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Danny Gardella
Daniel Lewis Gardella

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 160 lb.

Debut May 14, 1944
Final Game April 20, 1950
Born February 26, 1920 in New York, NY
Died March 6, 2005 in Yonkers, NY

Brother of Al Gardella

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)

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        The first man to challenge the reserve clause, in 1946: "It had the odor of peonage, even of slavery"

Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 24 NYG NL  47  112   20   28   2  2   6   14   0     11  13  .250  .323  .464  120   52   1           1   2
 1945 25 NYG NL 121  430   54  117  10  1  18   71   2     46  55  .272  .349  .426  114  183   3           5   9
 1950 30 STL NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      169  543   74  145  12  3  24   85   2  0  57  68  .267  .343  .433  115  235   4   0   0   6  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        521   71  139  12  3  23   81   2  0  55  65  .267  .343  .433  115  225   4   0   0   6  11
 Career High    121  430   54  117  10  2  18   71   2  0  46  55  .272  .349  .426  114  183   3   0   0   5   9
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 24 NYG NL  125   87   16   4.9    94| .250  .268| .323  .335| .464  .376| .787  .711| 120  .574   2.1   0.2     
 1945 25 NYG NL  484  325   63   5.2    97| .272  .274| .349  .344| .426  .379| .775  .723| 114  .587   7.0   0.7     
 1950 30 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   112| .000  .275| .000  .353| .000  .427| .000  .780|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       610  413   79   5.1    97| .267  .273| .343  .342| .433  .378| .776  .721| 115  .583   8.9   0.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1944 24 NYG NL OF 25 58 4 6 1 .912 .979 2.48 2.31 11 4 10 1945 25 NYG NL OF 94 182 6 9 1 .954 .978 2.00 2.33 85 0 9 1B 15 137 16 3 8 .981 .990 10.20 9.74
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 25 NYG NL 1B 15 137 16 3 8 .981 .990 10.20 9.74 1944 24 NYG NL OF 25 58 4 6 1 .912 .979 2.48 2.31 11 4 10 1945 25 NYG NL OF 94 182 6 9 1 .954 .978 2.00 2.33 85 0 9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 119 240 10 15 2 .943 .978 2.10 2.33 96 4 19 1B 15 137 16 3 8 .981 .990 10.20 9.74 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 134 377 26 18 10 .957 .983 3.01 3.16
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs
1945 NL-18-8

Strikeouts
1945 NL-55-9

Hit By Pitch
1945 NL-5-6

At Bats per Home Run
1945 NL-23.9-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

January 14, 1940: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1944: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

April 16, 1946: Released by the New York Giants.

October 7, 1949: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

June 2, 1950: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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