Ned Garver

Full Name: Ned Franklin Garver	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/180	First Game: April 28, 1948
Birthdate: December 25, 1925	Final Game: June 4, 1961
Birthplace: Ney, Ohio	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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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.

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[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	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	STL	A	P	38	0	0	19	34	1	3	0	0	0	0	.981
1949	STL	A	P	41	0	0	15	42	5	3	0	0	0	0	.919
1950	STL	A	P	37	0	0	28	51	5	4	0	0	0	0	.940
1950	STL	A	OF	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	STL	A	P	33	0	0	26	42	3	6	0	0	0	0	.958
1952	STL	A	P	21	0	0	9	24	1	6	0	0	0	0	.971
1952	DET	A	P	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	TOT	A	P	22	0	0	12	26	1	7	0	0	0	0	.974
1953	DET	A	P	30	0	0	13	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1954	DET	A	P	35	0	0	21	48	2	2	0	0	0	0	.972
1955	DET	A	P	33	0	0	17	40	3	4	0	0	0	0	.950
1956	DET	A	P	6	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	KC	A	P	24	23	145.1	13	21	1	2	2	4	2	0	.971
1958	KC	A	P	31	28	201	18	57	2	4	3	6	4	1	.974
1959	KC	A	P	32	30	201.1	10	35	1	3	0	6	6	0	.978
1960	KC	A	P	28	15	122.1	9	18	2	2	3	6	0	1	.931
1961	LA	A	P	12	2	29	1	11	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	402	98	699	203	469	27	41	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	GDP
1948	STL	A	46	66	9	19	1	9	.288	.329	.379	1	1	4	3	0	9	0	1
1949	STL	A	55	75	12	14	0	2	.187	.299	.240	4	0	12	8	0	4	0	4
1950	STL	A	51	91	13	26	1	10	.286	.343	.363	4	0	8	9	0	7	0	3
1951	STL	A	49	95	8	29	1	9	.305	.365	.421	6	1	9	9	0	5	0	1
1952	STL	A	24	49	5	9	0	5	.184	.245	.224	2	0	3	8	1	1	0	0
1952	DET	A	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	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
1953	DET	A	30	72	3	11	1	6	.153	.218	.194	0	0	6	12	0	4	0	4
1954	DET	A	36	79	3	13	0	4	.165	.224	.190	2	0	6	15	0	5	0	0
1955	DET	A	33	76	11	17	1	13	.224	.295	.276	1	0	9	5	0	3	1	5
1956	DET	A	6	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1957	KC	A	24	44	7	8	0	4	.182	.245	.205	1	0	4	9	0	2	0	1
1958	KC	A	31	69	5	12	0	1	.174	.240	.217	3	0	6	16	0	4	0	3
1959	KC	A	32	71	9	20	2	9	.282	.316	.423	2	1	4	7	0	4	0	2
1960	KC	A	28	27	2	2	0	0	.074	.167	.111	1	0	3	4	0	4	0	0
1961	LA	A	12	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
Total			458	827	87	180	7	72	.218	.283	.283	27	3	76	109	1	53	1	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).