Player

Billy Gardner

Player Info
Full Name
William Frederick
Born
July 19, 1927
New London, CT, USA
Died
January 3, 2024
Size
6'0" / 170 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
April 22, 1954
Final Game
September 11, 1963
Career
10 years
Teams
Career Batting
1,034
G
.237
AVG
841
H
41
HR
271
RBI
.614
OPS
73
OPS vs Lg
80% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1963 Boston Red Sox 36 84 16 2 1 0 4 .190
1962 New York Yankees 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1962 Boston Red Sox 53 199 54 9 2 0 22 .271
1961 Minnesota Twins 45 154 36 9 0 1 13 .234
1961 New York Yankees 41 99 21 5 0 1 11 .212
1960 Washington Senators 145 592 152 26 5 9 71 .257
1959 Baltimore Orioles 140 401 87 13 2 6 34 .217
1958 Baltimore Orioles 151 560 126 28 2 3 32 .225
1957 Baltimore Orioles 154 644 169 36 3 6 79 .262
1956 Baltimore Orioles 144 515 119 16 2 11 53 .231
1955 New York Giants 59 187 38 10 1 3 26 .203
1954 New York Giants 62 108 23 5 0 1 10 .213
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1963 AL 89 .048 .246 4.5 21.3 39 0.0
1962 AL 213 .065 .338 4.7 18.8 80 0.0
1961 AL 280 .079 .251 5.7 11.4 62 2.0
1960 AL 649 .106 .282 6.6 11.7 90 9.5 ✓
1959 AL 451 .087 .240 8.4 13.5 68 6.3
1958 AL 607 .073 .242 5.6 8.7 62 3.2 ✓
1957 AL 718 .093 .285 7.4 9.3 93 6.3 ✓
1956 AL 560 .103 .239 5.2 9.5 68 11.6 ✓
1955 NL 207 .112 .211 6.3 9.2 57 3.2
1954 NL 115 .074 .250 5.2 16.5 48 1.1
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
2B 839 1,923 2,173 91 559 .978
SS 108 125 236 16 40 .958
3B 92 63 159 10 10 .957
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1963 Boston Red Sox 2B 21 36 54 1 13 .989
1963 Boston Red Sox 3B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000
1962 Boston Red Sox 2B 38 66 91 6 21 .963
1962 New York Yankees 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1962 New York Yankees 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000
1962 Boston Red Sox 3B 7 7 17 3 1 .889
1962 Boston Red Sox SS 4 6 15 1 1 .955
1961 New York Yankees 2B 6 9 7 0 2 1.000
1961 Minnesota Twins 2B 41 86 96 5 32 .973
1961 New York Yankees 3B 33 26 54 4 6 .952
1961 Minnesota Twins 3B 2 0 3 2 0 .600
1960 Washington Senators 2B 145 355 407 21 101 .973
1960 Washington Senators SS 13 5 11 0 2 1.000
1959 Baltimore Orioles 2B 139 333 392 18 104 .976
1959 Baltimore Orioles 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1959 Baltimore Orioles SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1958 Baltimore Orioles 2B 151 349 350 11 113 .985
1958 Baltimore Orioles SS 13 5 6 0 0 1.000
1957 Baltimore Orioles 2B 148 393 424 11 96 .987
1957 Baltimore Orioles SS 9 13 26 1 7 .975
1956 Baltimore Orioles 2B 132 274 331 16 76 .974
1956 Baltimore Orioles 3B 6 3 9 0 0 1.000
1956 Baltimore Orioles SS 25 24 46 2 1 .972
1955 New York Giants 2B 4 4 4 1 0 .889
1955 New York Giants 3B 10 7 13 0 1 1.000
1955 New York Giants SS 38 65 122 12 28 .940
1954 New York Giants 2B 13 17 17 1 1 .971
1954 New York Giants 3B 30 18 56 1 2 .987
1954 New York Giants SS 5 7 9 0 1 1.000
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 1 1 0 0 0 .000
1961 World Series New York Yankees 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Managerial record: 330-417 (.442) Full Managerial Record
Year Team League G W L PCT Finish
1987 Kansas City Royals AL 126 62 64 .492 2
1985 Minnesota Twins AL 62 27 35 .435 4
1984 Minnesota Twins AL 162 81 81 .500 3
1983 Minnesota Twins AL 162 70 92 .432 6
1982 Minnesota Twins AL 162 60 102 .370 7
1981 Minnesota Twins AL 73 30 43 .411 4