Phil Garner
Philip Mason Garner (Scrap Iron)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 177 lb.

Born: April 30, 1949 in Jefferson City, TN
School: University of Tennessee
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1973
Final Game: October 2, 1988
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 OAK AL 24 3B 9 0 26.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -18.5 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 1.73 0.56 .940 3.01 2.68
1974 OAK AL 25 3B 19 6 67.0 22 6 15 1 1 .955 -0.2 -3.6 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 0 2.82 1.11 .955 3.12 2.77
1974 OAK AL 25 SS 8 0 19.1 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.5 31.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 4.66 1.25 .960 4.98 4.24
1974 OAK AL 25 2B 3 0 7.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -32.7 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 4.91 1.33 .975 5.40 4.57
1974 OAK AL 25 DH 2
1975 OAK AL 26 2B 160 159 1334.0 806 354 426 26 93 .968 6.5 5.8 6.5 1.8 4.7 0 5.26 4.88 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 OAK AL 26 SS 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 .950 4.50 4.10
1976 OAK AL 27 2B 159 159 1415.1 865 378 465 22 91 .975 -5.4 -4.6 -4.4 -4.2 -0.2 -1 5.36 5.30 .975 5.40 4.64 AS
1977 PIT NL 28 3B 107 101 897.1 348 98 240 10 28 .971 6.6 8.8 6.6 5.5 1.1 0 3.39 3.16 .955 2.98 2.54
1977 PIT NL 28 2B 50 44 405.1 215 114 95 6 20 .972 -3.8 -11.2 -2.8 -3.6 0.8 -1 4.64 4.18 .977 5.24 4.47
1977 PIT NL 28 SS 12 2 38.0 28 11 16 1 1 .964 0.7 22.1 0.7 0.4 0.3 0 6.39 2.25 .964 5.02 4.30
1978 PIT NL 29 2B 81 75 676.0 413 190 213 10 50 .976 1.3 2.3 1.3 1.6 -0.3 0 5.37 4.98 .977 5.30 4.34
1978 PIT NL 29 3B 81 77 678.0 257 67 172 18 12 .930 -3.5 -6.2 -3.5 1.2 -4.7 0 3.17 2.95 .953 3.00 2.53
1978 PIT NL 29 SS 4 0 4.1 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.2 55.4 0.2 0.0 0.3 0 10.38 1.25 .960 4.78 4.25
1979 PIT NL 30 2B 83 76 680.2 417 175 234 8 58 .981 3.3 5.8 2.3 -0.4 2.7 1 5.41 4.93 .979 5.42 4.55
1979 PIT NL 30 3B 78 62 578.0 204 47 144 13 16 .936 3.2 6.6 3.2 0.0 3.2 0 2.97 2.45 .952 2.89 2.50
1979 PIT NL 30 SS 14 8 80.0 31 12 18 1 8 .968 -1.9 -28.5 -1.9 -1.7 -0.2 0 3.38 2.14 .965 5.00 4.51
1980 PIT NL 31 2B 151 151 1348.1 869 349 499 21 116 .976 14.5 12.9 11.5 6.6 4.9 3 5.66 5.62 .980 5.49 4.71 AS
1980 PIT NL 31 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.30 AS
1981 TOT NL 32 2B 81 80 709.2 445 183 250 12 48 .973 -3.0 -5.1 -2.0 -1.5 -0.5 -1 5.49 5.35 .982 5.52 4.72 AS
1981 PIT NL 32 2B 50 50 447.2 278 121 148 9 31 .968 -7.2 -19.3 -6.2 -4.5 -1.7 -1 5.41 5.38 .982 5.52 4.72
1981 HOU NL 32 2B 31 30 262.0 167 62 102 3 17 .982 4.2 19.2 4.2 3.0 1.2 0 5.63 5.29 .982 5.52 4.72
1982 HOU NL 33 2B 136 136 1213.2 716 273 429 14 90 .980 0.2 0.2 -1.8 -3.0 1.2 2 5.21 5.16 .978 5.42 4.75
1982 HOU NL 33 3B 18 17 150.2 50 12 35 3 4 .940 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.5 -0.4 0 2.81 2.61 .952 2.77 2.43
1983 HOU NL 34 3B 154 153 1352.2 435 100 311 24 22 .945 0.3 0.3 1.3 -0.7 2.0 -1 2.73 2.67 .949 2.70 2.29
1984 HOU NL 35 3B 82 68 633.1 239 71 163 5 16 .979 6.5 12.3 6.5 5.6 0.9 0 3.33 2.85 .941 2.79 2.36
1984 HOU NL 35 2B 35 25 240.2 160 65 88 7 26 .956 -0.4 -2.0 -2.4 0.9 -3.3 2 5.72 4.37 .979 5.41 4.71
1985 HOU NL 36 3B 123 103 943.1 292 75 197 20 14 .932 -11.4 -14.5 -11.4 -8.7 -2.7 0 2.60 2.21 .949 2.88 2.47
1985 HOU NL 36 2B 15 9 93.1 59 26 32 1 10 .983 -2.0 -25.7 -2.0 -1.7 -0.3 0 5.59 3.87 .981 5.47 4.82
1986 HOU NL 37 3B 84 76 656.2 222 58 141 23 13 .896 -0.6 -1.1 -1.6 -1.3 -0.3 1 2.73 2.37 .949 2.72 2.20
