Ping Gardner

Kenneth Fuller Gardner

Born: March 5, 1899 in Washington, DC
Died: March 9, 1984 in Charlottesville, VA
(85 years old)

Bats:

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 157

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Notes:

• Buried: Oakwood Cemetery (Charlottesville, VA)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1920	BRG	EAS/NVM	21	SP	2	2	.500	4	4	0	4	1	0	35.1	7	5	26	0	11	13	0		1	142	1.27	163
1921	NLG	EAS/NVS	22	SP	1	4	.200	7	5	1	3	0	0	41.1	38	33	55	5	18	27	0	0	4	198	7.19	89
1922	PRS	IND	23	SP	1	4	.200	5	5	0	5	1	0	41.1	26	21	42	1	16	28	1	0	2	183	4.57	97
1923	HIL	ECL	24	SP	1	1	.500	4	2	1	1	0	0	19.0	7	6	15	1	3	5	0	0	0	74	2.84	126
1924	HBG	ECL	25	SP	8	6	.571	17	14	3	12	0	0	134.1	73	63	134	7	45	60	2	0	14	581	4.22	102
1925	HBG	ECL	26	SP	11	6	.647	23	15	5	10	2	0	137.0	64	53	124	10	45	46	2	0	9	580	3.48	131
1926	HBG	ECL	27	SP	7	8	.467	20	14	5	12	1	3	114.0	69	58	131	5	42	51	1		5	522	4.58	95
1927	HBG	ECL	28	SP	3	3	.500	9	8	1	4	0	0	57.2	36	31	53	4	21	31	2		3	250	4.84	98
1928	ACB	ECL	29	SP	5	8	.385	19	13	1	7	0	2	105.0	94	81	138	11	38	39	0	0	9	489	6.94	77
1929	ACB	ANL	30	SP	3	5	.375	12	8	2	3	0	0	53.0	62	52	79	3	30	14	0		1	271	8.83	67
1930	HIL	IND	31	SP	1	2	.333	5	2	3	2	0	0	29.0	23	20	31	1	11	7	0	0	0	130	6.21	98
1932	NWB	EWL	33	SP	0	2	.000	2	2	0	1	0	0	10.1	11	10	18	1	3	3	0		0	53	8.71	56
12	7			SP	43	51	.457	127	92	22	64	5	5	777.1	510	433	846	49	283	324	8	0	48	3473	5.01	97
162 Game Average					13	16	.457	39	29	7	20	2	2	241.1	158	134	263	15	88	101	2	0	15	1078	5.01	97

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
12	Negro Leagues				43	48	.473	123	89	21	62	5	5	751.0	485	411	811	48	278	307	8	0	46	3353	4.93	97
1	vs Semipros				0	2	.000	3	2	1	1	0	0	18.0	22	21	28	1	4	14	0	0	2	87	10.50	70
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.1	3	1	7	0	1	3	0		0	33	1.08	131

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	2	2	.500	4	4	0	4	1	0	35.1	7	5	26	0	11	13	0		1	142	1.27	160
1	New York Lincoln Giants			RP	1	4	.200	7	5	1	3	0	0	41.1	38	33	55	5	18	27	0	0	4	198	7.19	93
1	Philadelphia Royal Stars			SP	1	4	.200	5	5	0	5	1	0	41.1	26	21	42	1	16	28	1	0	2	183	4.57	97
2	Hilldale Club			RP	2	3	.400	9	4	4	3	0	0	48.0	30	26	46	2	14	12	0	0	0	204	4.88	108
4	Harrisburg Giants			SP	29	23	.558	69	51	14	38	3	3	443.0	242	205	442	26	153	188	7	0	31	1933	4.16	107
2	Bacharach Giants II			RP	8	13	.381	31	21	3	10	0	2	158.0	156	133	217	14	68	53	0	0	10	760	7.58	73
1	Newark Browns			-	0	2	.000	2	2	0	1	0	0	10.1	11	10	18	1	3	3	0		0	53	8.71	56

