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Wally Berger League
7-28-2119
Walt Gardner Catcher
Retired (1980, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .820 Status Deceased (2030) Option Years 0  
H 2598 Age at Death 89 Date of Birth 04-29-1941
HR 311 Drafted Round 2, Pick 19
(1963)
Majors Svc Time 18 years
(28 games)
RBI 1413
SB 80
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt D+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B C- (33.7%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF D- (5.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 9
* 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 
1963 Minors 22 13.00 2 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 1 2 / 2 3 / 3 3 / 3 13 / 14
1963 Majors 22 40.00 2 / 9 1 / 6 3 / 6 3 / 6 1 / 1 3 / 3 8 / 9 21 / 40
1964 Majors 23 56.96 2 / 9 3 / 6 3 / 5 4 / 8 9 / 9 9 / 10 9 / 9 39 / 56
1965 Majors 24 67.12 3 / 10 6 / 13 0 / 6 2 / 6 7 / 7 11 / 14 5 / 11 34 / 67
1966 Majors 25 74.45 3 / 7 2 / 12 6 / 18 3 / 11 9 / 11 4 / 9 6 / 6 33 / 74
1967 Majors 26 75.64 2 / 16 1 / 5 3 / 14 2 / 11 8 / 11 3 / 10 3 / 8 22 / 75
1968 Majors 27 72.72 0 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 9 3 / 8 7 / 12 2 / 9 3 / 12 16 / 72
1969 Majors 28 69.45 0 / 12 0 / 13 3 / 11 0 / 6 4 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 11 8 / 69
1970 Majors 29 62.89 0 / 12 0 / 8 1 / 2 3 / 11 0 / 12 1 / 9 0 / 8 5 / 62
1971 Majors 30 63.79 1 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 10 0 / 6 2 / 8 2 / 13 6 / 63
1972 Majors 31 66.69 0 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 12 1 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 4 1 / 66
1973 Majors 32 64.89 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 11 1 / 16 1 / 64
1974 Majors 33 65.09 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 65
1975 Majors 34 56.04 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 56
1976 Majors 35 62.99 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 12 0 / 11 2 / 13 0 / 6 2 / 62
1977 Majors 36 55.09 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 10 1 / 5 2 / 55
1978 Majors 37 39.52 0 / 3 0 / 8 1 / 3 0 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 8 2 / 39
1979 Majors 38 38.38 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 38
1980 Majors 39 9.56 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 9
Total 0 0 0 15 / 160 15 / 149 23 / 140 22 / 134 48 / 149 41 / 157 41 / 157 205 / 1046
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Walt Gardner has retired from the New York Yankees
1978-04-01A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Monarchs. The Kansas City Monarchs receive Draft Pick - 1979 Round 3 (NYA) from the New York Yankees in exchange for Walt Gardner.
1975-05-20Walt Gardner of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1971-04-22A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Monarchs. The Kansas City Monarchs receive Walt Gardner from the New York Yankees in exchange for Fred Luebke, Draft Pick - 1972 Round 1 (KC).
1963-05-06The New York Yankees have promoted Walt Gardner to the major league team. The New York Yankees have designated George Gaspar for assignment.