Ned Garver
Ned Franklin Garver
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 25, 1925 in Ney, OH
Signed
by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1948
Final Game: June 4, 1961
Relatives: Uncle of Bruce Berenyi
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Standard Batting

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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
1948 22 SLB AL 46 79 66 9 19 1 1 1 9 0 0 4 3 .288 .329 .379 .707 86 25 1 0 9 1
1949 23 SLB AL 55 91 75 12 14 4 0 0 2 0 0 12 8 .187 .299 .240 .539 41 18 4 0 4 1
1950 24 SLB AL 51 106 91 13 26 4 0 1 10 0 0 8 9 .286 .343 .363 .706 78 33 3 0 7 1/O MVP-24
1951 25 SLB AL 49 109 95 8 29 6 1 1 9 0 0 9 9 .305 .365 .421 .786 110 40 1 0 5 1 AS,MVP-2
1952 26 TOT AL 25 57 51 5 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 8 .176 .250 .216 .466 29 11 0 1 1 1
1952 26 SLB AL 24 54 49 5 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .184 .245 .224 .470 30 11 0 1 1 1
1952 26 DET AL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -2 0 0 0 0 /1
1953 27 DET AL 30 82 72 3 11 0 0 1 6 0 0 6 12 .153 .218 .194 .412 12 14 4 0 4 1
1954 28 DET AL 36 90 79 3 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 6 15 .165 .224 .190 .413 15 15 0 0 5 0 1
1955 29 DET AL 33 91 76 11 17 1 0 1 13 1 0 9 5 .224 .295 .276 .572 56 21 5 0 3 3 0 1
1956 30 DET AL 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 31 KCA AL 24 51 44 7 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 .182 .245 .205 .449 24 9 1 0 2 1 0 1
1958 32 KCA AL 31 79 69 5 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 16 .174 .240 .217 .457 26 15 3 0 4 0 0 1
1959 33 KCA AL 32 80 71 9 20 2 1 2 9 0 0 4 7 .282 .316 .423 .738 100 30 2 0 4 1 0 1
1960 34 KCA AL 28 34 27 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .074 .167 .111 .278 -23 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1961 35 LAA AL 12 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
14 Seasons 458 962 827 87 180 27 3 7 72 1 1 76 109 .218 .283 .283 .566 52 234 24 1 53 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 340 293 31 64 10 1 2 25 0 0 27 39 .218 .283 .283 .566 52 83 8 0 19
DET (5 yrs) 106 272 234 17 41 3 0 2 23 1 1 23 33 .175 .246 .214 .460 27 50 9 0 12 3 0
SLB (5 yrs) 225 439 376 47 97 17 2 3 35 0 0 36 37 .258 .324 .338 .662 74 127 9 1 26
KCA (4 yrs) 115 244 211 23 42 7 1 2 14 0 0 17 36 .199 .257 .270 .527 44 57 6 0 14 2 0
LAA (1 yr) 12 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1948 22 SLB AL 79 57 8 3.7 107 .290 .288 .275 .329 .361 .379 .398 .707 .759 86 .406 -1.8 -0.2 .604 .152 .091 .0
1949 23 SLB AL 91 69 5 1.9 110 .209 .187 .275 .299 .368 .240 .400 .539 .768 41 .170 -6.4 -0.6 .462 .213 .053
1950 24 SLB AL 106 75 11 3.9 117 .309 .286 .283 .343 .371 .363 .425 .706 .796 78 .391 -3.2 -0.3 .603 .165 .077 .0
1951 25 SLB AL 109 72 15 5.6 105 .329 .305 .271 .365 .353 .421 .397 .786 .750 110 .598 1.2 0.1 .731 .211 .116 .0
1952 26 TOT AL 57 43 3 1.9 99 .209 .176 .264 .250 .344 .216 .385 .466 .728 29 .190 -5.0 -0.5 .381 .118 .039
1952 26 SLB AL 54 41 3 2.0 99 .220 .184 .264 .245 .344 .224 .385 .470 .729 30 .205 -4.8 -0.5 .375 .102 .041
1952 26 DET AL 3 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .262 .333 .341 .000 .382 .333 .723 -2 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1953 27 DET AL 82 69 3 1.2 102 .169 .153 .268 .218 .344 .194 .395 .412 .739 12 .080 -9.1 -0.9 .308 .125 .042 .0
1954 28 DET AL 90 72 3 1.1 97 .203 .165 .263 .224 .338 .190 .385 .413 .723 15 .080 -9.3 -1.0 .299 .089 .025
1955 29 DET AL 91 70 6 2.3 101 .219 .224 .264 .295 .343 .276 .393 .572 .736 56 .220 -4.3 -0.4 .484 .184 .053 1.0
