Larry Gardner
1908–1924 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics
1,930G
.289AVG
.355OBP
.384SLG
More career statistics
1,931H
27HR
934RBI
165SB
7Rare feats
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 · At bats | 6,688 | 6,698 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 68 | 218 |
| Batting · Doubles | 301 | 308 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,931 | 1,934 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 282 | 428 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,685 | 7,702 |
| Batting · RBI | 934 | 947 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 165 | 171 |
| Batting · Triples | 129 | 127 |
| Batting · Walks | 654 | 657 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,930 | 7,685 | 6,688 | 867 | 1,931 | 301 | 129 | 27 | 934 | 654 | 282 | 165 | 68 | 32 | 0 | 2,571 | .289 | .355 | .384 | .739 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1916-08-05 to 1916-08-22
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Caught Three Times | 1916-06-27 | 1 in 4,659 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1922-08-01 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1911-07-19 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 999 | 3872 | 1002 | 18 | 519 | 345 | 209 | .298 | .348 | .405 |
| Away | 931 | 3830 | 932 | 9 | 428 | 312 | 219 | .279 | .325 | .364 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 149 | 606 | 142 | 2 | 78 | 50 | 54 | .265 | .317 | .353 |
| May | 303 | 1204 | 312 | 5 | 189 | 105 | 55 | .297 | .346 | .398 |
| June | 365 | 1461 | 377 | 3 | 172 | 116 | 81 | .292 | .337 | .391 |
| July | 415 | 1667 | 419 | 5 | 203 | 126 | 86 | .287 | .327 | .377 |
| August | 351 | 1389 | 352 | 4 | 144 | 134 | 67 | .296 | .350 | .389 |
| September | 306 | 1230 | 298 | 8 | 149 | 115 | 74 | .284 | .336 | .390 |
| October | 41 | 145 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 11 | .272 | .310 | .360 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 286 | 1122 | 266 | 2 | 139 | 74 | 78 | .266 | .303 | .348 |
| st-louis-browns | 279 | 1136 | 281 | 6 | 140 | 95 | 44 | .287 | .331 | .395 |
| detroit-tigers | 269 | 1110 | 272 | 3 | 162 | 103 | 39 | .287 | .338 | .380 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 266 | 1064 | 252 | 4 | 131 | 119 | 74 | .279 | .349 | .380 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 265 | 1024 | 269 | 1 | 105 | 88 | 71 | .299 | .349 | .398 |
| new-york-yankees | 260 | 1029 | 261 | 8 | 110 | 77 | 56 | .287 | .328 | .389 |
| cleveland-guardians | 190 | 766 | 205 | 3 | 95 | 66 | 48 | .306 | .354 | .409 |
| boston-red-sox | 115 | 451 | 128 | 0 | 65 | 35 | 18 | .327 | .361 | .393 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 |  Boston Red Sox | 3 | 10 | 3 | – | – | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1909 | Boston Red Sox | 22 | 38 | 10 | – | 4 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1910 | Boston Red Sox | 115 | 415 | 117 | 2 | 39 | 8 | .282 | – | – |
| 1911 | Boston Red Sox | 138 | 494 | 140 | 4 | 46 | 27 | .283 | – | – |
| 1912 | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 518 | 163 | 3 | 87 | 26 | .315 | – | – |
| 1913 | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 474 | 133 | – | 57 | 19 | .281 | – | – |
| 1914 | Boston Red Sox | 155 | 552 | 143 | 3 | 67 | 16 | .259 | – | – |
| 1915 | Boston Red Sox | 127 | 431 | 111 | 1 | 58 | 11 | .258 | – | – |
| 1916 | Boston Red Sox | 150 | 499 | 155 | 2 | 61 | 14 | .311 | – | – |
| 1917 | Boston Red Sox | 146 | 500 | 133 | 1 | 61 | 16 | .266 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 127 | 464 | 132 | 1 | 53 | 9 | .284 | – | – |
| 1919 |  Cleveland Guardians | 139 | 524 | 157 | 2 | 84 | 7 | .300 | – | – |
| 1920 | Cleveland Guardians | 154 | 597 | 185 | 3 | 123 | 3 | .310 | – | – |
| 1921 | Cleveland Guardians | 153 | 586 | 187 | 3 | 120 | 4 | .319 | – | – |
| 1922 | Cleveland Guardians | 137 | 470 | 134 | 2 | 69 | 10 | .285 | – | – |
| 1923 | Cleveland Guardians | 52 | 79 | 21 | – | 12 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1924 | Cleveland Guardians | 38 | 47 | 10 | – | 6 | – | .213 | – | – |