1B Jo-Jo Gardner #38
Age: 35 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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1B JO-JO GARDNER #38 - AGE: 35 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/08/1939
Born in:Duluth, MN
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, 39 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:2 Years, 168 Days
Pro Service:15 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1957, 13th Pick in Round 7
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
1962 New York - FABL 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -4 42 0.0
1964 New York - FABL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -122 -0.0
Total FABL 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 -24 -0.0
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
1957 Biloxi - R 17 42 33 12 2 1 0 8 12 12 1 1 5 0 1 .364 .532 .485 1.017 173 192 0.5
1958 Biloxi - R 18 25 86 25 6 1 0 10 14 33 1 1 7 12 4 .291 .488 .384 .871 119 141 0.7
1958 Chattanooga - A 18 34 37 12 2 1 0 4 6 5 0 2 6 1 0 .324 .386 .432 .819 111 96 0.1
1958 Terre Haute - A 18 13 26 3 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 .115 .207 .231 .438 21 18 -0.4
1959 Chattanooga - A 19 47 144 50 10 4 2 31 29 21 1 1 14 5 1 .347 .431 .514 .945 140 135 0.9
1959 Terre Haute - A 19 72 153 39 2 2 4 15 17 26 2 2 30 5 1 .255 .366 .373 .739 100 107 0.3
1959 Akron - AA 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -122 -0.0
1960 Terre Haute - A 20 101 303 81 14 4 6 33 46 70 3 2 40 3 11 .267 .407 .399 .807 116 127 0.7
1960 Akron - AA 20 18 50 16 1 0 1 5 6 9 0 0 5 1 1 .320 .424 .400 .824 144 155 0.3
1960 Newark - AAA 20 10 37 13 3 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 6 1 1 .351 .368 .514 .882 150 156 0.2
1961 Reading - AA 21 139 505 157 27 8 12 83 93 92 9 2 64 17 17 .311 .424 .467 .892 157 162 3.5
1962 Toledo - AAA 22 132 529 150 34 13 12 83 93 63 1 4 55 11 2 .284 .358 .465 .823 122 127 3.2
1963 Toledo - AAA 23 116 333 94 16 5 9 38 47 36 0 3 34 5 6 .282 .349 .441 .791 113 116 1.0
1964 Toledo - AAA 24 106 329 90 19 3 4 37 47 30 0 1 36 3 4 .274 .333 .386 .719 95 101 0.6
1965 Fresno - A 25 14 58 24 4 1 1 5 13 2 0 0 1 1 3 .414 .433 .569 1.002 177 191 0.6
1965 Albany - A 25 24 94 31 7 1 2 14 11 16 0 0 9 0 0 .330 .427 .489 .917 171 177 1.0
1965 Reading - AA 25 30 109 39 4 4 4 18 19 17 0 0 8 8 3 .358 .444 .578 1.022 198 202 1.7
1965 New Orleans - AAA 25 60 154 45 11 3 6 24 31 15 0 1 14 4 4 .292 .353 .519 .872 134 138 1.0
1966 Reading - AA 26 82 311 127 16 10 5 58 53 55 1 0 33 13 7 .408 .499 .572 1.071 194 200 4.9
1966 New Orleans - AAA 26 45 97 24 5 0 3 12 10 7 0 0 11 0 1 .247 .298 .392 .690 86 78 -0.3
1967 Reading - AA 27 77 268 87 15 6 5 36 45 64 2 1 31 20 6 .325 .457 .481 .938 188 170 2.9
1967 New Orleans - AAA 27 58 194 62 10 2 3 26 24 14 0 3 16 5 1 .320 .360 .438 .798 116 114 0.4
1968 Reading - AA 28 87 310 92 15 6 4 51 49 59 2 4 42 15 10 .297 .408 .423 .831 145 143 1.9
1968 New Orleans - AAA 28 38 78 18 3 1 1 8 12 11 2 0 13 4 0 .231 .341 .333 .674 83 94 0.2
1969 Reading - AA 29 47 147 40 7 4 1 28 21 41 1 1 21 8 5 .272 .432 .395 .826 142 138 0.9
1969 New Orleans - AAA 29 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 19 11 -0.0
1970 Fresno - A 30 20 64 32 6 3 3 13 15 9 0 1 8 10 1 .500 .554 .828 1.382 273 283 1.9
1970 Albany - A 30 67 244 74 16 4 5 37 40 47 0 3 29 9 8 .303 .412 .463 .875 159 160 1.7
1970 Reading - AA 30 36 126 36 5 1 4 28 17 24 0 1 15 5 4 .286 .397 .437 .834 114 122 0.5
1970 New Orleans - AAA 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -98 -0.1
1971 Reading - AA 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 422 486 0.0
1971 New Orleans - AAA 31 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 211 173 0.0
Total EA 518 1828 595 90 39 36 309 304 361 15 9 219 87 53 .325 .439 .476 .915 164 163
Total HL 186 482 123 16 6 11 49 66 99 5 4 73 8 12 .255 .385 .382 .766 106 115
Total UL 10 37 13 3 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 6 1 1 .351 .368 .514 .882 150 156
Total MAL 91 338 105 23 5 7 51 51 63 0 3 38 9 8 .311 .416 .470 .886 162 165
Total SEL 81 181 62 12 5 2 35 35 26 1 3 20 6 1 .343 .422 .497 .919 134 127
Total COW 34 122 56 10 4 4 18 28 11 0 1 9 11 4 .459 .500 .705 1.205 230 242
Total GSL 67 119 37 8 2 0 18 26 45 2 2 12 12 5 .311 .500 .412 .912 134 155
