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Mike Garman

Michael Douglas Garman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 16, 1949 in Caldwell, ID
High School: Caldwell (Caldwell, ID)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1967 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1969
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Dodgers/Expos/Cubs/RedSox 1969-1978

Final Game: September 29, 1978
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1967	17	BOS-min	A	1	4	.200	7.20	7	7					25.0	22	23	20	3	43		19						2.600	7.9	1.1	15.5	6.8	0.44	WSM,GRV · CARL,WCRS
1968	18	BOS-min	A	5	7	.417	3.73	20	16					99.0	92	52	41	10	62								1.556	8.4	0.9	5.6			GRV · WCRS
1969	19	BOS-min	A	10	12	.455	3.11	29	24				0	162.0	127	71	56	3	89		183						1.333	7.1	0.2	4.9	10.2	2.06	WSM · CARL
1969	19	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	4.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	13	6	6	0	10	0	10	0	0	1	57	91	1.865	9.5	0.0	7.3	7.3	1.00

1971	21	BOS-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.19	29	20		6	2	0	129.0	124	72	60	10	88	4	128	7	0	10			1.643	8.7	0.7	6.1	8.9	1.45	LOU · IL
1971	21	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.2	15	8	8	3	9	1	6	1	0	1	80	99	1.286	7.2	1.4	4.3	2.9	0.67
1972	22	BOS-min	AAA	11	9	.550	4.23	39	19		5	0	6	149.0	139	74	70	14	69	9	118	4	1	13			1.396	8.4	0.8	4.2	7.1	1.71	LOU · IL
1972	22	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	10.80	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.1	4	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	16	34	1.800	10.8	2.7	5.4	2.7	0.50
1973	23	BOS	AL	0	0		5.32	12	0	7	0	0	0	22.0	32	15	13	1	15	3	9	0	0	1	109	77	2.136	13.1	0.4	6.1	3.7	0.60
1974	24	STL	NL	7	2	.778	2.64	64	0	30	0	0	6	81.2	66	26	24	4	27	10	45	2	0	2	328	138	1.139	7.3	0.4	3.0	5.0	1.67
1975	25	STL	NL	3	8	.273	2.39	66	0	36	0	0	10	79.0	73	31	21	3	48	23	48	1	0	4	358	160	1.532	8.3	0.3	5.5	5.5	1.00
1976	26	CHC	NL	2	4	.333	4.95	47	2	21	0	0	1	76.1	79	48	42	7	35	8	37	3	0	4	339	78	1.493	9.3	0.8	4.1	4.4	1.06
1977	27	LAD	NL	4	4	.500	2.73	49	0	30	0	0	12	62.2	60	20	19	7	22	5	29	2	1	0	264	141	1.309	8.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.32
1978	28	TOT	NL	4	7	.364	4.40	57	0	35	0	0	13	77.2	69	40	38	8	34	8	28	0	2	2	326	81	1.326	8.0	0.9	3.9	3.2	0.82
1978	28	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	4.41	10	0	6	0	0	0	16.1	15	8	8	3	3	0	5	0	2	0	63	82	1.102	8.3	1.7	1.7	2.8	1.67
1978	28	MON	NL	4	6	.400	4.40	47	0	29	0	0	13	61.1	54	32	30	5	31	8	23	0	0	2	263	80	1.386	7.9	0.7	4.5	3.4	0.74
1979	29	CLE-PIT-min	AAA	6	3	.667	4.66	88	0		0	0	10	87.0	104	53	45	7	31	2	38	2	1	2			1.552	10.8	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.23	TAC,POR · PCL
9 Seasons				22	27	.449	3.63	303	8	160	0	0	42	433.2	411	198	175	34	202	58	213	9	3	15	1877	104	1.414	8.5	0.7	4.2	4.4	1.05
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.449	3.63	66	2	35	0	0	9	95	90	43	38	7	44	13	47	2	1	3	410	104	1.414	8.5	0.7	4.2	4.4	1.05

