Simon
Gardena
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 220
 
Born: January 11, 1983 in Cuba
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 21 MN GE   4 3 3 4 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3
2005 22 MN GE   5 4 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3
2006 23 MN GE   6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 4
2007 24 MN GE   7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 5
2008 25 MN GE $ 300,000 7 6 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 7 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 3 3 4 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 7 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 26 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 10
2010 27 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 10 10 10
2011 28 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 10 10 10
2012 29 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 10 10 10
2013 30 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
2014 31 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 10 10 10
2015 32 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 10 9 10
2016 33 MA FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 10 9 10
2017 34 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 9 9 9
2018 35 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 9 9 9
2019 36 MA FF $ 300,000   3 3 4 2 1 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 4 2 1 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 21 AA   59 243 29 76 16 0 4 22 4 1 3 58 .313 .321 .428 .749 30.7  
    A   81 339 54 119 9 0 8 32 5 2 17 71 .351 .382 .448 .830 53.9  
2005 22 AAA   14 56 5 13 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 15 .232 .232 .286 .518 3.4  
    AA   124 523 60 175 19 0 13 67 7 4 19 93 .335 .358 .446 .803 76.9  
2006 23 AAA   137 603 86 188 28 0 11 49 21 3 23 131 .312 .337 .413 .750 81.3  
2007 24 AAA   137 581 80 213 33 0 10 50 23 2 25 83 .367 .393 .475 .868 99.8  
2008 25 MN GE 60 99 16 25 1 0 1 10 4 1 4 16 .253 .282 .293 .574 7.9 0.6
    AAA   65 280 37 99 11 0 3 20 14 2 15 48 .354 .386 .425 .811 44.3  
2009 26 MN GE 34 121 23 33 5 0 3 15 14 1 5 6 .273 .313 .388 .701 16.3 3.9
    AAA   100 427 87 160 23 3 20 70 14 9 20 15 .375 .403 .583 .986 86.3  
2010 27 MN GE 113 317 33 73 7 2 2 27 22 5 9 4 .230 .260 .284 .544 22.1 1.4
2011 28 MN GE 153 512 50 131 20 1 5 30 33 5 15 13 .256 .281 .328 .610 46.1 6.6
2012 29 MN GE 153 588 66 155 18 3 6 48 47 13 22 8 .264 .297 .335 .632 62.1 9.7
2013 30 MN GE 156 605 63 137 25 0 2 36 34 15 29 14 .226 .272 .278 .550 46.4 3.8
2014 31 MN GE 103 181 25 51 10 2 0 20 9 1 9 4 .282 .323 .359 .682 22.1 6.4
2015 32 MN GE 140 490 53 135 12 0 7 42 18 7 20 12 .276 .307 .343 .650 51.0 9.2
2016 33 MN GE 17 54 7 21 1 0 0 4 6 1 1 2 .389 .400 .407 .807 8.5 2.4
  MA FF 89 158 32 45 6 0 2 12 16 4 15 5 .285 .349 .361 .709 21.8 4.8
  TOT   106 212 39 66 7 0 2 16 22 5 16 7 .311 .361 .373 .734 30.3 7.2
    AAA   9 18 4 9 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 .500 .526 .778 1.304 5.5  
2017 34 MA FF 87 161 28 33 0 0 1 14 32 6 16 15 .205 .287 .224 .511 15.0 1.7
2018 35 MA FF 31 58 10 14 3 0 0 3 11 1 2 2 .241 .279 .293 .572 6.0 0.7
    AAA   63 233 32 83 7 1 1 23 10 4 36 7 .356 .442 .408 .850 42.9  
2019 36 MA FF 4 12 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .583 .917 2.2 0.4
    AAA   129 499 68 132 14 1 14 58 13 6 41 38 .265 .320 .381 .701 61.9  
12 Years Sim 1140 3356 407 857 108 8 30 263 246 60 147 103 .255 .293 .319 .612 327.6 51.7
8 Years AAA 654 2697 399 897 121 5 60 278 98 26 161 337 .333 .374 .448 .822 425.5  
2 Years AA 183 766 89 251 35 0 17 89 11 5 22 151 .328 .354 .440 .794 107.6  
1 Years A 81 339 54 119 9 0 8 32 5 2 17 71 .351 .382 .448 .831 53.9  
11 Years Minors 918 3802 542 1267 165 5 85 399 114 33 200 559 .333 .371 .446 .817 587.0  
162 Game Average 476 57 121 15 1 4 37 34 8 20 14 .255 .293 .319 .612 46.6  
Career Highs 156 605 66 155 25 3 7 48 47 15 29 16 .333 .361 .583 .917 62.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2198 267 545 73 4 19 180 159 40 94 71 .248 .285 .311 .596 197.7
vs LH   1158 140 312 35 4 11 83 87 20 53 32 .269 .308 .335 .643 122.3
Home 556 1649 206 439 54 6 16 119 131 38 70 55 .266 .305 .335 .640 168.7
