Ron Gardenhire

Full Name: Ronald Clyde Gardenhire	Primary Position: SS,2B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: September 1, 1981
Birthdate: October 24, 1957	Final Game: October 6, 1985
Birthplace: Butzbach, West Germany	MLB Experience: 5 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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[edit] Biography

Ron Gardenhire (Ronald Clyde Gardenhire) was born on October 24, 1957 in Butzbach, West Germany. He made his Major League debut on September 1, 1981 for the New York Mets. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .240 with 3 home runs and 33 RBI. Gardenhire played for the New York Mets for his entire 5 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1981	NY	N	27	48	2	13	0	3	.271	.340	.292	1	0	5	9	0	2	2	0
1982	NY	N	141	384	29	92	3	33	.240	.279	.313	17	1	23	55	12	5	2	11
1983	NY	N	17	32	1	2	0	1	.063	.091	.063	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1
1984	NY	N	74	207	20	51	1	10	.246	.276	.304	7	1	9	43	1	6	1	7
1985	NY	N	26	39	5	7	0	2	.179	.319	.282	2	1	8	11	2	0	0	2
Total			285	710	57	165	4	49	.232	.277	.296	27	3	46	122	15	13	5	21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1981	NY	N	3B	1	0	2.2	1	1	0	0	1.000
1981	NY	N	SS	18	14	117.1	20	42	2	7	.969
1981	NY	N	2B	6	0	16.2	7	7	0	0	1.000
1982	NY	N	2B	1	1	6	1	1	0	0	1.000
1982	NY	N	SS	135	122	1044.1	234	398	29	68	.956
1982	NY	N	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	NY	N	SS	15	10	86	13	30	0	4	1.000
1984	NY	N	2B	18	9	105	18	43	0	5	1.000
1984	NY	N	3B	7	5	45	2	11	2	0	.867
1984	NY	N	SS	49	37	327.1	78	100	10	15	.947
1985	NY	N	2B	5	2	21	5	5	0	0	1.000
1985	NY	N	3B	2	2	11	1	1	0	0	1.000
1985	NY	N	SS	13	9	67	15	26	4	3	.911
Total			3B	11	7	60.2	4	13	2	0	.895
Total			SS	230	192	1642	360	596	45	97	.955
Total			2B	30	12	148.2	31	56	0	5	1.000

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Selected by New York Mets in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1979).
Traded by New York Mets to Minnesota Twins in exchange for a player to be named later (November 12, 1986); New York Mets received Dominic Iasparro (April 4, 1987).