BOS (4 yrs)				2	2	.500	4.95	20	6	8	0	0	0	56.1	64	33	31	5	36	4	26	1	0	3	262	80	1.775	10.2	0.8	5.8	4.2	0.72
STL (2 yrs)				10	10	.500	2.52	130	0	66	0	0	16	160.2	139	57	45	7	75	33	93	3	0	6	686	148	1.332	7.8	0.4	4.2	5.2	1.24
LAD (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	3.08	59	0	36	0	0	12	79.0	75	28	27	10	25	5	34	2	3	0	327	124	1.266	8.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.36
MON (1 yr)				4	6	.400	4.40	47	0	29	0	0	13	61.1	54	32	30	5	31	8	23	0	0	2	263	80	1.386	7.9	0.7	4.5	3.4	0.74
CHC (1 yr)				2	4	.333	4.95	47	2	21	0	0	1	76.1	79	48	42	7	35	8	37	3	0	4	339	78	1.493	9.3	0.8	4.1	4.4	1.06

NL (5 yrs)			NL	20	25	.444	3.43	283	2	152	0	0	42	377.1	347	165	144	29	166	54	187	8	3	12	1615	109	1.360	8.3	0.7	4.0	4.5	1.13
AL (4 yrs)			AL	2	2	.500	4.95	20	6	8	0	0	0	56.1	64	33	31	5	36	4	26	1	0	3	262	80	1.775	10.2	0.8	5.8	4.2	0.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1969	19	BOS	AL	12.1	2	6	7	0	1.3	1	0.1	$

1971	21	BOS	AL	18.2	3	8	11	0	1.0	3	0.3	$
1972	22	BOS	AL	3.1	1	4	2	0	.6	-2	-0.3	$
1973	23	BOS	AL	22.0	0	15	13	1	.1	-2	-0.2	$
1974	24	STL	NL	81.2	0	26	44	2	1.3	18	1.5	$
1975	25	STL	NL	79.0	0	31	48	-2	1.5	17	1.4	$
1976	26	CHC	NL	76.1	2	48	46	-2	1.0	-2	-0.7	$
1977	27	LAD	NL	62.2	0	20	35	0	1.7	15	1.5	$
1978	28	LAD	NL	16.1	0	8	8	0	.8	0	-0.1	$
1978	28	MON	NL	61.1	0	32	29	3	1.4	-3	-1.0	$
9 Seasons				433.2	8	198	243	2	1.3	45	2.5	$

BOS (4 yrs)				56.1	6	33	33	1	.7	0	-0.1	$
STL (2 yrs)				160.2	0	57	92	0	1.4	35	2.9	$
LAD (2 yrs)				79.0	0	28	43	0	1.5	15	1.4	$
MON (1 yr)				61.1	0	32	29	3	1.4	-3	-1.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				76.1	2	48	46	-2	1.0	-2	-0.7	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	G	GF	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	HBP	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1977	27	LAD	NL	NLCS	W	PHI	2	1	1	1.1	0	0	1	1	5	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.8
1977	27	LAD	NL	WS	L	NYY	2	1	0	4.0	2	1	3	0	14	0.750	4.5	2.3	6.8	3.00
1 Season (2 Series)							4	2	1	5.1	2	1	4	1	19	0.563	3.4	1.7	6.8	4.00
1 NLCS							2	1	1	1.1	0	0	1	1	5	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.8
1 WS							2	1	0	4.0	2	1	3	0	14	0.750	4.5	2.3	6.8	3.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1967	17	BOS-min	A	7	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.375	.286	.661		2						WSM,GRV · CARL,WCRS
1968	18	BOS-min	A	20	41	41		9	1	1	0						.220	.220	.293	.512		12						GRV · WCRS
1969	19	BOS-min	A	29	62	56	3	12	1	1	0	8	0	0	6	18	.214	.290	.268	.558		15						WSM · CARL
1969	19	BOS	AL	2	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	119	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1971	21	BOS-min	AAA	29	50	40	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	19	.150	.261	.250	.511		10		0	4	0		LOU · IL
1971	21	BOS	AL	3	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	84	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	22	BOS-min	AAA	40	53	49	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	18	.184	.200	.224	.424		11		0	3	0		LOU · IL
1972	22	BOS	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1973	23	BOS	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	24	STL	NL	64	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-44	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
1975	25	STL	NL	66	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	26	CHC	NL	47	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	27	LAD	NL	49	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	28	TOT	NL	57	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	28	LAD	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	28	MON	NL	47	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	29	CLE-PIT-min	AAA	88	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		TAC,POR · PCL
9 Seasons				303	43	42	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	.119	.119	.119	.238	-34	5	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	23	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.119	.119	.119	.238	-34	3	1	0	1	0	0

