Billy Gardner
William Frederick Gardner (Whitey and Shotgun)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 19, 1927 in Waterford, CT
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1954
Final Game: September 11, 1963
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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
1954 NYG NL 26 3B 30 21 204.2 75 18 56 1 2 .987 2.8 16.4 2.8 -1.6 4.4 0 3.25 2.47 .951 3.17 2.82
1954 NYG NL 26 2B 13 5 62.0 35 17 17 1 1 .971 1.4 27.1 1.4 1.2 0.2 0 4.94 2.62 .977 5.57 5.31
1954 NYG NL 26 SS 5 0 24.0 16 7 9 0 1 1.000 0.8 40.0 0.8 1.0 -0.2 0 6.00 3.20 .956 5.14 4.64
1955 NYG NL 27 SS 38 36 333.0 199 65 122 12 28 .940 -3.6 -13.0 -2.6 -2.2 -0.5 -1 5.05 4.92 .965 5.02 4.57
1955 NYG NL 27 3B 10 5 51.0 20 7 13 0 1 1.000 0.4 9.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.53 2.00 .950 3.12 2.81
1955 NYG NL 27 2B 4 2 22.0 9 4 4 1 0 .889 -0.3 -16.4 -0.3 -0.7 0.5 0 3.27 2.00 .978 5.48 5.00
1956 BAL AL 28 2B 132 126 1058.2 621 274 331 16 76 .974 -7.9 -9.0 -8.9 -12.2 3.3 1 5.14 4.58 .973 5.44 4.74
1956 BAL AL 28 SS 25 8 118.2 72 24 46 2 1 .972 1.1 11.1 3.1 0.6 2.5 -2 5.31 2.80 .960 4.98 4.10
1956 BAL AL 28 3B 6 3 33.0 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 0.5 18.2 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 3.27 2.00 .950 3.22 2.78
1957 BAL AL 29 2B 148 148 1338.0 828 393 424 11 96 .987 13.4 12.0 14.4 6.6 7.8 -1 5.50 5.52 .980 5.39 4.84 MVP-12
1957 BAL AL 29 SS 9 6 66.0 40 13 26 1 7 .975 1.0 18.2 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 5.32 4.33 .962 5.11 4.43 MVP-12
1958 BAL AL 30 2B 151 150 1301.2 710 349 350 11 113 .985 1.5 1.4 -3.5 -1.0 -2.5 5 4.83 4.63 .978 5.26 4.68
1958 BAL AL 30 SS 13 0 32.0 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -7.5 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 0 3.09 0.85 .964 4.95 4.17
1959 BAL AL 31 2B 139 129 1114.1 743 333 392 18 104 .976 16.3 17.6 11.3 3.2 8.1 5 5.86 5.22 .976 5.29 4.73
1959 BAL AL 31 3B 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 .900 3.24 2.70
1959 BAL AL 31 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.00
1960 WSH AL 32 2B 145 145 1250.1 783 355 407 21 101 .973 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 -0.7 0.7 -1 5.48 5.26 .979 5.46 4.66
1960 WSH AL 32 SS 13 0 28.0 16 5 11 0 2 1.000 0.4 17.1 0.4 -0.5 0.9 0 5.14 1.23 .956 5.11 4.37
1961 TOT AL 33 2B 47 44 398.4 203 95 103 5 34 .975 -2.6 -7.8 -3.6 -3.0 -0.6 1 4.47 4.21 .978 5.24 4.72
1961 TOT AL 33 3B 35 24 222.1 89 26 57 6 6 .933 2.9 15.7 2.9 2.3 0.6 0 3.36 2.37 .951 3.18 2.79
1961 MIN AL 33 2B 41 41 365.2 187 86 96 5 32 .973 -2.2 -7.2 -3.2 -2.7 -0.5 1 4.48 4.44 .978 5.24 4.72
1961 MIN AL 33 3B 2 2 16.0 5 0 3 2 0 .600 -0.4 -30.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.69 1.50 .960 3.21 2.80
1961 NYY AL 33 3B 33 22 206.1 84 26 54 4 6 .952 3.3 19.2 3.3 2.7 0.6 0 3.49 2.42 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 NYY AL 33 2B 6 3 32.2 16 9 7 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -14.7 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 4.41 2.67 .975 5.23 4.72
1962 TOT AL 34 2B 39 38 326.0 164 67 91 6 21 .963 1.0 3.7 1.0 1.4 -0.3 0 4.36 4.05 .980 5.25 4.87
1962 TOT AL 34 3B 8 4 49.1 29 7 19 3 1 .897 0.9 21.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 4.74 3.25 .955 3.06 2.79
1962 NYY AL 34 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.90
1962 NYY AL 34 3B 1 0 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 600.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.80
1962 BOS AL 34 2B 38 38 324.0 163 66 91 6 21 .963 1.0 3.7 1.0 1.4 -0.3 0 4.36 4.13 .980 5.25 4.87
1962 BOS AL 34 3B 7 4 48.1 27 7 17 3 1 .889 0.4 9.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 4.47 3.43 .956 3.07 2.79
1962 BOS AL 34 SS 4 4 34.0 22 6 15 1 1 .955 1.8 63.5 1.8 0.0 1.8 0 5.56 5.25 .964 4.84 4.47
1963 BOS AL 35 2B 21 18 162.2 91 36 54 1 13 .989 2.0 14.8 2.0 1.7 0.3 0 4.98 4.29 .980 5.08 4.68
1963 BOS AL 35 3B 2 0 2.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 27.00 3.00 .950 3.15 2.85
10 Seasons 2B 839 805 7034.0 4187 1923 2173 91 559 .978 23.8 4.1 13.8 -3.5 17.5 10 5.24 4.88 .978 5.35 4.74
8 Seasons SS 108 54 636.2 377 125 236 16 40 .958 1.3 2.5 4.3 -0.5 4.7 -3 5.10 3.34 .963 5.02 4.37
7 Seasons 3B 92 57 567.1 232 63 159 10 10 .957 7.1 15.0 7.1 1.7 5.4 0 3.52 2.41 .951 3.16 2.80
10 Seasons TOT 1039 916 8238.0 4796 2111 2568 117 609 .976 32.2 4.7 25.2 -2.3 27.6 7 5.11 4.50 .951 5.17 4.53
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

