title: Ping Gardner
text: # Ping Gardner
  
  Kenneth Fuller Gardner (March 5, 1899 – March 9, 1984), nicknamed "Ping", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s and 1930s.
  
  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. Gardner died in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1984 at age 85.
  
  