Billy Gardner

Second Base

1954—1963

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Player LeveL
Utility Player
Top 100 Rank
NR
Second Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

William Frederick
GIVEN NAME
Gardner
SURNAME
July 19, 1927, in Waterford, CT
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1954—1963
Playing Career
Played from 26-35
PLAYING AGE
New York Giants
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Baltimore Orioles
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 22, 1954
Major League Debut
September 11, 1963
FINAL GAME

Related Content

  • Billy Gardner Scouting Report

35

HITTING

40

POWER

55

RUNNING

65

FIELDING

55

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1034
841
41
271
.237

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
NR
58.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.619
.687
90.2

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.237
.292
.327

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Frank Bolling

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Billy Gardner Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Gardner
547
130
55
25
3
6
42
38
68
3
179
173
.237
.292
.327
619
AVG 2B
538
140
68
22
5
8
48
58
6
196
191
.261
.323
.364
.687

Billy Gardner Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Billy Gardner PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
2.9
NA
NA
NA
0.45
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Billy Gardner
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Billy Gardner
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B