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
1954 NYG NL 26 62 26 62 62 0 0 0 13 30 5 0 0 0 0 4 17
1955 NYG NL 27 59 43 59 59 0 0 0 4 10 38 0 0 0 0 8 3
1956 BAL AL 28 144 137 144 144 0 0 0 132 6 25 0 0 0 0 1 3
1957 BAL AL 29 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 148 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BAL AL 30 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 151 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 31 140 129 140 140 0 0 0 139 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 WSH AL 32 145 145 145 145 0 0 0 145 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 33 45 43 45 45 0 0 0 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 NYY AL 33 41 25 41 41 0 0 0 6 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
1962 BOS AL 34 53 46 53 53 0 0 0 38 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 3
1962 NYY AL 34 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1963 BOS AL 35 36 18 36 36 0 0 0 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
10 Seasons 1034 916 1034 1034 0 0 0 839 92 108 0 0 0 0 34 35
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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
1954 NYG NL 26 262 71% 79% 25% 23 100% 0 18 8 5 5 17 15 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 27 104 68% 67% 19% 6 83% 0 4 0 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 28 4693 60% 79% 24% 408 91% 4 281 101 120 60 333 284 33 4 7 16 0 15 1 12 76 33 13 15 0 66 15 48 6 3 2
1957 BAL AL 29 5665 65% 79% 25% 545 95% 0 385 170 143 72 419 361 39 0 5 11 1 10 0 7 95 28 19 20 3 80 25 51 11 9 2
1958 BAL AL 30 5506 66% 80% 24% 434 93% 0 343 134 142 67 348 296 40 0 6 11 0 8 3 8 113 37 25 28 8 108 36 68 4 2 1
1959 BAL AL 31 4788 64% 79% 29% 485 92% 0 331 127 138 67 390 329 51 1 6 18 1 14 3 11 105 40 19 31 2 97 34 62 8 1 6
1960 WSH AL 32 5511 65% 78% 27% 477 92% 4 357 109 186 62 406 346 45 0 9 21 2 11 8 14 101 42 17 22 6 93 29 62 5 3 2
1961 MIN AL 33 1632 66% 75% 25% 110 95% 0 86 32 41 14 95 73 17 0 0 5 1 2 2 4 32 8 9 9 0 30 11 18 1 1 0
1961 NYY AL 33 133 64% 75% 25% 9 89% 0 9 3 6 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1962 BOS AL 34 1419 59% 74% 23% 111 94% 1 64 27 27 10 90 81 8 0 1 6 0 6 0 6 21 7 6 6 1 20 7 13 1 0 1
1962 NYY AL 34 7 71% 71% 43% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BOS AL 35 701 55% 78% 24% 63 94% 0 36 12 18 6 58 44 11 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 5 2 4 0 12 5 7 1 1 0
10 Seasons 30421 64% 78% 25% 2672 93% 9 1915 724 829 364 2167 1839 247 5 34 91 5 69 17 63 559 203 110 135 20 509 162 332 37 20 14
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1954 NYG NL 26 844 68% 79% 26% 71 93% 0 18 13 4 1 53 43 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1955 NYG NL 27 189 61% 76% 20% 14 100% 0 5 5 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 28 152 56% 81% 22% 13 92% 0 3 3 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 31 26 46% 77% 12% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 33 895 68% 75% 23% 77 91% 3 26 20 3 3 52 35 12 2 3 4 0 2 2 2 6 5 1 6 0 0 0 3 0%
1961 MIN AL 33 71 63% 79% 23% 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BOS AL 34 262 77% 77% 21% 28 86% 1 5 3 2 0 19 14 4 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1962 NYY AL 34 4 100% 75% 75% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BOS AL 35 13 69% 100% 15% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2456 67% 77% 24% 214 91% 4 59 46 9 4 148 112 28 4 4 10 0 7 3 7 9 8 1 9 0 0 0 7 43%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

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
1954 NYG NL 26 101 71% 72% 28% 15 93% 0 5 4 1 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 27 880 67% 82% 30% 95 88% 0 41 21 19 1 74 46 24 0 1 8 0 7 1 7 20 13 0 5 1 1 20 13 7 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 28 531 68% 76% 28% 57 93% 1 24 6 12 6 47 36 8 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 29 285 71% 76% 25% 29 97% 0 12 3 7 2 26 19 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0
1958 BAL AL 30 145 70% 76% 24% 10 100% 0 5 3 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 31 7 43% 100% 29% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 WSH AL 32 133 69% 80% 26% 16 88% 0 5 3 1 1 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1962 BOS AL 34 140 59% 79% 31% 16 100% 0 5 1 3 1 15 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2222 68% 79% 28% 239 92% 1 97 41 44 12 191 138 46 0 2 12 0 11 1 10 32 19 3 7 1 1 31 22 9 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

* 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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