3B Ray Gardner #21
Cleveland Bobcats MLB
Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
07/31/1972
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3B RAY GARDNER #21 - AGE: 26 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
102 340 69 5 0 10 50 40 75 .203 .282 .306 0 0.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 40 35 40 40
Power 50 50 50 50
Eye 50 45 50 50
Avoid K's 50 50 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: 55 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: 35
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/30/1972 @ DEN Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/29/1972 @ DEN Loss, 3-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
07/28/1972 BRO Loss, 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/27/1972 BRO Win, 4-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/26/1972 BRO Loss, 3-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/23/1972 PIT Loss, 1-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/22/1972 PIT Win, 3-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/21/1972 @ CIN Win, 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
07/20/1972 @ CIN Win, 3-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/19/1972 @ CIN Win, 14-7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Salt of the earth.
High: Loyalty
Low: Adaptability
Birthday:09/14/1945
Born in:Lexington, KY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$160,000
Signed Through:1972 Season
Major Service:6 Years, None
Service This Yr:118 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 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 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 102 340 69 5 0 10 50 31 40 75 .203 .282 .306 .588 .278 .103 80
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 86 386 0 0 0 5 1 6 104 15 0 0 0.0 31.7 3.03 .8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   48 8 2 0 1 7 3 3 14 2 1 0 .167 .208 .271 .478
Versus Right   292 61 3 0 9 43 28 37 61 4 0 0 .209 .294 .312 .606
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   12 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .167 .286 .250 .536
April   75 18 2 0 4 11 9 9 13 0 0 0 .240 .321 .427 .748
May   94 12 0 0 1 8 5 15 27 2 0 0 .128 .243 .160 .403
June   87 21 1 0 2 11 8 10 19 1 0 0 .241 .316 .322 .638
July   84 18 2 0 3 20 9 6 16 3 1 0 .214 .258 .345 .603
Spring Training   55 10 0 0 1 8 5 6 9 1 1 1 .182 .270 .236 .506
Last Year   366 91 10 0 7 51 35 58 46 7 0 2 .249 .349 .333 .682
2 Years Ago   481 112 12 0 16 68 60 82 56 7 0 1 .233 .342 .358 .699
Career   2417 585 65 4 81 326 260 314 393 27 2 13 .242 .329 .373 .702
Home   156 29 4 0 2 17 16 19 31 2 0 0 .186 .271 .250 .521
Road   184 40 1 0 8 33 15 21 44 4 1 0 .217 .292 .353 .645
Grass   340 69 5 0 10 50 31 40 75 6 1 0 .203 .282 .306 .588
Day   200 41 4 0 7 35 17 17 47 6 0 0 .205 .260 .330 .590
Night   140 28 1 0 3 15 14 23 28 0 1 0 .200 .313 .271 .584
As Starter   325 65 5 0 10 50 30 40 71 6 1 0 .200 .283 .308 .591
As Reliever / Substitution   15 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533
Pinch Hitting   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Close/Late   95 21 0 0 3 8 9 10 22 0 0 0 .221 .295 .316 .611
Inning 1-3   94 17 0 0 5 28 12 12 17 5 1 0 .181 .261 .340 .602
Inning 4-6   122 24 5 0 1 10 9 13 30 0 0 0 .197 .274 .262 .536
Inning 7-9   109 26 0 0 3 11 9 13 27 1 0 0 .239 .317 .321 .638
Extra Innings   15 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 .133 .235 .333 .569
0 Outs   115 21 1 0 3 7 11 16 21 1 1 0 .183 .280 .270 .550
1 Outs   123 28 3 0 5 31 17 13 29 5 0 0 .228 .291 .374 .665
2 Outs   102 20 1 0 2 12 3 11 25 0 0 0 .196 .274 .265 .539
