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Larry Gardner
William Lawrence Gardner

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.
School University of Vermont

Debut June 25, 1908
Final Game September 6, 1924
Born May 13, 1886 in Enosburg Falls, VT
Died March 11, 1976 in St.George, VT

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1908. (All Transactions)

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Vermont's greatest major leaguer! Started at 3rd for 4 world champions. Concurrently athletic director and head baseball coach at the University of Vermont, 1928 thru 1952. His stats stand up to any Hall of Fame 3rd baseman. Veterans Committee take note!

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 22 BOS AL   3   10    0    3   1  0   0    1   0      0      .300  .300  .400  124    4   0           0    
 1909 23 BOS AL  19   37    7   11   1  2   0    5   1      4      .297  .381  .432  154   16   3           1    
 1910 24 BOS AL 113  413   55  117  12 10   2   36   8     41      .283  .354  .375  126  155  17           4    
 1911 25 BOS AL 138  492   80  140  17  8   4   44  27     64      .285  .373  .376  110  185  32           5    
 1912 26 BOS AL 143  517   88  163  24 18   3   86  25     56      .315  .383  .449  133  232  16           1     MVP-14
 1913 27 BOS AL 131  473   64  133  17 10   0   63  18     47  34  .281  .347  .359  104  170  14           1    
 1914 28 BOS AL 155  553   50  143  23 19   3   68  16 23  35  39  .259  .303  .385  107  213  11           0    
 1915 29 BOS AL 127  430   51  111  14  6   1   55  11 12  39  24  .258  .327  .326   98  140  26           5    
 1916 30 BOS AL 148  493   47  152  19  7   2   62  12     48  27  .308  .372  .387  127  191  23           2    
 1917 31 BOS AL 146  501   53  133  23  7   1   61  16     54  37  .265  .341  .345  110  173  40           3    
 1918 32 PHA AL 127  463   50  132  22  6   1   52   9     43  22  .285  .346  .365  113  169  16           0    
 1919 33 CLE AL 139  524   67  157  29  7   2   79   7     39  29  .300  .352  .393  104  206  31           3    
 1920 34 CLE AL 154  597   72  185  31 11   3  118   3 20  53  25  .310  .367  .414  104  247  32           1    
 1921 35 CLE AL 153  586  101  187  32 14   3  120   3  3  65  16  .319  .391  .437  109  256  31           4    
 1922 36 CLE AL 137  470   74  134  31  3   2   68   9  8  49  21  .285  .355  .377   90  177  17           2    
 1923 37 CLE AL  52   79    4   20   5  1   0   12   0  1  12   7  .253  .352  .342   83   27   2           0    
 1924 38 CLE AL  38   50    3   10   0  0   0    4   0  1   5   1  .200  .273  .200   23   10   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         6688      1931    129      934     68     282  .289  .355  .384  109      311   0   0  32   0
               1923       866      301     27      165    654                            2571
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        563   73  163  25 11   2   79  14  6  55  24  .289  .355  .384  109  217  26   0   0   3   0
 Career High    155  597  101  187  32 19   4  120  27 23  65  39  .319  .391  .449  133  256  40   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 22 BOS AL   10    7    1   3.8    71| .300  .249| .300  .307| .400  .317| .700  .623| 124  .620   0.2   0.0     
 1909 23 BOS AL   45   29    6   5.5    75| .297  .255| .381  .316| .432  .323| .813  .639| 154  .746   2.3   0.3     
 1910 24 BOS AL  475  313   54   4.6    77| .283  .252| .354  .319| .375  .326| .729  .644| 126  .665  12.5   1.5     
 1911 25 BOS AL  593  384   68   4.7    95| .285  .280| .373  .346| .376  .368| .749  .714| 110  .562   8.4   0.9     
