3B Ray Gardner #24
Chicago Hawks MLB
Age: 27 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
07/31/1973
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3B RAY GARDNER #24 - AGE: 27 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
104 332 79 6 1 11 52 44 54 .238 .326 .361 0 1.9
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 35 30 35 35
Power 50 45 50 50
Eye 50 45 55 50
Avoid K's 50 45 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 40
Errors: - 55 50
Arm: 20 80 70
Turn DP: - 40 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 20
1st Base: 50 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 30
3rd Base: 60
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Aggressiveness: 25
Stealing Ability: 20
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 30
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/31/1973 @ ATL Loss, 2-6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
07/30/1973 @ LAP Win, 5-0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/29/1973 @ LAP Loss, 0-9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1973 @ LAP Win, 4-3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/27/1973 SEA Win, 7-1 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
07/26/1973 SEA Loss, 2-9 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
07/25/1973 SEA Win, 3-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/23/1973 @ DAL Win, 11-0 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 0
07/22/1973 @ DAL Win, 7-6 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
07/21/1973 @ DAL Loss, 4-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Steady Eddie. Shows up, does the job.
High: Loyalty
Low: Adaptability
Birthday:09/14/1945
Born in:Lexington, KY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$150,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:7 Years, None
Service This Yr:119 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1963, 15th Pick in Round 5
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1973 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 104 332 79 6 1 11 52 37 44 54 .238 .326 .361 .688 .308 .123 97
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 100 384 2 5 0 12 1 5 120 18 0 0 0.0 39.4 3.92 1.9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   86 18 0 0 1 13 5 2 15 1 0 1 .209 .233 .244 .478
Versus Right   246 61 6 1 10 39 32 42 39 4 1 1 .248 .355 .402 .757
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .571 .250 .821
Last Week   19 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 .211 .348 .211 .558
April   79 17 1 0 1 8 6 10 13 2 0 0 .215 .297 .266 .563
May   91 26 1 1 6 22 13 7 14 1 0 1 .286 .340 .516 .856
June   81 21 2 0 3 12 10 10 13 1 1 0 .259 .337 .395 .732
July   81 15 2 0 1 10 8 17 14 1 0 1 .185 .330 .247 .577
Spring Training   61 13 2 0 1 6 4 8 10 1 0 0 .213 .300 .295 .595
Last Year   355 70 6 0 10 50 32 42 78 6 1 0 .197 .278 .299 .577
2 Years Ago   366 91 10 0 7 51 35 58 46 7 0 2 .249 .349 .333 .682
Career   2764 665 72 5 92 378 298 360 450 32 3 15 .241 .328 .370 .698
Home   164 37 2 0 6 23 19 25 25 4 1 1 .226 .325 .348 .672
Road   168 42 4 1 5 29 18 19 29 1 0 1 .250 .328 .375 .703
Grass   332 79 6 1 11 52 37 44 54 5 1 2 .238 .326 .361 .688
Day   179 43 3 0 7 26 19 24 32 4 1 1 .240 .327 .374 .701
Night   153 36 3 1 4 26 18 20 22 1 0 1 .235 .326 .346 .672
As Starter   327 75 6 1 9 49 33 44 54 5 1 2 .229 .320 .336 .656
As Reliever / Substitution   5 4 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 2.000 2.800
Pinch Hitting   4 4 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500
Close/Late   66 17 1 0 4 13 11 10 8 0 0 0 .258 .355 .455 .810
Inning 1-3   97 27 5 0 3 21 11 18 18 2 1 0 .278 .385 .423 .807
Inning 4-6   125 22 0 0 2 12 9 14 20 2 0 2 .176 .266 .224 .490
Inning 7-9   104 29 1 1 6 18 17 11 15 1 0 0 .279 .345 .481 .826
Extra Innings   6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
0 Outs   129 31 2 0 3 14 16 13 15 2 1 1 .240 .310 .326 .636
1 Outs   114 28 3 0 5 24 13 12 19 3 0 0 .246 .310 .404 .714
2 Outs   89 20 1 1 3 14 8 19 20 0 0 1 .225 .367 .360 .727
Scoring Position   87 19 3 0 3 40 8 15 17 5 1 0 .218 .318 .356 .674
