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Ron Gardenhire
Ronald Clyde Gardenhire

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School University of Texas at Austin

Debut September 1, 1981
  vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born October 24, 1957 in Butzbach, W.Germany

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 23 NYM NL  27   48    2   13   1  0   0    3   2  2   5   9  .271  .340  .292   83   14   0   0   2   0   0
 1982 24 NYM NL 141  384   29   92  17  1   3   33   5  6  23  55  .240  .279  .313   67  120  12   5   2   0  11
 1983 25 NYM NL  17   32    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .063  .091  .063  -56    2   0   0   0   0   1
 1984 26 NYM NL  74  207   20   51   7  1   1   10   6  1   9  43  .246  .276  .304   64   63   1   1   1   0   7
 1985 27 NYM NL  26   39    5    7   2  1   0    2   0  0   8  11  .179  .319  .282   71   11   2   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      285  710   57  165  27  3   4   49  13  9  46 122  .232  .277  .296   62  210  15   6   5   0  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        404   32   94  15  2   2   28   7  5  26  69  .232  .277  .296   62  119   9   3   3   0  12
 Career High    141  384   29   92  17  1   3   33   6  6  23  55  .240  .279  .313   67  120  12   5   2   0  11
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 23 NYM NL   53   37    5   3.7    90| .271  .260| .340  .325| .292  .373| .632  .698|  83  .446  -1.0  -0.1  50%
 1982 24 NYM NL  424  326   32   2.7    94| .240  .264| .279  .327| .313  .384| .592  .712|  67  .300 -17.3  -1.8  45%
 1983 25 NYM NL   33   31    0   0.0    96| .063  .262| .091  .330| .063  .388| .154  .719| -56  .000  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1984 26 NYM NL  218  166   17   2.8    93| .246  .262| .276  .327| .304  .381| .580  .708|  64  .319 -10.3  -1.1  85%
 1985 27 NYM NL   49   36    4   3.0    94| .179  .259| .319  .327| .282  .386| .601  .712|  71  .350  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       777  596   58   2.6    93| .232  .263| .277  .327| .296  .383| .573  .710|  62  .297 -36.8  -3.8  59%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 23 NYM NL SS 18 20 42 2 7 .969 .960 3.44 4.44 4.76 5.10 14 117.3 2B 6 7 7 0 0 1.000 .979 2.33 4.72 7.54 5.50 0 16.7 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.50 6.67 3.00 0 2.7 1982 24 NYM NL SS 135 234 398 29 68 .956 .967 4.68 4.38 5.45 5.01 122 1044.3 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.80 3.00 5.40 1 6.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1983 25 NYM NL SS 15 13 30 0 4 1.000 .966 2.87 4.16 4.50 4.85 10 86.0 1984 26 NYM NL SS 49 78 100 10 15 .947 .965 3.63 3.98 4.89 4.87 37 327.3 2B 18 18 43 0 5 1.000 .979 3.39 4.71 5.23 5.41 9 105.0 3B 7 2 11 2 0 .867 .942 1.86 2.36 2.60 2.80 5 45.0 1985 27 NYM NL SS 13 15 26 4 3 .911 .962 3.15 4.26 5.51 4.88 9 67.0 2B 5 5 5 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 4.82 4.29 5.49 2 21.0 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.45 1.64 2.86 2 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 23 NYM NL 2B 6 7 7 0 0 1.000 .979 2.33 4.72 7.54 5.50 0 16.7 1982 24 NYM NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.80 3.00 5.40 1 6.0 1984 26 NYM NL 2B 18 18 43 0 5 1.000 .979 3.39 4.71 5.23 5.41 9 105.0 1985 27 NYM NL 2B 5 5 5 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 4.82 4.29 5.49 2 21.0 1981 23 NYM NL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.50 6.67 3.00 0 2.7 1982 24 NYM NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1984 26 NYM NL 3B 7 2 11 2 0 .867 .942 1.86 2.36 2.60 2.80 5 45.0 1985 27 NYM NL 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.45 1.64 2.86 2 11.0 1981 23 NYM NL SS 18 20 42 2 7 .969 .960 3.44 4.44 4.76 5.10 14 117.3 1982 24 NYM NL SS 135 234 398 29 68 .956 .967 4.68 4.38 5.45 5.01 122 1044.3 1983 25 NYM NL SS 15 13 30 0 4 1.000 .966 2.87 4.16 4.50 4.85 10 86.0 1984 26 NYM NL SS 49 78 100 10 15 .947 .965 3.63 3.98 4.89 4.87 37 327.3 1985 27 NYM NL SS 13 15 26 4 3 .911 .962 3.15 4.26 5.51 4.88 9 67.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 230 360 596 45 97 .955 .966 4.16 4.28 5.24 4.97 192 1642.0 2B* 30 31 56 0 5 1.000 .980 2.90 4.73 5.27 5.43 12 148.7 3B* 11 4 13 2 0 .895 .944 1.55 2.39 2.52 2.82 7 60.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 271 395 665 47 102 .958 .967 3.91 4.25 5.15 4.94 211 1851
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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.

Sac. Hits
1982 NL-12-7

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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

November 12, 1986: Traded by the New York Mets to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Dominic Iasparro (minors) (April 4, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Mets$100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$100,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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