Total CL 560 1725 485 98 27 38 228 265 176 3 12 181 33 18 .281 .347 .435 .782 111 115
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1957 Biloxi - R LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 +0.1 .959
1957 Biloxi - R RF 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 12.0 2.25 -0.9 .709
1958 Chattanooga - A 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Chattanooga - A SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Terre Haute - A LF 4 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 23.0 1.96 -0.8 .780
1958 Chattanooga - A LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Biloxi - R LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Terre Haute - A RF 4 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 28.0 0.96 -1.0 .738
1958 Chattanooga - A RF 6 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 29.2 0.91 -0.2 .974
1958 Biloxi - R RF 24 23 36 1 0 38 1 .974 206.0 1.62 -2.3 .945
1959 Terre Haute - A LF 11 9 14 0 0 15 1 .933 77.2 1.62 -1.9 .844
1959 Chattanooga - A LF 5 4 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 36.0 1.00 +0.1 .951
1959 Terre Haute - A RF 31 24 26 1 0 27 0 1.000 215.0 1.13 -1.8 .915
1959 Chattanooga - A RF 31 27 47 1 0 48 0 1.000 236.0 1.83 -3.1 .920
1960 Newark - AAA LF 8 8 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 67.0 0.67 -0.8 .979
1960 Akron - AA LF 7 7 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 69.0 1.43 -1.3 .977
1960 Terre Haute - A LF 40 37 77 1 1 78 0 1.000 331.1 2.12 -3.8 .942
1960 Terre Haute - A CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Newark - AAA RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.1 6.75 +0.0 .991
1960 Akron - AA RF 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 28.2 0.31 -1.1 .496
1960 Terre Haute - A RF 49 40 71 0 0 72 1 .986 384.1 1.66 -5.6 .915
1961 Reading - AA LF 122 121 173 2 0 181 6 .967 1062.0 1.48 -16.2 .902
1961 Reading - AA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1961 Reading - AA RF 13 9 21 0 0 21 0 1.000 92.0 2.05 -1.2 .941
1962 Toledo - AAA 1B 54 53 467 22 32 494 5 .990 436.2 10.08 +0.0 .912
1962 Toledo - AAA LF 75 72 141 1 0 143 1 .993 648.1 1.97 -1.4 .985
1962 New York - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Toledo - AAA RF 11 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 37.2 0.96 -0.5 .750
1963 Toledo - AAA C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 -0.2 .000 1 0 0 0.0
1963 Toledo - AAA 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 0.0 .000
1963 Toledo - AAA 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Toledo - AAA SS 4 4 11 9 2 22 2 .909 43.0 4.19 -0.9 .800
1963 Toledo - AAA LF 68 64 110 7 3 120 3 .975 557.2 1.89 -4.1 .956
1963 Toledo - AAA CF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 -0.2 1.000
1963 Toledo - AAA RF 7 5 7 1 1 8 0 1.000 48.0 1.50 -0.1 1.000
1964 Toledo - AAA 1B 40 40 345 34 20 384 5 .987 336.1 10.14 +1.6 .895
1964 Toledo - AAA LF 3 2 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 18.0 4.00 +0.1 1.000
1964 New York - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1964 Toledo - AAA RF 37 33 58 3 0 61 0 1.000 300.1 1.83 -2.8 .921
1965 New Orleans - AAA 1B 22 22 175 10 19 185 0 1.000 184.0 9.05 +0.0 .914
1965 Reading - AA 1B 27 27 203 18 22 226 5 .978 229.1 8.67 -1.5 .943
1965 Albany - A 1B 23 23 146 9 16 156 1 .994 205.0 6.80 -1.3 .948
1965 Fresno - A 1B 13 13 89 2 6 92 1 .989 102.0 8.03 -0.9 .929
1965 New Orleans - AAA LF 5 3 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 28.0 1.93 -0.6 .833
1965 Albany - A LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 New Orleans - AAA RF 8 6 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 53.0 2.04 -0.0 .923
1965 Reading - AA RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.025
1965 Albany - A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Fresno - A RF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 +0.2 1.045
1966 New Orleans - AAA 1B 8 8 76 0 6 77 1 .987 69.0 9.91 -0.8 .778
1966 Reading - AA 1B 67 67 508 33 43 542 1 .998 576.1 8.45 -0.5 1.004
1966 New Orleans - AAA LF 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 20.1 0.89 -0.4 1.000
1966 New Orleans - AAA RF 8 6 11 2 0 13 0 1.000 53.0 2.21 -0.9 .917
1966 Reading - AA RF 18 11 18 1 1 19 0 1.000 113.0 1.51 -0.5 .940
1967 New Orleans - AAA 1B 37 37 359 19 31 386 8 .979 318.1 10.69 -3.4 .809
