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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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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	BAL	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
2	2	Apr 14	BAL		NYY	L,3-13	GS	35	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
3	3	Apr 15	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
4	4	Apr 16	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
5	5	Apr 17	BAL		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
6	6	Apr 18	BAL		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
7	7	Apr 19 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-5	GS	27	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
8	8	Apr 19 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	2B
9	9	Apr 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
10	10	Apr 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	21	4.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
11	11	Apr 23	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	24	4.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
12	12	Apr 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
13	13	Apr 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
14	14	Apr 26 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
15	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
16	16	Apr 30	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
18	18	May 2	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
19	19	May 3	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	10.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
20	20	May 5	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
21	21	May 6	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
22	24 (2)	May 9	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
23	25	May 10 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	5	3	0	8	3	2B
24	26	May 10 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
25	27	May 11	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
26	28	May 14	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
27	29	May 15	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
28	30	May 16	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
29	31	May 17 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,8-7	GS	25	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	2B
30	32	May 17 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
31	33	May 18	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
32	34	May 19	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
33	35	May 20	BAL		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
34	36	May 22	BAL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
35	37	May 23	BAL		NYY	L,5-13	GS	28	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
36	38	May 24 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
37	39	May 24 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
38	40	May 26	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
39	41	May 27	BAL		WSH	L,0-6	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
40	42	May 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
41	43	May 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
42	44	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
43	45	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
44	46	May 31	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
46	48	Jun 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
47	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	71	16.2	5	6	2	13	1	2B
48	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
49	51	Jun 6	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
50	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
51	53	Jun 9	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
52	54	Jun 10	BAL		CLE	L,8-11	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
53	55	Jun 11	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
54	56	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
55	57	Jun 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	GS	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B SS
56	58	Jun 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	4	3	2	9	1	2B
57	59	Jun 15	BAL		DET	L,4-6	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
58	60	Jun 17	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
59	61	Jun 18	BAL		DET	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	5	5	1	11	1	2B
60	62	Jun 19 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
61	63	Jun 19 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
62	64	Jun 20	BAL		KCA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	2B
63	65	Jun 21	BAL		KCA	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
64	66	Jun 23	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
65	67	Jun 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
66	68	Jun 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
67	69	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
68	70	Jun 26 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
69	71	Jun 27	BAL	@	DET	L,2-12	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
70	72	Jun 28	BAL	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	27	5.1	0	2	0	2	0	2B
71	73	Jun 30	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	74	Jul 1	BAL		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
73	75	Jul 2	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
74	76	Jul 3	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
75	77	Jul 4	BAL		BOS	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
76	78	Jul 5 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
77	79	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
78	80	Jul 9 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	2B
79	81	Jul 9 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
80	82	Jul 10	BAL	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
81	83	Jul 11	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
82	84	Jul 12	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
83	85	Jul 14 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
84	86	Jul 14 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
85	87	Jul 16	BAL		KCA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
86	88	Jul 17	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
87	89	Jul 18 (1)	BAL		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
88	90	Jul 18 (2)	BAL		DET	L,0-2	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
89	91	Jul 19	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
90	92	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
91	93	Jul 22	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
92	94	Jul 23	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
93	95	Jul 24	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	2B
94	96	Jul 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	70	16.1	5	10	0	15	2	2B
95	97	Jul 26 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
96	98	Jul 26 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
97	99	Jul 27	BAL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
98	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	6	2	1	9	1	2B
99	101	Jul 29	BAL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
100	102	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
101	103	Jul 31	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	104	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
103	105	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
104	106	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
105	107	Aug 4	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
106	108	Aug 5 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
107	109	Aug 5 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
108	110	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	T,1-1	CG	66	18.0	6	8	0	14	0	2B
109	111	Aug 7	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
110	112	Aug 9	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	10	0	10	0	2B
111	115 (2)	Aug 15	BAL		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
112	116	Aug 16	BAL		WSH	L,1-6	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
113	119 (2)	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-6	GF	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
114	120	Aug 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
115	121	Aug 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
116	123 (1)	Aug 24	BAL	@	DET	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	2	9	0	11	3	2B
117	124	Aug 25	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
118	125	Aug 26	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	5	0	11	3	2B
119	126	Aug 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	GF	17	3.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
120	127	Aug 29	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
121	128	Aug 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS	29	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	129	Sep 1	BAL		NYY	L,0-5	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
123	130	Sep 2	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	GF	23	6.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
124	131	Sep 3	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	1	10	0	2B
125	132	Sep 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
126	133	Sep 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	13	2.1	2	1	0	3	1	2B
127	134	Sep 6	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
128	135	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-0	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
129	136	Sep 7 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,1-8	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
130	137	Sep 9 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
131	139 (1)	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
132	140	Sep 11 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
133	141	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	GS	43	12.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
134	142	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	GS	30	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
135	143	Sep 13 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,5-9	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
136	144	Sep 13 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	2B
137	147 (2)	Sep 16	BAL		DET	L,1-3	GS	22	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
138	148	Sep 18	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
139	153 (4)	Sep 25	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
140	154	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	GF	17	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	PR 2B
							141gm		1120.1	334	393	18	745	104