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Debs Garms
Debs C. Garms (Tex)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.
School Howard Payne University

Debut August 10, 1932
Final Game September 25, 1945
Born June 26, 1907 in Bangs, TX
Died December 16, 1984 in Glen Rose, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 25 SLB AL  34  134   20   38   7  1   1    8   4  3  17   7  .284  .364  .373   87   50   1           0    
 1933 26 SLB AL  78  189   35   60  10  2   4   24   2  5  30  21  .317  .416  .455  125   86   2           2    
 1934 27 SLB AL  91  232   25   68  14  4   0   31   0  0  27  19  .293  .372  .388   90   90   5           2    
 1935 28 SLB AL  10   15    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .267  .353  .267   60    4   0           0    
 1937 30 BSN NL 125  478   60  124  15  8   2   37   2     37  33  .259  .317  .337   85  161   3           3   4
 1938 31 BSN NL 117  428   62  135  19  1   0   47   4     34  22  .315  .371  .364  112  156   8           4  10 MVP-21
 1939 32 BSN NL 132  513   68  153  24  9   2   37   2     39  20  .298  .350  .392  105  201  12           2   4
 1940 33 PIT NL 103  358   76  127  23  7   5   57   3     23   6  .355  .395  .500  146  179   3           1   3 MVP-13
 1941 34 PIT NL  83  220   25   58   9  3   3   42   0     22  12  .264  .331  .373   98   82   3           0   2
 1943 36 STL NL  90  249   26   64  10  2   0   22   1     13   8  .257  .299  .313   73   78   4           2   4
 1944 37 STL NL  73  149   17   30   3  0   0    5   0     13   8  .201  .265  .221   37   33   2           0   2
 1945 38 STL NL  74  146   23   49   7  2   0   18   0     31   3  .336  .452  .411  138   60   3           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1010 3111  438  910 141 39  17  328  18  8 288 161  .293  .355  .379  102 1180  46   0   0  16  32
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        499   70  146  23  6   3   53   3  1  46  26  .293  .355  .379  102  189   7   0   0   3   5
 Career High    132  513   76  153  24  9   5   57   4  5  39  33  .355  .395  .500  146  201  12   0   0   4  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 25 SLB AL  152  100   18   4.8   116| .284  .292| .364  .364| .373  .430| .737  .794|  87  .482  -2.3  -0.2  57%
 1933 26 SLB AL  223  136   34   6.7   111| .317  .288| .416  .360| .455  .415| .871  .775| 125  .653   8.3   0.8  28%
 1934 27 SLB AL  266  169   33   5.2   119| .293  .298| .372  .373| .388  .429| .760  .802|  90  .516  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1935 28 SLB AL   17   11    1   2.4   115| .267  .292| .353  .366| .267  .422| .620  .788|  60  .210  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1937 30 BSN NL  521  361   50   3.7    93| .259  .269| .317  .329| .337  .381| .654  .710|  85  .410  -9.3  -0.9     
 1938 31 BSN NL  474  311   57   4.9    90| .315  .262| .371  .325| .364  .373| .735  .698| 112  .551   9.3   0.9     
 1939 32 BSN NL  566  376   70   5.0    97| .298  .272| .350  .336| .392  .388| .742  .724| 105  .538   4.1   0.4     
 1940 33 PIT NL  385  237   70   8.0    97| .355  .270| .395  .335| .500  .389| .895  .724| 146  .750  22.0   2.2     
 1941 34 PIT NL  245  167   27   4.3    94| .264  .266| .331  .336| .373  .374| .704  .711|  98  .519  -0.9  -0.1     
 1943 36 STL NL  268  193   23   3.2    93| .257  .270| .299  .340| .313  .367| .612  .707|  73  .408  -9.2  -1.0     
 1944 37 STL NL  164  123    9   2.0    96| .201  .270| .265  .338| .221  .380| .486  .718|  37  .199 -12.6  -1.3     
