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Larry
Gardner		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 175
 
Born: May 13, 1886 in Usa, VT, ENOSBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1913   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1908 22 CIN NL     6 6 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 4 3 8 9 9
1909 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 5 4 8 9 9
1910 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 9
1911 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
1912 26 CIN NL $ 2,435,714   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1913 27 CIN NL $ 3,464,286   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
1914 28 CIN NL $ 3,542,857   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
1915 29 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
1916 30 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
1917 31 PHI NL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
1918 32 PHI NL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
1919 33 BOS AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 10 10
1920 34 BOS AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 9 10 10
1921 35 DET AL $ 2,700,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 3 8 9 9
1922 36 PHI NL $ 1,010,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 8 9 9
1923 37 PHI NL $ 1,010,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 8 9 9
1924 38 PHI NL $ 1,010,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 8 9 8
1925 39 PHI NL $ 1,010,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 7 8 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 7 8 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1908 22 AA   131 475 48 126 19 2 4 34 22 16 83 129 .265 .375 .339 .713 65.6  
1909 23 CIN NL 98 353 37 95 8 6 0 37 14 16 37 45 .269 .344 .326 .670 40.0 7.7
1910 24 CIN NL 108 384 62 126 15 5 0 37 13 15 39 32 .328 .389 .393 .783 56.6 15.9
1911 25 CIN NL 143 540 70 154 10 11 4 80 21 19 52 45 .285 .348 .367 .715 66.8 10.9
1912 26 CIN NL 146 556 63 177 15 17 3 88 26 25 56 20 .318 .382 .423 .805 76.2 16.1
1913 27 CIN NL 142 522 85 165 31 7 4 76 22 27 60 13 .316 .384 .425 .809 78.9 19.2
1914 28 CIN NL 103 347 43 99 11 3 1 44 13 8 38 12 .285 .354 .343 .697 42.7 7.7
1915 29 CIN NL 134 516 79 152 18 7 2 40 19 24 55 16 .295 .363 .368 .731 65.3 15.1
1916 30 CIN NL 130 535 67 167 17 3 0 48 25 31 54 22 .312 .374 .355 .730 66.2 12.9
1917 31 CIN NL 95 364 47 101 13 2 2 35 10 13 43 24 .277 .353 .341 .694 40.7 7.5
  PHI NL 49 188 25 56 5 3 2 23 5 6 23 12 .298 .373 .388 .761 25.8 6.5
  TOT   144 552 72 157 18 5 4 58 15 19 66 36 .284 .360 .357 .717 66.5 14.1
1918 32 PHI NL 135 507 63 154 19 11 0 77 5 8 57 26 .304 .373 .385 .757 66.8 15.6
1919 33 BOS AL 130 508 58 154 15 3 3 49 2 10 41 18 .303 .356 .362 .719 63.4 12.8
1920 34 BOS AL 104 413 69 133 13 5 0 45 2 11 34 13 .322 .370 .378 .748 52.3 9.1
1921 35 DET AL 113 372 50 106 8 8 0 36 4 3 33 15 .285 .344 .349 .693 42.8 5.3
1922 36 PHI NL 77 126 17 38 3 2 0 10 0 0 6 8 .302 .333 .357 .690 13.0 1.1
1923 37 PHI NL 77 108 13 40 1 4 0 14 0 1 5 5 .370 .395 .454 .848 15.8 2.9
1924 38 PHI NL 88 112 19 36 2 3 1 16 0 1 7 4 .321 .367 .420 .786 15.5 2.8
1925 39 PHI NL 124 395 53 124 11 7 0 55 1 4 24 20 .314 .351 .377 .728 47.9 5.4
17 Years Sim 1996 6846 920 2077 215 107 22 810 182 222 664 350 .303 .365 .376 .740 876.7 174.6
1 Years AA 131 475 48 126 19 2 4 34 22 16 83 129 .265 .375 .339 .713 65.6  
162 Game Average 555 74 168 17 8 1 65 14 18 53 28 .303 .365 .376 .740 71.2  
Career Highs 146 556 85 177 31 17 4 88 26 31 66 45 .370 .395 .454 .848 78.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5416 750 1651 162 91 16 631 146 179 554 242 .305 .369 .377 .746 721.2
vs LH   1430 170 426 53 16 6 179 36 43 110 108 .298 .349 .370 .719 172.7
Home 983 3273 425 983 111 47 10 387 81 106 305 167 .300 .360 .372 .733 415.2
Away 1013 3573 495 1094 104 60 12 423 101 116 359 183 .306 .369 .379 .748 478.7
RISP   1825 0 558 53 29 5 736 0 0 240 87 .306 .381 .375 .756 271.0
Pinch Hitting   218 24 71 4 3 0 26 0 2 19 12 .326 .378 .372 .750 29.7
Close/Late   812 105 252 31 12 1 89 0 0 114 55 .310 .394 .382 .776 125.2
Mar/Apr 211 735 119 230 28 9 1 98 30 25 77 35 .313 .378 .380 .757 102.1
May 364 1251 169 363 42 16 4 144 29 40 122 75 .290 .353 .359 .712 151.8
June 356 1193 147 363 30 20 4 146 40 38 112 59 .304 .364 .373 .737 156.1
July 372 1294 188 416 40 19 3 175 31 45 121 70 .321 .380 .389 .769 177.9
August 346 1181 155 351 37 21 4 122 25 44 123 61 .297 .362 .374 .737 151.3
Sep/Oct 347 1192 142 354 38 22 6 125 27 30 109 50 .297 .355 .381 .736 154.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1909 23 CIN NL 3B 91 90 818.3 60 194 12 7 .955 2.79   3.9
