Art Gardner

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1952)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Art Gardner

|image=

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date|1952|9|21}}

|birth_place=Madden, Mississippi

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 2

|debutyear=1975

|debutteam=Houston Astros

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 17

|finalyear=1978

|finalteam=San Francisco Giants

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.162

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Run batted in

|stat3value=5

|teams=

• Houston Astros (1975; 1977)
• San Francisco Giants (1978)

}}

Arthur Junior Gardner (born September 21, 1952) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants in part of three seasons spanning 1975–1978.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gardnar01.shtml "Art Gardner Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-27. Gardner was the Astros' opening day center fielder in 1977.