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Brett Gardner

Brett M. Gardner

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 24, 1983 in Holly Hill, SC
High School: Holly Hill Academy (Holly Hill, SC)
School: College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 2008
Team: Yankees 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.8M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.072, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2008 24 NYY AL 42 141 127 18 29 5 2 0 16 13 1 8 30 .228 .283 .299 .582 53 38 0 2 3 1 0 87/D
2009 25 NYY AL 108 284 248 48 67 6 6 3 23 26 5 26 40 .270 .345 .379 .724 87 94 3 3 6 1 0 8/D
2010 26 NYY AL 150 569 477 97 132 20 7 5 47 47 9 79 101 .277 .383 .379 .762 105 181 6 5 5 3 1 *78/D
2011 27 NYY AL 159 588 510 87 132 19 8 7 36 49 13 60 93 .259 .345 .369 .713 91 188 5 8 8 2 1 *78
2012 28 NYY AL 9 34 28 5 9 2 0 0 3 2 0 5 7 .321 .424 .393 .817 123 11 0 0 1 0 0 /7
5 Yrs 468 1616 1390 255 369 52 23 15 125 137 28 178 271 .265 .355 .368 .723 92 512 14 18 23 7 2
162 Game Avg. 162 559 481 88 128 18 8 5 43 47 10 62 94 .265 .355 .368 .723 92 177 5 6 8 2 1

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
2008 24 NYY AL 42 141 -9 3 1 12 -0 6 0.8 5 11 1.2 .516 .504 -0.1 1.2 -1 $ 87/D
2009 25 NYY AL 108 284 -3 5 2 7 1 12 1.3 10 21 2.2 .511 .507 1.5 0.9 14 $414,000 8/D
2010 26 NYY AL 150 569 7 8 3 35 -5 48 5.2 19 67 7.0 .534 .531 3.3 3.3 32 $452,500 *78/D
2011 27 NYY AL 159 588 -9 5 2 23 -6 16 1.8 20 36 3.6 .510 .510 1.3 1.9 12 $529,500 *78
2012 28 NYY AL 9 34 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /7
5 Seasons 468 1616 -13 21 9 77 -11 82 9.2 55 137 14.2 .518 .511 6.2 7.3 60 $1,396,000