    2B 2 2 18.0 6 5 0 1 1.000 5.50   0.1
1910 24 CIN NL 3B 99 96 853.3 66 214 21 13 .930 2.95   4.4
1911 25 CIN NL 3B 137 137 1221.7 78 305 20 13 .950 2.82   8.4
    SS 1 1 9.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.00   0.1
1912 26 CIN NL 3B 144 144 1280.7 93 320 24 22 .945 2.90   6.1
1913 27 CIN NL 3B 137 136 1213.0 93 293 17 18 .958 2.86   6.4
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1914 28 CIN NL 3B 91 85 766.3 59 208 16 13 .943 3.14   3.5
1915 29 CIN NL 3B 124 119 1068.7 70 312 19 24 .953 3.22   6.7
    2B 2 2 17.0 6 11 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1916 30 CIN NL 3B 128 126 1123.3 82 263 24 20 .935 2.76   5.0
1917 31 CIN NL 3B 94 94 838.0 55 207 16 14 .942 2.81   3.2
  PHI NL 3B 49 49 434.3 29 108 9 8 .938 2.84   1.6
  TOT   3B 143 143 1272.3 84 315 25 22 .941 2.82   4.8
1918 32 PHI NL 3B 131 130 1187.3 90 272 19 12 .950 2.74   5.8
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1919 33 BOS AL 3B 78 78 703.0 44 148 7 10 .965 2.46   3.3
    2B 51 51 458.3 115 208 4 25 .988 6.34   2.5
1920 34 BOS AL 2B 98 97 863.7 241 431 17 74 .975 7.00   3.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1921 35 DET AL 3B 105 100 848.7 43 220 15 12 .946 2.79   4.6
    2B 3 2 19.0 5 10 0 2 1.000 7.11   0.1
1922 36 PHI NL 2B 12 12 99.0 28 47 3 9 .962 6.82   0.2
    3B 11 8 65.0 5 14 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.2
1923 37 PHI NL 2B 28 12 147.7 49 69 4 12 .967 7.19   0.4
    3B 3 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1924 38 PHI NL 2B 22 5 71.7 20 43 2 8 .969 7.91   0.2
    3B 13 4 48.0 1 14 3 2 .833 2.81   0.1
    1B 5 5 40.0 43 9 0 5 1.000 11.70   0.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1925 39 PHI NL 3B 77 77 653.0 46 183 12 15 .950 3.16   3.2
    SS 21 21 178.0 24 75 11 12 .900 5.01   0.3
    1B 13 13 108.0 137 12 2 15 .987 12.42   0.2
    2B 6 0 12.0 4 6 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.1
  3B 1514 1473 13132.6 916 3277 234 203 .947 2.87   66.4
  2B 227 183 1712.3 476 834 30 134 .978 6.89   6.8
  SS 22 22 187.0 27 79 11 13 .906 5.10   0.4
  1B 18 18 148.0 180 21 2 20 .990 12.22   0.3
  CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   1782 1696 15182.9 1600 4211 277 370 .955 3.44   73.9
Career Highs   144 144 1280.7 241 432 25 74 .979 7.25    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1912-8-.318
1913-8-.316
1916-9-.312
1918-7-.304
1919-7-.303
CAR-49-.303
 On-Base Pct
1912-10-.382
1913-10-.384
1918-7-.373
 OPS
1913-9-.809
 XR
CAR-48-876.7
 Games
CAR-22-1996
 At-Bats
1919-9-508
CAR-40-6846
Hits
1912-8-177
1919-7-154
CAR-28-2077
 Total Bases
CAR-48-2572
 Singles
1916-5-147
1919-4-133
CAR-17-1733
 Doubles
1913-6-31
 Triples
1912-4-17
1918-9-11
 RBIs
1912-5-88
1913-9-76
1918-10-77
Caught Stealing
1911-10-19
1912-8-25
1913-5-27
1915-5-24
1916-2-31
1917-9-19
CAR-28-222
 Walks
CAR-45-664
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  3. Frank O'Rourke (906)
  4. Benny Kauff (881)
  5. Wid Conroy (878)
  6. Joe Tinker (876)
  7. Sammy Strang (869)
  8. Edd Roush (869)
  9. Amby McConnell (866)
  10. Heinie Groh (862)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1908
Traded from Philadelphia (N) to Cincinnati on 2/9/1908 (Going to CIN: 3B Larry Gardner, C PHN Trade Bait. Going to PHI: C CIN Trade Bait)
Had first career hit on 4/14/1909, off Walter Johnson (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1911, off Big jeff Pfeffer (CHN)
2/11/1912: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1912, hitting .404 with 0 HR, 22 RBI
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1913
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
9/14/1914: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $9,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 7/21/1916
Traded from Cincinnati to Philadelphia (N) on 7/31/1917 (Going to PHI: 3B Larry Gardner. Going to CIN: 2B Ralph Young, 3B Harry Spratt)
8/15/1917: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $9,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Chicago (N) on 9/23/1917
Injured on 9/27/1918 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia (N) to Boston (A) on 2/14/1919 (Going to PHI: P Red Sox Trade Bait. Going to BOS: 3B Larry Gardner)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/18/1921 to a 1-year deal worth $2,700,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (N) on 2/18/1922 to a 4-year deal worth $1,010,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 7/4/1925, off Paul Zahniser (PIT)
 
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