 7 vs. Kansas City...Made eight starts for the Rockies, going 0-6 with an 8.65 ERA (34.1 IP, 33 ER)...Had his contract selected from Triple-A Albuquerque on July 7...Optioned on July 13...Served three additional stints on the active roster: July 27 (27th man), Aug. 3-23 and Sept. 10-13...Logged his first and only quality start of the season on Aug. 3 at San Diego...Allowed one earned run on one hit through six frames in a 3-2 Rockies loss...Became the first Rockie in history to take six losing decisions through his first eight career starts...Missed the beginning of the season with right elbow inflammation...Made two rehab starts for the ACL Rockies before beginning his season with Triple-A Albuquerque on May 9...In 11 starts for the Isotopes, went 4-4 with a 4.45 ERA (54.2 IP, 27 ER), 13 walks and 44 strikeouts...On Sept. 4 at Tacoma, spun a season-best eight scoreless frames, allowing six hits and striking out three.