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1920	BRG	EAS/NVM	21	SP	35.1	1.05	1.03	9.2%	14.6%	7.7%	6.7%	1.18	2.03	0.0%	0.2%
1921	NLG	EAS/NVS	22	SP	41.1	1.77	1.69	13.6%	11.5%	9.1%	8.9%	1.50	1.29	2.5%	1.7%
1922	PRS	IND	23	SP	41.1	1.40	1.42	15.3%	12.6%	8.7%	8.4%	1.75	1.50	0.5%	1.0%
1923	HIL	ECL	24	SP	19.0	0.95	1.28	6.8%	11.2%	4.1%	6.3%	1.67	1.78	1.4%	0.9%
1924	HBG	ECL	25	SP	134.1	1.33	1.40	10.3%	10.9%	7.7%	7.3%	1.33	1.49	1.2%	1.1%
1925	HBG	ECL	26	SP	137.0	1.23	1.45	7.9%	9.6%	7.8%	8.0%	1.02	1.19	1.7%	1.6%
1926	HBG	ECL	27	SP	114.0	1.52	1.40	9.8%	10.4%	8.0%	9.6%	1.21	1.08	1.0%	1.2%
1927	HBG	ECL	28	SP	57.2	1.28	1.50	12.4%	9.0%	8.4%	9.0%	1.48	0.99	1.6%	1.2%
1928	ACB	ECL	29	SP	105.0	1.68	1.52	8.0%	10.3%	7.8%	8.9%	1.03	1.15	2.2%	1.8%
1929	ACB	ANL	30	SP	53.0	2.06	1.68	5.2%	9.0%	11.1%	9.4%	0.47	0.95	1.1%	1.3%
1930	HIL	IND	31	SP	29.0	1.45	1.61	5.4%	10.1%	8.5%	8.2%	0.64	1.23	0.8%	1.5%
1932	NWB	EWL	33	SP	10.1	2.03	1.56	5.7%	10.9%	5.7%	8.6%	1.00	1.27	1.9%	0.8%
12	7			SP	777.1	1.45	1.46	9.3%	10.4%	8.1%	8.5%	1.14	1.27	1.4%	1.3%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
12	Negro Leagues				751.0	1.45	1.46	9.2%	10.3%	8.3%	8.5%	1.10	1.25	1.4%	1.3%
1	vs Semipros				18.0	1.78	1.77	16.1%	12.1%	4.6%	8.9%	3.50	1.36	1.1%	2.6%
1	vs Major Leagues				8.1	0.96	0.97	9.1%	16.4%	3.0%	6.7%	3.00	2.47	0.0%	0.3%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	35.1	1.05	1.03	9.2%	13.6%	7.7%	6.7%	1.18	2.03	0.0%	0.2%
1	New York Lincoln Giants			RP	41.1	1.77	1.69	13.6%	11.4%	9.1%	8.9%	1.50	1.29	2.5%	1.6%
1	Philadelphia Royal Stars			SP	41.1	1.40	1.42	15.3%	12.6%	8.7%	8.4%	1.75	1.50	0.5%	1.0%
2	Hilldale Club			RP	48.0	1.25	1.48	5.9%	10.5%	6.9%	7.5%	0.86	1.45	1.0%	1.3%
4	Harrisburg Giants			SP	443.0	1.34	1.43	9.7%	10.1%	7.9%	8.4%	1.23	1.23	1.3%	1.3%
2	Bacharach Giants II			RP	158.0	1.80	1.58	7.0%	9.8%	8.9%	9.1%	0.78	1.08	1.8%	1.6%
1	Newark Browns			-	10.1	2.03	1.56	5.7%	10.9%	5.7%	8.6%	1.00	1.27	1.9%	0.8%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1920	BRG	EAS/NVM	21	SP	4	142	128	7	26	6	1	0	4		11	13		1	2		2	.203	.271	.266	.537
1921	NLG	EAS/NVS	22	SP	7	198	171	38	55	9	2	5	1		18	27	0	4	5		5	.322	.399	.485	.884
1922	PRS	IND	23	SP	5	183	160	26	42	10	3	1	5		16	28		2	5		0	.263	.337	.381	.718
1923	HIL	ECL	24	SP	4	74	69	7	15	4	1	1	1		3	5		0	2		0	.217	.250	.348	.598
1924	HBG	ECL	25	SP	17	581	498	73	134	16	11	7	34	1	45	60	0	14	24		8	.269	.346	.388	.734
1925	HBG	ECL	26	SP	23	580	507	64	124	16	7	10	26	0	45	46		9	20		12	.245	.317	.363	.680
1926	HBG	ECL	27	SP	20	522	463	69	131	20	4	5	17	4	42	51		5	12		5	.283	.349	.376	.725
1927	HBG	ECL	28	SP	9	250	219	36	53	10	4	4	7		21	31		3	7		5	.242	.317	.379	.696
1928	ACB	ECL	29	SP	19	489	428	94	138	22	11	11	16	2	38	39		9	13		6	.322	.389	.502	.892
1929	ACB	ANL	30	SP	12	271	231	62	79	15	5	3	5		30	14		1	9		2	.342	.420	.489	.909
1930	HIL	IND	31	SP	5	130	115	23	31	2	5	1	0		11	7		0	4		5	.270	.333	.400	.733
1932	NWB	EWL	33	SP	2	53	49	11	18	6	0	1	0		3	3		0	1		1	.367	.404	.551	.955
12	7			SP	127	3473	3038	510	846	136	54	49	116	7	283	324	0	48	104		51	.278	.349	.407	.757

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
12	Negro Leagues				123	3353	2927	485	811	130	51	48	114	7	278	307	0	46	102		50	.277	.349	.406	.755
1	vs Semipros				3	87	79	22	28	5	2	1	1		4	14	0	2	2		1	.354	.400	.506	.906
1	vs Major Leagues				1	33	32	3	7	1	1	0	1		1	3		0	0		0	.219	.242	.313	.555

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	4	142	128	7	26	6	1	0	4		11	13		1	2		2	.203	.271	.266	.537
1	New York Lincoln Giants			RP	7	198	171	38	55	9	2	5	1		18	27	0	4	5		5	.322	.399	.485	.884
1	Philadelphia Royal Stars			SP	5	183	160	26	42	10	3	1	5		16	28		2	5		0	.263	.337	.381	.718
2	Hilldale Club			RP	9	204	184	30	46	6	6	2	1		14	12		0	6		5	.250	.303	.380	.683
4	Harrisburg Giants			SP	69	1933	1687	242	442	62	26	26	84	5	153	188	0	31	63		30	.262	.335	.376	.710
2	Bacharach Giants II			RP	31	760	659	156	217	37	16	14	21	2	68	53		10	22		8	.329	.400	.498	.898
1	Newark Browns			-	2	53	49	11	18	6	0	1	0		3	3		0	1		1	.367	.404	.551	.955

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