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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
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 NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
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 Awards
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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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