 1912 26 BOS AL  590  370   89   6.4    95| .315  .278| .383  .348| .449  .366| .832  .714| 133  .710  21.4   2.3     
 1913 27 BOS AL  535  354   59   4.4    89| .281  .268| .347  .340| .359  .352| .706  .692| 104  .592   2.2   0.2     
 1914 28 BOS AL  599  444   58   3.5    82| .259  .256| .303  .330| .385  .336| .688  .665| 107  .531   0.0   0.0  41%
 1915 29 BOS AL  500  357   43   3.2    81| .258  .252| .327  .329| .326  .330| .653  .660|  98  .473  -1.4  -0.2  47%
 1916 30 BOS AL  566  364   71   5.3    83| .308  .258| .372  .332| .387  .337| .759  .669| 127  .685  16.2   1.8     
 1917 31 BOS AL  598  408   58   3.8    79| .265  .254| .341  .324| .345  .328| .686  .653| 110  .558   6.8   0.8     
 1918 32 PHA AL  522  347   58   4.6    83| .285  .262| .346  .333| .365  .333| .711  .666| 113  .618   7.1   0.8     
 1919 33 CLE AL  597  398   72   4.9   100| .300  .283| .352  .350| .393  .381| .745  .731| 104  .581   2.0   0.2     
 1920 34 CLE AL  683  464   83   4.8   109| .310  .295| .367  .360| .414  .405| .781  .765| 104  .520   3.1   0.3  13%
 1921 35 CLE AL  686  433   99   6.1   116| .319  .302| .391  .368| .437  .424| .828  .793| 109  .584   9.0   0.8  50%
 1922 36 CLE AL  538  361   61   4.5   111| .285  .294| .355  .359| .377  .413| .732  .772|  90  .478  -5.5  -0.5  52%
 1923 37 CLE AL   93   62    9   3.9   108| .253  .290| .352  .360| .342  .401| .694  .761|  83  .415  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1924 38 CLE AL   55   41    3   2.0   113| .200  .299| .273  .369| .200  .411| .473  .780|  23  .158  -5.9  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     7685 5136  892   4.7    93| .289  .273| .355  .343| .384  .364| .739  .707| 109  .577  77.0   8.4     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1908 22 BOS AL  3B    3      2    2    3    0  .571  .930  1.33  3.20            
 1909 23 BOS AL  3B    8      4   12    4    0  .800  .930  2.00  3.33            
                 SS    5      6    4    1    1  .909  .926  2.00  5.16            
 1910 24 BOS AL  2B  113    222  320   32   28  .944  .945  4.80  4.91            
 1911 25 BOS AL  3B   72     92  161   10    3  .962  .929  3.51  3.26            
                 2B   62    152  195   13   31  .964  .949  5.60  4.94            
 1912 26 BOS AL  3B  143    167  296   35   16  .930  .920  3.24  3.27            
 1913 27 BOS AL  3B  130    126  220   21   13  .943  .934  2.66  3.08            
 1914 28 BOS AL  3B  153    187  312   31   18  .942  .936  3.26  3.14            
 1915 29 BOS AL  3B  127    134  227   26   16  .933  .925  2.84  3.01            
 1916 30 BOS AL  3B  147    149  278   21   24  .953  .939  2.90  3.23            
 1917 31 BOS AL  3B  146    148  315   31   18  .937  .941  3.17  3.23            
 1918 32 PHA AL  3B  127    158  291   17   33  .964  .948  3.54  3.25            
 1919 33 CLE AL  3B  139    143  291   25   23  .946  .950  3.12  3.24            
 1920 34 CLE AL  3B  154    156  362   13   32  .976  .946  3.36  3.45            
 1921 35 CLE AL  3B  152    179  335   27   23  .950  .952  3.38  3.26            
 1922 36 CLE AL  3B  128    133  259   20   24  .951  .950  3.06  3.24            
 1923 37 CLE AL  3B   19     10   41    2    2  .962  .944  2.68  3.27            
 1924 38 CLE AL  3B    8      1    6    1    1  .875  .946  0.88  3.01            
                 2B    6      8   12    2    1  .909  .966  3.33  5.38            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1910 24 BOS AL  2B  113    222  320   32   28  .944  .945  4.80  4.91            
 1911 25 BOS AL  2B   62    152  195   13   31  .964  .949  5.60  4.94            
 1924 38 CLE AL  2B    6      8   12    2    1  .909  .966  3.33  5.38            

