Jim Gardner
1897–1902 · bats ? / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates
82G
.179AVG
.278OBP
.223SLG
More career statistics
40H
1HR
16RBI
5SB
25–22W–L
423.1IP
115K
3.85ERA
49GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 82 | 73 |
| Batting · At bats | 224 | 191 |
| Batting · Doubles | 5 | 3 |
| Batting · Hits | 40 | 31 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 6 | 29 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 259 | 222 |
| Batting · Runs | 29 | 24 |
| Batting · RBI | 16 | 13 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 5 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 28 | 25 |
| Pitching · Games | 59 | 48 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,837 | 1,459 |
| Pitching · p cg | 37 | 29 |
| Pitching · p er | 181 | 158 |
| Pitching · p gs | 49 | 39 |
| Pitching · p h | 468 | 369 |
| Pitching · p hr | 9 | 8 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,270 | 1,014 |
| Pitching · p k | 115 | 84 |
| Pitching · p r | 270 | 217 |
| Pitching · p w | 130 | 108 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 259 | 224 | 29 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50 | .179 | .278 | .223 | .501 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423.3 | 59 | 49 | 37 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 468 | 270 | 181 | 9 | 130 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 3.85 | 1.413 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1898-07-29 to 1898-08-13
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1898-06-19 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1898-06-24 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1897-07-14 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 33 | 97 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | .181 | .268 | .241 |
| Away | 40 | 125 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 11 | .148 | .240 | .176 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .273 |
| May | 11 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .083 | .214 | .208 |
| June | 18 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | .170 | .268 | .234 |
| July | 15 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .167 | .244 | .167 |
| August | 11 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .182 | .250 | .182 |
| September | 10 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .120 | .200 | .200 |
| October | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .316 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 10 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .207 | .324 | .207 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 9 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .174 | .231 | .174 |
| cincinnati-reds | 9 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .087 | .241 | .087 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 8 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .200 | .375 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .182 | .286 | .182 |
| chicago-cubs | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .062 | .118 | .062 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .357 | .500 |
| cleveland-spiders | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .238 | .167 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 76 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | .158 | 95 | 35 |
| 1898 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 91 | 14 | – | 3 | 1 | .154 | 185 | 41 |
| 1899 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | .214 | 32 | 2 |
| 1902 |  Chicago Cubs | 3 | 10 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 25 | 6 |