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
2008 24 NYY AL 141 103 13 3.4 108 .296 .228 .272 .283 .340 .299 .427 .582 .767 53 .331 -9.0 -0.9 .606 .228 .071 .0
2009 25 NYY AL 284 196 37 5.0 112 .311 .270 .273 .345 .343 .379 .438 .724 .781 87 .497 -5.4 -0.5 .762 .298 .109 5.4
2010 26 NYY AL 569 368 82 6.0 105 .340 .277 .267 .383 .336 .379 .418 .762 .754 105 .609 5.9 0.6 .842 .348 .103 9.0
2011 27 NYY AL 588 406 73 4.8 105 .303 .259 .267 .345 .333 .369 .423 .713 .756 91 .519 -6.7 -0.7 .737 .298 .110 12.3
2012 28 NYY AL 34 20 6 8.1 103 .429 .321 .260 .424 .329 .393 .420 .817 .748 123 .739 1.2 0.1 .947 .321 .071 .0
5 Yrs 1616 1093 211 5.2 106 .319 .265 .268 .355 .336 .368 .424 .723 .761 92 .539 -14.0 -1.3 .769 .309 .103 27.0
162 Game Avg. 559 378 73 5.2 106 .319 .265 .268 .355 .336 .368 .424 .723 .761 92 .539 -14.0 -1.3 .769 .309 .103 9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 25 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 NYY AL ALCS LAA W 6 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 1 0 0
2009 25 NYY AL WS PHI W 5 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .200 .250 .200 .450 2 0 0 0 1 0
2010 26 NYY AL ALCS TEX L 6 20 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 .176 .263 .176 .440 3 0 0 1 0 0
2011 27 NYY AL ALDS DET L 5 18 17 3 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .412 .444 .471 .915 8 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 28 64 57 8 14 1 0 0 7 3 2 4 16 .246 .290 .263 .553 15 0 0 2 1 0
3 ALDS 11 30 27 4 9 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 7 .333 .367 .370 .737 10 0 0 0 1 0
2 ALCS 12 24 20 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 5 .250 .318 .250 .568 5 0 0 2 0 0
1 WS 5 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2008 24 NYY AL 141 0.0% 21.3% 5.7% 5.0% 24% 3.75 4.2 7.9 0.92 0.97 70% 17% 0.0% 14%
2009 25 NYY AL 284 1.1% 14.1% 9.2% 5.3% 22% 1.54 6.2 82.7 10.8 1.00 1.32 73% 16% 3.5% 17%
2010 26 NYY AL 569 0.9% 17.8% 13.9% 5.6% 24% 1.28 4.7 95.4 10.1 1.13 1.44 66% 18% 3.4% 15%
2011 27 NYY AL 588 1.2% 15.8% 10.2% 5.8% 26% 1.55 5.5 72.9 14.2 1.18 1.24 70% 15% 5.1% 24%
2012 28 NYY AL 34 0.0% 20.6% 14.7% 5.9% 22% 1.40 4.0 9.3 0.50 0.63 62% 41% 0.0% 7%
5 Yrs 1616 0.9% 16.8% 11.0% 5.6% 24% 1.52 5.1 92.7 11.1 1.09 1.27 69% 17% 3.5% 18%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.13 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 24 NYY AL -9.0 -0.9 159 0.4 3.0 -2.5 1.10 -0.4 0.8 -1.5 -0.1 0.96 -6.7 0.05 1
2009 25 NYY AL -5.4 -0.5 324 0.7 5.4 -4.8 1.02 0.3 0.3 8.9 0.8 0.95 4.3 1.44 6
2010 26 NYY AL 5.9 0.6 638 1.2 9.8 -8.6 .94 1.7 -0.4 17.1 1.6 0.99 15.3 0.98 3
2011 27 NYY AL -7.9 -0.8 661 -1.0 9.0 -10.1 .96 -0.4 -0.6 -9.4 -0.9 1.01 -5.0 1.52 1
2012 28 NYY AL 1.2 0.1 37 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1.01 0.1 0.1 3.0 0.3 0.92 1.0 0
5 Yrs -15.2 -1.5 1819 1.5 27.9 -26.5 .97 1.2 0.3 18.1 1.7 0.99 8.9 1.20 11

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
2008 24 NYY AL 1 0 46% 52 13 1 93% 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 9 2 7
2009 25 NYY AL 4 0 48% 115 26 5 84% 21 4 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 11 42% 20 9 10 1 0 1 15 10 4
2010 26 NYY AL 7 0 44% 240 47 9 84% 43 8 3 1 1 0 5 2 4 19 53% 27 16 10 9 3 6 26 9 17
2011 27 NYY AL 4 0 42% 240 49 13 79% 40 12 9 1 0 0 5 4 4 15 47% 34 22 12 6 1 5 22 9 12
2012 28 NYY AL 0 0 36% 7 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 75% 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2
5 Yrs 16 0 44% 654 137 28 83% 118 25 18 2 1 1 14 7 13 50 50% 85 49 34 17 5 12 74 30 42

