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Wes
Gardner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 202
 
Born: April 29, 1961 in Usa, AR, BENTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1986   
All-Star Selections 1984   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1984 23 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 6
1985 24 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 6
1986 25 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7
1987 26 MIN AL $ 591,429 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 7
1988 27 MIN AL $ 591,429 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7
1989 28 MIN AL $ 591,429 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7
1990 29 MIN AL $ 968,571 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 968,571 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1984 23 TAM AL 7 4 .636 63 0 0 0 3 53.0 46 15 3 25 29 2.55 .234 .318 .340 .658 7.0
1985 24 TAM AL 4 5 .444 59 0 0 0 1 47.0 49 22 2 14 21 4.21 .271 .321 .370 .692 2.5
1986 25 TAM AL 7 7 .500 69 0 0 0 4 63.3 62 29 4 27 35 4.12 .253 .332 .376 .708 5.2
1987 26 MIN AL 6 14 .300 45 21 0 0 0 137.0 156 92 16 55 76 6.04 .280 .344 .445 .789 1.6
1988 27 MIN AL 1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 1 11.7 17 8 3 4 6 6.17 .333 .382 .627 1.009 0.0
    AAA   5 12 .294 23 22 0 0 1 134.3 123 69 10 52 132 4.62 .242 .313 .350 .663  
1989 28 MIN AL 4 4 .500 44 0 0 0 2 53.3 56 23 6 21 34 3.88 .268 .335 .450 .785 3.6
1990 29 MIN AL 3 3 .500 15 5 0 0 1 39.0 40 26 5 15 23 6.00 .258 .322 .426 .747 0.6
    AAA   2 4 .333 48 0 0 0 4 56.7 70 38 5 25 58 6.04 .300 .368 .442 .810  
7 Years Sim 32 38 .457 305 26 0 0 12 404.3 426 215 39 161 224 4.79 .267 .334 .418 .752 20.5
2 Years AAA 7 16 .304 71 22 0 0 5 191.0 193 107 15 77 190 5.04 .260 .330 .379 .709  
Season Average 4 5 .444 43 3 0 0 1 57.8 60 30 5 23 32 4.79 .267 .334 .418 .752  
Career Highs 7 14 .636 69 21 0 0 4 137.0 156 92 16 55 76 6.17 .333 .382 .627 1.009  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   202 99 22 63 122   .263 .319 .434 .753
vs LH   224 116 17 98 102   .271 .348 .402 .750
Home 13 19 .406 171 14 0 0 8 247.6 252 121 24 94 136 4.40 .260 .325 .399 .725
Away 19 19 .500 134 12 0 0 4 156.6 174 94 15 67 88 5.40 .278 .348 .446 .793
Mar/Apr 7 10 .412 68 5 0 0 3 106.0 122 66 13 39 57 5.60 .284 .343 .470 .813
May 4 9 .308 44 10 0 0 2 65.6 77 42 6 28 39 5.76 .292 .360 .443 .803
June 7 5 .583 54 6 0 0 5 87.3 82 41 7 43 45 4.23 .248 .334 .378 .712
July 6 1 .857 49 0 0 0 1 38.0 23 6 2 11 21 1.42 .173 .236 .256 .492
August 6 5 .545 55 0 0 0 0 53.0 57 27 6 15 34 4.59 .268 .316 .423 .738
Sep/Oct 2 8 .200 35 5 0 0 1 54.3 65 33 5 25 28 5.47 .290 .361 .438 .799
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1984 23 TAM AL P 63 0 53.0 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.87    
1985 24 TAM AL P 59 0 47.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.34    
1986 25 TAM AL P 69 0 63.3 8 12 0 1 1.000 2.84    
1987 26 MIN AL P 45 21 137.0 3 25 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1988 27 MIN AL P 10 0 11.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.32    
1989 28 MIN AL P 44 0 53.3 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.86    
1990 29 MIN AL P 15 5 39.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.31    
Career Totals   305 26 404.3 27 63 0 2 1.000 2.00    
Career Highs   69 21 137.0 8 25 0 1 1.000 2.84    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1985 24 TAM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 0 1 1 9.00 .571 .625 .714 1.339
1986 25 TAM AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 4 0.00 .222 .222 .333 .556
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 3.3 6 1 0 1 5 2.70 .375 .412 .500 .912
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1987-9-14
 Games Pitched
1986-8-69
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1984
Earned first career win on 4/14/1984
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1986
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to Minnesota on 2/2/1987 (Going to MIN: P Balor Moore, P Wes Gardner, P Jay Tibbs, 3B Craig Shipley. Going to TAM: P John Denny)
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/4/1989 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $968,571 through salary arbitration
 
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