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Ralph Garr
Ralph Allen Garr (Road Runner or Gator)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 197 lb.
School Grambling State University

Debut September 3, 1968
  vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 4, 1980
Born December 12, 1945 in Monroe, LA

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1968 22 ATL NL  11    7    3    2   0  0   0    0   1  0   1   0  .286  .375  .286  100    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1969 23 ATL NL  22   27    6    6   1  0   0    2   1  1   2   4  .222  .276  .259   51    7   0   0   1   0   0
 1970 24 ATL NL  37   96   18   27   3  0   0    8   5  2   5  12  .281  .314  .313   65   30   0   1   1   0   3
 1971 25 ATL NL 154  639  101  219  24  6   9   44  30 14  30  68  .343  .372  .441  125  282  18   4   1   2   7 MVP-24
 1972 26 ATL NL 134  554   87  180  22  0  12   53  25  9  25  41  .325  .359  .430  116  238   6   3   2   6   9 MVP-19
 1973 27 ATL NL 148  668   94  200  32  6  11   55  35 11  22  64  .299  .323  .415   97  277   4   2   5   2  12
 1974 28 ATL NL 143  606   87  214  24 17  11   54  26 16  28  52  .353  .383  .503  143  305   8   1  10   2   6 MVP-12,AS
 1975 29 ATL NL 151  625   74  174  26 11   6   31  14  9  44  50  .278  .327  .384   95  240   3   3  17   3   8
 1976 30 CHW AL 136  527   63  158  22  6   4   36  14  5  17  41  .300  .322  .387  107  204   8   4   2   2   6
 1977 31 CHW AL 134  543   78  163  29  7  10   54  12  7  27  44  .300  .333  .435  108  236   3   1   4   0   7
 1978 32 CHW AL 118  443   67  122  18  9   3   29   7  5  24  41  .275  .314  .377   93  167  10   0   1   1   9
 1979 33 TOT AL 108  331   34   89  10  2   9   39   2  4  17  22  .269  .305  .393   88  130   2   2   0   1   5
         CHW AL 102  307   34   86  10  2   9   39   2  4  17  19  .280  .318  .414   96  127   2   2   0   1   5
         CAL AL   6   24    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .125  .125  .125  -31    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1980 34 CAL AL  21   42    5    8   1  0   0    3   0  0   4   6  .190  .261  .214   34    9   0   0   2   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1317 5108  717 1562 212 64  75  408 172 83 246 445  .306  .339  .416  108 2127  62  21  46  19  72
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        628   88  192  26  8   9   50  21 10  30  55  .306  .339  .416  108  262   8   3   6   2   9
 Career High    154  668  101  219  32 17  12   55  35 16  44  68  .353  .383  .503  143  305  18   4  17   6  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1968 22 ATL NL    8    5    1   5.4    82| .286  .253| .375  .312| .286  .357| .661  .668| 100  .681   0.0   0.0 100%
 1969 23 ATL NL   29   22    2   2.4    95| .222  .261| .276  .331| .259  .386| .535  .717|  51  .273  -1.8  -0.2  50%
 1970 24 ATL NL  102   75    9   3.2   108| .281  .274| .314  .348| .313  .418| .627  .766|  65  .339  -4.9  -0.5  71%
 1971 25 ATL NL  693  463  105   6.1    97| .343  .266| .372  .334| .441  .390| .813  .724| 125  .677  19.2   2.0  68%
 1972 26 ATL NL  594  401   86   5.8    99| .325  .266| .359  .336| .430  .394| .789  .730| 116  .657  10.7   1.1  73%
 1973 27 ATL NL  698  497   87   4.7   103| .299  .272| .323  .342| .415  .404| .738  .746|  97  .545  -5.8  -0.6  76%
 1974 28 ATL NL  645  423  113   7.2    98| .353  .267| .383  .340| .503  .386| .886  .725| 143  .724  30.6   3.1  61%
 1975 29 ATL NL  678  474   78   4.4    99| .278  .269| .327  .340| .384  .388| .711  .729|  95  .513  -6.6  -0.7  60%
 1976 30 CHW AL  558  392   66   4.6    87| .300  .257| .322  .322| .387  .363| .709  .684| 107  .560   2.2   0.2  73%
 1977 31 CHW AL  574  398   77   5.2   100| .300  .266| .333  .330| .435  .405| .768  .735| 108  .551   4.2   0.4  63%
