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Larry Gardner
William Lawrence Gardner
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 13, 1886 in Enosburg Falls, VT
School: University of Vermont
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1908. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1908
Final Game: September 6, 1924
Died: March 11, 1976 in St.George, VT
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Standard Batting

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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
1908 22 BOS AL 3 10 10 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700 124 4 0 0 /5
1909 23 BOS AL 19 45 37 7 11 1 2 0 5 1 4 .297 .381 .432 .813 154 16 1 3 /56
1910 24 BOS AL 113 475 413 55 117 12 10 2 36 8 41 .283 .354 .375 .729 126 155 4 17 *4
1911 25 BOS AL 138 593 492 80 140 17 8 4 44 27 64 .285 .373 .376 .749 110 185 5 32 54
1912 26 BOS AL 143 590 517 88 163 24 18 3 86 25 56 .315 .383 .449 .832 133 232 1 16 *5 MVP-14
1913 27 BOS AL 131 535 473 64 133 17 10 0 63 18 47 34 .281 .347 .359 .707 104 170 1 14 *5
1914 28 BOS AL 155 599 553 50 143 23 19 3 68 16 23 35 39 .259 .303 .385 .688 107 213 0 11 *5
1915 29 BOS AL 127 500 430 51 111 14 6 1 55 11 12 39 24 .258 .327 .326 .653 98 140 5 26 *5
1916 30 BOS AL 148 566 493 47 152 19 7 2 62 12 48 27 .308 .372 .387 .759 127 191 2 23 *5
1917 31 BOS AL 146 598 501 53 133 23 7 1 61 16 54 37 .265 .341 .345 .686 110 173 3 40 *5
1918 32 PHA AL 127 522 463 50 132 22 6 1 52 9 43 22 .285 .346 .365 .711 113 169 0 16 *5
1919 33 CLE AL 139 597 524 67 157 29 7 2 79 7 39 29 .300 .352 .393 .745 104 206 3 31 *5
1920 34 CLE AL 154 683 597 72 185 31 11 3 118 3 20 53 25 .310 .367 .414 .781 103 247 1 32 *5
1921 35 CLE AL 153 686 586 101 187 32 14 3 120 3 3 65 16 .319 .391 .437 .828 109 256 4 31 *5
1922 36 CLE AL 137 538 470 74 134 31 3 2 68 9 8 49 21 .285 .355 .377 .732 89 177 2 17 *5
1923 37 CLE AL 52 93 79 4 20 5 1 0 12 0 1 12 7 .253 .352 .342 .693 83 27 0 2 5
1924 38 CLE AL 38 55 50 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 1 .200 .273 .200 .473 22 10 0 0 /54
17 Seasons 1923 7685 6688 866 1931 301 129 27 934 165 68 654 282 .289 .355 .384 .739 109 2571 32 311
162 Game Avg. 162 647 563 73 163 25 11 2 79 14 55 .289 .355 .384 .739 109 217 3 26
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
BOS (10 yrs) 1123 4511 3919 495 1106 151 87 16 481 134 35 388 161 .282 .350 .377 .728 115 1479 22 182
CLE (6 yrs) 673 2652 2306 321 693 128 36 10 401 22 33 223 99 .301 .365 .400 .765 99 923 10 113
PHA (1 yr) 127 522 463 50 132 22 6 1 52 9 43 22 .285 .346 .365 .711 113 169 0 16

