Billy Gardner

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Full Name: William Frederick Gardner	Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170	First Game: April 22, 1954
Birthdate: July 19, 1927	Final Game: September 11, 1963
Birthplace: Waterford, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Billy Gardner (William Frederick Gardner) was born on July 19, 1927 in Waterford, Connecticut. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1954 for the New York Giants. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .203 with 3 home runs and 17 RBI. Gardner played for the New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Billy Gardner's best season was 1957, when he knocked in 55 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1954	NY	N	62	108	10	23	1	7	.213	.261	.287	5	0	6	19	1	0	0	0	1
1955	NY	N	59	187	26	38	3	17	.203	.261	.316	10	1	13	19	2	4	0	0	2
1956	BAL	A	144	515	53	119	11	50	.231	.281	.334	16	2	29	53	7	8	5	1	15
1957	BAL	A	154	644	79	169	6	55	.262	.325	.356	36	3	53	67	8	11	10	2	13
1958	BAL	A	151	560	32	126	3	33	.225	.271	.298	28	2	34	53	3	6	2	4	11
1959	BAL	A	140	401	34	87	6	27	.217	.284	.304	13	2	38	61	1	8	2	9	12
1960	WAS	A	145	592	71	152	9	56	.257	.313	.363	26	5	43	76	6	7	0	0	13
1961	NY	A	41	99	11	21	1	2	.212	.278	.293	5	0	6	18	3	1	0	0	4
1961	MIN	A	45	154	13	36	1	11	.234	.280	.312	9	0	10	14	0	7	0	1	7
1961	TOT	A	86	253	24	57	2	13	.225	.279	.304	14	0	16	32	3	8	0	1	11
1962	NY	A	4	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1962	BOS	A	53	199	22	54	0	12	.271	.310	.337	9	2	10	39	1	2	0	0	4
1962	TOT	A	57	200	23	54	0	12	.270	.308	.335	9	2	10	40	1	2	0	0	4
1963	BOS	A	36	84	4	16	0	1	.190	.236	.238	2	1	4	19	1	0	0	1	1
Total	NL		121	295	36	61	4	24	.207	.261	.305	15	1	19	38	3	4	0	0	3
Total	AL		913	3249	320	780	37	247	.240	.295	.329	144	17	227	401	30	50	19	18	80
Total			1034	3544	356	841	41	271	.237	.292	.327	159	18	246	439	33	54	19	18	83

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	NY	N	SS	5	0	24	7	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	NY	N	3B	30	21	204.2	18	56	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1954	NY	N	2B	13	5	62	17	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1955	NY	N	2B	4	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1955	NY	N	SS	38	0	0	65	122	12	28	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1955	NY	N	3B	10	0	0	7	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	BAL	A	3B	6	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	BAL	A	2B	132	0	0	274	331	16	76	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1956	BAL	A	SS	25	0	0	24	46	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1957	BAL	A	2B	148	148	1338	393	424	11	96	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1957	BAL	A	SS	9	6	66	13	26	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1958	BAL	A	2B	151	150	1301.2	349	350	11	113	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1958	BAL	A	SS	14	0	32	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BAL	A	SS	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BAL	A	3B	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BAL	A	2B	139	129	1114.1	333	392	18	104	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1960	WAS	A	2B	145	145	1250.1	355	407	21	101	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1960	WAS	A	SS	13	0	28	5	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	NY	A	3B	33	22	206.1	26	54	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1961	NY	A	2B	6	3	32.2	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	MIN	A	3B	2	2	16	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600
1961	MIN	A	2B	41	41	365.2	86	96	5	32	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1961	TOT	A	2B	47	44	398.1	95	103	5	34	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1961	TOT	A	3B	35	24	222.1	26	57	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1962	NY	A	3B	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	NY	A	2B	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	BOS	A	3B	7	4	48.1	7	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1962	BOS	A	SS	4	4	34	6	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1962	BOS	A	2B	38	38	324	66	91	6	21	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1962	TOT	A	2B	39	38	326	67	91	6	21	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1962	TOT	A	3B	8	4	49.1	7	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.897
1963	BOS	A	3B	1	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	BOS	A	2B	22	18	162.2	36	54	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	.989
Total			SS	109	10	185	125	236	16	40	0	0	0	0	0	.958
Total			2B	840	677	5953.1	1923	2173	91	559	0	0	0	0	0	.978
Total			3B	91	49	483.1	63	159	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	.957

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1945).
Sold by New York Giants to Baltimore Orioles for $20000 (April 21, 1956).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Washington Senators in exchange for Clint Courtney and Ron Samford (April 3, 1960).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to New York Yankees in exchange for Danny McDevitt (June 14, 1961).
Traded by New York Yankees to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tom Umphlett and cash (June 12, 1962).
Released by Boston Red Sox (October 2, 1963).

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