 1978 32 CHW AL  478  345   51   4.0    94| .275  .262| .314  .328| .377  .386| .691  .714|  93  .459  -6.0  -0.6  58%
 1979 33 TOT AL  353  255   39   4.1   102| .269  .269| .305  .334| .393  .408| .698  .742|  88  .435  -7.2  -0.7  33%
         CHW AL  329  234   39   4.4   102| .280  .270| .318  .334| .414  .408| .732  .743|  96  .473  -2.8  -0.3  33%
         CAL AL   24   21    0   0.0    98| .125  .265| .125  .329| .125  .401| .250  .730| -31  .000  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1980 34 CAL AL   46   34    2   1.6    96| .190  .266| .261  .327| .214  .394| .475  .721|  34  .124  -3.8  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5456 3784  716   5.1    98| .306  .266| .339  .335| .416  .392| .755  .726| 108  .580  31.0   3.1  67%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1969 23 ATL NL  LF    7      7    0    1    0  .875  .959  1.00  1.29  1.21  1.64    5   52.0
 1970 24 ATL NL  OF   21     43    0    0    0 1.000  .975  2.05  1.78  2.26  2.07   19  171.0
                 RF   12     13    0    0    0 1.000  .977  1.08  1.68  1.31  2.00   10   89.0
                 CF    8      9    0    0    0 1.000  .978  1.12  2.08  1.09  2.34    8   74.0
                 LF    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.40  3.38  1.80    1    8.0
 1971 25 ATL NL  LF  153    316   15   11    3  .968  .970  2.16  1.53  2.18  1.87  153 1364.3
 1972 26 ATL NL  OF  131    246    8   10    1  .962  .978  1.94  1.96  2.01  2.18  131 1137.3
                 LF   69    113    4    5    0  .959  .974  1.70  1.67  1.96  1.92   59  536.3
                 RF   59     99    5    5    1  .954  .979  1.76  1.74  1.86  2.03   59  503.0
                 CF   13     34    0    0    0 1.000  .980  2.62  2.34  3.12  2.60   13   98.0
 1973 27 ATL NL  OF  148    293    9   10    2  .968  .977  2.04  1.96  2.05  2.23  148 1325.0
                 RF  127    251    6   10    2  .963  .973  2.02  1.77  2.04  2.01  127 1135.0
                 LF   21     38    3    0    0 1.000  .976  1.95  1.67  1.94  2.05   21  190.0
 1974 28 ATL NL  OF  139    255    8    9    2  .967  .979  1.89  1.96  1.95  2.27  139 1213.0 AS
                 LF  110    145    2    6    0  .961  .976  1.34  1.55  2.10  1.99   59  629.0 AS
                 RF   80    108    8    3    2  .975  .975  1.45  1.66  1.79  2.04   80  584.0 AS
 1975 29 ATL NL  LF  148    307   12   11    2  .967  .973  2.16  1.71  2.20  2.10  148 1302.3
 1976 30 CHW AL  OF  125    254    7    6    2  .978  .981  2.09  2.21  2.23  2.47  119 1054.0
                 RF   58     84    2    2    0  .977  .979  1.48  1.92  1.85  2.21   50  417.7
                 LF   51     71    2    3    0  .961  .979  1.43  1.91  2.08  2.23   33  316.3
                 CF   42    100    3    1    2  .990  .984  2.45  2.60  2.90  2.98   36  320.0
                 DH    6
 1977 31 CHW AL  LF  126    224   10    3    2  .987  .976  1.86  1.74  2.01  2.11  123 1050.3
                 DH    2
 1978 32 CHW AL  LF  109    205    6    9    2  .959  .974  1.94  1.78  2.16  2.21  106  881.0
                 DH    9
 1979 33 TOT AL  DH   23
         CHW AL  LF   67     96    3    5    1  .952  .980  1.48  1.80  1.98  2.22   63  450.0
                 DH   17
         CAL AL  DH    6
 1980 34 CAL AL  DH    8
                 OF    2      3    0    1    0  .750  .968  1.50  2.15  2.70  2.43    1   10.0
                 RF    1      2    0    1    0  .667  .952  2.00  1.80  2.25  2.14    1    8.0
                 LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.90  4.50  2.25    0    2.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1970 24 ATL NL  CF    8      9    0    0    0 1.000  .978  1.12  2.08  1.09  2.34    8   74.0
 1972 26 ATL NL  CF   13     34    0    0    0 1.000  .980  2.62  2.34  3.12  2.60   13   98.0
 1976 30 CHW AL  CF   42    100    3    1    2  .990  .984  2.45  2.60  2.90  2.98   36  320.0

