Billy Gardner

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: July 19, 1927 in New London, CT us

Died: January 3, 2024 in Waterford, CT

High School: Chapman Technical HS (New London, CT)

Debut: April 22, 1954 (Age 26-277d, 11,128th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1963 (Age 36-054d)
vs. LAA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: William Frederick Gardner

Nicknames: Whitey or Shotgun

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.1

3544

841

.237

356

RBI

271

OBP

.292

SLG

.327

OPS

.619

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 22	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	28 (19)	May 16 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
3	36 (7)	May 25	NYG		PIT	W,21-4	GF	16	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
4	37	May 26	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	38	May 28	NYG		BRO	W,17-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	39	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
7	40	May 30	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
8	41	May 31 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	42	May 31 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	46 (3)	Jun 6 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
11	48 (1)	Jun 7	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
12	49	Jun 8	NYG	@	MLN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
13	50	Jun 9	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
14	51	Jun 10	NYG	@	MLN	W,1-0	GS	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
15	52	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	35	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
16	60 (7)	Jun 19	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
17	61	Jun 20	NYG		STL	W,7-6	GS	37	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	62	Jun 21	NYG		STL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
19	63	Jun 22	NYG		MLN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	64	Jun 23	NYG		MLN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
21	65	Jun 24	NYG		MLN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
22	67 (1)	Jun 26	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	74 (6)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	89 (14)	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	13	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
25	90	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	44	11.1	3	0	0	3	0	3B
26	91	Jul 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
27	92	Jul 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	110 (17)	Aug 8	NYG		MLN	L,2-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	111	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	GF	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
30	115 (3)	Aug 17	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	GS	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B 2B
31	118 (2)	Aug 20	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	119	Aug 22 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
33	121 (1)	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	122	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
35	126 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	17	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	136 (9)	Sep 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	138 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
38	139	Sep 10	NYG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
39	140	Sep 11	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
40	141	Sep 12	NYG		STL	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
41	142	Sep 13	NYG		STL	W,1-0	GF	10	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 3B
42	143	Sep 14	NYG		MLN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	144	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		MLN	W,6-2		4	0.1	0	0	1	1	0	PR 3B
44	149 (4)	Sep 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	GF	17	5.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
45	150	Sep 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-3	GF	31	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
46	152 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	GF	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
47	154 (1)	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
							48gm		290.2	42	82	2	126	4