Ping Gardner

Ping Gardner
Ping Gardner
	Pitcher
	Born: March 5, 1899; Washington, D.C., U.S.
	Died: March 9, 1984 (aged 85); Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1920, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants
Last appearance
	1932, for the Newark Browns
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Brooklyn Royal Giants (1920); Lincoln Giants (1921); Hilldale Club (1923); Harrisburg Giants (1924–1927); Bacharach Giants (1928–1929); Hilldale Club (1930); Newark Browns (1932);

Kenneth Fuller Gardner (March 5, 1899 – March 9, 1984), nicknamed "Ping", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s and 1930s.

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A native of Washington, DC, Gardner made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants. He went on to play with several teams, finishing his career in 1932 with the Newark Browns.^[1]^[2] Gardner died in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1984 at age 85.

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