Rob Gardner
Richard Frank Gardner
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 176 lb.

Born: December 19, 1944 in Binghamton, NY
High School: Central (Binghamton, NY)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1965
Final Game: July 13, 1973
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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
1965 NYM NL 20 P 5 4 28.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.25 1.40 .957 2.09 0.82
1966 NYM NL 21 P 41 17 133.2 29 4 24 1 1 .966 1.89 0.68 .945 1.96 0.74
1967 CHC NL 22 P 18 5 31.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.99 0.39 .957 1.99 0.78
1968 CLE AL 23 P 5 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.72
1970 NYY AL 25 P 1 1 7.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 1.00 .900 1.84 0.70
1971 TOT AL 26 P 6 1 10.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.53 0.50 .967 2.02 0.77
1971 NYY AL 26 P 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.75
1971 OAK AL 26 P 4 1 7.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.52 0.75 .967 2.00 0.78
1972 NYY AL 27 P 20 14 97.0 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 1.39 0.75 .947 1.86 0.75
1973 TOT AL 28 P 13 0 20.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.80 0.31 .950 1.84 0.86
1973 OAK AL 28 P 3 0 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.84 0.87
1973 MIL AL 28 P 10 0 12.2 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.84 0.40 .950 1.85 0.86
8 Seasons P 109 42 331.0 66 11 54 1 4 .985 1.77 0.60 .948 1.94 0.77
8 Seasons TOT 109 42 331.0 66 11 54 1 4 .985 1.77 0.60 .933 1.94 0.77

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
1965 NYM NL 20 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYM NL 21 43 17 43 43 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1967 CHC NL 22 18 5 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 23 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 NYY AL 25 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 26 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 26 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 27 20 14 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIL AL 28 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 OAK AL 28 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 111 42 98 111 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 NYM NL 20 116 77% 26% 6 100% 0 2 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1966 NYM NL 21 623 77% 26% 26 88% 0 3 0 2 24 22 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1967 CHC NL 22 136 84% 30% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 23 16 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 NYY AL 25 34 71% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 26 34 76% 15% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 NYY AL 26 14 71% 7% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 27 417 79% 27% 15 93% 1 2 0 1 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1973 MIL AL 28 67 72% 24% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1973 OAK AL 28 32 81% 19% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1489 78% 26% 60 93% 1 10 2 5 55 45 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 16 88%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* 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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