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Danny
Gardella		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 26, 1920 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1947   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 24 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 7
1945 25 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7
1946 26 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 6 5 6 7 7
1947 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 6 5 6 7 7
1948 28 CLE AL $ 428,571   6 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 6 6 7 8 7
1949 29 CLE AL $ 1,757,143   5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
1950 30 CLE AL $ 880,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 7
1951 31 CLE AL $ 880,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 5 7 8 7
1952 32 CLE AL $ 1,810,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
1953 33 CLE AL $ 1,810,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 7 7
1954 34 CLE AL $ 730,000   4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6
1955 35 CLE AL $ 730,000   3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,810,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1944 24 MON NL 44 113 19 37 2 2 3 14 0 0 12 9 .327 .389 .460 .849 20.0 4.3
    AAA   81 322 73 122 6 2 32 79 7 9 40 21 .379 .448 .708 1.156 86.3  
1945 25 MON NL 116 322 43 85 9 3 6 37 0 0 48 44 .264 .366 .366 .733 44.0 6.8
1946 26 MON NL 119 322 52 86 6 1 15 54 0 0 51 35 .267 .362 .432 .794 51.6 11.3
1947 27 CLE AL 148 555 86 140 7 2 23 69 1 0 59 75 .252 .325 .396 .722 73.8 10.0
1948 28 CLE AL 137 403 69 108 8 0 26 72 0 1 66 51 .268 .372 .481 .853 73.8 10.5
1949 29 CLE AL 111 344 54 82 10 1 14 48 0 0 42 44 .238 .323 .395 .718 42.4 3.9
1950 30 CLE AL 134 352 49 88 9 0 13 46 0 2 44 46 .250 .335 .386 .721 45.9 5.3
1951 31 CLE AL 138 413 61 108 10 3 22 75 0 2 42 40 .262 .330 .460 .790 62.4 8.5
1952 32 CLE AL 125 278 45 76 13 0 11 44 0 1 37 37 .273 .361 .439 .799 43.0 6.0
1953 33 CLE AL 126 290 37 72 6 1 17 52 0 0 28 44 .248 .319 .452 .771 43.6 6.9
1954 34 CLE AL 132 326 38 63 4 1 20 62 0 0 30 50 .193 .266 .396 .662 36.8 2.0
1955 35 AAA   109 304 45 86 9 2 19 44 3 5 16 55 .283 .319 .513 .832 47.4  
11 Years Sim 1330 3718 553 945 84 14 170 573 1 6 459 475 .254 .338 .421 .759 537.3 75.5
2 Years AAA 190 626 118 208 15 4 51 123 10 14 56 76 .332 .393 .613 1.006 133.6  
162 Game Average 452 67 115 10 1 20 69 0 0 55 57 .254 .338 .421 .759 65.4  
Career Highs 148 555 86 140 13 3 26 75 1 2 66 75 .327 .389 .481 .853 73.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2857 436 761 62 11 133 455 0 6 380 342 .266 .354 .435 .789 451.2
vs LH   861 117 184 22 3 37 118 1 0 79 133 .214 .281 .375 .656 95.3
Home 663 1801 290 483 46 8 90 293 0 1 238 225 .268 .354 .453 .806 294.6
Away 667 1917 263 462 38 6 80 280 1 5 221 250 .241 .322 .392 .714 251.8
RISP   977 0 248 26 4 49 398 0 0 131 134 .254 .338 .439 .777 152.5
Pinch Hitting   263 43 71 6 1 9 55 0 0 37 27 .270 .358 .403 .761 40.0
Close/Late   467 68 108 10 1 21 70 0 0 58 55 .231 .320 .392 .711 61.7
Mar/Apr 212 593 73 157 13 2 23 94 0 4 75 71 .265 .348 .410 .758 86.4
May 215 579 90 146 13 3 25 76 0 0 64 83 .252 .329 .415 .743 81.2
June 190 494 78 118 9 0 20 68 0 0 73 65 .239 .340 .379 .718 68.5
July 222 647 108 176 16 2 39 120 0 0 77 86 .272 .349 .484 .833 110.2
August 253 723 96 179 23 4 30 116 0 0 94 87 .248 .335 .415 .749 104.7
Sep/Oct 238 682 108 169 10 3 33 99 1 2 76 83 .248 .327 .416 .744 95.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1944 24 MON NL CF 18 17 131.0 43 0 1 0 .977 2.95   0.8
    LF 17 16 117.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.92    
    1B 4 0 5.3 8 1 0 1 1.000 15.20   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1945 25 MON NL LF 82 82 644.7 128 1 15 0 .896 1.80   0.9