BOS (4 yrs)				20	11	11	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.364	.364	.364	.727	100	4	0	0	0	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				130	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-53	1	1	0	1	0	0
LAD (2 yrs)				59	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (1 yr)				47	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				47	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				283	32	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.032	.032	.032	.065	-82	1	1	0	1	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				20	11	11	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.364	.364	.364	.727	100	4	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1969	19	BOS	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1971	21	BOS	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1974	24	STL	NL	11	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1975	25	STL	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1976	26	CHC	NL	7	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1977	27	LAD	NL	7	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1978	28	MON	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
7 Seasons				43	-8	0	0	0	0	3	0	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$

STL (2 yrs)				13	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
BOS (2 yrs)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
LAD (1 yr)				7	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
MON (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				7	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1977	27	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	2
1977	27	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	L	2
1 Season (2 Series)							4
1 NLCS							2
1 WS							2

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1969	BOS	AL	19	P	2	2	12.1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	2.92	2.00	.950	1.90	1.90	0	0
1971	BOS	AL	21	P	3	3	18.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.98	1.97	0	1	100%
1972	BOS	AL	22	P	3	1	3.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.89	1.87	0	0
1973	BOS	AL	23	P	12	0	22.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	1.64	0.33	.952	1.84	1.85	3	0	0%
1974	STL	NL	24	P	64	0	81.2	18	2	14	2	4	.889	1.76	0.25	.944	1.88	1.88	4	3	43%
1975	STL	NL	25	P	66	0	79.0	16	3	9	4	0	.750	1.37	0.18	.946	1.86	1.86	9	3	25%
1976	CHC	NL	26	P	47	2	76.1	17	3	14	0	1	1.000	2.00	0.36	.950	1.87	1.87	8	2	20%
1977	LAD	NL	27	P	49	0	62.2	12	3	8	1	1	.917	1.58	0.22	.950	1.85	1.85	3	2	40%
1978	TOT	NL	28	P	57	0	77.2	15	4	10	1	1	.933	1.62	0.25	.951	1.91	1.89	12	2	14%
1978	LAD	NL	28	P	10	0	16.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.10	0.20	.950	1.93	1.89	0	0
1978	MON	NL	28	P	47	0	61.1	13	3	9	1	1	.923	1.76	0.26	.951	1.91	1.89	12	2	14%
	9 Seasons			P	303	8	433.2	87	19	59	9	7	.897	1.62	0.26	.948	1.88	1.87	39	13	25%
	9 Seasons			TOT	303	8	433.2	87	19	59	9	7	.897	1.62	0.26	.948	1.88	1.87	39	13	25%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1974 NL 64 (7th) 1975 NL 66 (5th)	Saves s c a p y 1978 NL 13 (10th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1975 NL 66 (5th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1975 NL 4 (5th)
Youngest s c a p y 1969 AL born 1949-09-16 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1967.
December 7, 1973: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with John Curtis and Lynn McGlothen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Reggie Cleveland, Terry Hughes and Diego Segui.
October 28, 1975: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Don Kessinger. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Bobby Hrapmann (minors) (April 5, 1976) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
January 11, 1977: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Rick Monday to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jeff Albert (minors), Bill Buckner and Ivan de Jesus.
May 20, 1978: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Gerry Hannahs and Larry Landreth.
March 30, 1979: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1973	23	Boston Red Sox	$13,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$13,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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