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Billy
Gardner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 19, 1927 in Usa, CT, WATERFORD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1959   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 26 SDP NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 27 SDP NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 28 SDP NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 29 SDP NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 30 SDP NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 31 SDP NL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 32 DET AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 33 DET AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 34 BSN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 35 BSN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 36 BSN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 26 SDP NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1955 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1956 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1957 29 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1958 30 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1959 31 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1960 32 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1961 33 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1962 34 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1963 35 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1964 36 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 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
1962 34 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2 0 0 0 0   .667 .667 .667 1.333
vs LH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
Away 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000
June 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000
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
1954 26 A   110 248 33 77 16 0 10 41 3 3 32 24 .310 .389 .496 .885 45.5  
1955 27 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   77 280 34 62 11 1 7 26 0 1 15 44 .221 .261 .343 .604 24.4  
1956 28 SDP NL 16 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 .200 .077 .277 0.1 0.0
1957 29 SDP NL 86 220 18 57 9 2 1 16 0 1 12 37 .259 .302 .332 .634 21.8 2.4
1958 30 SDP NL 88 271 30 72 20 0 2 22 0 1 16 58 .266 .311 .362 .673 25.7 3.0
1959 31 SDP NL 150 484 44 132 27 3 7 51 0 0 27 82 .273 .313 .384 .697 56.5 8.2
1960 32 DET AL 38 53 8 16 3 2 0 2 0 0 3 7 .302 .339 .434 .773 7.1 1.1
1961 33 DET AL 75 144 8 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 38 .181 .208 .229 .437 3.5 0.0
1962 34 BSN NL 19 26 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .077 .143 .115 .258 -1.1 0.0
1963 35 BSN NL 6 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.4 0.4
    AAA   123 386 37 63 10 2 3 25 0 0 21 90 .163 .206 .223 .429 13.7  
1964 36 AAA   136 423 27 73 17 0 4 23 0 0 30 97 .173 .227 .241 .469 20.6  
9 Years Sim 479 1219 112 309 68 7 10 91 0 2 65 235 .253 .295 .345 .640 115.0 15.2
3 Years AAA 336 1089 98 198 38 3 14 74 0 1 66 231 .182 .236 .261 .497 58.7  
1 Years A 110 248 33 77 16 0 10 41 3 3 32 24 .310 .398 .496 .894 45.5  
4 Years Minors 446 1337 131 275 54 3 24 115 3 4 98 255 .206 .268 .304 .572 104.2  
162 Game Average 412 37 104 22 2 3 30 0 0 21 79 .253 .295 .345 .640 38.9  
Career Highs 150 484 44 132 27 3 7 51 0 1 27 82 .429 .429 .571 1.000 56.5  
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   691 73 181 44 4 6 64 0 1 31 132 .262 .298 .363 .661 69.2
vs LH   528 38 128 24 3 4 27 0 1 34 103 .242 .291 .322 .613 47.5
Home 234 603 53 157 38 5 5 47 0 2 34 106 .260 .303 .365 .668 62.4
Away 245 616 59 152 30 2 5 44 0 0 31 129 .247 .287 .326 .613 54.4
RISP   272 0 62 19 1 1 72 0 0 17 61 .228 .273 .316 .589 22.3
Pinch Hitting   30 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 .200 .294 .300 .594 2.8
Close/Late   143 14 43 8 1 0 6 0 0 8 23 .301 .338 .371 .708 16.9
Mar/Apr 59 137 14 27 8 0 4 7 0 0 10 27 .197 .257 .343 .600 11.9
May 68 173 15 48 11 2 1 13 0 0 4 34 .277 .300 .382 .682 17.8
June 73 179 19 49 12 1 3 20 0 2 14 37 .274 .332 .402 .734 22.1
July 87 232 19 61 13 1 0 12 0 0 13 40 .263 .305 .328 .632 21.9
August 99 246 13 58 8 1 0 15 0 0 10 55 .236 .268 .276 .545 16.7
Sep/Oct 92 252 32 66 16 2 2 24 0 0 14 42 .262 .302 .365 .667 26.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1956 28 SDP NL SS 9 3 36.0 4 15 0 2 1.000 4.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1957 29 SDP NL SS 78 66 562.3 71 243 6 35 .981 5.03 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    2B 3 2 17.0 3 8 1 0 .917 5.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1958 30 SDP NL SS 69 62 537.7 86 217 9 48 .971 5.07 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    2B 17 13 115.0 17 45 4 8 .939 4.85 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 31 SDP NL 2B 148 147 1260.7 290 515 12 113 .985 5.75 0 0 .000 0 5.1
1960 32 DET AL SS 26 9 99.0 15 41 0 7 1.000 5.09 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 4 3 28.0 4 8 0 3 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1961 33 DET AL SS 36 13 157.0 16 50 1 4 .985 3.78 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 19 11 112.0 5 24 3 2 .906 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 12 12 96.3 16 29 1 8 .978 4.20 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 34 BSN NL 2B 11 4 31.3 5 13 1 5 .947 5.17 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 6 3 25.0 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.96 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1963 35 BSN NL SS 3 2 17.0 5 6 0 0 1.000 5.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 3 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 198 181 1550.3 336 618 19 137 .980 5.54 0 0 .000 0 6.3
  SS 227 158 1434.0 200 580 16 96 .980 4.90 0 0 .000 0 6.2
  3B 20 11 116.0 5 24 4 2 .879 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   448 350 3103.3 543 1222 39 235 .978 5.12 0 0 .000 0 12.7
Career Highs   148 147 1260.7 290 515 14 113 1.000 5.75 0 0 .000 0  
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Charlie English (978)
  2. Lew Malone (974)
  3. Rocky Bridges (972)
  4. Jack Brohamer (969)
  5. Carl Lind (967)
  6. Pat Rockett (966)
  7. Jack Saltzgaver (961)
  8. Mariano Duncan (960)
  9. Julio Gonzalez (956)
  10. Jeff Treadway (955)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 54th overall pick, by San Diego in 1954
Had first career hit on 5/12/1956, off Gene Conley (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 6/7/1957, off Harvey Haddix (BSN)
Injured on 3/3/1958 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1959
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 2/1/1960 (Going to DET: RF Bob Hazle, 2B Billy Gardner, 3B Dick Williams, 3B Rocky Krsnich. Going to SDP: CF Richie Ashburn, P Jack Spring)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/22/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
7/31/1963: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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