 1908 22 BOS AL  3B    3      2    2    3    0  .571  .930  1.33  3.20            
 1909 23 BOS AL  3B    8      4   12    4    0  .800  .930  2.00  3.33            
 1911 25 BOS AL  3B   72     92  161   10    3  .962  .929  3.51  3.26            
 1912 26 BOS AL  3B  143    167  296   35   16  .930  .920  3.24  3.27            
 1913 27 BOS AL  3B  130    126  220   21   13  .943  .934  2.66  3.08            
 1914 28 BOS AL  3B  153    187  312   31   18  .942  .936  3.26  3.14            
 1915 29 BOS AL  3B  127    134  227   26   16  .933  .925  2.84  3.01            
 1916 30 BOS AL  3B  147    149  278   21   24  .953  .939  2.90  3.23            
 1917 31 BOS AL  3B  146    148  315   31   18  .937  .941  3.17  3.23            
 1918 32 PHA AL  3B  127    158  291   17   33  .964  .948  3.54  3.25            
 1919 33 CLE AL  3B  139    143  291   25   23  .946  .950  3.12  3.24            
 1920 34 CLE AL  3B  154    156  362   13   32  .976  .946  3.36  3.45            
 1921 35 CLE AL  3B  152    179  335   27   23  .950  .952  3.38  3.26            
 1922 36 CLE AL  3B  128    133  259   20   24  .951  .950  3.06  3.24            
 1923 37 CLE AL  3B   19     10   41    2    2  .962  .944  2.68  3.27            
 1924 38 CLE AL  3B    8      1    6    1    1  .875  .946  0.88  3.01            

 1909 23 BOS AL  SS    5      6    4    1    1  .909  .926  2.00  5.16            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  3B 1656   1789 3408  287  246  .948  .940  3.14  3.22            
                 2B  181    382  527   47   60  .951  .947  5.02  4.94            
                 SS    5      6    4    1    1  .909  .926  2.00  5.16            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1842   2177 3939  335  307  .948  .941  3.32  3.40

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1912   WS    BOS NYG     W   8  28   4   5  2  1  1   5   2   5  .179  .250  .429   0  0   2   1   1 
 1915   WS    BOS PHI     W   5  17   2   4  0  1  0   0   1   0  .235  .278  .353   0  0   1   0   0 
 1916   WS    BOS BRO     W   5  17   2   3  0  0  2   6   0   2  .176  .167  .529   0  0   1   1   0 
 1920   WS    CLE BRO     W   7  24   1   5  1  0  0   2   1   1  .208  .231  .250   0  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        4-0  25  86   9  17  3  2  3  13   4   8  .198  .234  .384   0  0   4   3   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1912-AL-14-0.06
Car-1023-0.06 shares

Batting Average
1912 AL-.315-9
1916 AL-.308-5

On-base %
1912 AL-.383-9
1916 AL-.372-8

Slugging %
1912 AL-.449-7

OPS
1912 AL-.832-8

Games
1914 AL-155-8
1918 AL-127-7
1919 AL-139-9
1920 AL-154-1
1921 AL-153-8

At Bats
1919 AL-524-9
1920 AL-597-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1919 AL-597-9
1920 AL-683-8
1921 AL-686-9

