Franklin Washington "Gid" Gardner (May 6, 1859 – August 1, 1914) was a Major League Baseball player during the 19th century.

[2] In 1879, he started his professional baseball career with the National Association's Worcester Grays, batting .188 in nine games.

The following season, Gardner played for the Cleveland Blues; he made nine starts, going 1–8 with a 2.57 earned run average.

While at Indianapolis, Gardner became part of the first known platoon arrangement in baseball, as he split time with left-handed hitting Tom Brown.

[1] Gardner appeared in one game for Philadelphia, but Childs refused to report to the Nationals, and the trade was nullified.

"[10] He was working as a traveling salesman when, in 1914, he was confined to the Cambridge Hospital for several weeks before dying of an aneurysm of the aorta.