NAME : Billy Gardner NICKNAME : ORIGIN : WATERFORD,CT,USA BIRTHDAY : 7/19/1927 AGE : 32 HEIGHT : 6"0 WEIGHT : 180 POSITION : Second Base BATS : Right THROWS : Right CONTRACT : $795,000 through 1962 DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal LOYALTY : Minimal TEAM LEADER : None at all CONSISTENCY : Inconsistent at times CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : Normal INJURY RATING : Normal
DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Second Base : C (Fielding Pct. : .973) Range at Shortstop : D (Fielding Pct. : .998)
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : Speed : D Stealing Ability : E Sacrifice Bunt : B Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Normal Getting Hits : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average) Hitting Homeruns : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Poor) Getting BB's : 3 (VS. RHP : 3, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Fair) Avoiding Strikeouts : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .217 0 9 46 10 3 0 5 1 0 7 0 .327 .283 vs RHP .129 0 5 31 4 2 0 3 1 0 5 0 .270 .194 vs LHP .400 0 4 15 6 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .444 .467 At Home .208 0 4 24 5 2 0 3 1 0 4 0 .333 .292 Away .227 0 5 22 5 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 .320 .273 R.I.S.P. .455 0 8 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .462 .636 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .000 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .000 This Week .000 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .227 0 2 22 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .261 .273 Apr/Mar .217 0 9 46 10 3 0 5 1 0 7 0 .327 .283
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1954 .213 1 7 62 108 23 5 0 10 0 1 6 19 .254 .287 NYG 1955 .203 3 17 59 187 38 10 1 26 0 0 13 19 .255 .316 NYG 1956 .231 11 50 144 515 119 16 2 53 5 5 29 53 .272 .334 BAL 1957 .262 6 55 154 644 169 36 3 79 10 7 53 67 .319 .356 BAL 1958 .225 3 33 151 560 126 28 2 32 2 3 34 53 .269 .298 BAL 1959 .217 6 27 140 401 87 13 2 34 2 1 38 61 .285 .304 BAL Total AB : 2461 Total AVG : .232 Total Hits: 572 Total HR : 30 Total RBI : 198 Total Runs: 239 Total SB : 20