Pierre's career slash line:
.295/.343/.361 (his career SB% was 75%)
Gordon's career slash line:
.293/.329/.367 (his career SB% is 78%)
Pierre was an average fielder in his prime and a terrible one every year after his age 33 season
Gordon we don't know yet.
In fairness to Gordon, Pierre played in a better era for contact hitters...a time in which the league average BABIP was .310 or so for most of his career, where, now, it's .290 or so.
Also in fairness to Gordon, Pierre's slash includes a 20 year career and Gordon is really just into the first half of his peak after a long slow start.
But I don't see a giant separation between them. And Pierre never struck out, whereas Gordon's K/BB ratio is 3.1, which makes it harder for him to sustain a .300 average.
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