Ed Brinkman vs. Earle Gardner — Career Comparison

Ed Brinkman
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueShortstopGold GloveAll-Star
Earle Gardner
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueSecond Baseman

Ed Brinkman and Earle Gardner are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 90 for Ed Brinkman, 93 for Earle Gardner), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 85 vs 86). The overall lean goes to Earle Gardner, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Ed Brinkman and Earle Gardner

Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1845
166.72
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
273
157.96
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6640
600
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1037
600
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6045
546.23
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
948
548.51
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.603
0.603
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.655
0.655
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1355
122.44
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
249
144.07
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1056
95.42
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
217
125.55
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
18.16
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
26
15.04
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
3.43
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.89
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
5.42
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
27.02
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
32
18.51
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500.28
45.21
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94.68
54.78
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1812
163.73
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
288
166.63
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1839
166.17
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
307
177.63
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.609
0.609
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
550
49.7
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
60.75
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
461
41.66
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
62.49
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
951
85.93
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
212
122.66
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519.1
46.91
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110.06
63.68
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
3.61
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.63
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
40.12
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
50
28.93
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
3.98
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
845
76.36
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
41.08
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
7.86
7.86
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
14.61
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
6.42
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
17.94
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
3.61
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
162
14.64
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
30
2.71
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
21.99
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
3.16
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.63
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
5.87
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
26.62
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 600 PA
46.15
46.15
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82.61
82.61

Fielding Stats for Ed Brinkman and Earle Gardner

Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1820
1.07
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
2.34
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728
1.02
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.02
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45887
27
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2952
27
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15295.2
9
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
984
9
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2936
1.73
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
4.82
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5500
3.24
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
6.46
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
0.15
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.67
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8697
5.12
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1306
11.95
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8436
4.96
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1233
11.28
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.635
4.635
Earle Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.816
4.816
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.95
94.95
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Ed Brinkman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1009
0.59
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.98
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brinkman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earle Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0