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Ralph Kiner League
5-30-2064
John Gardner Left Field
Retired (2026, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .280 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/L
OPS .775 Status Deceased (2059) Option Years 0  
H 695 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 12-06-1991
HR 50 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(2012)
Majors Svc Time 10 years
(146 games)
RBI 275
SB 96
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF D- (4.9%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 4
3B C+ (44.7%) RF C+ (45.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
2012 Minors 21 20.00 6 / 6 1 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 5 0 / 2 5 / 5 1 / 1 16 / 20
2013 Minors 22 28.00 0 / 1 5 / 6 2 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 2 7 / 7 5 / 5 20 / 28
2014 Minors 23 49.00 3 / 9 3 / 4 2 / 6 3 / 5 2 / 6 13 / 14 3 / 5 29 / 49
2015 Majors 24 45.81 162 64 0 5 / 11 2 / 3 1 / 6 2 / 5 1 / 6 7 / 7 6 / 7 24 / 45
2016 Majors 25 45.77 162 60 0 4 / 10 4 / 5 0 / 4 3 / 7 1 / 8 5 / 9 2 / 2 19 / 45
2017 Majors 26 41.52 123 64 39 1 / 6 2 / 7 0 / 2 1 / 7 1 / 4 5 / 7 5 / 8 15 / 41
2018 Majors 27 58.53 162 135 0 0 / 7 4 / 11 1 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 9 2 / 5 5 / 13 13 / 58
2019 Majors 28 49.41 140 73 12 0 / 7 3 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 7 1 / 8 1 / 7 6 / 49
2020 Majors 29 65.37 162 127 0 0 / 6 3 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 8 3 / 12 7 / 65
2021 Majors 30 41.77 162 39 0 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 9 1 / 6 2 / 41
2022 Majors 31 41.74 162 45 0 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 41
2023 Majors 32 19.65 140 5 20 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 19
2024 Majors 33 28.35 162 23 0 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 28
2025 Majors 34 23.73 162 10 0 -3 / 3 -6 / 1 -6 / 2 -8 / 4 -2 / 4 -4 / 6 0 / 3 -29 / 23
2026 Minors 35 20.00 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 20
2026 Majors 35 3.72 26 3 0 -4 / 1 -3 / 0 -2 / 0 -5 / 0 -1 / 2 -2 / 0 0 / 0 -17 / 3
Total 1725 648 71 12 / 82 19 / 75 -1 / 67 2 / 80 3 / 75 40 / 104 33 / 92 108 / 575
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2026-11-01John Gardner has retired from the St. Louis Redbirds
2026-09-19The St. Louis Redbirds have designated John Gardner for assignment.
2026-08-20The St. Louis Redbirds have promoted John Gardner to the major league team.
2026-03-13The St. Louis Redbirds have promoted Jack Wilson to the major league team. The St. Louis Redbirds have designated John Gardner for assignment.
2025-08-14The St. Louis Redbirds have placed John Gardner on the trade block.
2023-04-05John Gardner of the St. Louis Redbirds is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
2019-08-07John Gardner of the St. Louis Redbirds is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
2019-03-07Trade #1510758 has been completed between the Cincinnati CoMpToNz ExPoZ and the St. Louis Redbirds. The St. Louis Redbirds receive John Gardner, Alex Escobar, Draft Pick - 2020 Round 1 (CIN), Draft Pick 2020 Round 1 MIL (Urmanis Ibanez), Draft Pick 2019 Round 2 CIN (Jack Wilson) from the Cincinnati CoMpToNz ExPoZ in exchange for Dan Stone.
2017-04-27John Gardner of the Cincinnati Bite is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
2015-03-07The Cincinnati Bite have promoted John Gardner to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bite have designated Bob Nastu for assignment.
2014-04-01The Cincinnati Bite have promoted Harl Pawloski to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bite have sent John Gardner to the minors.
2014-04-01The Cincinnati Bite have promoted John Gardner to the major league team.