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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-Roberts HS (Holly Hill, NC)
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 (Age 24)
Team: Yankees 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.85M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.072, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Pro Star Management, Inc. [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 22, 2013 8:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1208. Jay Payton… #1209. Babe Phelps… #1210. Kelly Shoppach… #1211. BRETT GARDNER… #1212. Mule Haas… #1213. Harry Lord… #1214. Dan Wilson… 

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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 92 188 5 8 8 2 1 *78
2012 28 NYY AL 16 37 31 7 10 2 0 0 3 2 2 5 7 .323 .417 .387 .804 122 12 0 0 1 0 0 7
2013 29 NYY AL 45 195 172 23 44 8 3 3 16 9 3 18 41 .256 .328 .390 .718 94 67 5 1 3 1 0 *8
6 Yrs 520 1814 1565 280 414 60 26 18 141 146 33 196 312 .265 .352 .371 .722 93 580 19 19 26 8 2
162 Game Avg. 162 565 488 87 129 19 8 6 44 45 10 61 97 .265 .352 .371 .722 93 181 6 6 8 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 7 0.8 5 12 1.3 .517 .504 0.0 1.2 -0 87/D
2009 25 NYY AL 108 284 -3 5 3 7 1 12 1.3 11 23 2.3 .511 .508 1.6 0.9 16 $414,000 8/D
2010 26 NYY AL 150 569 8 8 3 35 -5 49 5.3 21 70 7.4 .535 .532 3.7 3.3 35 $452,500 *78/D
2011 27 NYY AL 159 588 -9 5 2 23 -5 16 1.8 22 38 3.9 .511 .510 1.5 1.9 15 $529,500 *78
2012 28 NYY AL 16 37 1 -1 0 1 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.1 1 $2,800,000 7
2013 29 NYY AL 45 195 -3 2 -0 3 1 3 0.4 7 10 1.1 .507 .502 0.7 0.5 7 $2,850,000 *8
6 Seasons 520 1814 -16 22 8 81 -8 88 9.6 68 156 16.2 .518 .509 7.6 7.9 74 $7,046,000

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
2012 28 NYY AL ALDS BAL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 28 NYY AL ALCS DET L 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (8 Series) 33 72 65 8 14 1 0 0 7 5 2 4 17 .215 .257 .231 .488 15 0 0 2 1 0
4 ALDS 13 30 27 4 9 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 7 .333 .367 .370 .737 10 0 0 0 1 0
3 ALCS 15 32 28 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 6 .179 .233 .179 .412 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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2008 NYY AL 24 OF 38 32 30 306.0 83 78 5 0 0 1.000 7 12 29 47 2.44 2.18 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 NYY AL 24 CF 22 17 16 160.2 57 53 4 0 0 1.000 5 12 39 90 3.19 2.59 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 NYY AL 24 LF 17 15 14 145.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 2 0 17 0 1.61 1.53 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 NYY AL 24 DH 1 0
2009 NYY AL 25 CF 99 63 58 628.2 191 186 3 2 2 .990 1 7 2 13 2.71 1.91 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 NYY AL 25 OF 99 63 58 628.2 191 186 3 2 2 .990 1 7 2 13 2.71 1.91 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 NYY AL 25 DH 3 0
2010 NYY AL 26 OF 146 134 107 1211.0 300 287 12 1 2 .997 19 35 19 34 2.22 2.05 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 NYY AL 26 LF 123 96 84 906.0 210 200 9 1 1 .995 21 26 27 34 2.08 1.70 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 NYY AL 26 CF 44 38 23 305.0 90 87 3 0 1 1.000 -2 9 -6 35 2.66 2.05 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 NYY AL 26 DH 2 0
2011 NYY AL 27 OF 156 134 118 1251.0 334 322 7 5 3 .985 34 23 33 22 2.37 2.11 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 NYY AL 27 LF 149 124 112 1158.2 305 294 7 4 3 .987 31 23 33 24 2.34 2.02 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 NYY AL 27 CF 18 10 6 92.1 29 28 0 1 0 .966 3 0 38 0 2.73 1.56 .990 2.61 2.59
2012 NYY AL 28 LF 15 8 8 85.1 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -12 14 1.58 1.00 .984 1.94 1.93
2012 NYY AL 28 OF 15 8 8 85.1 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -12 14 1.58 1.00 .986 2.17 2.16
2013 NYY AL 29 CF 45 42 40 380.0 105 104 1 0 0 1.000 -5 3 -15 9 2.49 2.33 .992 2.68 2.66
2013 NYY AL 29 OF 45 42 40 380.0 105 104 1 0 0 1.000 -5 3 -15 9 2.49 2.33 .989 2.23 2.21
6 Seasons OF 499 413 361 3862.0 1028 991 29 8 7 .992 56 81 17 25 2.38 2.04 .986 2.29 2.27
4 Seasons LF 304 243 218 2295.1 556 533 18 5 4 .991 53 50 28 26 2.16 1.81 .983 2.09 2.07
5 Seasons CF 228 170 143 1566.2 472 458 11 3 3 .994 3 31 2 23 2.69 2.06 .991 2.71 2.68
6 Seasons TOT 499 413 361 3862.0 1028 991 29 8 7 .992 56 81 17 25 2.38 2.04 .986 2.29 2.27
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2010 AL  7.4 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2010 AL  7.4 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 AL  3.3 (1st)
2011 AL  1.9 (8th)
Active  7.9 (30th)