    1B 14 6 64.7 82 9 3 12 .968 12.67   0.1
    RF 5 1 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    CF 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1946 26 MON NL RF 47 44 364.3 85 1 5 0 .945 2.12   1.1
    LF 49 42 347.0 83 3 5 2 .945 2.23    
    1B 13 0 21.7 19 3 0 3 1.000 9.14   0.0
    CF 7 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 3 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
1947 27 CLE AL CF 122 121 1036.3 333 6 1 3 .997 2.94   5.8
    LF 25 24 213.0 49 0 2 0 .961 2.07    
1948 28 CLE AL LF 101 94 839.3 197 0 13 0 .938 2.11   1.9
    CF 20 8 89.7 30 0 1 0 .968 3.01    
    RF 8 5 51.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 2 0 0 1.000 13.00   0.0
1949 29 CLE AL LF 71 64 526.0 116 3 7 2 .944 2.04   1.3
    CF 20 17 145.0 40 1 1 0 .976 2.54    
    1B 10 9 76.0 88 10 1 11 .990 11.61   0.1
    RF 4 4 35.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1950 30 CLE AL 1B 64 57 490.7 566 52 5 50 .992 11.34   0.8
    CF 17 14 127.0 32 0 1 0 .970 2.27   0.4
    LF 14 8 85.7 17 1 4 0 .818 1.89    
    RF 11 10 80.3 21 0 1 0 .955 2.35    
    SS 1 1 11.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
1951 31 CLE AL LF 77 75 642.3 112 2 13 1 .898 1.60   2.3
    CF 30 26 241.0 71 1 1 0 .986 2.69    
    1B 8 2 28.3 40 2 0 1 1.000 13.34   0.1
    RF 6 3 28.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 32 CLE AL LF 39 23 230.7 42 1 6 0 .878 1.68   1.2
    CF 16 14 123.7 44 1 1 0 .978 3.28    
    RF 14 12 112.7 18 1 3 0 .864 1.52    
    1B 18 9 95.0 109 12 1 12 .992 11.46   0.2
1953 33 CLE AL 1B 62 39 381.0 464 39 3 47 .994 11.88   1.4
    RF 12 11 96.0 11 0 2 0 .846 1.03   0.5
    CF 11 9 80.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
    LF 11 8 74.3 17 1 2 1 .900 2.18    
1954 34 CLE AL 1B 84 71 637.7 696 60 3 66 .996 10.67   1.4
    CF 7 6 52.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.2
    LF 8 3 33.3 4 0 3 0 .571 1.08    
    RF 7 3 30.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.59    
  LF 494 439 3753.3 790 12 70 6 .920 1.92   7.6
  CF 272 232 2038.7 633 9 7 3 .989 2.83   7.2
  1B 278 194 1809.3 2083 190 16 203 .993 11.31   4.2
  RF 116 93 817.0 164 2 11 0 .938 1.83   1.6
  SS 4 1 15.0 1 5 0 2 1.000 3.60   0.0
Career Totals   1164 959 8433.2 3671 218 104 214 .974 4.15   20.7
Career Highs   147 145 1249.3 718 60 18 66 .992 9.29    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns
1947-10-23
1948-6-26
 Strikeouts
1947-8-75
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Bob Cerv (932)
  5. Joe Lis (930)
  6. Stan Palys (914)
  7. Don Baylor (912)
  8. Lou Clinton (906)
  9. Art Shamsky (902)
  10. Roger Repoz (902)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Montreal in 1944
Had first career hit on 7/5/1944, off Clay Bryant (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/6/1944, off Hank Borowy (MIN)
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland on 2/7/1947 (Going to CLE: RF Danny Gardella. Going to MON: P Harry Shuman)
Injured on 6/14/1947 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1947
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,757,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1949: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $880,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1950, hitting .556 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1951, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
9/22/1951: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $1,810,000 per year, for 2 years
7/31/1953: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $730,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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