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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 14	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
3	3	Apr 15	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
4	4	Apr 16 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 16 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	42	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
6	6	Apr 18	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
7	7	Apr 21	MIN		WSA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	2B
8	8	Apr 22	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
9	9	Apr 23	MIN		WSA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
10	10	Apr 24	MIN	@	KCA	W,10-6	CG	44	10.0	5	4	1	10	2	2B
11	11	Apr 25	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-20	GS	42	6.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
12	12	Apr 27	MIN	@	LAA	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	2	4	1	7	2	2B
13	13	Apr 28	MIN	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	50	11.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
14	14	Apr 29	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
15	15	Apr 30	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	CG	51	11.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
17	17	May 2	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
18	18	May 3	MIN		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
19	19	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
20	20	May 5	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
21	21	May 7	MIN		BOS	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
22	22	May 9	MIN		BAL	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
23	23	May 10	MIN		BAL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
24	24	May 11	MIN		BAL	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
25	25	May 12	MIN		LAA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
26	26	May 13	MIN		LAA	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
27	27	May 14	MIN		LAA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
28	28	May 15	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
29	29	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
30	30	May 18	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
31	31	May 19	MIN		KCA	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
32	32	May 20	MIN		KCA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
33	33	May 21 (1)	MIN		CLE	L,0-9	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
34	34	May 21 (2)	MIN		CLE	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
35	35	May 22	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
36	36	May 23	MIN		DET	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
37	37	May 24	MIN		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
38	38	May 25	MIN		DET	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
39	39	May 26	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
40	40	May 27	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
41	43 (2)	May 30 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	48 (4)	Jun 5 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
43	49	Jun 5 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to New York Yankees
44	59	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
45	67 (7)	Jun 23	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
46	68	Jun 24	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	69	Jun 25	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	3B
48	70	Jun 26	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
49	71	Jun 27	NYY	@	LAA	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
50	72	Jun 28	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
51	73	Jun 30	NYY		WSA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	74	Jul 1	NYY		WSA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	75	Jul 2	NYY		WSA	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	77 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	89 (11)	Jul 18	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
56	92 (2)	Jul 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
57	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-9	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	99 (5)	Jul 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
59	102 (2)	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GS	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	103	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	104	Aug 2 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,12-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
62	105	Aug 3	NYY		KCA	L,1-6	GS	31	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
63	108 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,7-6	GF	17	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 3B
64	109	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	122 (12)	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
66	123	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
67	124	Aug 20 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	3B
68	125	Aug 22	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	126	Aug 23	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	CG	48	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
70	127	Aug 24	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
71	131 (3)	Aug 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	143 (11)	Sep 9	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
73	144	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
74	145	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
75	156 (10)	Sep 21	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
76	158 (1)	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	24	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
77	159	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
78	160	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
79	161	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
80	162	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 2B
							82gm		620.2	121	160	11	292	40