Jelly Gardner
Detroit Stars 1919; Chicago American Giants 1920; Dayton Marcos 1920; Chicago American Giants 1921–1926; New York Lincoln Giants 1927; Chicago American Giants 1928; Homestead Grays 1928; Chicago American Giants 1929–1930; Detroit Stars 1931
Percentile snapshot
1929 season — qualified batters
of 165 qualified 1929 batters (min 266 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 21 | 73 | 61 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .213 | .324 | .262 | .586 | 76.2 | 65.8 | .297 | -0.1 |
| 1920 | 28 | 123 | 104 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .279 | .370 | .337 | .706 | 114.2 | 112.2 | .354 | 0.5 |
| 1921 | 62 | 229 | 194 | 16 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 5 | .232 | .329 | .237 | .566 | 73.1 | 61.3 | .289 | -0.3 |
| 1922 | 69 | 291 | 237 | 47 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 37 | 5 | 26 | 2 | .266 | .365 | .304 | .669 | 89.9 | 81.4 | .328 | 0.3 |
| 1923 | 75 | 334 | 283 | 70 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 43 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .279 | .378 | .311 | .689 | 90.2 | 81.4 | .338 | 0.4 |
| 1924 | 78 | 350 | 290 | 66 | 93 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 54 | 2 | 13 | 1 | .321 | .427 | .383 | .810 | 125.8 | 123.0 | .395 | 2.4 |
| 1925 | 84 | 362 | 320 | 46 | 90 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .281 | .348 | .350 | .698 | 91.9 | 88.2 | .327 | 0.9 |
| 1926 | 68 | 292 | 247 | 57 | 82 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .332 | .419 | .413 | .832 | 117.7 | 115.1 | .392 | 1.4 |
| 1927 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .318 | .286 | .604 | 62.7 | 59.3 | .290 | 0.0 |
| 1928 | 66 | 295 | 249 | 54 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 34 | 2 | 20 | 1 | .281 | .372 | .297 | .669 | 91.0 | 83.0 | .327 | 0.8 |
| 1929 | 73 | 310 | 260 | 50 | 84 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .323 | .423 | .400 | .823 | 119.4 | 115.8 | .389 | 2.0 |
| 1930 | 34 | 128 | 100 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .374 | .260 | .634 | 86.5 | 71.7 | .322 | 0.1 |
| 1931 | 35 | 134 | 121 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .215 | .275 | .264 | .539 | 55.9 | 50.5 | .266 | -0.4 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922-09-05 | CAG @ DTS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1920-07-30 | CAG @ SLS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1923-09-17 | CAG @ SLS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1931-07-25 | IND @ DTS Gameday | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1920-09-19 | CAG @ ABC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920-05-09 | CHG @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920-05-16 | DAY @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920-05-22 | DAY @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920-05-23 | DAY @ ABC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920-05-23 | DAY @ ABC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.