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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1965 20 NYM NL 0 2 .000 3.21 5 4 0 0 0 0 28.0 23 13 10 4 7 0 19 0 0 0 115 109 1.071 7.4 1.3 2.3 6.1 2.71
1966 21 NYM NL 4 8 .333 5.12 41 17 5 3 0 1 133.2 147 82 76 15 64 4 74 3 0 8 597 70 1.579 9.9 1.0 4.3 5.0 1.16
1967 22 CHC NL 0 2 .000 3.98 18 5 3 0 0 0 31.2 33 14 14 2 6 0 16 0 0 0 135 89 1.232 9.4 0.6 1.7 4.5 2.67
1968 23 CLE AL 0 0 6.75 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 3 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 15 44 2.625 16.9 0.0 6.8 20.3 3.00
1970 25 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 4.91 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 8 4 4 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 33 72 1.636 9.8 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.50
1971 26 TOT AL 0 0 2.53 6 1 2 0 0 0 10.2 11 3 3 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 47 132 1.500 9.3 0.8 4.2 5.9 1.40
1971 26 NYY AL 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 109 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
1971 26 OAK AL 0 0 2.35 4 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 8 2 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 34 143 1.435 9.4 1.2 3.5 5.9 1.67
1972 27 NYY AL 8 5 .615 3.06 20 14 3 1 0 0 97.0 91 43 33 9 28 3 58 0 0 5 408 96 1.227 8.4 0.8 2.6 5.4 2.07
1973 28 TOT AL 1 1 .500 8.10 13 0 4 0 0 1 20.0 27 18 18 2 17 0 7 1 0 0 99 45 2.200 12.2 0.9 7.7 3.2 0.41
1973 28 OAK AL 0 0 4.91 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 10 4 4 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 32 72 1.909 12.3 2.5 4.9 2.5 0.50
1973 28 MIL AL 1 1 .500 9.95 10 0 4 0 0 1 12.2 17 14 14 0 13 0 5 1 0 0 67 38 2.368 12.1 0.0 9.2 3.6 0.38
8 Seasons 14 18 .438 4.35 109 42 17 4 0 2 331.0 345 180 160 35 133 7 193 4 0 13 1449 78 1.444 9.4 1.0 3.6 5.2 1.45
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .438 4.35 49 19 8 2 0 1 149 155 81 72 16 60 3 87 2 0 6 653 78 1.444 9.4 1.0 3.6 5.2 1.45
NYY (3 yrs) 9 5 .643 3.19 23 15 4 1 0 0 107.1 102 48 38 11 34 3 66 0 0 5 454 94 1.267 8.6 0.9 2.9 5.5 1.94
NYM (2 yrs) 4 10 .286 4.79 46 21 5 3 0 1 161.2 170 95 86 19 71 4 93 3 0 8 712 75 1.491 9.5 1.1 4.0 5.2 1.31
OAK (2 yrs) 0 0 3.60 7 1 1 0 0 0 15.0 18 6 6 3 7 0 7 0 0 0 66 96 1.667 10.8 1.8 4.2 4.2 1.00
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 3 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 15 44 2.625 16.9 0.0 6.8 20.3 3.00
CHC (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.98 18 5 3 0 0 0 31.2 33 14 14 2 6 0 16 0 0 0 135 89 1.232 9.4 0.6 1.7 4.5 2.67
MIL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 9.95 10 0 4 0 0 1 12.2 17 14 14 0 13 0 5 1 0 0 67 38 2.368 12.1 0.0 9.2 3.6 0.38
AL (5 yrs) 10 6 .625 3.92 45 16 9 1 0 1 137.2 142 71 60 14 56 3 84 1 0 5 602 79 1.438 9.3 0.9 3.7 5.5 1.50
NL (3 yrs) 4 12 .250 4.66 64 26 8 3 0 1 193.1 203 109 100 21 77 4 109 3 0 8 847 77 1.448 9.5 1.0 3.6 5.1 1.42

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 20 NYM NL 5 114 105 13 23 3 1 4 1 0 7 19 .219 .268 .381 .649 .232 40 3 0 2 0 0
1966 21 NYM NL 41 597 516 82 147 22 3 15 9 6 64 74 .285 .366 .426 .793 .308 220 9 3 13 1 4
1967 22 CHC NL 18 135 127 14 33 1 2 2 0 1 6 16 .260 .289 .346 .635 .279 44 2 0 0 2 0
1968 23 CLE AL 5 15 12 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 .417 .467 .583 1.050 .714 7 0 0 0 1 0
1970 25 NYY AL 1 33 29 4 8 1 0 2 0 1 4 6 .276 .364 .517 .881 .286 15 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 TOT AL 6 47 41 3 11 3 0 1 0 1 5 7 .268 .348 .415 .762 .303 17 0 0 1 0 0