Bases Empty   197 47 3 0 5 5 20 21 30 0 0 2 .239 .318 .330 .648
Runner on 1st   48 13 0 1 3 7 9 8 7 0 0 0 .271 .375 .500 .875
Runner on 2nd   28 5 2 0 0 3 1 6 6 0 1 0 .179 .324 .250 .574
Runner on 3rd   11 1 0 0 0 4 1 2 2 2 0 0 .091 .200 .091 .291
Runner on 1st & 2nd   24 5 0 0 2 9 2 1 3 0 0 0 .208 .240 .458 .698
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   10 6 1 0 0 11 2 3 2 0 0 0 .600 .692 .700 1.392
Bases Loaded   9 2 0 0 1 9 2 2 3 1 0 0 .222 .333 .556 .889
Two Strikes   149 27 2 0 3 20 10 17 54 3 0 0 .181 .260 .255 .515
First Pitch   59 16 1 0 1 8 8 3 0 1 0 1 .271 .312 .339 .651
Count 0-1   23 7 1 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .304 .304 .696 1.000
Count 0-2   27 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 9 0 0 0 .148 .148 .259 .407
Count 1-0   25 4 1 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 .160 .192 .320 .512
Count 1-1   34 12 1 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 .353 .371 .559 .930
Count 1-2   52 11 0 0 1 6 4 0 16 1 0 0 .212 .208 .269 .477
Count 2-0   11 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .364 .364 .364 .727
Count 2-1   22 6 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .545 .818
Count 2-2   45 10 2 0 1 6 4 0 19 1 0 0 .222 .217 .333 .551
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 5 16 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   9 3 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 .333 .588 .333 .922
Full Count   25 2 0 0 0 4 1 17 10 1 0 0 .080 .442 .080 .522
Behind in Count   102 22 1 1 4 14 8 0 25 1 0 0 .216 .214 .363 .576
Ahead in Count   67 17 1 0 3 17 13 24 0 1 1 0 .254 .446 .403 .849
Batting 2nd   1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Batting 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 4th   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Batting 5th   71 22 1 0 1 6 9 17 13 0 0 0 .310 .443 .366 .809
Batting 6th   115 17 2 0 3 16 8 10 24 1 0 2 .148 .227 .243 .470
Batting 7th   126 32 3 1 6 26 17 16 16 3 0 0 .254 .331 .437 .768
Batting 8th   11 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .364 .333 .364 .697
Batting 9th   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Low Leverage   142 38 2 1 5 12 16 15 22 0 1 1 .268 .342 .401 .743
Medium Leverage   129 26 3 0 1 13 13 20 23 4 0 1 .202 .305 .248 .553
High Leverage   60 15 1 0 5 27 8 9 9 1 0 0 .250 .343 .517 .860
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Cleveland - MLB 21 103 337 76 14 1 11 35 32 25 2 0 64 0 0 .226 .283 .371 .654 100 101 -0.9
1968 Cleveland - MLB 22 137 451 106 11 2 15 50 44 48 3 2 87 0 1 .235 .312 .368 .680 112 118 2.2
1969 Cleveland - MLB 23 147 442 131 13 1 22 72 58 61 5 5 65 1 0 .296 .384 .480 .864 153 151 5.2
1970 Cleveland - MLB 24 142 481 112 12 0 16 68 60 82 1 7 56 0 0 .233 .342 .358 .699 93 101 2.7
1971 Cleveland - MLB 25 137 366 91 10 0 7 51 35 58 2 7 46 0 1 .249 .349 .333 .682 100 102 0.9
1972 Cleveland - MLB 26 111 355 70 6 0 10 50 32 42 0 6 78 0 0 .197 .278 .299 .577 70 76 0.6
1973 Chicago - MLB 27 104 332 79 6 1 11 52 37 44 2 5 54 0 0 .238 .326 .361 .688 90 97 1.9
Total MLB 881 2764 665 72 5 92 378 298 360 15 32 450 1 2 .241 .328 .370 .698 104 108 12.7
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 OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1963 Total - 17 23 98 39 7 0 2 27 29 14 2 1 7 2 1 .398 .478 .531 1.009 100 100 1.5
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Cleveland - MLB 24 5 9 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .417 .333 .750 110 126 0.7
Total MLB 5 9 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .417 .333 .750 110 126
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 Cleveland - MLB 3B 94 92 31 176 10 230 23 .900 785.1 2.37 -18.1 .896
1967 Cleveland - MLB LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1967 Cleveland - MLB RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.2 0.00 -0.2 .000
1968 Cleveland - MLB 1B 81 78 725 45 62 775 5 .994 658.0 10.53 +2.4 1.016
1968 Cleveland - MLB 3B 44 42 15 87 6 111 9 .919 355.0 2.59 -4.0 .954
1968 Cleveland - MLB LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 +0.0 .987