Away 584 1707 201 418 54 2 14 144 115 22 77 48 .245 .282 .303 .585 151.2
RISP   677 0 172 20 2 7 226 0 0 37 22 .254 .295 .321 .616 62.2
Pinch Hitting   153 20 42 3 0 2 18 6 4 13 10 .275 .331 .333 .665 17.1
Close/Late   393 79 114 13 0 2 37 0 0 22 17 .290 .329 .338 .668 42.4
Mar/Apr 190 637 81 168 24 1 5 49 48 14 21 16 .264 .296 .328 .624 60.8
May 201 634 89 164 20 2 7 47 50 10 31 18 .259 .303 .330 .633 65.3
June 188 569 70 130 15 3 6 37 35 7 31 18 .228 .276 .297 .573 48.0
July 168 491 56 127 22 1 4 42 37 6 22 18 .259 .291 .332 .623 49.9
August 186 513 55 126 9 0 4 37 40 12 20 12 .246 .275 .287 .562 41.7
Sep/Oct 207 512 56 142 18 1 4 51 36 11 22 21 .277 .316 .340 .656 54.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2008 25 MN GE LF 28 23 210.3 45 1 2 0 .958 1.97   0.5
    RF 15 1 36.3 8 0 1 0 .889 1.98    
2009 26 MN GE RF 32 32 257.0 53 0 2 0 .964 1.86   0.4
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2010 27 MN GE LF 69 54 480.3 95 5 2 2 .980 1.87   1.6
    RF 32 27 234.7 57 0 2 0 .966 2.19    
    CF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2011 28 MN GE RF 108 108 862.0 184 6 3 1 .984 1.98   2.6
    LF 50 37 345.3 82 0 2 0 .976 2.14    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2012 29 MN GE LF 152 148 1290.7 291 6 6 2 .980 2.07   2.6
    CF 1 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2013 30 MN GE LF 121 119 1071.0 225 2 4 0 .983 1.91   1.7
    1B 21 21 192.7 232 17 2 15 .992 11.63   0.2
    RF 3 2 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2014 31 MN GE LF 28 25 227.0 53 2 1 0 .982 2.18   0.7
    RF 19 13 122.0 33 2 1 1 .972 2.58    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2015 32 MN GE LF 106 95 873.7 221 4 4 2 .983 2.32   2.1
    RF 12 10 86.3 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    3B 2 2 23.0 2 1 1 0 .750 1.17   0.0
2016 33 MN GE RF 4 4 47.2 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.29   0.3
    LF 7 3 47.2 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MA FF LF 35 14 148.4 33 0 1 0 .971 2.00   0.0
    RF 22 20 148.4 38 2 2 0 .952 2.43   0.7
    3B 2 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 26 24 195.6 50 2 2 0 .963 2.39   0.9
      LF 42 17 195.6 44 0 1 0 .978 2.02   0.0
      3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2017 34 MA FF LF 42 22 203.0 53 2 1 0 .982 2.44   1.3
    RF 24 14 134.3 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
    CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2018 35 MA FF LF 15 13 108.0 37 0 0 0 1.000 3.08   0.5
    RF 5 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
2019 36 MA FF RF 3 3 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 657 553 5010.9 1146 22 23 6 .981 2.10   10.9
  RF 279 234 1979.3 455 10 11 2 .977 2.11   4.0
  1B 21 21 192.7 232 17 2 15 .992 11.63   0.2
  3B 4 2 25.0 2 1 1 0 .750 1.08   0.0
  CF 4 0 16.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62    
  SS 3 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   968 810 7227.5 1839 51 37 24 .981 2.35   15.1
Career Highs   159 148 1296.7 462 20 6 16 1.000 3.38    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 33 MA FF 6 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
2017 34 MA FF 5 10 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .600 .667 .700 1.367
Career Post-Season Batting 11 15 6 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 .467 .529 .533 1.063
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
2013-7-605
Stolen Bases
2012-10-47
2017-7-32
Caught Stealing
2013-9-15
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 50th overall pick, by Minnesota in 2004
Injured on 8/31/2006 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/19/2008, off Phillip Reyes (NM)
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/2008, off Henry Ponte (Ill)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against California on 5/19/2011
Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/2012, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to Massachusetts on 5/1/2016 (Going to MN: 2B James Erickson, P William Ratzlaff, 3B Cirilo Diez. Going to MA: LF Simon Gardena)
Injured on 7/25/2019 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week