| Ray Gardner | |
| Position: | Shortstop |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 25 October 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Frederick, Maryland |
| Death Place: | Frederick, Maryland |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | April 16 |
| Debutteam: | Cleveland Indians |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | September 27 |
| Finalteam: | Cleveland Indians |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .253 |
| Stat5label: | Home runs |
| Stat5value: | 1 |
| Stat6label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat6value: | 25 |
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Raymond Vincent Gardner (October 25, 1901 – May 3, 1968) was an American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman who appeared in 115 career games in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians in and . The native of Frederick, Maryland, threw and batted right-handed, stood 5feet tall and weighed .
Gardner played 12 seasons of professional ball, beginning in 1920. In his tenth year, 1929, he played in 82 games for Cleveland, 77 as the starting shortstop, and batted .262 with 67 hits. The following season, however, he played only 22 games in the field (without a single start), and collected only one hit in 13 at bats, scoring seven runs. All told, he batted .253 lifetime, with three doubles, two triples and one home run (hit June 29, 1929, at Navin Field off Emil Yde of the Detroit Tigers)[1] among his 68 total hits. He had 25 runs batted in.
He retired from baseball in 1933 after playing 23 games at the highest level of the minors that season.