Larry Gardner
William Lawrence Gardner
Born: May 13, 1886
Enosburg Falls, VT USA
Deceased: 1976
St. George, VT USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, SS, RF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 165
College: University of Vermont
Career: 1908-1924
Minor League Statistics
Larry Gardner compiled a career batting average of .289 with 27 home runs and 934 RBI in his 1930-game career with the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians. He began playing during the 1908 season and last took the field during the 1924 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 19 | 45 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .297 | .381 | .432 | .813 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 113 | 475 | 413 | 56 | 117 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 52 | .283 | .354 | .375 | .729 | 155 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 138 | 593 | 492 | 80 | 140 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 0 | 64 | 0 | .285 | .373 | .376 | .749 | 185 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 590 | 517 | 88 | 163 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 86 | 25 | 0 | 56 | 0 | .315 | .383 | .449 | .832 | 232 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 535 | 473 | 64 | 133 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 63 | 18 | 0 | 47 | 34 | .281 | .347 | .359 | .707 | 170 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 155 | 599 | 553 | 50 | 143 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 68 | 16 | 23 | 35 | 39 | .259 | .303 | .385 | .688 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 127 | 500 | 430 | 51 | 111 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 24 | .258 | .327 | .326 | .653 | 140 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 148 | 566 | 493 | 47 | 152 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 48 | 27 | .308 | .372 | .387 | .759 | 191 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 146 | 598 | 501 | 53 | 133 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 16 | 0 | 54 | 37 | .265 | .341 | .345 | .686 | 173 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 127 | 522 | 463 | 50 | 132 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 22 | .285 | .346 | .365 | .711 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 139 | 597 | 524 | 67 | 157 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 29 | .300 | .352 | .393 | .745 | 206 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 154 | 683 | 597 | 72 | 185 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 118 | 3 | 20 | 53 | 25 | .310 | .367 | .414 | .781 | 247 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 153 | 686 | 586 | 101 | 187 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 120 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 16 | .319 | .391 | .437 | .828 | 256 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 137 | 538 | 470 | 74 | 134 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 68 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 21 | .285 | .355 | .377 | .732 | 177 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 52 | 93 | 79 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | .253 | .352 | .342 | .693 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 38 | 55 | 50 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1923 | 7685 | 6688 | 867 | 1931 | 301 | 129 | 27 | 934 | 165 | 68 | 654 | 341 | .289 | .355 | .384 | .739 | 2571 | 0 | 32 | 311 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 3 | 2 | 21.0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1.714 | 1.333 |
| 1909 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 8 | 5 | 55.0 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 2.618 | 2.000 |
| 1909 | AL | Boston Red Sox | SS | 5 | 1 | 23.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.913 | 2.000 |
| 1910 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2B | 113 | 113 | 1017.0 | 222 | 320 | 32 | 28 | .944 | 4.796 | 4.796 |
| 1911 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2B | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 152 | 195 | 13 | 31 | .964 | 5.597 | |
| 1911 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 72 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 161 | 10 | 3 | .962 | 3.514 | |
| 1912 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 167 | 296 | 35 | 16 | .930 | 3.238 | |
| 1913 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 126 | 220 | 21 | 13 | .943 | 2.662 | |
| 1914 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 153 | 0 | 0.0 | 187 | 312 | 31 | 18 | .942 | 3.261 | |
| 1915 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 227 | 26 | 16 | .933 | 2.843 | |
| 1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 149 | 278 | 21 | 24 | .953 | 2.905 | |
| 1917 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 148 | 315 | 31 | 18 | .937 | 3.171 | |
| 1918 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 3B | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 158 | 291 | 17 | 33 | .964 | 3.535 | |
| 1919 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 3B | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 143 | 291 | 25 | 23 | .946 | 3.122 | |
| 1920 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 3B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 156 | 362 | 13 | 32 | .976 | 3.364 | |
| 1921 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 3B | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 179 | 335 | 27 | 23 | .950 | 3.382 | |
| 1922 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 3B | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 133 | 259 | 20 | 24 | .951 | 3.063 | |
| 1923 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 3B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 2.684 | |
| 1924 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 3.333 | |
| 1924 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 3B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .875 | |
| Totals | 1842 | 121 | 1116.0 | 2177 | 3939 | 335 | 307 | .948 | 49.323 | 3.320 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 8 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .179 | .250 | .429 | .679 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1915 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 5 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .278 | .353 | .631 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 5 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .176 | .167 | .529 | .696 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1920 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 7 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .208 | .231 | .250 | .481 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 98 | 86 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .198 | .234 | .384 | .618 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 3B | 8 | 8 | 74.0 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 2.676 | 2.750 |
| 1915 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 3B | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.886 | 3.800 |
| 1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 3B | 5 | 5 | 49.0 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 4.776 | 5.200 |
| 1920 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 3B | 7 | 7 | 61.0 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 3.393 | 3.286 |
| Totals | 25 | 25 | 228.0 | 30 | 60 | 7 | 4 | .928 | 3.553 | 3.600 |
Awards
1912 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1916 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1920 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1921 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
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