 1976 30 CHW AL  DH    6
 1977 31 CHW AL  DH    2
 1978 32 CHW AL  DH    9
 1979 33 TOT AL  DH   23
         CHW AL  DH   17
         CAL AL  DH    6
 1980 34 CAL AL  DH    8

 1969 23 ATL NL  LF    7      7    0    1    0  .875  .959  1.00  1.29  1.21  1.64    5   52.0
 1970 24 ATL NL  LF    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.40  3.38  1.80    1    8.0
 1971 25 ATL NL  LF  153    316   15   11    3  .968  .970  2.16  1.53  2.18  1.87  153 1364.3
 1972 26 ATL NL  LF   69    113    4    5    0  .959  .974  1.70  1.67  1.96  1.92   59  536.3
 1973 27 ATL NL  LF   21     38    3    0    0 1.000  .976  1.95  1.67  1.94  2.05   21  190.0
 1974 28 ATL NL  LF  110    145    2    6    0  .961  .976  1.34  1.55  2.10  1.99   59  629.0
 1975 29 ATL NL  LF  148    307   12   11    2  .967  .973  2.16  1.71  2.20  2.10  148 1302.3
 1976 30 CHW AL  LF   51     71    2    3    0  .961  .979  1.43  1.91  2.08  2.23   33  316.3
 1977 31 CHW AL  LF  126    224   10    3    2  .987  .976  1.86  1.74  2.01  2.11  123 1050.3
 1978 32 CHW AL  LF  109    205    6    9    2  .959  .974  1.94  1.78  2.16  2.21  106  881.0
 1979 33 CHW AL  LF   67     96    3    5    1  .952  .980  1.48  1.80  1.98  2.22   63  450.0
 1980 34 CAL AL  LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.90  4.50  2.25    0    2.0

 1969 23 ATL NL  OF    7      6    0    1    0  .857  .968  0.86  1.74  1.04  2.02    5   52.0
 1970 24 ATL NL  OF   21     43    0    0    0 1.000  .975  2.05  1.78  2.26  2.07   19  171.0
 1971 25 ATL NL  OF  153    315   15   11    3  .968  .979  2.16  1.92  2.18  2.19  153 1364.3
 1972 26 ATL NL  OF  131    246    8   10    1  .962  .978  1.94  1.96  2.01  2.18  131 1137.3
 1973 27 ATL NL  OF  148    293    9   10    2  .968  .977  2.04  1.96  2.05  2.23  148 1325.0
 1974 28 ATL NL  OF  139    255    8    9    2  .967  .979  1.89  1.96  1.95  2.27  139 1213.0
 1975 29 ATL NL  OF  148    298   12   11    2  .966  .978  2.09  2.01  2.14  2.29  148 1302.3
 1976 30 CHW AL  OF  125    254    7    6    2  .978  .981  2.09  2.21  2.23  2.47  119 1054.0
 1977 31 CHW AL  OF  126    225   10    3    2  .987  .978  1.87  2.03  2.01  2.34  123 1050.3
 1978 32 CHW AL  OF  109    205    5    9    2  .959  .979  1.93  2.13  2.15  2.47  106  881.0
 1979 33 CHW AL  OF   67     94    3    5    1  .951  .981  1.45  2.13  1.94  2.46   63  450.0
 1980 34 CAL AL  OF    2      3    0    1    0  .750  .968  1.50  2.15  2.70  2.43    1   10.0