Postseason Batting

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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
1912 26 BOS AL WS NYG W 8 34 28 4 5 2 1 1 5 0 0 2 5 .179 .250 .429 .679 12 0 1 2 1 0
1915 29 BOS AL WS PHI W 5 19 17 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235 .278 .353 .631 6 1 0 1 0 0
1916 30 BOS AL WS BRO W 5 19 17 2 3 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 2 .176 .167 .529 .696 9 0 0 1 1 0
1920 34 CLE AL WS BRO W 7 26 24 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .208 .231 .250 .481 6 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 25 98 86 9 17 3 2 3 13 0 0 4 8 .198 .234 .384 .618 33 1 1 4 3 0
4 WS 25 98 86 9 17 3 2 3 13 0 0 4 8 .198 .234 .384 .618 33 1 1 4 3 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1908 BOS AL 22 3B 3 7 2 2 3 0 .571 1.33 .957 3.20
1909 BOS AL 23 3B 8 20 4 12 4 0 .800 2.00 .940 3.32
1909 BOS AL 23 SS 5 11 6 4 1 1 .909 2.00 .927 5.16
1910 BOS AL 24 2B 113 574 222 320 32 28 .944 4.80 .945 4.91
1911 BOS AL 25 3B 72 263 92 161 10 3 .962 3.51 .927 3.26
1911 BOS AL 25 2B 62 360 152 195 13 31 .964 5.60 .948 4.94
1912 BOS AL 26 3B 143 498 167 296 35 16 .930 3.24 .919 3.27 MVP-14
1913 BOS AL 27 3B 130 367 126 220 21 13 .943 2.66 .934 3.08
1914 BOS AL 28 3B 153 530 187 312 31 18 .942 3.26 .936 3.14
1915 BOS AL 29 3B 127 387 134 227 26 16 .933 2.84 .924 3.01
1916 BOS AL 30 3B 147 448 149 278 21 24 .953 2.90 .938 3.23
1917 BOS AL 31 3B 146 494 148 315 31 18 .937 3.17 .941 3.23
1918 PHA AL 32 3B 127 466 158 291 17 33 .964 3.54 .947 3.25
1919 CLE AL 33 3B 139 459 143 291 25 23 .946 3.12 .950 3.24
1920 CLE AL 34 3B 154 531 156 362 13 32 .976 3.36 .944 3.45
1921 CLE AL 35 3B 152 541 179 335 27 23 .950 3.38 .952 3.26
1922 CLE AL 36 3B 128 412 133 259 20 24 .951 3.06 .950 3.24
1923 CLE AL 37 3B 19 53 10 41 2 2 .962 2.68 .943 3.27
1924 CLE AL 38 3B 8 8 1 6 1 1 .875 0.88 .950 3.01
1924 CLE AL 38 2B 6 22 8 12 2 1 .909 3.33 .968 5.38
16 Seasons 3B 1656 5484 1789 3408 287 246 .948 3.14 .939 3.22
3 Seasons 2B 181 956 382 527 47 60 .951 5.02 .947 4.94
1 Season SS 5 11 6 4 1 1 .909 2.00 .927 5.16
17 Seasons TOT 1842 6451 2177 3939 335 307 .948 3.32 .889 3.40
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1912-AL-14-6%
0.06 Career Shares (1033rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1912 AL--.315--9th
1916 AL--.308--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1912 AL--.383--9th
1916 AL--.372--8th

Slugging % s c a p y
1912 AL--.449--7th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1912 AL--.832--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1914 AL--155--8th
1918 AL--127--7th
1919 AL--139--9th
1920 AL--154--1st
1921 AL--153--8th

At Bats s c a p y
1919 AL--524--9th
1920 AL--597--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1919 AL--597--9th
1920 AL--683--8th
1921 AL--686--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1914 AL--213--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1914 AL--23--8th
1918 AL--22--7th

Triples s c a p y
1912 AL--18--5th
1914 AL--19--2nd
1921 AL--14--7th
Career--129--82nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1911 AL--4--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1912 AL--86--8th
1914 AL--68--10th
1919 AL--79--10th
1920 AL--118--5th
1921 AL--120--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1911 AL--64--8th

Singles s c a p y
1916 AL--124--10th
1920 AL--140--10th
1921 AL--138--10th
Career--1474--209th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1912 AL--133--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1912 AL--89--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1912 AL--21--9th
1916 AL--16--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1912 AL--2.3--9th
1916 AL--1.8--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1912 AL--45--9th
1914 AL--45--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1921 AL--256--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1912 AL--.710--8th
1916 AL--.685--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1911 AL--32--2nd
1917 AL--40--5th
1919 AL--31--8th
1920 AL--32--7th
1921 AL--31--7th
Career--311--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1920 AL--20--2nd

AB per SO s c a p y
1916 AL--18.3--7th
1921 AL--36.6--7th
Career--18.5--131st

Outs Made s c a p y
1919 AL--398--10th
1920 AL--464--5th

Oldest s c a p y
1920 AL--born 1886-05-13--10th
1921 AL--born 1886-05-13--6th
1922 AL--born 1886-05-13--7th
1923 AL--born 1886-05-13--5th
1924 AL--born 1886-05-13--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 51 (491), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (551), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (627), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jimmy Collins (893) *
  6. Milt Stock (892)
  7. Pete Runnels (892)
  8. Larry Doyle (874)
  9. George Kell (867) *
  10. Harry Steinfeldt (865)
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  7. Bernie Friberg (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bernie Friberg (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Ossie Bluege (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 8, 1908: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

January 10, 1918: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with a player to be named later and Hick Cady to the Philadelphia Athletics for Stuffy McInnis. The Boston Red Sox sent Tilly Walker (February 20, 1918) to the Philadelphia Athletics to complete the trade.

March 1, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Charlie Jamieson and Elmer Myers to the Cleveland Indians for Braggo Roth.

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