Drafted by the
New York Yankees in
1968, Nordhagen played in 502 games in eight major league seasons. In an oddity, Nordhagen was traded twice in ten days for the same player, outfielder
Dick Davis. On June 15, 1982, Nordhagen was traded by the Blue Jays to the
Philadelphia Phillies for Davis. Later that day, without having played for the Phillies, he was traded again, this time to the Pirates for outfielder
Bill Robinson. On June 25, after playing in just one game for the Pirates (going 2-for-4 with 2 RBI), Nordhagen was traded
back to the Blue Jays as the
player to be named later in a trade that occurred on June 22, in which the Pirates had acquired the very same Dick Davis. ==Personal life==