1968 Cleveland - MLB RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Cleveland - MLB 1B 25 1 46 5 5 52 1 .981 49.1 9.30 +0.2 .966
1969 Cleveland - MLB 3B 120 116 91 225 19 334 18 .946 968.2 2.94 +4.0 1.012
1969 Cleveland - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Cleveland - MLB RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Cleveland - MLB 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1970 Cleveland - MLB 3B 132 128 80 269 22 367 18 .951 1131.0 2.78 +5.9 1.030
1970 Cleveland - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.3 .000
1970 Cleveland - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Cleveland - MLB RF 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 17.0 1.06 -0.7 .653
1971 Cleveland - MLB 1B 8 0 7 2 2 9 0 1.000 9.2 8.38 +0.1 1.025
1971 Cleveland - MLB 3B 87 64 52 157 17 228 19 .917 594.2 3.16 -4.4 .950
1971 Cleveland - MLB SS 5 5 9 15 2 27 3 .889 46.0 4.70 -2.2 .865
1971 Cleveland - MLB LF 7 7 13 0 0 14 1 .929 61.0 1.92 -0.8 .902
1971 Cleveland - MLB RF 20 19 30 0 0 32 2 .938 159.0 1.70 -0.5 .954
1972 Cleveland - MLB 1B 8 2 38 5 5 44 1 .977 35.0 11.06 -0.3 .948
1972 Cleveland - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Cleveland - MLB 3B 96 86 59 190 25 261 12 .954 790.2 2.83 +1.3 1.013
1972 Cleveland - MLB RF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 -0.1 .971
1973 Chicago - MLB 3B 101 100 80 233 18 324 11 .966 851.1 3.31 +6.8 1.032
TOTAL 1B 123 81 817 57 74 881 7 .992 753.0 10.45 +2.3 1.006
TOTAL 3B 674 628 408 1337 117 1855 110 .941 5476.2 2.87 -8.6 .991
TOTAL SS 5 5 9 15 2 27 3 .889 46.0 4.70 -2.2 .865
TOTAL LF 13 7 14 0 0 15 1 .933 70.0 1.80 -1.1 .908
TOTAL RF 32 22 36 0 0 38 2 .947 195.2 1.66 -1.5 .932
PLAYER HISTORY
12/16/1963 Drafted in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 15, 111st overall pick) by the Pittsburgh Industrials, out of high school Grant County (Grant County; Dry Ridge, KY).
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 30 (45); Power: 25 (45); Eye: 30 (55).
03/23/1964 Injured (bruised shin),day-to-day for 4 days.
04/14/1964 Released by the Pittsburgh Industrials.
07/29/1964 Signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Hawks organization.
07/29/1964 Released by the Chicago Hawks.
10/16/1964 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $25,200 with the Cleveland Bobcats organization.
10/26/1964 Named the #99 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 40 (55).
10/21/1965 Named the #93 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 40 (55).
10/20/1966 Named the #98 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (55).
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 55 (55).
06/14/1968 Injured (bruised elbow),day-to-day for one week.
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 55 (55).
08/25/1969 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
11/14/1969 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $71,251 with the Cleveland Bobcats organization.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 55 (55).
02/09/1970 Outstandingly completed training to improve his defense at third base at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
08/25/1970 Injured (flu-like symptoms),day-to-day for 4 days.
11/07/1970 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $123,501 with the Cleveland Bobcats organization.
12/08/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at third base at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (55).
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $160,000.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
08/05/1972 Injured (dizziness and nausea),day-to-day for 3 days.
11/12/1972 Became a free agent.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
02/23/1973 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $520,000 with the Chicago Hawks organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HR Rank
1969 22 9
Year IBB Rank
1969 6 8
Year SF Rank
1970 7 5
1971 7 7
Year AVG Rank
1969 .296 9
Year OBP Rank
1969 .384 7
Year SLG Rank
1969 .480 9
Year RC/27 Rank
1969 6.73 8
Year wOBA Rank
1969 .384 8
Year OPS Rank
1969 .864 8
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