MLB / Players

Mark Gardner

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 190 lb
BornMarch 1, 1962 · Los Angeles, CA, USA
MLB debutMay 16, 1989
Final gameOctober 7, 2001
Seasons13 (1989–2001)

Montreal Expos 1989–1992; Kansas City Royals 1993; Florida Marlins 1994–1995; San Francisco Giants 1996–2001

Percentile snapshot

1998 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
40
GS
33
53.7
W
13
48.4
L
6
92.6
SV
0
0
CG
4
73.7
SHO
2
75.8
H
203
51.6
ER
102
27.4
BB
65
51.6
SO
151
53.7
HR
29
18.9
IP
212.0
62.1
ERA
4.33
40
WHIP
1.264
68.4
K/9
6.41
47.4
FIP
4.43
41.1
FIP-
109.5
20
ERA+
93.3
26.3
sWAR
1.5
27.4

of 96 qualified 1998 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
87.8
3.7
sWAR
5.5
80.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19897760100000400.167.167.167.333-17.6-4.2.155-0.3
199027524425110102300.114.114.182.295-32.4-18.4.1321.9
199127605515000411800.091.107.091.198-56.5-42.9.0960.9
199233635047010231800.140.182.180.362-8.63.7.174-0.2
199317000000000000-0.8
199420302501000001000.040.077.040.117-85.2-68.4.0630.1
19953925211400010600.190.190.190.381-8.71.6.1730.6
1996337968611100422600.162.197.176.374-2.61.1.1771.2
199732666107000213000.115.143.115.258-42.4-30.6.1251.3
1998338373412100452600.164.228.178.40610.511.7.1981.5
199929483924001331500.103.167.179.346-12.3-9.1.165-1.9
200030504315000002200.116.116.116.233-48.8-38.5.1051.7
20012326211000011800.000.045.000.045-95.9-86.1.033-0.6

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1989740300026151121226.35.131.4057.183.53100.668.6-0.3
1990272679033129586113513152.73.421.2457.963.5296.1107.21.9
19912727911000139727510717168.33.851.2715.724.24117.693.70.9
199233301210000179876013215179.74.361.3306.613.54101.979.8-0.2
1993171646000926336541791.76.191.3965.305.54123.272.7-0.8
1994201444000975030571492.34.871.3755.564.81111.988.20.1
199539115511110951438714102.34.491.4857.654.55109.692.60.6
19963028127041200885714528179.34.421.4337.284.59111.393.51.2
19973030129021188865713628180.34.291.3596.794.55110.096.31.3
199833331360422031026515129212.04.331.2646.414.43109.593.31.5
19992921511010142100578627139.06.471.4325.575.76134.866.1-1.9
2000302011700015567429216149.04.051.3225.564.1697.0106.11.7
2001231555000935534531791.75.401.3855.205.47134.675.3-0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
350
PA
589
AB
506
R
22
H
62
2B
3
3B
2
HR
1
RBI
22
BB
16
SO
206
SB
0
BA
.1225
OBP
.1553
SLG
.1423
OPS
.2976

Pitching

G (P)
345
GS
275
435th-most career GS
W
99
L
93
SV
1
CG
15
SHO
8
IP
1,765
SO (P)
1,256
357th-most career SO (P)
BB allowed
628
497th-most career BB allowed
ERA
4.560
WHIP
1.3487
K/9
6.41
299th-highest career K/9

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1999-05-21HOU @ SF Gameday211001204
1998-06-07SF @ STL Gameday312100003
1990-06-30ATL @ WSH Gameday111010003
1992-06-15WSH @ NYM Gameday311010003
1997-06-18SEA @ SF Gameday202000002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1990-07-05HOU @ WSH Gameday9.04004110
1996-04-25ATL @ SF Gameday9.04000110
1997-04-30SF @ PIT Gameday9.03110110
1997-07-27PIT @ SF Gameday8.011331111
1998-09-23PIT @ SF Gameday8.05112110

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.