Wayne Garland

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Marcus Wayne Garland

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
School Gulf Coast Community College
Debut September 13, 1973
Final Game September 25, 1981
Born October 26, 1950 in Nashville, TN USA

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Wayne Garland signed a 10-year contract with the Cleveland Indians. Following a 20-7 season as a 25 year old with the Baltimore Orioles in 1976, Garland was a member of baseball's first full-fledged free-agent class. He signed for $2.3 million. Garland was released in January 1982 after just five years with Cleveland in which he accumulated a 28-48 record and exceeded 100 IP in only 2 of those 5 seasons.

In 1989, Wayne Garland played for the Fort Myers Sun Sox of the Senior Professional Baseball Association. He went 3-2 in 11 starts for the club.