Billy Gardner stats
Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 1963
Bio
- Debut
- 1954
Bio
- Debut
- 1954
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,034
- AB
- 3,544
- R
- 356
- H
- 841
- HR
- 41
- RBI
- 271
- SB
- 19
- AVG
- .237
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | SF | 62 | 108 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .213 |
| 1955 | SF | 59 | 187 | 26 | 38 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .203 |
| 1956 | BAL | 144 | 515 | 53 | 119 | 11 | 50 | 5 | .231 |
| 1957 | BAL | 154 | 644 | 79 | 169 | 6 | 55 | 10 | .262 |
| 1958 | BAL | 151 | 560 | 32 | 126 | 3 | 33 | 2 | .225 |
| 1959 | BAL | 140 | 401 | 34 | 87 | 6 | 27 | 2 | .217 |
| 1960 | MIN | 145 | 592 | 71 | 152 | 9 | 56 | 0 | .257 |
| 1961 |  MIN/NYY | 86 | 253 | 24 | 57 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .225 |
| 1962 |  NYY/BOS | 57 | 200 | 23 | 54 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .270 |
| 1963 | BOS | 36 | 84 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- AB
- 1
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,889
- TB
- 1,159
- XBH
- 218
- HBP
- 33
- IBB
- 18
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | SF | 115 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | SF | 207 | 59 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | BAL | 560 | 172 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | BAL | 718 | 229 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | BAL | 607 | 167 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | BAL | 451 | 122 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | MIN | 649 | 215 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | MIN/NYY | 280 | 77 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | NYY/BOS | 213 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | BOS | 89 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.7
- RC
- 354.3
- RC/27
- 3.40
- ISOP
- .090
- SECA
- .158
- BB/K
- 0.56
- AB/HR
- 86.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | SF | 0.1 | 7.7 | 2.4 | .074 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 108 | 0 |
| 1955 | SF | -0.6 | 16.1 | 2.8 | .112 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 62.3 | 0 |
| 1956 | BAL | -0.7 | 49.7 | 3.3 | .103 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 46.8 | 0 |
| 1957 | BAL | 3.6 | 79.7 | 4.3 | .093 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 107.3 | 0 |
| 1958 | BAL | -0.4 | 46.4 | 2.8 | .073 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 186.7 | 0 |
| 1959 | BAL | 0.8 | 37.4 | 3.1 | .087 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 66.8 | 0 |
| 1960 | MIN | 0.4 | 69.8 | 4.2 | .106 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 65.8 | 0 |
| 1961 | MIN/NYY | -1.2 | 22.6 | 3 | .079 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 126.5 | 0 |
| 1962 | NYY/BOS | 0.2 | 21 | 3.8 | .065 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | BOS | -0.5 | 4.2 | 1.7 | .048 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Billy Gardner's career stats?
Billy Gardner played 10 seasons for the Giants, the Orioles, the Twins and the Red Sox. He was a career .237 hitter with 841 hits, 41 home runs and 271 RBI. His best season was 1962: a .270 batting average, 0 home runs and 12 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1 postseason, 1954 to 1963
Championships ×3
- 1954 World Series with the San Francisco Giants
- 1961 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1962 World Series with the New York Yankees