Wes Gardner

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Wes Gardner

Wesley Brian Gardner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: April 29, 1961 in Benton, AR
School: University of Central Arkansas (Conway, AR)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 22nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1984 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Mets/Padres/Royals 1984-1991
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: August 3, 1991 (Age 30)
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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
1982	21	NYM-min	A-	3	6	.333	3.71	23	7	14	2	0	6	77.2	73	48	32	7	29	0	77	3	1	1			1.313	8.5	0.8	3.4	8.9	2.66	LFA · NYPL
1983	22	NYM-min	A	6	3	.667	1.87	49	0	41	0	0	15	62.2	55	16	13	7	32	3	67	0	0	6			1.388	7.9	1.0	4.6	9.6	2.09	LBG · CARL
1984	23	NYM-min	AAA	1	2	.333	1.61	40	0	37	0	0	20	56.0	40	11	10	2	19	3	36	0	0	1			1.054	6.4	0.3	3.1	5.8	1.89	TID · IL
1984	23	NYM	NL	1	1	.500	6.39	21	0	12	0	0	1	25.1	34	19	18	0	8	2	19	0	0	1	116	57	1.658	12.1	0.0	2.8	6.8	2.38
1985	24	NYM-min	AAA	7	6	.538	2.82	53	0	42	0	0	18	76.2	57	31	24	6	34	3	75	1	0	5			1.187	6.7	0.7	4.0	8.8	2.21	TID · IL
1985	24	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	5.25	9	0	8	0	0	0	12.0	18	14	7	1	8	2	11	0	0	1	61	69	2.167	13.5	0.8	6.0	8.3	1.38
1986	25	BOS	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	64	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1987	26	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.12	5	0	4	0	0	2	8.2	8	3	3	0	3	1	9	0	0	0			1.269	8.3	0.0	3.1	9.3	3.00	PAW · IL
1987	26	BOS	AL	3	6	.333	5.42	49	1	29	0	0	10	89.2	98	55	54	17	42	7	70	2	0	4	401	84	1.561	9.8	1.7	4.2	7.0	1.67
1988	27	BOS	AL	8	6	.571	3.50	36	18	12	1	0	2	149.0	119	61	58	17	64	2	106	3	0	5	620	118	1.228	7.2	1.0	3.9	6.4	1.66
1989	28	BOS	AL	3	7	.300	5.97	22	16	2	0	0	0	86.0	97	64	57	10	47	7	81	1	0	3	393	69	1.674	10.2	1.0	4.9	8.5	1.72
1990	29	BOS	AL	3	7	.300	4.89	34	9	9	0	0	0	77.1	77	43	42	6	35	0	58	2	1	2	340	84	1.448	9.0	0.7	4.1	6.8	1.66
1991	30	KCR-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.91	9	1	3	0	0	1	18.1	27	11	10	0	5	0	12	0	0	3			1.745	13.3	0.0	2.5	5.9	2.40	OMA · AA
1991	30	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	5.88	17	0	4	0	0	1	26.0	32	20	17	1	14	1	12	0	0	1	125	68	1.769	11.1	0.3	4.8	4.2	0.86
1991	30	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	7.08	14	0	2	0	0	1	20.1	27	16	16	1	12	1	9	0	0	1	99	55	1.918	12.0	0.4	5.3	4.0	0.75
1991	30	KCR	AL	0	0		1.59	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	5	4	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	26	278	1.235	7.9	0.0	3.2	4.8	1.50
8 Yrs				18	30	.375	4.90	189	44	76	1	0	14	466.1	476	277	254	52	218	21	358	8	1	17	2060	85	1.488	9.2	1.0	4.2	6.9	1.64
162 Game Avg.				5	9	.375	4.90	55	13	22	0	0	4	136	139	81	74	15	64	6	104	2	0	5	601	85	1.488	9.2	1.0	4.2	6.9	1.64

BOS (5 yrs)				17	26	.395	4.73	142	44	52	1	0	12	403.0	392	224	212	50	188	16	316	8	1	14	1758	89	1.439	8.8	1.1	4.2	7.1	1.68
NYM (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	6.03	30	0	20	0	0	1	37.1	52	33	25	1	16	4	30	0	0	2	177	60	1.821	12.5	0.2	3.9	7.2	1.88
KCR (1 yr)				0	0		1.59	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	5	4	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	26	278	1.235	7.9	0.0	3.2	4.8	1.50
SDP (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.08	14	0	2	0	0	1	20.1	27	16	16	1	12	1	9	0	0	1	99	55	1.918	12.0	0.4	5.3	4.0	0.75

AL (6 yrs)				17	26	.395	4.69	145	44	54	1	0	12	408.2	397	228	213	50	190	16	319	8	1	14	1784	90	1.436	8.7	1.1	4.2	7.0	1.68
NL (3 yrs)				1	4	.200	6.40	44	0	22	0	0	2	57.2	79	49	41	2	28	5	39	0	0	3	276	58	1.855	12.3	0.3	4.4	6.1	1.39

