Wes Gardner

Wesley Brian Gardner (born April 29, 1961) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who was drafted by the New York Mets in the 22nd round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft, out of the University of Central Arkansas.

Basics

• Positions
  • Pitcher
• Major League Debut
  • July 29, 1984 
  • Gardner entered the match in the 9th inning for the New York Mets against the visiting Chicago Cubs at Shea Stadium. He struck out two, and batted a fly ball for the third out. The Mets wound up losing the match 5-1.¹
• Last MLB Appearance
  • August 3, 1991
  • Gardner entered the match in the bottom of the 8th inning for the Kansas City Royals while visiting the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland Stadium. He allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out one, allowing 0 runs in his 1 inning of work.²

Teams Played for

• University of Central Arkansas Bears
• Little Falls Mets-New York-Pennsylvania League (A-)
• Lynchburg Mets-Carolina League (A)
• Tidewater Tides-International League (AAA)
• New York Mets-National League
• Boston Red Sox-American League
• Pawtucket Red Sox-International League (AAA)
• Omaha Royals-American Association (AAA)
• San Diego Padres-National League
• Kansas City Royals-American League

Career Stat Line

• Win–loss record: 18–30
• Earned run average: 4.90
• Strikeouts: 358

Transfers

• June 7, 1982
  • Signed out of the MLB Draft by the New York Mets out of University of Central Arkansas.
• November 13, 1985
  • Traded from the New York Mets to the Boston Red Sox in a 8 man trade.
    • Red Sox received: Gardner, Calvin Schiraldi, John Christensen and LaSchelle Tarver
    • Mets received: Tom McCarthy, Bob Ojeda, John Mitchell and Chris Bayer.
• December 15, 1990
  • Traded from Boston Red Sox to San Diego Padres.
    • Red Sox received: Steve Hendricks and Brad Hoyer
• May 31, 1991
  • Released by Padres
• June 26, 1991
  • Signed to a MLB 1 year Free Agency contract by Kansas City Royals
• August 8, 1991
  • Released by the Royals

Injured List

• April 14 – October 28, 1986
  • Right labrum surgery
• May 29 – June 19, 1988
  • Right middle finger infection
• May 21 – June 13, 1989
  • Right elbow inflmmation
• August 28 – October 2, 1989
  • Face fracture
• April 13 – May 2, 1990
  • Right elbow inflammation
• June 27 – August 13, 1990
  • Right elbow inflammation³

1. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B07292NYN1984.htm ↩︎
2. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1991/B08030CLE1991.htm ↩︎
3. https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/11749/tranx/ ↩︎