Billy Gardner

Billy Gardner

1954–1963 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 170 lb · b. 1927 New London, CT

Career 1,034 G · 841 H · 41 HR · 271 RBI · .237 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3

1 best in baseball 2 league only

25 Top-5 finishes

2 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1957 Best season

Spanning 1957–1959, peaking at 2 titles in 1957.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,713th League titles 3
1,845th Best in baseball 1
1,165th Top-5 finishes 25

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1957 .987 1959 #3
Second Base Double Plays	1	1st	—	1959 AL 104 1957 #3 1958 #2
Doubles	1	1st	—	1957 AL 36
Second Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1957 #2 1959 #2
Second Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1956 #3 1957 #3 1958 #2 1959 #2
Second Base Assists	—	#2	—	1956 #3 1957 #2 1958 #3 1959 #2 1960 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1959	1	2B DP 104
1957	2	2B 36 2B FPCT .987

Batting

led the league 10 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1954	NY1	NL	62	108	10	23	5	0	1	7	6	19	0	.213	.261	.287	.548
1955	NY1	NL	59	187	26	38	10	1	3	17	13	19	0	.203	.261	.316	.577
1956	BAL	AL	144	515	53	119	16	2	11	50	29	53	5	.231	.281	.334	.615
1957	BAL	AL	154	644	79	169	36	3	6	55	53	67	10	.262	.325	.356	.681
1958	BAL	AL	151	560	32	126	28	2	3	33	34	53	2	.225	.271	.298	.569
1959	BAL	AL	140	401	34	87	13	2	6	27	38	61	2	.217	.284	.304	.589
1960	WS1	AL	145	592	71	152	26	5	9	56	43	76	0	.257	.313	.363	.676
1961	MIN +1	AL	86	253	24	57	14	0	2	13	16	32	0	.225	.279	.304	.584
1962	BOS +1	AL	57	200	23	54	9	2	0	12	10	40	0	.270	.308	.335	.643
1963	BOS	AL	36	84	4	16	2	1	0	1	4	19	0	.190	.236	.238	.474
Career	—	—	1,034	3,544	356	841	159	18	41	271	246	439	19	.237	.292	.327	.619

Fielding

3 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1954	NY1	NL	3B	30	21	204.2	18	56	1	2	75	.987	2.47
			2B	13	5	62.0	17	17	1	1	35	.971	2.62
			SS	5	0	24.0	7	9	0	1	16	1.000	3.20
1955	NY1	NL	SS	38	36	333.0	65	122	12	28	199	.940	4.92
			3B	10	5	51.0	7	13	0	1	20	1.000	2.00
			2B	4	2	22.0	4	4	1	0	9	.889	2.00
1956	BAL	AL	2B	132	126	1058.2	274	331	16	76	621	.974	4.58
			SS	25	8	118.2	24	46	2	1	72	.972	2.80
			3B	6	3	33.0	3	9	0	0	12	1.000	2.00
1957	BAL	AL	2B	148	148	1338.0	393	424	11	96	828	.987	5.52
			SS	9	6	66.0	13	26	1	7	40	.975	4.33
1958	BAL	AL	2B	151	150	1301.2	349	350	11	113	710	.985	4.63
			SS	13	0	32.0	5	6	0	0	11	1.000	0.85
1959	BAL	AL	2B	139	129	1114.1	333	392	18	104	743	.976	5.22
			3B	1	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
			SS	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1960	WS1	AL	2B	145	145	1250.1	355	407	21	101	783	.973	5.26
			SS	13	0	28.0	5	11	0	2	16	1.000	1.23
1961	MIN	AL	2B	47	44	398.1	95	103	5	34	203	.975	4.21
			3B	35	24	222.1	26	57	6	6	89	.933	2.37
1962	BOS	AL	2B	39	38	326.0	67	91	6	21	164	.963	4.05
			3B	8	4	49.1	7	19	3	1	29	.897	3.25
			SS	4	4	34.0	6	15	1	1	22	.955	5.25
1963	BOS	AL	2B	21	18	162.2	36	54	1	13	91	.989	4.29
			3B	2	0	2.0	1	5	0	0	6	1.000	3.00
Career	—	—	2B	839	805	7034.0	1,923	2,173	91	559	4,187	.978	4.88
	—	—	SS	108	54	636.2	125	236	16	40	377	.958	3.34
	—	—	3B	92	57	567.1	63	159	10	10	232	.957	2.41