 1970 24 ATL NL  RF   12     13    0    0    0 1.000  .977  1.08  1.68  1.31  2.00   10   89.0
 1972 26 ATL NL  RF   59     99    5    5    1  .954  .979  1.76  1.74  1.86  2.03   59  503.0
 1973 27 ATL NL  RF  127    251    6   10    2  .963  .973  2.02  1.77  2.04  2.01  127 1135.0
 1974 28 ATL NL  RF   80    108    8    3    2  .975  .975  1.45  1.66  1.79  2.04   80  584.0
 1976 30 CHW AL  RF   58     84    2    2    0  .977  .979  1.48  1.92  1.85  2.21   50  417.7
 1980 34 CAL AL  RF    1      2    0    1    0  .667  .952  2.00  1.80  2.25  2.14    1    8.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  OF*1176   2237   77   76   17  .968  .979  1.97  2.02  2.08  2.30 1155 10010.3  863   63  337#
                 LF* 863   1526   57   54   10  .967  .974  1.83  1.68  2.10  2.05  771 6781.7
                 RF* 337    557   21   21    5  .965  .976  1.72  1.76  1.90  2.05  327 2736.7
                 CF*  63    143    3    1    2  .993  .983  2.32  2.48  2.67  2.81   57  492.0
                 DH   48   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1176   2237   77   76   17  .968  .979  1.97  2.02  2.08  2.30 1155  10010
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1974   ATL NL       3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1974 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1971-NL-24-0.00
1972-NL-19-0.02
1974-NL-12-0.03
Car-1073-0.05 shares

Batting Average
1971 NL-.343-2
1972 NL-.325-2
1973 NL-.299-10
1974 NL-.353-1
1976 AL-.300-10

Slugging %
1974 NL-.503-5

OPS
1974 NL-.886-5

At Bats
1971 NL-639-4
1973 NL-668-2
1975 NL-625-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1971 NL-693-5
1973 NL-698-7
1975 NL-678-9

Runs
1971 NL-101-4
1972 NL-87-10
1973 NL-94-10

Hits
1971 NL-219-2
1972 NL-180-4
1973 NL-200-2
1974 NL-214-1

Total Bases
1971 NL-282-9
1974 NL-305-3

Triples
1974 NL-17-1
1975 NL-11-1
1978 AL-9-4

Stolen Bases
1971 NL-30-3
1972 NL-25-6
1973 NL-35-6

Singles
1971 NL-180-1
1972 NL-146-3
1973 NL-151-3
1974 NL-162-2

Adjusted OPS+
1974 NL-143-8

Runs Created
1971 NL-105-8
1974 NL-113-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1974 NL-31-9

Batting Wins
1974 NL-3.1-9

Times on Base
1971 NL-251-8

Offensive Win%
1974 NL-.724-5

Hit By Pitch
1972 NL-6-5

Sac. Hits
1971 NL-18-1

Intentional Walks
1975 NL-17-1

Caught Stealing
1971 NL-14-2
1972 NL-9-8
1973 NL-11-7
1974 NL-16-5

Power/Speed Number
1971 NL-13.8-6
1972 NL-16.2-9
1973 NL-16.7-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1972 NL-13.5-8
1976 AL-12.9-4
1977 AL-12.3-9

Outs
1971 NL-463-10
1973 NL-497-2
1975 NL-474-7

        

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (244) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 56 (441) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.6 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 54.0 (343) (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 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft.

December 12, 1975: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Larvell Blanks to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Henderson, Dick Ruthven, and Ozzie Osborn.

September 20, 1979: Purchased by the California Angels from the Chicago White Sox.

June 6, 1980: Released by the California Angels.

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Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: Road Runner Ralph ralf Gator ralf Allen Ralph allan alan Garr

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