1971 26 NYY AL 2 13 11 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .273 .385 .545 .930 .333 6 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 OAK AL 4 34 30 2 8 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .267 .333 .367 .700 .292 11 0 0 1 0 0
1972 27 NYY AL 20 408 374 43 91 15 0 9 4 1 28 58 .243 .295 .356 .651 .266 133 5 0 5 1 3
1973 28 TOT AL 13 99 79 18 27 4 0 2 0 0 17 7 .342 .464 .468 .932 .357 37 4 1 2 0 0
1973 28 MIL AL 10 67 52 14 17 2 0 0 0 0 13 5 .327 .470 .365 .835 .362 19 1 1 1 0 0
1973 28 OAK AL 3 32 27 4 10 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 .370 .452 .667 1.118 .348 18 3 0 1 0 0
8 Seasons 109 1448 1283 180 345 51 6 35 14 10 133 193 .269 .338 .400 .738 .292 513 23 4 23 5 7
162 Game Avg. 49 652 578 81 155 23 3 16 6 5 60 87 .269 .338 .400 .738 .292 231 10 2 10 2 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1965 20 NYM NL 5 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 2 50% 58 112 28 0 0 1 3 2.0 1.4 6.8
1966 21 NYM NL 41 17 3 7 7 1 2 6 11 .353 1 2 3 0 6 35% 46 80 20 35 21 7 6 3.6 3.6 5.9
1967 22 CHC NL 18 5 0 2 3 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 0 0 1 20% 45 61 33 16 6 3 1 3.7 4.3 3.4
1970 25 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48 48 48 0 0 0 1 6.8 7.7 7.3
1971 26 TOT AL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 59 59 2 0 0 1 4.5 3.6 5.0
1971 26 OAK AL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 59 59 59 2 0 0 1 4.5 3.6 5.0
1972 27 NYY AL 20 14 8 4 2 0 1 10 4 .714 0 3 1 0 10 71% 57 76 27 13 6 3 6 3.8 3.6 6.3
6 Seasons 89 42 12 15 15 2 4 20 21 .488 3 5 4 0 19 45% 51 112 20 66 33 14 18 3.6 3.5 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1965 20 NYM NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1.204 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1966 21 NYM NL 41 24 5 1 1 3 1 2 33% 5 1 21 3 14% 6 1.116 5 7 12 5 0 19 13 11 13 11 15 6 4.3
1967 22 CHC NL 18 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 21% 8 1.068 5 0 8 0 4 9 7 6 6 5 6 4 3.4
1968 23 CLE AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3 38% 7 0.471 1 2 2 1 0 4 3 2 0 3 1 1 1.6
1971 26 TOT AL 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.796 1 1 2 0 1 4 0 5 1 1 1 1 3.4
1971 26 NYY AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.147 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1971 26 OAK AL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.044 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 2.7
1972 27 NYY AL 20 6 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 1.001 1 2 3 1 0 5 1 5 3 1 4 0 4.2
1973 28 TOT AL 13 13 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 5 3 17 2 12% 0.701 4 2 6 5 1 7 10 3 7 4 9 3 4.6
1973 28 OAK AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0.328 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 7.3
1973 28 MIL AL 10 10 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 5 3 14 1 7% 7 0.879 4 2 3 5 1 4 8 2 5 3 7 3 3.8
7 Seasons 108 67 17 2 3 5 2 3 40% 12 4 63 14 22% 1.039 17 14 34 12 6 49 35 32 30 25 36 15 3.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1965 20 NYM NL 115 82% 3.5% 16.7% 6.1% 7.0% 35% 0.91 72% 19 3 16%
1966 21 NYM NL 597 82% 2.5% 12.4% 10.7% 6.7% 27% 1.17 72% 123 9 7%
1967 22 CHC NL 135 73% 1.5% 11.9% 4.4% 3.7% 15% 1.00 82% 35 2 6%
1968 23 CLE AL 15 60% 0.0% 40.0% 13.3% 13.3% 40% 0.00 47% 3 0 0%
1970 25 NYY AL 33 88% 6.1% 18.2% 12.1% 9.1% 38% 1.14 64% 7 0 0%
1971 26 TOT AL 47 74% 2.1% 14.9% 10.6% 8.5% 36% 0.41 70% 9 0 0%
1971 26 NYY AL 13 85% 0.0% 15.4% 15.4% 23.1% 100% 0.20 69% 0 0
