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Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 90 of 1236 players

Ronald Clyde Gardenhire
Born: October 24, 1957 at Butzbach, Germany
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 174

Ron Gardenhire has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 14 times, most recently on October 24, 2020.

First Mets game: September 1, 1981
Last Mets game: October 6, 1985

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
19	September 1, 1981	October 6, 1985
21	April 8, 1986	April 9, 1986

19,+21

Ron Gardenhire managed the following major league team:
Minnesota Twins 2002 - 2009

Selected by New York Mets organization in sixth round of free agent draft on June 5, 1979.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Donnie Iasparro on November 12, 1986.

On disabled list:

from July 20, 1984 to August 9, 1984 (pulled left hamstring)
from August 20, 1984 to September 10, 1984 (pulled left hamstring)
from May 2, 1985 to May 17, 1985 (strain of right hamstring)
from May 30, 1985 to July 19, 1985 (pulled right hamstring)
from August 16, 1985 to September 1, 1985 (deep-seated right groin pull)

Minor League Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1979 Lynchburg (A) 70 277 36 82 13 3 4 27 21 -- 45 0 9 5 9 1 113 .296 .408 .344

1980 Jackson (AA) 127 458 58 118 16 6 6 64 45 -- 68 4 13 9 6 4 164 .258 .358 .327

1981 Tidewater (AAA) 125 414 52 105 17 8 2 40 28 1 61 2 28 12 6 4 144 .254 .348 .301

1983 Tidewater (AAA) 102 387 63 111 20 6 4 39 34 0 54 2 9 7 5 2 155 .287 .401 .346

1985 Tidewater (AAA) 22 71 3 15 2 0 1 10 6 0 13 0 0 2 0 0 20 .211 .282 .273

1986 Tidewater (AAA) 96 323 41 89 10 4 4 33 44 1 48 0 11 5 5 1 119 .276 .368 .361

Ron Gardenhire played for the following teams in the Mets organization:

Lynchburg Mets 1979; Jackson Mets 1980; Tidewater Tides 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986

Games played by position
1979: Lynchburg (A): Shortstop 69
1980: Jackson (AA): Shortstop 126
1981: Tidewater (AAA): Shortstop 81, Second Base 27, Third Base 19
1983: Tidewater (AAA): Shortstop 102
1985: Tidewater (AAA): Third Base 8, Shortstop 7, Second Base 6
1986: Tidewater (AAA): Second Base 45, Shortstop 45

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