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

Games Played s c a p y
2011 AL  159 (4th)
2013 AL  45 (5th)

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)
2013 AL  3 (3rd)

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)
2013 AL  9 (4th)
Active  146 (28th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2013 AL  3 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2010 AL  9 (10th)
2011 AL  13 (3rd)
2013 AL  3 (3rd)

SB % s c a p y
2009 AL  83.87 (9th)
2010 AL  83.93 (9th)
Active  81.56 (18th)
Career  81.56 (31st)

Outs Made s c a p y
2013 AL  140 (9th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2010 AL  19 (1st)
2011 AL  34 (1st)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  123 (4th)
2011 AL  149 (2nd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  200 (5th)
2011 AL  294 (2nd)
Active  533 (21st)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  9 (2nd)
2011 AL  7 (2nd)
Active  18 (22nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  4 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (4th)
2011 AL  3 (1st)
Active  4 (17th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  45 (1st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  104 (4th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  1 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  2 (4th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2011 AL  156 (2nd)
2013 AL  45 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2013 AL  104 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2010 AL  12 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  21 (1st)
2011 AL  31 (1st)
Active  53 (2nd)
Career  53 (11th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2011 AL  2.34 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  2.02 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  .995 (2nd)
2011 AL  .987 (4th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  1.000 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2010 AL  19 (1st)
2011 AL  34 (1st)
Active  56 (8th)
Career  56 (59th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2010 AL  .997 (5th)
2013 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (613), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 16 (1166), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1338), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1820), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (148th), 15.1 career WAR/15.1 7yr-peak WAR/15.1 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Gus Williams (968)
  2. Jim Norris (963)
  3. Al Wickland (960)
  4. Herm McFarland (959)
  5. Richie Scheinblum (956)
  6. Tom Poquette (956)
  7. Fred Odwell (954)
  8. Jerome Walton (954)
  9. Tom O'Brien (954)
  10. Leon Culberson (953)
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  1. Bernie Neis (969)
  2. Harry Wolter (966)
  3. Chief Roseman (962)
  4. Al Pilarcik (958)
  5. Rick Miller (958)
  6. George Tebeau (958)
  7. Al Zarilla (957)
  8. Joe Christopher (957)
  9. Marlon Byrd (957)
  10. Jimmy Wasdell (957)
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  1. Alex Ochoa (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gus Williams (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bernie Neis (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200925New York Yankees$414,000
201026New York Yankees$452,500
201127New York Yankees$529,500
201228New York Yankees$2,800,000contracts
201329New York Yankees$2,850,000
2013 Status2nd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,046,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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