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William Frederick Gardner

First name: Billy

Last name: Gardner

Birthdate: 1927-07-19

Bats: R Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 114616

Retro ID: gardb101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1954	NY1	1.4	0.5	1.9	0.0	0.6	1.4	2
1955	NY1	2.6	0.8	3.4	0.0	1.0	2.4	3
1956	BAL	7.2	2.3	9.5	-1.1	1.7	7.7	5
1957	BAL	9.0	2.5	11.5	3.9	7.2	4.2	22
1958	BAL	7.9	2.4	10.3	-1.5	1.5	8.7	5
1959	BAL	5.8	2.0	7.8	1.0	3.3	4.5	10
1960	WS1	8.0	2.3	10.3	-0.3	2.8	7.6	8
1961	MIN	2.2	0.7	2.8	-1.0	-0.2	3.0	-1
1961	NYA	1.4	0.4	1.8	-0.3	0.2	1.6	1
1962	BOS	2.6	0.7	3.4	0.0	1.0	2.4	3
1962	NYA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0
1963	BOS	1.1	0.3	1.4	-0.9	-0.5	1.9	-1
Career		49.2	14.9	64.1	-0.1	18.7	45.3	57

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1954	NY1	115	-9	-9	-1	0	0	0	6	0	-4	9.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	9
1955	NY1	207	-12	-12	1	1	1	1	-2	2	-10	9.6	-1.0	0.2	0.1	-0.7	5
1956	BAL	560	-29	-24	3	1	-1	0	-8	4	-29	9.1	-3.2	0.4	-0.2	-3.0	9
1957	BAL	718	-11	-5	3	-2	0	1	14	4	11	8.6	1.3	0.4	-0.2	1.5	33
1958	BAL	607	-32	-29	-2	-3	1	2	1	3	-30	8.2	-3.7	0.3	-0.2	-3.6	19
1959	BAL	452	-22	-20	0	0	0	0	15	2	-5	8.5	-0.6	0.2	-0.2	-0.6	30
1960	WS1	649	-14	-15	2	0	-1	0	-10	3	-24	9.5	-2.5	0.3	-0.2	-2.4	7
1961	MIN	171	-8	-9	-1	-1	0	-1	-4	1	-16	9.8	-1.6	0.1	-0.1	-1.6	1
1961	NYA	109	-7	-6	-1	-2	0	0	2	0	-7	9.5	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	5
1962	BOS	212	-7	-8	1	0	0	0	0	1	-7	9.7	-0.7	0.1	-0.1	-0.7	5
1962	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	1
1963	BOS	89	-8	-8	-2	0	0	-1	0	0	-11	9.3	-1.2	0.0	0.0	-1.2	2
Career		3,890	-159	-145	3	-6	0	2	15	20	-131	-	-14.2	2.0	-1.1	-13.3	126

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1954	NY1	2B	191	30	1.0	1	1	3	1	-0.2	-0.2	0	1
1954	NY1	3B	635	95	5.0	4	3	4	8	-0.1	0.0	0	3
1954	NY1	SS	68	16	3.0	3	2	5	3	0.2	-0.1	0	2
1955	NY1	2B	64	9	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	0	-0.1	-0.3	0	-1
1955	NY1	3B	152	27	2.0	2	1	4	3	0.0	0.0	0	1
1955	NY1	SS	935	180	-3.0	-3	-2	5	1	0.3	-0.3	0	-2
1956	BAL	2B	3402	544	-10.0	-10	-7	-15	-7	-1.1	-0.1	-1	-8
1956	BAL	3B	109	17	1.0	1	1	2	2	-0.1	0.0	0	1
1956	BAL	SS	369	71	2.0	2	1	4	9	-0.7	-1.3	-2	-1
1957	BAL	2B	4145	702	21.0	21	15	60	36	-0.5	0.2	0	15
1957	BAL	SS	203	40	-1.0	-1	-1	-1	3	-0.3	0.2	0	-1
1958	BAL	2B	4057	578	-5.0	-5	-4	-37	-36	2.5	2.7	5	1
1958	BAL	SS	92	14	0.0	0	0	-2	-2	0.0	-0.1	0	0
1959	BAL	2B	3474	594	14.0	14	10	43	30	1.7	3.2	5	15
1959	BAL	3B	18	2	0.0	0	0	0	-1	0.0	0.0	0	0
1959	BAL	SS	7	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	0.0	0	0
1960	WS1	2B	3960	629	-14.0	-14	-10	-19	-1	-0.4	-0.3	-1	-11
1960	WS1	SS	96	19	1.0	1	1	1	1	0.1	0.0	0	1
1961	NYA	2B	95	11	0.0	0	0	-3	-2	0.0	-0.2	0	0
1961	MIN	2B	1133	152	-6.0	-6	-4	-20	-15	0.5	0.1	1	-3
1961	NYA	3B	607	99	3.0	3	2	6	2	0.1	0.0	0	2
1961	MIN	3B	52	6	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	-1	0.0	0.0	0	-1
1962	NYA	2B	5	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1962	BOS	2B	962	150	-2.0	-2	-1	-10	-6	0.4	0.5	1	0
1962	BOS	3B	170	38	-2.0	-2	-1	4	6	-0.2	0.0	0	-1
1962	NYA	3B	3	2	1.0	1	1	2	2	-0.1	0.0	0	1
1962	BOS	SS	104	19	2.0	2	1	3	6	-0.1	-0.3	0	1
1963	BOS	2B	508	82	0.0	0	0	-3	1	-0.2	0.2	0	0
1963	BOS	3B	11	3	0.0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
		2B	21996	3482	-2.0	-2	-1	-3	1	2.6	5.8	10	9
		3B	1757	289	9.0	8	6	21	21	-0.4	0.0	0	6
		SS	1874	361	4.0	4	2	15	21	-0.6	-1.9	-2	0

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1961	NYA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1961	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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