Scoring Position   116 27 2 0 5 44 13 10 26 6 1 0 .233 .280 .379 .660
Bases Empty   161 29 2 0 4 4 14 22 33 0 0 0 .180 .279 .267 .546
Runner on 1st   63 13 1 0 1 2 4 8 16 0 0 0 .206 .296 .270 .566
Runner on 2nd   44 10 1 0 0 9 3 7 8 0 1 0 .227 .333 .250 .583
Runner on 3rd   14 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 7 1 0 0 .214 .294 .286 .580
Runner on 1st & 2nd   28 8 0 0 1 6 3 1 5 0 0 0 .286 .310 .393 .703
Runner on 1st & 3rd   11 2 0 0 1 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 .182 .167 .455 .621
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   12 3 0 0 2 14 4 0 1 3 0 0 .250 .200 .750 .950
Bases Loaded   7 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 .143 .125 .571 .696
Two Strikes   156 22 2 0 5 24 9 17 75 3 0 0 .141 .222 .250 .472
First Pitch   41 13 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 .317 .317 .341 .659
Count 0-1   30 9 1 0 3 8 6 0 0 2 0 0 .300 .281 .633 .915
Count 0-2   28 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 1-0   27 6 0 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Count 1-1   39 8 1 0 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .205 .308 .513
Count 1-2   56 9 2 0 2 6 3 0 26 0 0 0 .161 .161 .304 .464
Count 2-0   10 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .364 .400 .764
Count 2-1   28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 2-2   46 8 0 0 3 14 5 0 21 1 0 0 .174 .170 .370 .540
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   9 3 0 0 0 0 6 14 0 0 0 0 .333 .739 .333 1.072
Full Count   26 1 0 0 0 3 1 17 11 2 0 0 .038 .400 .038 .438
Behind in Count   114 22 3 0 5 15 9 0 43 2 0 0 .193 .190 .351 .541
Ahead in Count   74 17 0 0 1 8 10 23 0 1 0 0 .230 .408 .270 .678
Batting Leadoff   3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Batting 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   73 19 1 0 3 22 9 9 13 1 0 0 .260 .337 .397 .735
Batting 5th   227 41 2 0 7 23 19 27 51 3 0 0 .181 .265 .282 .547
Batting 6th   26 7 2 0 0 5 2 3 7 2 1 0 .269 .323 .346 .669
Batting 7th   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   120 27 2 0 2 7 9 21 29 1 0 0 .225 .338 .292 .630
Medium Leverage   123 19 2 0 3 19 13 15 24 3 1 0 .154 .241 .244 .485
High Leverage   97 23 1 0 5 24 9 4 22 2 0 0 .237 .262 .402 .664
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 98 99 -1.0
1968 Cleveland - MLB 22 137 451 106 11 2 15 50 44 48 3 2 87 0 1 .235 .312 .368 .680 112 115 2.1
1969 Cleveland - MLB 23 147 442 131 13 1 22 72 58 61 5 5 65 1 0 .296 .384 .480 .864 151 148 5.1
1970 Cleveland - MLB 24 142 481 112 12 0 16 68 60 82 1 7 56 0 0 .233 .342 .358 .699 93 98 2.5
1971 Cleveland - MLB 25 137 366 91 10 0 7 51 35 58 2 7 46 0 1 .249 .349 .333 .682 99 100 0.8
1972 Cleveland - MLB 26 102 340 69 5 0 10 50 31 40 0 6 75 0 0 .203 .282 .306 .588 72 80 0.8
Total MLB 768 2417 585 65 4 81 326 260 314 13 27 393 1 2 .242 .329 .373 .702 106 108 10.2
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 .750 110 122 0.7
Total MLB 5 9 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .417 .333 .750 110 122
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 .954
1972 Cleveland - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Cleveland - MLB 3B 90 83 55 184 24 251 12 .952 758.2 2.84 +0.7 1.004
1972 Cleveland - MLB RF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 -0.1 .969
TOTAL 1B 123 81 817 57 74 881 7 .992 753.0 10.45 +2.4 1.006
TOTAL 3B 567 525 324 1098 98 1521 99 .935 4593.1 2.79 -16.0 .981
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).
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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