Ned Garver
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[edit] Biography
Born on December 25, 1925 in Ney, Ohio, Ned Garver (Ned Franklin Garver) played for the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and Los Angeles Angels over the course of his 14 year career. Garver broke into the bigs on April 28, 1948 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 3.41 ERA in 198 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Ned Garver's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1951, when he posted a 3.73 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 84 batters. However, others believe that it was 1954, when he posted a 2.81 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 93 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | STL | A | 38 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 3.41 | 75 | 92 | 75 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 198 | 200 | 14 | 95 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1949 | STL | A | 41 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 3.98 | 70 | 126 | 99 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 223.2 | 245 | 14 | 102 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 1950 | STL | A | 37 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 3.39 | 85 | 120 | 98 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 260 | 264 | 18 | 108 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 1951 | STL | A | 33 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 3.73 | 84 | 114 | 102 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 246 | 237 | 17 | 96 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 1952 | STL | A | 21 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 3.69 | 60 | 67 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 148.2 | 130 | 14 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1952 | DET | A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | TOT | A | 22 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 3.60 | 63 | 69 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 157.2 | 139 | 15 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1953 | DET | A | 30 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4.45 | 69 | 107 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 198.1 | 228 | 16 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 1954 | DET | A | 35 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 2.81 | 93 | 93 | 77 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 246.1 | 216 | 20 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1955 | DET | A | 33 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 3.98 | 83 | 115 | 102 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 230.2 | 251 | 21 | 67 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| 1956 | DET | A | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4.08 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1957 | KC | A | 24 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 3.84 | 61 | 72 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 145.1 | 120 | 13 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 1958 | KC | A | 31 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 4.03 | 72 | 97 | 90 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 201 | 192 | 24 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 1959 | KC | A | 32 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 3.71 | 61 | 94 | 83 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 201.1 | 214 | 22 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1960 | KC | A | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 3.83 | 50 | 57 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 122.1 | 110 | 15 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1961 | LA | A | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5.59 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 40 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 402 | 330 | 129 | 157 | 3.73 | 881 | 1184 | 1027 | 153 | 18 | 12 | 2477.1 | 2471 | 213 | 881 | 25 | 49 | 41 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | STL | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1949 | STL | A | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .919 |
| 1950 | STL | A | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .940 |
| 1950 | STL | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1951 | STL | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
| 1952 | STL | A | P | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1952 | DET | A | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1952 | TOT | A | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .974 |
| 1953 | DET | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1954 | DET | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1955 | DET | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1956 | DET | A | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | KC | A | P | 24 | 23 | 145.1 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .971 |
| 1958 | KC | A | P | 31 | 28 | 201 | 18 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .974 |
| 1959 | KC | A | P | 32 | 30 | 201.1 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .978 |
| 1960 | KC | A | P | 28 | 15 | 122.1 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .931 |
| 1961 | LA | A | P | 12 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 |
| Total | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | P | 402 | 98 | 699 | 203 | 469 | 27 | 41 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 4 | .961 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | STL | A | 46 | 66 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 9 | .288 | .329 | .379 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | STL | A | 55 | 75 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | .187 | .299 | .240 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1950 | STL | A | 51 | 91 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 10 | .286 | .343 | .363 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1951 | STL | A | 49 | 95 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 9 | .305 | .365 | .421 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | STL | A | 24 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .184 | .245 | .224 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | DET | A | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | TOT | A | 25 | 51 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .176 | .250 | .216 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | DET | A | 30 | 72 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | .153 | .218 | .194 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1954 | DET | A | 36 | 79 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | .165 | .224 | .190 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | DET | A | 33 | 76 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 13 | .224 | .295 | .276 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1956 | DET | A | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | KC | A | 24 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .245 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1958 | KC | A | 31 | 69 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .174 | .240 | .217 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1959 | KC | A | 32 | 71 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 9 | .282 | .316 | .423 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1960 | KC | A | 28 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .167 | .111 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | LA | A | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 458 | 827 | 87 | 180 | 7 | 72 | .218 | .283 | .283 | 27 | 3 | 76 | 109 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1944).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Jim Delsing, Dave Madison and Bud Black to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart, Don Lenhardt and Vic Wertz (August 14, 1952).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Gene Host, Virgil Trucks, Wayne Belardi and $20000 to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Jim Finigan, Jack Crimian, Bill Harrington and Eddie Robinson (December 5, 1956).
- Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Kansas City Athletics in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
- Released by Los Angeles Angels (June 10, 1961).
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