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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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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 Awards
1973 24 OAK AL 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1974 25 OAK AL 30 30 28 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 .179 .207 .214 .421 25 6 0 0 1 0 0 5/64D
1975 26 OAK AL 160 547 488 46 120 21 5 6 54 4 6 30 65 .246 .295 .346 .641 83 169 12 5 21 3 1 *4/6
1976 27 OAK AL 159 603 555 54 145 29 12 8 74 35 13 36 71 .261 .307 .400 .707 111 222 11 2 6 4 1 *4 AS
1977 28 PIT NL 153 651 585 99 152 35 10 17 77 32 9 55 65 .260 .325 .441 .766 102 258 13 2 7 2 4 546
1978 29 PIT NL 154 609 528 66 138 25 9 10 66 27 14 66 71 .261 .345 .400 .745 104 211 18 5 3 7 12 45/6
1979 30 PIT NL 150 612 549 76 161 32 8 11 59 17 8 55 74 .293 .359 .441 .800 113 242 6 3 2 3 15 456
1980 31 PIT NL 151 610 548 62 142 27 6 5 58 32 7 46 53 .259 .315 .358 .673 86 196 12 2 7 7 12 *4/6 AS
1981 32 TOT NL 87 340 294 35 73 9 3 1 26 10 8 36 32 .248 .326 .310 .636 82 91 4 0 6 4 2 *4 AS
1981 32 PIT NL 56 207 181 22 46 6 2 1 20 4 6 21 21 .254 .327 .326 .653 83 59 3 0 2 3 1 4
1981 32 HOU NL 31 133 113 13 27 3 1 0 6 6 2 15 11 .239 .326 .283 .609 78 32 1 0 4 1 1 4
1982 33 HOU NL 155 638 588 65 161 33 8 13 83 24 13 40 92 .274 .320 .423 .743 114 249 11 3 0 7 4 *45
1983 34 HOU NL 154 644 567 76 135 24 2 14 79 18 12 63 84 .238 .317 .362 .678 94 205 4 5 3 6 8 *5
1984 35 HOU NL 128 430 374 60 104 17 6 4 45 3 2 43 63 .278 .355 .388 .743 117 145 9 4 5 4 2 54
1985 36 HOU NL 135 505 463 65 124 23 10 6 51 4 4 34 72 .268 .317 .400 .717 103 185 12 2 1 5 3 *54
1986 37 HOU NL 107 347 313 43 83 14 3 9 41 12 6 30 45 .265 .329 .415 .744 107 130 14 1 0 3 2 5/4
1987 38 TOT NL 113 275 238 29 49 9 0 5 23 6 1 28 44 .206 .285 .307 .592 59 73 5 0 5 4 8 54/6
1987 38 HOU NL 43 124 112 15 25 5 0 3 15 1 0 8 20 .223 .268 .348 .617 65 39 2 0 1 3 1 5/4
1987 38 LAD NL 70 151 126 14 24 4 0 2 8 5 1 20 24 .190 .299 .270 .569 54 34 3 0 4 1 7 54/6
1988 39 SFG NL 15 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 /5
16 Seasons 1860 6860 6136 780 1594 299 82 109 738 225 105 564 842 .260 .323 .389 .711 99 2384 131 34 67 59 74
162 Game Avg. 162 597 534 68 139 26 7 9 64 20 9 49 73 .260 .323 .389 .711 99 208 11 3 6 5 6
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 Awards
HOU (7 yrs) 753 2821 2530 337 659 119 30 49 320 68 39 233 387 .260 .323 .389 .712 103 985 53 15 14 29 21
PIT (5 yrs) 664 2689 2391 325 639 125 35 44 280 112 44 243 284 .267 .335 .404 .739 100 966 52 12 21 22 44
OAK (4 yrs) 358 1185 1076 104 270 51 17 14 129 40 20 67 144 .251 .297 .369 .666 95 397 23 7 28 7 2
SFG (1 yr) 15 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368 10 2 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 70 151 126 14 24 4 0 2 8 5 1 20 24 .190 .299 .270 .569 54 34 3 0 4 1 7
NL (12 yrs) 1502 5675 5060 676 1324 248 65 95 609 185 85 497 698 .262 .328 .393 .721 100 1987 108 27 39 52 72
AL (4 yrs) 358 1185 1076 104 270 51 17 14 129 40 20 67 144 .251 .297 .369 .666 95 397 23 7 28 7 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 26 OAK AL ALCS BOS L 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 30 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 3 13 12 4 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .417 .462 .833 1.295 10 0 0 0 0 1
1979 30 PIT NL WS BAL W 7 28 24 4 12 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 .500 .571 .667 1.238 16 0 1 0 0 2
1981 32 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 5 21 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .111 .238 .111 .349 2 0 0 0 0 0
1986 37 HOU NL NLCS NYM L 3 10 9 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .333 .633 3 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 21 77 68 10 21 5 1 1 8 0 0 8 7 .309 .390 .456 .845 31 0 1 0 0 3
1 NLDS 5 21 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .111 .238 .111 .349 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 6 23 21 5 7 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .333 .391 .619 1.010 13 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 7 28 24 4 12 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 .500 .571 .667 1.238 16 0 1 0 0 2

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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 .951 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1976 *
1980 *
1981 *

Games Played s c a p y
1975 AL--160--1st
1976 AL--159--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1977 NL--99--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1977 NL--35--10th
1982 NL--33--9th

Triples s c a p y
1976 AL--12--2nd
1977 NL--10--5th
1978 NL--9--4th
1982 NL--8--5th
1985 NL--10--4th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1977 NL--62--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 NL--5--5th
1984 NL--4--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1975 AL--21--2nd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career--59--210th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL--12--10th
1979 NL--15--6th
1980 NL--12--10th
Career--74--198th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 NL--18--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1978 NL--14--6th
Career--105--95th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1977 NL--22.2--5th
Career--146.9--175th

Oldest s c a p y
1988 NL--born 1949-04-30--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 14 (1192), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (879), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (814), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 8th round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 13, 1971: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).

March 15, 1977: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Chris Batton and Tommy Helms to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Rick Langford, Doc Medich and Mitchell Page.

August 31, 1981: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Houston Astros for players to be named later and Johnny Ray. The Houston Astros sent Randy Niemann (September 9, 1981) and Kevin Houston (minors) (September 9, 1981) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

June 19, 1987: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jeff Edwards (minors) (June 26, 1987) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

January 28, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Houston Astros$745,000
1986Houston Astros$600,000
1987Houston Astros$450,000
1988San Francisco Giants$375,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,170,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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