1956 30 DET AL 6 5 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .268 .167 .351 .000 .410 .167 .760 -52 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1957 31 KCA AL 51 40 3 2.0 100 .222 .182 .264 .245 .337 .205 .399 .449 .735 24 .195 -4.6 -0.5 .351 .114 .023
1958 32 KCA AL 79 64 4 1.7 100 .226 .174 .264 .240 .333 .217 .401 .457 .734 26 .151 -7.1 -0.7 .350 .130 .043
1959 33 KCA AL 80 58 9 4.2 100 .286 .282 .263 .316 .334 .423 .401 .738 .736 100 .475 -0.4 -0.0 .642 .197 .141 .0
1960 34 KCA AL 34 29 1 0.9 101 .087 .074 .263 .167 .337 .111 .403 .278 .740 -23 .053 -4.7 -0.5 .240 .148 .037
1961 35 LAA AL 7 7 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .276 .000 .353 .000 .430 .000 .783 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
14 Seasons 962 730 71 2.6 104 .242 .218 .269 .283 .349 .283 .399 .566 .748 52 .268 -57.5 -5.8 .463 .157 .065 1.8
162 Game Avg. 340 258 25 2.6 104 .242 .218 .269 .283 .349 .283 .399 .566 .748 52 .268 -57.5 -5.8 .463 .157 .065 1
DET (5 yrs) 272 218 12 1.5 100 .193 .175 .265 .246 .342 .214 .391 .460 .733 27 .118 -24.1 -2.5 .360 .137 .038 1.3
SLB (5 yrs) 439 314 42 3.6 108 .280 .258 .275 .324 .361 .338 .403 .662 .764 74 .386 -14.8 -1.5 .569 .176 .080 .0
KCA (4 yrs) 244 191 17 2.4 100 .229 .199 .263 .257 .335 .270 .401 .527 .736 44 .249 -16.8 -1.7 .423 .152 .071 .0
LAA (1 yr) 7 7 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .276 .000 .353 .000 .430 .000 .783 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 SLB AL 25 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 22 SLB AL 79 1.3% 3.8% 5.1% 3.8% 16% 0.75 22.0 66.0 7.3 78%
1949 23 SLB AL 91 0.0% 8.8% 13.2% 4.4% 29% 0.67 9.4 37.5 74%
1950 24 SLB AL 106 0.9% 8.5% 7.6% 4.7% 19% 1.13 10.1 91.0 9.1 76%
1951 25 SLB AL 109 0.9% 8.3% 8.3% 7.3% 28% 1.00 10.6 95.0 10.6 78%
1952 26 TOT AL 57 0.0% 14.0% 7.0% 3.5% 22% 2.00 6.4 10.2 75%
1952 26 SLB AL 54 0.0% 14.8% 5.6% 3.7% 22% 2.67 6.1 9.8 76%
1952 26 DET AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.00 67%
1953 27 DET AL 82 1.2% 14.6% 7.3% 1.2% 9% 2.00 6.0 72.0 12.0 72%
1954 28 DET AL 90 0.0% 16.7% 6.7% 2.2% 15% 2.50 5.3 19.8 0.64 71%
1955 29 DET AL 91 1.1% 5.5% 9.9% 2.2% 12% 0.56 15.2 76.0 5.8 1.25 80%
1956 30 DET AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 1.00 5.0 1.00 67%
1957 31 KCA AL 51 0.0% 17.7% 7.8% 2.0% 13% 2.25 4.9 11.0 1.07 71%
1958 32 KCA AL 79 0.0% 20.3% 7.6% 3.8% 25% 2.67 4.3 69.0 1.50 67%
1959 33 KCA AL 80 2.5% 8.8% 5.0% 6.3% 25% 1.75 10.1 35.5 7.9 1.55 79%
1960 34 KCA AL 34 0.0% 11.8% 8.8% 2.9% 50% 1.33 6.8 1.50 68%
1961 35 LAA AL 7 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 1.00 43%
14 Seasons 962 0.7% 11.3% 7.9% 3.9% 21% 1.43 7.6 118.1 11.5 1.17 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 28 DET AL 2 0 16% 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14% 5 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1955 29 DET AL 2 0 40% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 53% 8 5 3 1 1 0 6 1 5
1956 30 DET AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 31 KCA AL 0 0 58% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 43% 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1
1958 32 KCA AL 1 0 28% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1959 33 KCA AL 0 0 32% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 5 5 0 1 1 0 4 0 4
1960 34 KCA AL 0 0 40% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1961 35 LAA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 5 0 32% 135 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 42% 23 17 6 5 5 0 15 2 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 28 DET AL 90 9% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 17 0 0% 16 4 25% 51 5 10% 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 0