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
2008 24 NYY AL 141 82% 29 7 1 1 0 0 0 0.05 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 23 0 0% 14 6 43% 82 16 20% 9 6 67% 8 4 50% 0
2009 25 NYY AL 284 77% 67 16 1 6 2 0 0 1.44 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 1 9 6 67% 48 3 6% 20 9 45% 154 22 14% 9 6 67% 9 6 67% 0
2010 26 NYY AL 569 70% 132 32 7 3 0 0 0 0.98 5 1 18 3 2 5 0 1 12 5 42% 103 6 6% 48 18 38% 385 47 12% 33 20 61% 18 12 67% 0
2011 27 NYY AL 588 79% 132 44 13 1 0 0 0 1.52 7 0 20 7 0 4 3 0 16 8 50% 95 5 5% 52 16 31% 321 30 9% 26 11 42% 24 11 46% 0
2012 28 NYY AL 34 74% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 1 1 100% 21 3 14% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
5 Yrs 1616 76% 369 100 22 11 2 0 0 1.20 15 1 46 13 2 10 5 2 41 23 56% 276 14 5% 135 50 37% 963 118 12% 79 44 56% 60 34 57% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 24 NYY AL 141 547 3.88 361 66% 41% 6% 25% 28% 59% 0% 39% 91% 13% 4% 6 0 14% 20 7 5% 7 5 53% 0 0 0
2009 25 NYY AL 284 1150 4.05 715 62% 45% 7% 19% 30% 55% 0% 34% 88% 11% 3% 9 0 13% 38 6 11% 31 16 30% 0 0 0
2010 26 NYY AL 570 2625 4.61 1574 60% 48% 5% 23% 24% 52% 0% 31% 90% 7% 5% 31 0 19% 107 18 15% 84 16 43% -1 0 0
2011 27 NYY AL 590 2466 4.18 1500 61% 41% 6% 25% 28% 59% 0% 36% 90% 12% 6% 33 1 18% 106 43 12% 70 27 44% -2 0 0
2012 28 NYY AL 34 143 4.21 86 60% 43% 7% 24% 26% 57% 0% 34% 88% 12% 12% 4 0 15% 5 0 21% 7 2 43% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1619 6931 4.28 4236 61% 44% 6% 23% 27% 56% 0% 34% 90% 10% 5% 83 1 17% 276 74 12% 199 66 42% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2008 24 42 141 127 18 29 5 2 0 16 13 1 8 30 .228 .283 .299 .582 53 38 0 2 3 1 0
2009 25 150 425 375 66 96 11 8 3 39 39 6 34 70 .256 .325 .352 .677 76 132 3 5 9 2 0
2010 26 300 994 852 163 228 31 15 8 86 86 15 113 171 .268 .358 .367 .726 92 313 9 10 14 5 1
2011 27 459 1582 1362 250 360 50 23 15 122 135 28 173 264 .264 .353 .368 .721 92 501 14 18 22 7 2
2012 28 468 1616 1390 255 369 52 23 15 125 137 28 178 271 .265 .355 .368 .723 92 512 14 18 23 7 2

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
2008 24 42 140 126 17 28 5 2 0 15 13 8 30 .222 .277 .294 .571 10 42
2009 25 108 281 246 45 65 6 6 3 22 25 25 40 .264 .338 .374 .712 30 108
2010 26 150 569 477 97 132 20 7 5 47 47 79 101 .277 .383 .379 .762 69 150
2011 27 159 585 508 85 130 19 8 7 35 48 59 93 .256 .341 .366 .708 62 159
2012 28 9 34 28 5 9 2 0 0 3 2 5 7 .321 .424 .393 .817 5 9
5 Yrs 468 1609 1385 249 364 52 23 15 122 135 176 271 .263 .352 .366 .718 176 468
162 Game Avg. 162 557 479 86 126 18 8 5 42 47 61 94 .263 .352 .366 .718 61 468

* 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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2010 AL  7.0 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2010 AL  7.0 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 AL  3.3 (1st)
2011 AL  1.9 (8th)
Active  7.3 (34th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2010 AL  .383 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 AL  159 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2010 AL  97 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
2010 AL  7 (5th)
2011 AL  8 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  79 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2010 AL  47 (3rd)
2011 AL  49 (1st)
Active  137 (35th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2010 AL  9 (10th)
2011 AL  13 (3rd)

SB % s c a p y
2009 AL  83.87 (9th)
2010 AL  83.93 (9th)
Active  83.03 (9th)
Career  83.03 (19th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (604), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1326), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Gus Williams (970)
  2. Jim Norris (966)
  3. Herm McFarland (961)
  4. Al Wickland (960)
  5. Fred Odwell (959)
  6. Richie Scheinblum (958)
  7. Jim Gleeson (956)
  8. Tom Poquette (956)
  9. Jimmy Sebring (955)
  10. Leon Culberson (955)
Similar Batters through 27 
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  1. Gus Williams (970)
  2. Jo-Jo White (970)
  3. Brett Butler (969)
  4. George Tebeau (968)
  5. Pat Kelly (963)
  6. Mookie Wilson (961)
  7. Randy Winn (961)
  8. Endy Chavez (958)
  9. Hosken Powell (957)
  10. Greg Briley (956)
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  1. Alex Ochoa (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gus Williams (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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