1967 Reading - AA 1B 63 63 503 27 61 534 4 .993 534.1 8.93 -3.6 .968
1967 New Orleans - AAA LF 4 2 7 1 0 8 0 1.000 21.0 3.43 -0.3 .875
1967 Reading - AA LF 4 4 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 35.2 1.51 -0.9 .850
1967 New Orleans - AAA RF 7 6 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 59.2 1.66 -0.7 .786
1967 Reading - AA RF 15 8 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 80.2 1.45 -1.7 .843
1968 New Orleans - AAA 1B 5 5 53 0 5 53 0 1.000 44.0 10.84 +0.1 1.000
1968 Reading - AA 1B 61 61 491 33 41 528 4 .992 533.2 8.84 -2.7 .947
1968 Reading - AA LF 3 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 13.0 4.15 +0.1 1.022
1968 New Orleans - AAA RF 12 10 22 2 1 24 0 1.000 93.2 2.31 -0.9 .840
1968 Reading - AA RF 17 17 31 0 0 31 0 1.000 147.0 1.90 -2.7 .899
1969 New Orleans - AAA 1B 1 1 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 8.0 6.75 +0.1 1.500
1969 Reading - AA 1B 41 39 331 19 34 353 3 .992 350.1 8.99 -2.3 .987
1970 New Orleans - AAA 1B 1 1 10 2 0 12 0 1.000 7.0 15.43 -0.0 1.004
1970 Reading - AA 1B 29 28 243 14 30 258 1 .996 241.1 9.58 -0.6 1.013
1970 Albany - A 1B 36 35 313 15 33 331 3 .991 310.1 9.51 -3.8 .890
1970 Fresno - A 1B 11 11 65 4 6 69 0 1.000 76.0 8.17 -0.0 .977
1970 Reading - AA LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Fresno - A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Reading - AA RF 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 21.0 0.86 -0.1 1.040
1970 Albany - A RF 28 27 35 5 0 40 0 1.000 241.0 1.49 -3.0 .941
1970 Fresno - A RF 7 5 6 1 0 9 2 .778 45.0 1.40 -0.3 .900
1971 New Orleans - AAA 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.0 1.011
TOTAL C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 -0.2 .000 1 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 541 534 4385 262 405 4689 42 .991 4565.0 9.16 -19.4 .937
TOTAL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL SS 4 4 11 9 2 22 2 .909 43.0 4.19 -0.9 .800
TOTAL LF 368 338 575 13 4 599 11 .982 3020.0 1.75 -32.2 .938
TOTAL CF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 -0.2 1.000
TOTAL RF 352 268 443 19 3 466 4 .991 2541.0 1.64 -31.3 .908
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1957 Drafted in the 1957 first-year player draft out of high school (Pine City; Pine City, MN) by the Detroit Dynamos. (Round 7, Pick 13, 109th overall pick).
09/22/1958 Wins the 1958 Championship with the Chattanooga Dynamos!
09/16/1959 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 4 days.
11/10/1960 Was traded by the Detroit Dynamos to the New York Gothams, along with 3B Harry Clover, in exchange for LF Charlie Phillips and SP Jim Schoolfield.
06/26/1961 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
07/01/1961 Wins the EA Batter of the Month Award.
08/01/1961 Wins the EA Batter of the Month Award.
08/07/1961 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
09/18/1961 Wins the 1961 Championship with the Reading Coal Barons!
05/28/1962 Wins the CL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
09/09/1963 Wins the CL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
07/16/1964 Injured (sore ankle),day-to-day for 1 day.
06/01/1965 Wins the MAL Batter of the Month Award.
06/14/1965 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
07/01/1965 Wins the EA Batter of the Month Award.
09/12/1966 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
09/18/1966 Injured (sore knee),day-to-day for one week.
09/23/1966 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
12/10/1966 Added to the secondary (40-man) roster for the New York Gothams.
05/29/1967 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
06/01/1967 Wins the EA Batter of the Month Award.
12/10/1967 Added to the secondary (40-man) roster for the New York Gothams.
08/12/1968 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
06/29/1970 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
09/27/1970 Wins the 1970 Middle Atlantic League MAL Championship Series with the Albany Knickerbockers!
05/04/1971 Released by the New York organization.
11/20/1971 Signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Stars organization.
04/05/1972 Released by the Los Angeles organization.
10/21/1972 Retired from professional baseball.
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