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Ned Garver
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Birthdate: 12/25/1925
Height / Weight: ' " / 180 lbs.
Place of Birth: Ney, OH, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Only eight pitchers in major league history have ever won 20 games for a last place team - Ned Garver, Noodles Hahn, Scott Perry, Howard Ehmke, Sloppy Thurston, Steve Carlton, Nolan Ryan and Phil Niekro - and Ned Garver is the only player in baseball history to win 20 and hit higher than .300 for a club that lost 100 or more games in one season. Garver broke into the majors in 1948 with the old St. Louis Browns (AL team - moved to Baltimore) and pitched three years before his record tying season in 1951.

In 1951 the 5'10 1/2", 180-pounder jumped off to a fast start and won 11 games by All-Star break, although the St. Louis Browns were already 23 games back. Garver ended the year at 20-12, a 3.73 ERA, and completed 24 of 30 starts, fanned 84 batters, walked 96 in 246 innings.

He led the AL in complete games and finished second in the Most Valuable Player voting to Yogi Berra - 184 points to 157 points. Garver, one of baseball's best hitting pitchers hit .288 in 1948 and .305 in 1951, and often batted sixth in the Browns' lineup. Ned Garver career: 129-157, 3.73 ERA, 402 G, 330 GS, 153 GC, hurled 18 shutouts, 2,477 1/3 innings, and a .218 lifetime batting average In checking our Archives - we note a nice glossy autographed picture postcard of Ned Garver sent to our manager back in 1952 when the postage was just 2 cents... Many Thanks - Copyright 2003 baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1948 SLB (AL) 38 24 7 11 5 7 0 198.0 200 92 75 14 95 0 75 5 1 0 3.41
1949 SLB (AL) 41 32 12 17 3 16 1 223.2 245 126 99 14 102 0 70 10 3 2 3.98
1950 SLB (AL) 37 31 13 18 0 22 2 260.0 264 120 98 18 108 0 85 6 4 1 3.39
1951 SLB (AL) 33 30 20 12 0 24 1 246.0 237 114 102 17 96 0 84 6 5 0 3.73
1952 DET (AL) 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 9.0 9 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 2.00
1952 SLB (AL) 21 21 7 10 0 7 2 148.2 130 67 61 14 55 0 60 1 4 1 3.69
1953 DET (AL) 30 26 11 11 1 13 0 198.1 228 107 98 16 66 0 69 4 2 1 4.45
1954 DET (AL) 35 32 14 11 1 16 3 246.1 216 93 77 20 62 0 93 2 4 0 2.81
1955 DET (AL) 33 32 12 16 0 16 1 230.2 251 115 102 21 67 10 83 6 5 1 3.98
1956 DET (AL) 6 3 0 2 0 1 0 17.2 15 10 8 2 13 0 6 0 1 0 4.08
1957 KCA (AL) 24 23 6 13 0 6 1 145.1 120 72 62 13 55 5 61 1 5 1 3.84
1958 KCA (AL) 31 28 12 11 1 10 3 201.0 192 97 90 24 66 8 72 2 2 0 4.03
1959 KCA (AL) 32 30 10 13 1 9 2 201.1 214 94 83 22 42 0 61 4 3 0 3.71
1960 KCA (AL) 28 15 4 9 0 5 2 122.1 110 57 52 15 35 2 50 1 2 0 3.83
1961 LAA (AL) 12 2 0 3 0 0 0 29.0 40 18 18 2 16 0 9 1 0 0 5.59
15 years   402 330 129 157 12 153 18 2477.1 2471 1184 1027 213 881 25 881 49 41 7 3.73
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1948 SLB (AL) 46 66 9 19 1 1 1 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 .288 .329 SLG
1949 SLB (AL) 55 75 12 14 4 0 0 2 12 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 .187 .299 SLG
1950 SLB (AL) 51 91 13 26 4 0 1 10 8 9 0 0 0 0 7 0 .286 .343 SLG
1951 SLB (AL) 49 95 8 29 6 1 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 5 0 .305 .365 SLG
1952 SLB (AL) 24 49 5 9 2 0 0 5 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 .184 .245 SLG
1952 DET (AL) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .333 SLG
1953 DET (AL) 30 72 3 11 0 0 1 6 6 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 .153 .218 SLG
1954 DET (AL) 36 79 3 13 2 0 0 4 6 15 0 1 0 0 5 0 .165 .224 SLG
1955 DET (AL) 33 76 11 17 1 0 1 13 9 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 .224 .295 SLG
1956 DET (AL) 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .167 SLG
1957 KCA (AL) 24 44 7 8 1 0 0 4 4 9 0 0 0 0 2 1 .182 .245 SLG
1958 KCA (AL) 31 69 5 12 3 0 0 1 6 16 0 0 0 0 4 0 .174 .240 SLG
1959 KCA (AL) 32 71 9 20 2 1 2 9 4 7 0 0 0 0 4 1 .282 .316 SLG
1960 KCA (AL) 28 27 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 .74 .167 SLG
1961 LAA (AL) 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 .0 SLG
15 years   458 827 87 180 27 3 7 72 76 109 1 1 0 1 53 5 .218 .283 .SLG



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