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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Walt Gardner Third Base
Retired (1960, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .241 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .638 Status Deceased (1995) Option Years 0  
H 88 Age at Death 69 Date of Birth 05-13-1926
HR 5 Drafted Round 2, Pick 27
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 3 years
(64 games)
RBI 35
SB 1
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L C  Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed C  Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS F  (0.5%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B F  (2.2%) LF --- Arm C- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   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 
1950 Minors 24 5.00 0 / 0 1 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 5
1950 Majors 24 4.13 2 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 4 / 4
1951 Minors 25 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 4
1951 Majors 25 6.88 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 6 / 6
1952 Minors 26 19.00 3 / 5 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 2 / 3 2 / 3 2 / 2 12 / 19
1952 Majors 26 3.30 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 3
1953 Minors 27 33.00 1 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 5 3 / 9 2 / 7 1 / 3 1 / 3 9 / 33
1954 Minors 28 21.00 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 5 2 / 4 4 / 21
1955 Majors 29 15.71 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 15
1956 Majors 30 9.41 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 3 / 9
1957 Minors 31 10.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 10
1957 Majors 31 17.00 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 17
1958 Minors 32 6.00 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 6
1958 Majors 32 20.00 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 20
1959 Majors 33 11.00 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 11
1960 Majors 34 10.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 10
Total 0 0 0 9 / 32 5 / 24 6 / 30 6 / 24 7 / 28 5 / 29 9 / 26 47 / 193
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1960-11-01Walt Gardner has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1958-06-11The St. Louis Bandits have waived Walt Gardner.
1958-04-08The St. Louis Bandits have promoted Geoff Trott to the major league team. The St. Louis Bandits have designated Walt Gardner for assignment.
1958-04-01The St. Louis Bandits have promoted Walt Gardner to the major league team.
1958-04-01The St. Louis Bandits have acquired Walt Gardner from the waiver wire.
1957-06-10The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have waived Walt Gardner.
1957-04-05The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Chad Lange to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Harry Muncrief to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have designated Walt Gardner for assignment. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have designated Josh Reeves for assignment.
1955-03-25The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Bill Patton to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Casey Polonia to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Walt Gardner to the major league team.
1952-10-03The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Rex Morehead to the minors. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Walt Gardner to the minors. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Gary James to the minors.
1952-09-29The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Bill Patton to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Walt Gardner to the major league team.
1952-09-05The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Walt Gardner to the minors.
1952-08-08The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Walt Gardner to the major league team.
1952-05-20The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Roger Patterson to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Hugh Foster to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted John Jacobs to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Bill Patton to the minors. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Walt Gardner to the minors. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Pat Terrell to the minors.
1952-04-25The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Walt Gardner to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent John Jacobs to the minors.
1951-10-03The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Walt Gardner to the minors.
1951-06-13The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Walt Gardner to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent John Jacobs to the minors.
1950-10-03The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Walt Gardner to the minors. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Junior Kittle to the minors. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Greg Buschhorn to the minors.
1950-09-30The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Chris Knepper to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Walt Gardner to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Brad Gedeon to the major league team.
1950-06-13The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Walt Gardner to the minors.