 1945 38 STL NL  180  103   27   7.0    99| .336  .277| .452  .347| .411  .382| .863  .729| 138  .712  10.0   1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3461 2287  419   4.9    99| .293  .273| .355  .340| .379  .388| .734  .728| 102  .543  15.2   1.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1932 25 SLB AL OF 33 79 3 4 1 .953 .967 2.48 2.28 0 32 1 1933 26 SLB AL OF 47 91 5 4 1 .960 .970 2.04 2.21 28 17 3 1934 27 SLB AL OF 56 111 2 7 0 .942 .968 2.02 2.16 42 1 13 1935 28 SLB AL OF 2 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 2.00 2.30 0 0 2 1937 30 BSN NL OF 81 168 1 4 0 .977 .974 2.09 2.13 64 15 2 3B 36 32 68 3 2 .971 .954 2.78 2.72 1938 31 BSN NL OF 63 126 6 2 2 .985 .976 2.10 2.22 51 2 12 3B 54 48 98 9 6 .942 .945 2.70 2.87 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1939 32 BSN NL OF 96 183 6 7 2 .964 .975 1.97 2.17 25 0 73 3B 37 31 83 5 5 .958 .942 3.08 2.79 1940 33 PIT NL 3B 64 65 123 7 15 .964 .948 2.94 2.82 OF 19 32 3 2 0 .946 .978 1.84 2.17 8 4 8 1941 34 PIT NL 3B 29 28 44 7 1 .911 .949 2.48 3.16 OF 24 45 0 2 0 .957 .974 1.88 2.15 23 0 1 1943 36 STL NL OF 47 93 3 2 0 .980 .977 2.04 2.27 18 0 29 3B 23 18 22 7 5 .851 .948 1.74 2.97 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.00 1944 37 STL NL OF 23 34 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.48 2.31 3 2 18 3B 21 14 16 1 1 .968 .949 1.43 3.00 1945 38 STL NL 3B 32 23 42 3 4 .956 .941 2.03 2.97 OF 10 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 2.33 1 0 9
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 31 BSN NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1937 30 BSN NL 3B 36 32 68 3 2 .971 .954 2.78 2.72 1938 31 BSN NL 3B 54 48 98 9 6 .942 .945 2.70 2.87 1939 32 BSN NL 3B 37 31 83 5 5 .958 .942 3.08 2.79 1940 33 PIT NL 3B 64 65 123 7 15 .964 .948 2.94 2.82 1941 34 PIT NL 3B 29 28 44 7 1 .911 .949 2.48 3.16 1943 36 STL NL 3B 23 18 22 7 5 .851 .948 1.74 2.97 1944 37 STL NL 3B 21 14 16 1 1 .968 .949 1.43 3.00 1945 38 STL NL 3B 32 23 42 3 4 .956 .941 2.03 2.97 1932 25 SLB AL OF 33 79 3 4 1 .953 .967 2.48 2.28 0 32 1 1933 26 SLB AL OF 47 91 5 4 1 .960 .970 2.04 2.21 28 17 3 1934 27 SLB AL OF 56 111 2 7 0 .942 .968 2.02 2.16 42 1 13 1935 28 SLB AL OF 2 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 2.00 2.30 0 0 2 1937 30 BSN NL OF 81 168 1 4 0 .977 .974 2.09 2.13 64 15 2 1938 31 BSN NL OF 63 126 6 2 2 .985 .976 2.10 2.22 51 2 12 1939 32 BSN NL OF 96 183 6 7 2 .964 .975 1.97 2.17 25 0 73 1940 33 PIT NL OF 19 32 3 2 0 .946 .978 1.84 2.17 8 4 8 1941 34 PIT NL OF 24 45 0 2 0 .957 .974 1.88 2.15 23 0 1 1943 36 STL NL OF 47 93 3 2 0 .980 .977 2.04 2.27 18 0 29 1944 37 STL NL OF 23 34 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.48 2.31 3 2 18 1945 38 STL NL OF 10 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 2.33 1 0 9 1943 36 STL NL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 501 973 30 35 6 .966 .974 2.00 2.20 263 73 171 3B 296 259 496 42 39 .947 .947 2.55 2.89 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.00 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 799 1233 526 77 45 .958 .962 2.20 2.46
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   2   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   4   7   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1938-NL-21-0.01
1940-NL-13-0.08
Car-909-0.09 shares

Batting Average
1938 NL-.315-7
1940 NL-.355-1

On-base %
1938 NL-.371-9
1940 NL-.395-5

Slugging %
1940 NL-.500-6

OPS
1940 NL-.895-4

Triples
1939 NL-9-7

Singles
1938 NL-115-8

Adjusted OPS+
1940 NL-146-4

Batting Wins
1940 NL-2.2-10

Offensive Win%
1940 NL-.750-2

Hit By Pitch
1938 NL-4-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1939 NL-25.7-8
1940 NL-59.7-1

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1263) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.1 (883) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.5 (974) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September 29, 1936: Drafted by the Boston Bees from the St. Louis Browns in the 1936 rule 5 draft.

March 3, 1940: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Bees.

December 5, 1941: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December 19, 1945: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


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