1971 26 OAK AL 34 71% 2.9% 14.7% 8.8% 2.9% 13% 0.50 71% 9 0 0%
1972 27 NYY AL 408 79% 2.2% 14.2% 6.9% 5.9% 26% 0.85 75% 63 5 8%
1973 28 TOT AL 99 66% 2.0% 7.1% 17.2% 6.1% 22% 1.08 71% 29 4 14%
1973 28 OAK AL 32 59% 6.3% 6.3% 12.5% 12.5% 40% 0.90 72% 8 3 38%
1973 28 MIL AL 67 69% 0.0% 7.5% 19.4% 3.0% 12% 1.20 70% 21 1 5%
8 Seasons 1449 79% 2.4% 13.3% 9.2% 6.4% 27% 0.99 73% 288 23 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1965 20 NYM NL 115 23 4 0 2 1 3 2 2 8 5 1 63% 4 0 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 21 NYM NL 597 147 15 0 12 13 2 8 7 31 13 6 42% 3 8 2 248 9 6 60% 9 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 14 0
1967 22 CHC NL 135 33 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 9 6 1 67% 4 0 0 51 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 23 CLE AL 15 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 67% 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1970 25 NYY AL 33 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 TOT AL 47 11 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 24 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 NYY AL 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 OAK AL 34 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 NYY AL 408 91 9 0 10 6 3 4 5 15 7 2 47% 6 5 0 123 4 1 80% 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
1973 28 TOT AL 99 27 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 6 3 0 50% 1 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 OAK AL 32 10 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 MIL AL 67 17 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 50% 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1449 345 35 0 37 23 12 20 15 73 37 12 51% 18 13 3 554 14 10 58% 12 7 1 2 1 1 3 0 31 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1965 20 0 2 .000 3.21 5 4 0 0 0 0 28.0 23 13 10 4 7 0 19 0 0 0 115 109 1.071 7.4 1.3 2.3 6.1 2.71 109
1966 21 4 10 .286 4.79 46 21 5 3 0 1 161.2 170 95 86 19 71 4 93 3 0 8 712 75 1.491 9.5 1.1 4.0 5.2 1.31 75
1967 22 4 12 .250 4.66 64 26 8 3 0 1 193.1 203 109 100 21 77 4 109 3 0 8 847 77 1.448 9.5 1.0 3.6 5.1 1.42 77
1968 23 4 12 .250 4.68 69 26 8 3 0 1 196.0 208 112 102 21 79 4 115 3 0 8 862 76 1.464 9.6 1.0 3.6 5.3 1.46 76
1969 24 4 12 .250 4.68 69 26 8 3 0 1 196.0 208 112 102 21 79 4 115 3 0 8 862 76 1.464 9.6 1.0 3.6 5.3 1.46 76
1970 25 5 12 .294 4.69 70 27 8 3 0 1 203.1 216 116 106 23 83 4 121 3 0 8 895 76 1.470 9.6 1.0 3.7 5.4 1.46 76
1971 26 5 12 .294 4.58 76 28 10 3 0 1 214.0 227 119 109 24 88 4 128 3 0 8 942 78 1.472 9.5 1.0 3.7 5.4 1.45 78
1972 27 13 17 .433 4.11 96 42 13 4 0 1 311.0 318 162 142 33 116 7 186 3 0 13 1350 82 1.395 9.2 1.0 3.4 5.4 1.60 82
1973 28 14 18 .438 4.35 109 42 17 4 0 2 331.0 345 180 160 35 133 7 193 4 0 13 1449 78 1.444 9.4 1.0 3.6 5.2 1.45 78

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1965 20 2 1 .667 3.67 27.0 25 12 11 4 8 18 0 1.222 8.3 2.7 6.0 2.25 1.3 5
1966 21 4 9 .308 5.90 125.0 153 91 82 16 67 69 3 1.760 11.0 4.8 5.0 1.03 1.2 41
1967 22 1 2 .333 4.65 31.0 36 18 16 2 7 16 0 1.387 10.5 2.0 4.6 2.29 0.6 18
1968 23 0 0 6.00 3.0 5 2 2 0 2 7 0 2.333 15.0 6.0 21.0 3.50 0.0 5
1970 25 0 0 6.43 7.0 9 6 5 2 4 6 0 1.857 11.6 5.1 7.7 1.50 2.6 1
1971 26 1 0 1.000 3.60 10.0 12 4 4 1 5 7 0 1.700 10.8 4.5 6.3 1.40 0.9 6
1972 27 4 6 .400 4.40 94.0 111 51 46 11 34 56 0 1.543 10.6 3.3 5.4 1.65 1.1 20
1973 28 0 1 .000 11.12 17.0 29 23 21 2 18 6 1 2.765 15.4 9.5 3.2 0.33 1.1 13
8 Seasons 12 19 .387 5.36 314.0 380 207 187 38 145 185 4 1.672 10.9 5.3 1.28 1.1 109

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