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| Player Report for #93 Billy 'Whitey' Gardner | | Tuesday, September 1st, 1964 | 
| AB | 437 | | HR | 2 | | RBI | 39 | | AVG | .245 | | OPS | .607 |
| | Name: | Billy Gardner | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | Whitey | Salary: | $37,800 | | Birthday: | 07-19-1927 | Signed Through: | 1965 Season | | Age: | 37 | Years of Major League Service: | 9 Years, 89 Days | | Born in: | Waterford (Michigan) | Major League Service Days this Year: | None | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 6' 0" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 11 Years, 26 Days | | Weight: | 180 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 12 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Not eligible, free agent after contract expires! | | Position: | 2B | Minor League Option Years: | Out of option years | | Bats: | Right | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | - | | Morale: | Angry | Local Popularity (National) | Insignificant (Unknown) |
| | Player Development | | | | | | | Leadership: | | IF Range: | 5 | | Desire for Winner: | | IF Arm: | 5 | | Loyalty: | | IF Range: | 5 | | Greed: | | IF Error: | 6 | | Intelligence: | > | IF DP: | 8 | | Work Ethic: | | | | | | OF Range: | 1 | | | | OF Arm: | 1 | | | | OF Err: | 1 | | | | Catcher Abil: | 0 | | | | Catcher Arm: | 0 |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | Versus RHP | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | | | Talent | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 4 | | Second Base 6 | | Stealing Ability: | 5 | | Third Base 2 | | Baserunning Instincts: | 5 | | Shortstop 1 | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 3 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 1 | | | | Hitter Type: | Pull Hitter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 08-31-1964 | ROC | Win, 8-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-30-1964 | ROC | Win, 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-29-1964 | @ OMA | Loss, 9-10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-28-1964 | @ OMA | Loss, 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-27-1964 | @ OMA | Win, 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-26-1964 | SD | Loss, 1-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-25-1964 | SD | Win, 11-5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-24-1964 | SD | Loss, 5-7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-22-1964 | @ POR | Win, 4-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-21-1964 | @ POR | Loss, 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Independence League 1964 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 129 | 437 | 107 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 44 | 33 | 63 | .245 | .296 | .311 | .607 | .486 | .066 | -0.6 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 129 | 477 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 136 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 37.9 | 2.88 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 125 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .248 | .291 | .304 | .595 | | Versus Right | | 312 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 26 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .297 | .314 | .611 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | This Week | | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .571 | .571 | .857 | 1.429 | | Last Week | | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .227 | .238 | .465 | | April | | 59 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .279 | .288 | .567 | | May | | 94 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .264 | .202 | .466 | | June | | 86 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .244 | .320 | .314 | .634 | | July | | 93 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .277 | .323 | .600 | | August | | 105 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .330 | .410 | .740 | | Last Year | | 344 | 90 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 52 | 26 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .314 | .331 | .645 | | 2 Years Ago | | 170 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .324 | .395 | .376 | .771 | | Career | | 951 | 252 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 90 | 108 | 76 | 135 | 8 | 0 | 5 | .265 | .320 | .330 | .650 | | Home | | 203 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .319 | .296 | .614 | | Road | | 234 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .244 | .274 | .325 | .599 | | Grass | | 214 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .252 | .282 | .336 | .618 | | Turf | | 223 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .308 | .287 | .595 | | Day | | 142 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .252 | .254 | .505 | | Night | | 295 | 77 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 32 | 24 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .317 | .339 | .656 | | Close/Late | | 87 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .253 | .290 | .368 | .658 | | Inning 1-3 | | 128 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .243 | .180 | .423 | | Inning 4-6 | | 171 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .356 | .386 | .742 | | Inning 7-9 | | 132 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .268 | .348 | .616 | | Extra Innings | | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | | 0 Outs | | 147 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .290 | .299 | .589 | | 1 Outs | | 159 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .273 | .277 | .550 | | 2 Outs | | 131 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .329 | .366 | .695 | | Scoring Position | | 118 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .299 | .322 | .621 | | Bases Empty | | 238 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .291 | .311 | .602 | | Runner on 1st | | 81 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .303 | .296 | .600 | | Runner on 2nd | | 37 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .308 | .405 | .713 | | Runner on 3rd | | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .353 | .214 | .567 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .314 | .333 | .343 | .676 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .313 | .182 | .494 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .214 | .400 | .614 | | Bases Loaded | | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .167 | .182 | .348 | | Two Strikes | | 171 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .187 | .250 | .246 | .496 | | First Pitch | | 72 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .153 | .153 | .153 | .306 | | Count 0-1 | | 42 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .310 | .357 | .667 | | Count 0-2 | | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .156 | .182 | .156 | .338 | | Count 1-0 | | 41 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .366 | .366 | .463 | .829 | | Count 1-1 | | 52 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .365 | .358 | .519 | .878 | | Count 1-2 | | 62 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .226 | .387 | | Count 2-0 | | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .263 | .389 | .652 | | Count 2-1 | | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .259 | .346 | .605 | | Count 2-2 | | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .209 | .238 | .447 | | Count 3-0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .607 | .400 | 1.007 | | Full Count | | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .440 | .371 | .811 | | Behind in Count | | 136 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .206 | .212 | .250 | .462 | | Ahead in Count | | 100 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .418 | .410 | .828 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1962 Richmond - AAA | 34 | 42 | 170 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .324 | .395 | .376 | .771 | 12.5 | | 1963 Toronto - AAA | 35 | 84 | 344 | 90 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 52 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 5 | 3 | .262 | .314 | .331 | .645 | 8.5 | | 1964 Toronto - AAA | 36 | 129 | 437 | 107 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 44 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .296 | .311 | .607 | -0.6 | | Total IL | | 255 | 951 | 252 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 90 | 108 | 76 | 5 | 8 | 135 | 6 | 3 | .265 | .320 | .330 | .650 | 20.3 |
| | Player History | | 08-01-1962 | Was traded by the New York Yankees to the Milwaukee Braves in exchange for . | | 09-20-1962 | Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $113,400 with the Milwaukee Braves organization. | | 01-01-1963 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 1 (2); Eye: 3 (3). | | 04-23-1963 | Goes 5-5 against the Dallas Fort Worth Rangers, with 1 2B, 3 RBI and 1 R. | | 06-29-1963 | Injured (back spasms), day-to-day for 4 days. | | 01-01-1964 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 4 (3). | |
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