Ron Gardenhire
Ronald Clyde Gardenhire
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 24, 1957 in Butzbach, W.Germany
High School: Okmulgee (Okmulgee, OK)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1981
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 NYM NL 23 SS 18 14 117.1 64 20 42 2 7 .969 2.1 21.5 1.1 0.7 0.3 1 4.76 3.44 .959 5.10 4.44
1981 NYM NL 23 2B 6 0 16.2 14 7 7 0 0 1.000 1.0 72.0 1.0 -0.1 1.1 0 7.56 2.33 .979 5.51 4.72
1981 NYM NL 23 3B 1 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -90.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 6.75 2.00 .950 3.04 2.50
1982 NYM NL 24 SS 135 122 1044.1 661 234 398 29 68 .956 -1.3 -1.5 0.7 6.1 -5.3 -2 5.45 4.68 .967 5.01 4.38
1982 NYM NL 24 2B 1 1 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1982 NYM NL 24 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1983 NYM NL 25 SS 15 10 86.0 43 13 30 0 4 1.000 0.7 9.8 0.7 -0.2 0.9 0 4.50 2.87 .965 4.85 4.16
1984 NYM NL 26 SS 49 37 327.1 188 78 100 10 15 .947 2.4 8.8 3.4 3.0 0.4 -1 4.89 3.63 .965 4.87 3.98
1984 NYM NL 26 2B 18 9 105.0 61 18 43 0 5 1.000 3.7 42.3 3.7 0.4 3.3 0 5.23 3.39 .979 5.41 4.71
1984 NYM NL 26 3B 7 5 45.0 15 2 11 2 0 .867 -0.4 -10.7 -0.4 0.3 -0.6 0 2.60 1.86 .947 2.80 2.36
1985 NYM NL 27 SS 13 9 67.0 45 15 26 4 3 .911 -0.7 -12.5 0.3 0.5 -0.2 -1 5.51 3.15 .964 4.88 4.26
1985 NYM NL 27 2B 5 2 21.0 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -17.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 0 4.29 2.00 .980 5.49 4.82
1985 NYM NL 27 3B 2 2 11.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -32.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.64 1.00 .950 2.86 2.45
5 Seasons SS 230 192 1642.0 1001 360 596 45 97 .955 3.2 2.3 6.2 10.1 -3.9 -3 5.24 4.16 .966 4.97 4.28
4 Seasons 2B 30 12 148.2 87 31 56 0 5 1.000 4.2 33.9 4.2 0.6 3.6 0 5.27 2.90 .979 5.43 4.73
4 Seasons 3B 11 7 60.2 19 4 13 2 0 .895 -0.9 -17.8 -0.9 -0.2 -0.6 0 2.52 1.55 .947 2.82 2.39
5 Seasons TOT 271 211 1851.1 1107 395 665 47 102 .958 6.5 4.2 9.5 10.5 -0.9 -3 5.15 3.91 .924 4.94 4.25

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 NYM NL 23 27 14 27 23 0 0 0 6 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1982 NYM NL 24 141 123 141 136 0 0 0 1 1 135 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
1983 NYM NL 25 17 10 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1984 NYM NL 26 74 51 74 70 0 0 0 18 7 49 0 0 0 0 0 7 6
1985 NYM NL 27 26 13 26 20 0 0 0 5 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
5 Seasons 285 211 285 264 0 0 0 30 11 230 0 0 0 0 0 19 26
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 NYM NL 23 510 56% 81% 30% 59 78% 1 20 10 7 3 43 32 9 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 7 2 0 5 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 24 4703 55% 80% 25% 531 89% 4 224 107 76 41 405 314 75 3 6 30 0 27 3 24 67 19 8 22 10 0 60 27 32 5 2 1
1983 NYM NL 25 392 56% 77% 24% 37 97% 0 14 9 2 3 29 23 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0
1984 NYM NL 26 1401 47% 74% 22% 135 94% 2 77 33 29 15 103 80 21 1 0 10 0 8 2 7 15 6 0 6 1 1 14 6 8 1 1 0
1985 NYM NL 27 284 58% 76% 29% 37 92% 1 16 7 7 2 28 20 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
5 Seasons 7290 54% 78% 25% 799 89% 8 351 166 121 64 608 469 115 4 8 46 1 40 5 35 95 28 9 33 12 2 86 37 47 7 4 1
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 NYM NL 23 67 60% 82% 34% 9 100% 0 7 2 1 4 7 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 24 26 27% 77% 23% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYM NL 26 458 52% 76% 27% 43 100% 0 18 4 10 4 43 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 5 2 3 0 0 0
1985 NYM NL 27 92 59% 77% 28% 8 100% 0 5 3 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 643 52% 77% 28% 61 100% 0 31 9 14 8 57 53 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 5 2 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1981 NYM NL 23 11 27% 91% 18% 2 100% 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 24 7 43% 57% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYM NL 26 214 63% 78% 22% 16 88% 0 3 3 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYM NL 27 46 41% 72% 26% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 278 58% 77% 22% 19 89% 0 6 6 0 0 12 8 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 91% 80%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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