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Ford Garrison

Robert Ford Garrison (Rocky or Snapper)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 29, 1915 in Greenville, SC(All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1943
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1943-1946

Final Game: April 28, 1946
Died: June 6, 2001 in Largo, FL
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Petersburg, FL
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1943 BOS AL 27 OF 32 30 29 80 77 2 1 0 .988 2.47 .977 2.47
1943 BOS AL 27 LF 26 24 23 66 65 1 0 0 1.000 2.54 .979 2.40
1943 BOS AL 27 CF 6 6 6 14 12 1 1 0 .929 2.17 .978 2.78
1944 TOT AL 28 OF 131 121 118 331 320 6 5 0 .985 2.49 .974 2.47
1944 TOT AL 28 RF 37 36 33 85 83 0 2 0 .976 2.24 .971 2.08
1944 BOS AL 28 OF 12 12 12 32 31 0 1 0 .969 2.58 .974 2.47
1944 BOS AL 28 RF 12 12 12 32 31 0 1 0 .969 2.58 .971 2.08
1944 PHA AL 28 OF 119 109 106 299 289 6 4 0 .987 2.48 .974 2.47
1944 PHA AL 28 LF 94 85 85 246 237 6 3 0 .988 2.59 .972 2.35
1944 PHA AL 28 RF 25 24 21 53 52 0 1 0 .981 2.08 .971 2.08
1945 PHA AL 29 LF 5 5 5 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 .976 2.26
1945 PHA AL 29 OF 5 5 5 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 .978 2.40
1946 PHA AL 30 LF 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .974 2.24
1946 PHA AL 30 OF 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .978 2.36
4 Seasons OF 176 164 159 431 416 9 6 0 .986 2.41 .975 2.46
4 Seasons LF 133 122 120 332 321 8 3 0 .991 2.47 .974 2.35
1 Season RF 37 36 33 85 83 0 2 0 .976 2.24 .971 2.08
1 Season CF 6 6 6 14 12 1 1 0 .929 2.17 .978 2.78
4 Seasons TOT 176 164 159 431 416 9 6 0 .986 2.41 .975 2.46
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1943 BOS AL 27 36 30 36 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 6 0 32 0 2 3
1944 PHA AL 28 121 109 121 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 25 119 0 3 1
1944 BOS AL 28 13 12 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 1
1945 PHA AL 29 6 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 0
1946 PHA AL 30 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 1 0
4 Seasons 185 164 185 176 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 6 37 176 0 7 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1944 AL  94 (2nd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1944 AL  237 (2nd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1944 AL  6 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1944 AL  320 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1944 AL  2.59 (1st)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1944 AL  .988 (1st)

                           

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