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Danny Gardella

Daniel Lewis Gardella

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 26, 1920 in New York, NY
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1944
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals 1944-1950

Final Game: April 20, 1950
Died: March 6, 2005 in Yonkers, NY
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Relatives: Brother of Al Gardella
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1938	18	BEC	D	113	418	418		110	18	4	4						.263	.263	.354	.617		148					BEC · MTNS
1939	19	DET-min	D	120	456	456		117	20	3	3						.257	.257	.333	.590		152					FLT,NWP · KITL,NEAR
1940	20	MIN-CLE-min	D	86	308	308		82	13	8	5						.266	.266	.409	.675		126					WMS,SHL,SRK · COPL,TARH,VIRL
1944	24	SFG-min	AA	66	257	212	26	48	10	2	6	42	0	3	37	23	.226	.352	.377	.729		80	1	4	4		JER · IL
1944	24	NYG	NL	47	125	112	20	28	2	2	6	14	0		11	13	.250	.323	.464	.787	121	52	2	1	1	O79/8
1945	25	NYG	NL	121	484	430	54	117	10	1	18	71	2		46	55	.272	.349	.426	.775	114	183	9	5	3	O739

1950	30	STL-min	AA,D	65	209	209		56	12	3	5						.268	.268	.426	.694		89					HSN,BGR · TL,NATL
1950	30	STL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1951	31	TRV	C	42	146	146		26	5	0	3						.178	.178	.274	.452		40					TRV · PROV
3 Yrs				169	610	543	74	145	12	3	24	85	2		57	68	.267	.343	.433	.776	115	235	11	6	4
162 Game Avg.				162	585	521	71	139	12	3	23	81	2		55	65	.267	.343	.433	.776	115	225	11	6	4

NYG (2 yrs)				168	609	542	74	145	12	3	24	85	2		57	68	.268	.344	.434	.777	115	235	11	6	4
STL (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	24	NYG	NL	47	125	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.2	4	6	0.6	.504	.501	0.6	-0.1	6	$	O79/8
1945	25	NYG	NL	121	484	7	-0	0	-1	-5	1	0.1	14	16	1.6	.501	.501	1.7	-0.6	17	$	O739

1950	30	STL	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
3 Seasons				169	610	10	0	0	-1	-6	3	0.3	18	21	2.2	.502	.501	2.3	-0.7	22	$

NYG (2 yrs)				168	609	10	0	0	-1	-6	3	0.3	18	21	2.2	.502	.501	2.3	-0.7	22	$
STL (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1944	24	NYG	NL	125	87	16	4.9	93	.237	.250	.267	.323	.334	.464	.375	.787	.709	121	.574	2.3	0.2	.744	.313	.214	.0
1945	25	NYG	NL	484	325	63	5.2	97	.277	.272	.274	.349	.344	.426	.379	.775	.723	114	.587	7.0	0.7	.733	.265	.153	3.6

1950	30	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.274	.000	.352	.000	.425	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				610	413	79	5.1	97	.268	.267	.273	.343	.342	.433	.378	.776	.720	115	.584	9.0	0.9	.733	.274	.166	3.7
162 Game Avg.				585	396	76	5.1	97	.268	.267	.273	.343	.342	.433	.378	.776	.720	115	.584	9	1	.733	.274	.166	4

NYG (2 yrs)				609	412	79	5.1	97	.269	.268	.273	.344	.342	.434	.378	.777	.720	115	.585	9.3	1.0	.735	.275	.166	3.7
STL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.274	.000	.352	.000	.425	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	24	NYG	NL	125	4.8%	10.4%	8.8%	8.0%	36%	1.18	8.6	18.7	8.0		74%
1945	25	NYG	NL	484	3.7%	11.4%	9.5%	6.0%	25%	1.20	7.8	23.9	6.1		74%

1950	30	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
3 Yrs				610	3.9%	11.2%	9.3%	6.4%	27%	1.19	8.0	22.6	6.4	0.00	74%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.4%	9.5%	6.1%	27%	0.98	9.5	58.4	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1944	24	NYG	NL	2.3	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	25	NYG	NL	7.0	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1950	30	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.37	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0.37	1
3 Yrs				9.0	0.9	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.37	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0.37	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	30	STL	NL	0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				0	0	27%	0	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1950	30	STL	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				1	100%	145			1	0	0	0	0.37	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		0	11		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			292%			31%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1944	24	47	125	112	20	28	2	2	6	14	0	11	13	.250	.323	.464	.787	121	52	2	1	1
1945	25	168	609	542	74	145	12	3	24	85	2	57	68	.268	.344	.434	.777	115	235	11	6	4
1946	26	168	609	542	74	145	12	3	24	85	2	57	68	.268	.344	.434	.777	115	235	11	6	4
1947	27	168	609	542	74	145	12	3	24	85	2	57	68	.268	.344	.434	.777	115	235	11	6	4
1948	28	168	609	542	74	145	12	3	24	85	2	57	68	.268	.344	.434	.777	115	235	11	6	4
1949	29	168	609	542	74	145	12	3	24	85	2	57	68	.268	.344	.434	.777	115	235	11	6	4
1950	30	169	610	543	74	145	12	3	24	85	2	57	68	.267	.343	.433	.776	115	235	11	6	4

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	24	49	131	117	21	30	2	2	6	15	0	12	14	.256	.331	.462	.792	18	47
1945	25	126	502	447	55	120	10	1	18	72	2	47	57	.268	.345	.416	.761	64	121

1950	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
3 Yrs		176	634	565	76	150	12	3	24	87	2	59	71	.265	.341	.425	.766	82	169
162 Game Avg.		162	584	520	70	138	11	3	22	80	2	54	65	.265	.341	.425	.766	75	169

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1945 NL 18 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1945 NL 55 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1945 NL 5 (6th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1945 NL 23.9 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1945 NL 18 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1945 NL 55 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1945 NL 5 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1945 NL 23.9 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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