"As player"

*San Francisco Giants/New York Giants (–)

*Baltimore Orioles (–)

*Minnesota Twins/Washington Senators

*Minnesota Twins

*New York Yankees (–)

*Boston Red Sox (–)

"As manager"

*Minnesota Twins (–)

*Kansas City Royals

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* 2× World Series champion (, )

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"William Frederick Gardner" (born July 19, 1927) is an American former professional baseball baseball player/player, coach (baseball)/coach and manager (baseball)/manager. During his ten-season active career in the Major League Baseball/Major Leagues, Gardner was a scrappy, light-hitting second baseman for the San Francisco Giants/New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins/Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox. His only significant time on any team was with the Orioles, where he had four straight full seasons with them from 1956–1959. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed .

After retiring as a player, he spent over 20 years as a coach or manager, and is notable for baseball manager/managing the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals during the 1980s.

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He wants to learn. You take that work ethic and his physical ability, which he has a lot of, and you've got a player with a pretty good upside.

Every at-bat is critical in a tie ballgame like that. We kept getting guys on and in scoring position, but we just couldn't get that key hit.

Even with a five-run lead against a team like Lancaster, it felt like a one-run game. It was important for us to add to the lead and we continued to put together some good at-bats.

In the playoffs, some of these guys haven't been battle tested so you're never sure which way it will bounce. Although they're very disappointed, they're leaving here with a pretty good feeling about not only what the team accomplished but from an individual standpoint as well.

The off days will help physically and mentally. We're at a point where it's been a long season and everybody's looking forward to going home. But we're here for an extra couple of weeks and our focus is to win a championship.

The most important thing is that the guys in this clubhouse got better. We're in the development business and for the most part, they got better during the course of the season.

He was pretty good out there. He gave us a chance to win. That's doing his job.

We've seen it before and we didn't want to quit on an inning. It gives us momentum but the momentum is only as good as your starter taking the mound.

The plan right now is to expose them to both positions. I think the center field position is more of a high-visibility position. I think it pushes them defensively.