Total Bases
1914 AL-213-9

Doubles
1914 AL-23-8
1918 AL-22-7

Triples
1912 AL-18-5
1914 AL-19-2
1921 AL-14-7
Car-129-82

Home Runs
1911 AL-4-8

RBI
1912 AL-86-8
1914 AL-68-10
1919 AL-79-10
1920 AL-118-5
1921 AL-120-5

Bases on Balls
1911 AL-64-8

Singles
1916 AL-124-10
1920 AL-140-10
1921 AL-138-10

Adjusted OPS+
1912 AL-133-9

Runs Created
1912 AL-89-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1912 AL-21-9
1916 AL-16-9

Batting Wins
1912 AL-2.3-9
1916 AL-1.8-9

Extra-Base Hits
1912 AL-45-9
1914 AL-45-7

Times on Base
1921 AL-256-9

Offensive Win%
1912 AL-.710-8
1916 AL-.685-9

Sac. Hits
1911 AL-32-2
1917 AL-40-5
1919 AL-31-8
1920 AL-32-7
1921 AL-31-7
Car-311-9

Caught Stealing
1920 AL-20-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1916 AL-18.3-7
1921 AL-36.6-7

Outs
1919 AL-398-10
1920 AL-464-5

Oldest Player
1920 AL-34-10
1921 AL-35-6
1922 AL-36-7
1923 AL-37-5
1924 AL-38-4

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 51 (485) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.4 (523) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 33.5 (538) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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.

Transactions
June 8, 1908: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
January 10, 1918: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with a player to be named later and Hick Cady to the Philadelphia Athletics for Stuffy McInnis. The Boston Red Sox sent Tilly Walker (February 20, 1918) to the Philadelphia Athletics to complete the trade.
March 1, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Charlie Jamieson and Elmer Myers to the Cleveland Indians for Braggo Roth.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Vermont's greatest major leaguer! Started at 3rd for 4 world champions. Concurrently athletic director and head baseball coach at the University of Vermont, 1928 thru 1952. His stats stand up to any Hall of Fame 3rd baseman. Veterans Committee take note!

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1912-AL-14-0.06 Car-1023-0.06 shares	Batting Average 1912 AL-.315-9 1916 AL-.308-5	On-base % 1912 AL-.383-9 1916 AL-.372-8	Slugging % 1912 AL-.449-7	OPS 1912 AL-.832-8	Games 1914 AL-155-8 1918 AL-127-7 1919 AL-139-9 1920 AL-154-1 1921 AL-153-8
At Bats 1919 AL-524-9 1920 AL-597-9	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1919 AL-597-9 1920 AL-683-8 1921 AL-686-9	Total Bases 1914 AL-213-9	Doubles 1914 AL-23-8 1918 AL-22-7	Triples 1912 AL-18-5 1914 AL-19-2 1921 AL-14-7 Car-129-82	Home Runs 1911 AL-4-8
RBI 1912 AL-86-8 1914 AL-68-10 1919 AL-79-10 1920 AL-118-5 1921 AL-120-5	Bases on Balls 1911 AL-64-8	Singles 1916 AL-124-10 1920 AL-140-10 1921 AL-138-10	Adjusted OPS+ 1912 AL-133-9	Runs Created 1912 AL-89-8	Adjusted Batting Runs 1912 AL-21-9 1916 AL-16-9
Batting Wins 1912 AL-2.3-9 1916 AL-1.8-9	Extra-Base Hits 1912 AL-45-9 1914 AL-45-7	Times on Base 1921 AL-256-9	Offensive Win% 1912 AL-.710-8 1916 AL-.685-9	Sac. Hits 1911 AL-32-2 1917 AL-40-5 1919 AL-31-8 1920 AL-32-7 1921 AL-31-7 Car-311-9	Caught Stealing 1920 AL-20-2
At Bats per Strikeout 1916 AL-18.3-7 1921 AL-36.6-7	Outs 1919 AL-398-10 1920 AL-464-5	Oldest Player 1920 AL-34-10 1921 AL-35-6 1922 AL-36-7 1923 AL-37-5 1924 AL-38-4