Wes Gardner
[edit] Biography
Born on April 29, 1961 in Benton, Arkansas, Wes Gardner (Wesley Brian Gardner) played for the New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 8 year career. Gardner broke into the bigs on July 29, 1984 with the New York Mets, and put up a 5.42 ERA in 89.2 innings pitched in 1987, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Wes Gardner's best season was 1988, when he posted a 3.50 ERA and struck out 106 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1984
| NY
| N
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 6.39
| 19
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 25.1
| 34
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1985
| NY
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5.25
| 11
| 14
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 18
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1986
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| BOS
| A
| 49
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 5.42
| 70
| 55
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 89.2
| 98
| 17
| 42
| 7
| 4
| 2
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| 36
| 18
| 8
| 6
| 3.50
| 106
| 61
| 58
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 149
| 119
| 17
| 64
| 2
| 5
| 3
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| 22
| 16
| 3
| 7
| 5.97
| 81
| 64
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 97
| 10
| 47
| 7
| 3
| 1
|
| 1990
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 9
| 3
| 7
| 4.89
| 58
| 43
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 77.1
| 77
| 6
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1991
| SD
| N
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7.08
| 9
| 16
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 20.1
| 27
| 1
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1991
| KC
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.59
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| Total
|
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.88
| 12
| 20
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 26
| 32
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 44
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 6.40
| 39
| 49
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 57.2
| 79
| 2
| 28
| 5
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 145
| 44
| 17
| 26
| 4.69
| 319
| 228
| 213
| 1
| 0
| 12
| 408.2
| 397
| 50
| 190
| 16
| 14
| 8
|
| Total
|
|
| 189
| 44
| 18
| 30
| 4.90
| 358
| 277
| 254
| 1
| 0
| 14
| 466.1
| 476
| 52
| 218
| 21
| 17
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1984
| NY
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 25.1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| NY
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| BOS
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1987
| BOS
| A
| P
| 49
| 1
| 89.2
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| P
| 36
| 18
| 149
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| P
| 22
| 16
| 86
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 3
| 0
| .917
|
| 1990
| BOS
| A
| P
| 34
| 9
| 77.1
| 8
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 2
| 0
| .938
|
| 1991
| SD
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 20.1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| KC
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 5.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| Total
|
| P
| 17
| 0
| 26
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 189
| 44
| 466.1
| 30
| 48
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 45
| 12
| 1
| .975
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1984
| NY
| N
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| NY
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| BOS
| A
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| SD
| N
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| KC
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| Total
|
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 44
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 189
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 22nd round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1982).
- Traded by New York Mets with Calvin Schiraldi, John Christensen and LaSchelle Tarver to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tom McCarthy, Bob Ojeda, John Mitchell and Chris Bayer (November 13, 1985).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to San Diego Padres in exchange for Steve Hendricks and Brad Hoyer (December 15, 1990).
- Released by San Diego Padres (May 31, 1991).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (June 26, 1991).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (August 8, 1991).
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