1986 HOU NL 37 2B 7 4 46.1 19 8 11 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -2.6 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 3.69 2.71 .979 5.21 4.54
1987 TOT NL 38 3B 82 58 528.1 188 57 121 10 8 .947 1.5 3.4 1.5 0.6 0.9 0 3.03 2.17 .952 2.82 2.34
1987 TOT NL 38 2B 14 3 49.0 25 6 17 2 2 .920 0.3 7.3 0.3 1.2 -0.9 0 4.22 1.64 .984 5.20 4.44
1987 HOU NL 38 3B 36 29 259.0 84 28 54 2 3 .976 2.3 10.7 2.3 1.1 1.2 0 2.85 2.28 .950 2.82 2.34
1987 HOU NL 38 2B 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 5.40 4.45
1987 LAD NL 38 3B 46 29 269.1 104 29 67 8 5 .923 -0.8 -3.6 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 0 3.21 2.09 .953 2.82 2.34
1987 LAD NL 38 2B 12 3 47.0 24 6 16 2 2 .917 0.1 2.6 0.1 1.0 -0.9 0 4.21 1.83 .983 5.19 4.44
1987 LAD NL 38 SS 2 1 9.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 0.5 66.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 8.00 4.00 .967 4.70 3.90
1988 SFG NL 39 3B 2 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -65.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.35
13 Seasons 2B 975 921 8219.2 5013 2124 2760 129 606 .974 11.2 1.6 6.2 -2.6 8.8 5 5.35 5.01 .978 5.41 4.65
12 Seasons 3B 839 721 6515.0 2262 593 1542 127 135 .944 1.9 0.3 1.9 2.8 -0.9 0 2.95 2.54 .950 2.84 2.41
7 Seasons SS 42 11 152.2 86 29 54 3 11 .965 0.3 2.4 0.3 -0.3 0.7 0 4.89 1.98 .964 4.98 4.33
1 Season DH 2
16 Seasons TOT 1856 1653 14887.1 7361 2746 4356 259 752 .965 13.4 1.1 8.4 -0.1 8.6 5 4.29 3.83 .934 4.28 3.63
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 OAK AL 24 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 25 30 6 30 28 0 0 0 3 19 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1975 OAK AL 26 160 159 160 160 0 0 0 160 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 OAK AL 27 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 28 153 147 153 151 0 0 0 50 107 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1978 PIT NL 29 154 152 154 153 0 0 0 81 81 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 PIT NL 30 150 146 150 149 0 0 0 83 78 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 PIT NL 31 151 151 151 151 0 0 0 151 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 32 56 50 56 50 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1981 HOU NL 32 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 HOU NL 33 155 153 155 154 0 0 0 136 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 HOU NL 34 154 153 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 HOU NL 35 128 93 128 114 0 0 0 36 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 2
1985 HOU NL 36 135 112 135 134 0 0 0 15 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
1986 HOU NL 37 107 80 107 90 0 0 0 7 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1987 LAD NL 38 70 33 70 56 0 0 0 12 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1987 HOU NL 38 43 29 43 37 0 0 0 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
1988 SFG NL 39 15 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
16 Seasons 1860 1653 1860 1782 0 0 0 976 839 42 0 0 0 0 0 120 13
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 OAK AL 25 34 68% 82% 18% 2 100% 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 26 5803 62% 79% 25% 521 95% 1 358 133 149 76 430 372 46 0 9 26 2 17 7 16 93 27 21 19 3 82 24 56 8 6 2
1976 OAK AL 27 6166 56% 82% 27% 566 94% 3 377 131 172 74 467 407 44 1 6 22 3 19 0 15 90 34 20 18 8 82 26 56 7 5 2
1977 PIT NL 28 1753 75% 78% 24% 143 88% 1 111 44 48 19 96 79 12 1 2 6 0 5 1 5 20 7 2 5 2 17 7 10 3 1 2
1978 PIT NL 29 2911 63% 79% 26% 277 91% 0 194 72 76 46 213 191 19 0 4 10 0 8 2 7 50 16 10 11 6 48 17 29 2 0 1