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1984	23	NYM	NL	25.1	21	0	19	6.75	4.17	-0.16	-0.32	102.0	4.09	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-5	.460	.495
1985	24	NYM	NL	12.0	9	0	14	10.50	3.85	0.01	-0.30	94.8	3.35	-10	-1.0	.7	0.1	-0.7	-9	.392	.494
1986	25	BOS	AL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	3.84	-0.01	-0.30	108.0	3.84	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	-0.0	-0	.444	.500	$70,000
1987	26	BOS	AL	89.2	49	1	55	5.52	4.98	-0.08	-0.34	102.8	4.84	-7	-0.7	1.4	-0.2	-0.0	2	.486	.496	$85,000
1988	27	BOS	AL	149.0	36	18	61	3.68	4.22	0.03	0.03	104.2	4.40	11	1.2	1.0	-0.1	2.5	25	.535	.508	$117,000
1989	28	BOS	AL	86.0	22	16	64	6.70	4.32	0.01	0.08	104.1	4.57	-21	-2.0	1.4	-0.1	-1.3	-12	.407	.487	$285,000
1990	29	BOS	AL	77.1	34	9	43	5.00	4.35	-0.21	-0.06	105.3	4.73	-2	-0.2	.6	-0.1	0.5	5	.494	.499	$360,000
1991	30	SDP	NL	20.1	14	0	16	7.08	4.14	0.47	-0.32	102.5	3.44	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-7	.437	.495	$575,000
1991	30	KCR	AL	5.2	3	0	4	6.35	4.75	-0.20	-0.36	99.4	4.56	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	-0.0	-1	.462	.499
8 Seasons				466.1	189	44	277	5.35	4.40	-0.03	-0.10	103.6	4.49	-46	-4.5	1.1	-0.5	-0.5	-1	.476	.497	$1,492,000

BOS (5 yrs)				403.0	142	44	224	5.00	4.43	-0.04	-0.06	104.1	4.60	-19	-1.7	1.1	-0.6	1.6	20	.488	.498	$917,000
NYM (2 yrs)				37.1	30	0	33	7.96	4.07	-0.10	-0.32	99.7	3.85	-17	-1.8	.9	0.1	-1.4	-14	.439	.494
KCR (1 yr)				5.2	3	0	4	6.35	4.75	-0.20	-0.36	99.4	4.56	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	-0.0	-1	.462	.499
SDP (1 yr)				20.1	14	0	16	7.08	4.14	0.47	-0.32	102.5	3.44	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-7	.437	.495	$575,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1988	27	BOS	AL	ALCS	L	OAK	0	0		5.79	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	3	3	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	22	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	15.4	4.00
1 ALCS							0	0		5.79	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	3	3	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	22	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	15.4	4.00

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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
1982	21	NYM-min	A-	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		LFA · NYPL
1983	22	NYM-min	A	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		LBG · CARL
1984	23	NYM-min	AAA	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		TID · IL
1984	23	NYM	NL	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	24	NYM-min	AAA	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		TID · IL
1985	24	NYM	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1986	25	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1987	26	BOS-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
1987	26	BOS	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	27	BOS	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	28	BOS	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	29	BOS	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	30	KCR-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1991	30	TOT	MLB	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	30	SDP	NL	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	30	KCR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
8 Yrs				189	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

BOS (5 yrs)				142	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				44	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1984	23	NYM	NL	21	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1985	24	NYM	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1986	25	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$70,000	/1
1987	26	BOS	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$85,000	1
1988	27	BOS	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$117,000	1
1989	28	BOS	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$285,000	1
1990	29	BOS	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$360,000	1
1991	30	SDP	NL	14	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.498	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$575,000	1
1991	30	KCR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
8 Seasons				189	3	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$1,492,000

BOS (5 yrs)				142	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$917,000
NYM (2 yrs)				30	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
KCR (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
SDP (1 yr)				14	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.498	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$575,000

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
1988	27	BOS	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1984	NYM	NL	23	P	21	0	0	25.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.42	0.19	.955	1.88	1.87	0	1	100%	31%	0
1985	NYM	NL	24	P	9	0	0	12.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	3.00	0.44	.952	1.95	1.92	1	2	67%	30%	0
1986	BOS	AL	25	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80	0	0			0
1987	BOS	AL	26	P	49	1	0	89.2	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.90	0.18	.956	1.84	1.82	0	1	100%	31%	1
1988	BOS	AL	27	P	36	18	1	149.0	29	15	14	0	0	1.000	1.75	0.81	.961	1.78	1.77	12	3	20%	31%	0
1989	BOS	AL	28	P	22	16	0	86.0	12	3	8	1	1	.917	1.15	0.50	.960	1.87	1.85	18	3	14%	31%	0
1990	BOS	AL	29	P	34	9	0	77.1	16	8	7	1	1	.938	1.75	0.44	.953	1.78	1.76	12	2	14%	34%	0
1991	TOT	MLB	30	P	17	0	0	26.0	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.08	0.35	.955	1.83	1.84	2	0	0%	33%	0
1991	SDP	NL	30	P	14	0	0	20.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.77	0.29	.955	1.86	1.85	2	0	0%	33%	0
1991	KCR	AL	30	P	3	0	0	5.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.18	0.67	.955	1.75	1.80	0	0			0
	8 Seasons			P	189	44	1	466.1	80	30	48	2	2	.975	1.51	0.41	.957	1.82	1.82	45	12	21%	32%	1
	8 Seasons			TOT	189	44	1	466.1	80	30	48	2	2	.975	1.51	0.41	.957	1.82	1.82	45	12	21%	32%	1

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

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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 22nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
November 13, 1985: Traded by the New York Mets with John Christensen, Calvin Schiraldi and LaSchelle Tarver to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Bayer (minors), Tom McCarthy, John Mitchell and Bob Ojeda.
December 15, 1990: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the San Diego Padres for Brad Hoyer (minors) and Steve Hendricks (minors).
May 31, 1991: Released by the San Diego Padres.
June 26, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
August 8, 1991: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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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
1986	25	Boston Red Sox	$70,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	26	Boston Red Sox	$85,000	Proofing corrections
1988	27	Boston Red Sox	$117,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	28	Boston Red Sox	$285,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	29	Boston Red Sox	$360,000*
1991	30	San Diego Padres	$575,000	USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,492,000

Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $500,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -

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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