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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
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 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$530k (11), 1 yr/$2.8M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.072, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 5:08PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1107. Kelly Gruber… #1108. Willie Upshaw… #1109. Gary Pettis… #1110. BRETT GARDNER… #1111. Hank Severeid… #1112. Otis Nixon… #1113. Jackie Brandt… 

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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
2009 25 NYY AL 108 284 248 48 67 6 6 3 23 26 5 26 40 .270 .345 .379 .724 88 94 3 3 6 1 0
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 *
2011 27 NYY AL 159 588 510 87 132 19 8 7 36 49 13 60 93 .259 .345 .369 .713 89 188 5 8 8 2 1 *78
4 Seasons 459 1582 1362 250 360 50 23 15 122 135 28 173 264 .264 .353 .368 .721 91 501 14 18 22 7 2
162 Game Avg. 162 558 481 88 127 18 8 5 43 48 10 61 93 .264 .353 .368 .721 91 177 5 6 8 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 24 NYY AL 141 -9 3 0 1 7 -1 5 6 0.6 -1 -0.1 0.7 $
2009 25 NYY AL 284 -3 4 1 3 1 1 10 16 1.5 15 1.4 0.1 $414,000
2010 26 NYY AL 569 7 8 1 3 19 -5 19 53 5.2 34 3.3 1.9 $452,500 *
2011 27 NYY AL 588 -8 6 -2 2 34 -6 20 47 4.4 12 1.2 3.2 $529,500 *78
4 Seasons 1582 -13 21 -0 9 62 -11 54 122 11.7 60 5.8 5.9 $1,396,000

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
3 Seasons (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

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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 83 78 5 0 0 1.000 7 10 2.18 .986 2.28
2008 NYY AL 24 CF 22 17 16 160.2 57 53 4 0 0 1.000 5 10 39 75 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
2009 NYY AL 25 OF 99 191 186 3 2 2 .990 1 9 1.91 .987 2.30
2009 NYY AL 25 CF 99 63 58 628.2 191 186 3 2 2 .990 1 9 2 17 2.71 1.91 .992 2.73 2.70
2010 NYY AL 26 OF 146 300 287 12 1 2 .997 19 16 2.05 .986 2.28
2010 NYY AL 26 LF 123 96 84 906.0 210 200 9 1 1 .995 21 13 27 17 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 3 -6 12 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 35 22 33 21 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 32 22 33 23 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 39 0 2.73 1.56 .990 2.61 2.59
4 Seasons OF 439 134 118 1251.0 908 873 27 8 7 .991 62 57 59 20 2.37 2.05 .986 2.28 2.28
3 Seasons LF 289 235 210 2210.0 541 519 17 5 4 .991 54 35 29 19 2.18 1.85 .982 2.10 2.08
4 Seasons CF 183 128 103 1186.2 367 354 10 3 3 .992 8 22 8 22 2.76 1.99 .991 2.72 2.69
4 Seasons TOT 439 134 118 1251.0 908 873 27 8 7 .991 62 114 59 109 2.37 2.05 .986 2.28 2.28
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2010 AL  5.2 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 AL  1.9 (1st)
2011 AL  3.2 (1st)
Active  5.9 (30th)
Career  5.9 (217th)

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  135 (41st)

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

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2010 AL  19 (1st)
2011 AL  35 (1st)

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

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

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  54 (2nd)
Career  54 (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 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2010 AL  19 (1st)
2011 AL  35 (1st)
Active  62 (7th)
Career  62 (46th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1348), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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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)
Most Similar by Ages 
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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

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
200925New York Yankees$414,000
201026New York Yankees$452,500
201127New York Yankees$529,500
201228New York Yankees$2,800,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,396,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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