1955 29 DET AL 91 34% 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 24 5 21% 22 6 27% 67 12 18% 8 7 88% 6 1 17% 0
1956 30 DET AL 6 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 31 KCA AL 49 18% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 1 13% 8 2 25% 26 5 19% 4 3 75% 5 2 40% 2
1958 32 KCA AL 76 16% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 12 3 25% 14 2 14% 35 2 6% 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 3
1959 33 KCA AL 80 26% 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 4 100% 17 2 12% 17 5 29% 69 7 10% 8 3 38% 5 3 60% 0
1960 34 KCA AL 34 32% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 7 0 0% 8 2 25% 19 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1961 35 LAA AL 7 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 433 22% 180 0 0 0 0 7 0 10 2 1 1 2 0 24 53 221% 89 24 27% 89 22 25% 276 31 11% 25 15 60% 23 9 39% 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 22 46 79 66 9 19 1 1 1 9 0 0 4 3 .288 .329 .379 .707 86 25 1 0 9
1949 23 101 170 141 21 33 5 1 1 11 0 0 16 11 .234 .312 .305 .617 62 43 5 0 13
1950 24 152 276 232 34 59 9 1 2 21 0 0 24 20 .254 .324 .328 .652 68 76 8 0 20
1951 25 201 385 327 42 88 15 2 3 30 0 0 33 29 .269 .336 .355 .691 80 116 9 0 25
1952 26 226 442 378 47 97 17 2 3 35 0 0 37 37 .257 .325 .336 .660 73 127 9 1 26
1953 27 256 524 450 50 108 17 2 4 41 0 0 43 49 .240 .308 .313 .621 64 141 13 1 30
1954 28 292 614 529 53 121 19 2 4 45 0 1 49 64 .229 .295 .295 .590 57 156 13 1 35 0
1955 29 325 705 605 64 138 20 2 5 58 1 1 58 69 .228 .295 .293 .588 57 177 18 1 38 3 0
1956 30 331 711 610 64 138 20 2 5 58 1 1 59 70 .226 .294 .290 .584 56 177 18 1 38 3 0
1957 31 355 762 654 71 146 21 2 5 62 1 1 63 79 .223 .291 .284 .575 54 186 19 1 40 4 0
1958 32 386 841 723 76 158 24 2 5 63 1 1 69 95 .219 .286 .278 .564 51 201 22 1 44 4 0
1959 33 418 921 794 85 178 26 3 7 72 1 1 73 102 .224 .289 .291 .580 56 231 24 1 48 5 0
1960 34 446 955 821 87 180 27 3 7 72 1 1 76 106 .219 .285 .285 .570 53 234 24 1 52 5 0
1961 35 458 962 827 87 180 27 3 7 72 1 1 76 109 .218 .283 .283 .566 52 234 24 1 53 5 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1948 22 48 73 69 9 20 1 1 1 9 0 4 3 .290 .329 .377 .706 8 46
1949 23 57 90 78 12 14 4 0 0 2 0 12 8 .179 .289 .231 .520 5 55
1950 24 53 101 93 12 25 4 0 1 9 0 8 9 .269 .327 .344 .671 10 51
1951 25 52 108 99 8 30 6 1 1 9 0 9 9 .303 .361 .414 .775 15 49
1952 26 26 59 54 6 10 2 0 0 6 0 4 8 .185 .254 .222 .476 3 25
1953 27 31 81 75 3 11 0 0 1 6 0 6 13 .147 .210 .187 .397 3 30
1954 28 38 88 82 3 13 2 0 0 4 0 6 16 .159 .216 .183 .399 3 36
1955 29 34 91 79 11 17 1 0 1 13 1 9 5 .215 .286 .266 .552 6 33
1956 30 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 6
1957 31 25 54 48 9 10 1 0 0 5 0 5 9 .208 .278 .229 .507 3 24
1958 32 32 79 73 6 13 3 0 0 1 0 6 17 .178 .241 .219 .460 4 31
1959 33 33 78 73 9 20 2 1 2 9 0 4 7 .274 .308 .411 .719 9 32
1960 34 29 33 29 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 .103 .212 .172 .385 1 28
1961 35 12 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
14 Seasons 476 947 863 90 186 28 3 7 73 1 78 112 .216 .280 .279 .559 70 458
162 Game Avg. 162 322 294 31 63 10 1 2 25 0 27 38 .216 .280 .279 .559 24 458

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1967 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1951 (P)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 AL (24, 2%)
1951 AL (2, 47%)
0.49 Career Shares (439th)

             
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