1979 PIT NL 30 2974 61% 79% 25% 269 95% 1 167 56 83 28 235 200 30 1 1 8 0 8 0 8 59 19 10 21 0 54 22 30 4 3 1
1980 PIT NL 31 5861 59% 80% 26% 589 93% 1 344 120 161 64 499 431 51 2 5 21 1 19 1 12 113 37 18 37 5 103 44 57 9 8 1
1981 PIT NL 32 1996 59% 80% 28% 192 91% 0 120 44 42 34 147 129 17 0 3 9 0 9 0 9 30 10 5 11 0 26 11 15 3 1 2
1981 HOU NL 32 1073 56% 79% 29% 115 96% 0 65 24 28 13 100 86 12 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 17 8 2 5 0 17 5 11 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 33 5362 53% 78% 27% 492 94% 1 281 95 127 59 430 369 49 2 3 14 1 13 0 11 92 34 16 28 1 86 31 51 4 3 1
1984 HOU NL 35 1067 53% 78% 25% 100 94% 0 64 19 34 11 90 78 10 0 0 7 0 7 0 6 25 10 3 4 5 22 9 13 3 1 2
1985 HOU NL 36 424 65% 77% 24% 35 97% 0 24 9 10 5 30 24 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 10 3 0 3 1 7 4 3 3 1 2
1986 HOU NL 37 194 56% 73% 31% 11 91% 0 8 1 2 5 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1987 LAD NL 38 210 48% 75% 27% 20 85% 0 6 2 3 1 15 14 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1987 HOU NL 38 9 78% 78% 33% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 35837 59% 79% 26% 3334 93% 8 2122 751 936 436 2765 2392 297 7 36 129 7 109 13 93 603 207 108 163 31 548 201 334 46 29 16
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 OAK AL 24 112 67% 69% 24% 6 100% 0 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 25 282 69% 78% 23% 23 91% 0 6 6 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 28 3909 70% 78% 27% 330 88% 5 97 56 13 28 236 185 39 3 12 10 0 10 0 9 28 9 3 18 7 3 4 13 54%
1978 PIT NL 29 3045 63% 77% 25% 255 87% 1 67 52 4 11 168 141 20 2 5 18 0 17 1 14 12 8 1 9 2 2 0 13 92%
1979 PIT NL 30 2529 60% 77% 24% 193 90% 2 49 29 8 12 146 116 22 2 5 13 1 12 0 9 16 11 1 13 1 1 0 13 92%
1982 HOU NL 33 649 51% 78% 30% 47 87% 0 11 7 1 3 34 28 5 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 75%
1983 HOU NL 34 5947 55% 77% 27% 437 87% 4 98 73 7 18 311 244 54 4 6 24 0 21 3 21 23 16 1 19 2 1 1 12 92%
1984 HOU NL 35 2814 56% 76% 24% 217 98% 3 71 55 5 11 161 121 30 1 4 5 0 5 0 4 16 10 2 13 2 1 0 5 100%
1985 HOU NL 36 4228 57% 76% 25% 275 92% 6 73 61 5 7 198 152 29 5 7 20 0 19 1 17 15 13 0 13 2 2 0 6 100%
1986 HOU NL 37 2897 58% 74% 24% 210 88% 1 60 45 8 7 138 116 16 0 5 23 1 22 0 21 12 6 1 10 2 0 2 7 71%
1987 LAD NL 38 1226 52% 73% 28% 99 88% 1 32 22 2 8 67 52 13 1 3 8 1 7 0 7 7 4 1 6 0 0 0 5 100%
1987 HOU NL 38 1135 50% 71% 25% 83 94% 1 30 23 3 4 54 46 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 100%
1988 SFG NL 39 17 59% 71% 12% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 28790 59% 76% 26% 2175 90% 24 597 431 56 110 1532 1217 235 19 51 127 3 118 6 108 138 82 10 109 19 10 8 82 85%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 90% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 OAK AL 25 81 69% 79% 28% 9 100% 0 2 1 1 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 26 3 67% 67% 67% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 28 161 57% 82% 30% 22 91% 0 11 7 1 3 16 15 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 29 22 55% 91% 41% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 30 337 58% 76% 21% 23 87% 0 11 5 4 2 18 13 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 3 0 2 0 0 5 3 2 2 1 1
1980 PIT NL 31 4 100% 50% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 LAD NL 38 45 44% 76% 40% 8 88% 0 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 653 58% 78% 26% 66 91% 0 28 14 8 6 54 45 8 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 11 3 0 4 0 1 8 3 5 2 1 1
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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