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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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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
1948 22 SLB AL 7 11 .389 3.41 38 24 7 7 0 5 198.0 200 92 75 14 95 75 1 0 5 848 133 1.490 9.1 0.6 4.3 3.4 0.79
1949 23 SLB AL 12 17 .414 3.98 41 32 5 16 1 3 223.2 245 126 99 14 102 70 3 2 10 1009 114 1.551 9.9 0.6 4.1 2.8 0.69
1950 24 SLB AL 13 18 .419 3.39 37 31 4 22 2 0 260.0 264 120 98 18 108 85 4 1 6 1124 146 1.431 9.1 0.6 3.7 2.9 0.79 MVP-24
1951 25 SLB AL 20 12 .625 3.73 33 30 3 24 1 0 246.0 237 114 102 17 96 84 5 0 6 1044 117 1.354 8.7 0.6 3.5 3.1 0.88 AS,MVP-2
1952 26 TOT AL 8 10 .444 3.60 22 22 0 8 2 0 157.2 139 69 63 15 58 63 4 1 1 651 108 1.249 7.9 0.9 3.3 3.6 1.09
1952 26 SLB AL 7 10 .412 3.69 21 21 0 7 2 0 148.2 130 67 61 14 55 60 4 1 1 614 105 1.244 7.9 0.8 3.3 3.6 1.09
1952 26 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 2 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 37 189 1.333 9.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1953 27 DET AL 11 11 .500 4.45 30 26 3 13 0 1 198.1 228 107 98 16 66 69 2 1 4 868 92 1.482 10.3 0.7 3.0 3.1 1.05
1954 28 DET AL 14 11 .560 2.81 35 32 3 16 3 1 246.1 216 93 77 20 62 93 4 0 2 1003 132 1.129 7.9 0.7 2.3 3.4 1.50
1955 29 DET AL 12 16 .429 3.98 33 32 1 16 1 0 230.2 251 115 102 21 67 10 83 5 1 6 992 98 1.379 9.8 0.8 2.6 3.2 1.24
1956 30 DET AL 0 2 .000 4.08 6 3 1 1 0 0 17.2 15 10 8 2 13 0 6 1 0 0 80 102 1.585 7.6 1.0 6.6 3.1 0.46
1957 31 KCA AL 6 13 .316 3.84 24 23 0 6 1 0 145.1 120 72 62 13 55 5 61 5 1 1 608 103 1.204 7.4 0.8 3.4 3.8 1.11
1958 32 KCA AL 12 11 .522 4.03 31 28 3 10 3 1 201.0 192 97 90 24 66 8 72 2 0 2 864 97 1.284 8.6 1.1 3.0 3.2 1.09
1959 33 KCA AL 10 13 .435 3.71 32 30 1 9 2 1 201.1 214 94 83 22 42 0 61 3 0 4 848 108 1.272 9.6 1.0 1.9 2.7 1.45
1960 34 KCA AL 4 9 .308 3.83 28 15 6 5 2 0 122.1 110 57 52 15 35 2 50 2 0 1 510 104 1.185 8.1 1.1 2.6 3.7 1.43
1961 35 LAA AL 0 3 .000 5.59 12 2 3 0 0 0 29.0 40 18 18 2 16 0 9 0 0 1 134 81 1.931 12.4 0.6 5.0 2.8 0.56
14 Seasons 129 157 .451 3.73 402 330 40 153 18 12 2477.1 2471 1184 1027 213 881 25 881 41 7 49 10583 112 1.353 9.0 0.8 3.2 3.2 1.00
162 Game Avg. 12 15 .451 3.73 37 31 4 14 2 1 230 230 110 95 20 82 82 4 1 5 983 112 1.353 9.0 0.8 3.2 3.2 1.00
DET (5 yrs) 38 40 .487 3.68 105 94 8 47 4 2 702.0 719 327 287 60 211 10 254 12 2 12 2980 106 1.325 9.2 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.20
SLB (5 yrs) 59 68 .465 3.64 170 138 19 76 6 8 1076.1 1076 519 435 77 456 374 17 4 28 4639 124 1.423 9.0 0.6 3.8 3.1 0.82
KCA (4 yrs) 32 46 .410 3.86 115 96 10 30 8 2 670.0 636 320 287 74 198 15 244 12 1 8 2830 103 1.245 8.5 1.0 2.7 3.3 1.23
LAA (1 yr) 0 3 .000 5.59 12 2 3 0 0 0 29.0 40 18 18 2 16 0 9 0 0 1 134 81 1.931 12.4 0.6 5.0 2.8 0.56

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1948 SLB AL 22 P 38 54 19 34 1 3 .981 1.39 .963 0.91
1949 SLB AL 23 P 41 62 15 42 5 3 .919 1.39 .963 1.01
1950 SLB AL 24 P 37 84 28 51 5 4 .940 2.14 .950 0.96 MVP-24
1950 SLB AL 24 OF 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.30 1-0-0 MVP-24
1951 SLB AL 25 P 33 71 26 42 3 6 .958 2.06 .952 0.99 AS,MVP-2
1952 TOT AL 26 P 22 39 12 26 1 7 .974 1.73 .964 1.03
1952 SLB AL 26 P 21 34 9 24 1 6 .971 1.57 .965 1.03
1952 DET AL 26 P 1 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 .960 1.00
1953 DET AL 27 P 30 53 13 39 1 0 .981 1.73 .957 0.88
1954 DET AL 28 P 35 32 246.1 71 21 48 2 2 .972 2.52 1.97 .959 2.01 0.93
1955 DET AL 29 P 33 32 230.2 60 17 40 3 4 .950 2.22 1.73 .957 1.99 0.83
1956 DET AL 30 P 6 3 17.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.06 1.00 .950 1.94 0.82
1957 KCA AL 31 P 24 23 145.1 35 13 21 1 2 .971 2.11 1.42 .963 1.99 0.86
1958 KCA AL 32 P 31 28 201.0 77 18 57 2 4 .974 3.36 2.42 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 KCA AL 33 P 32 30 201.1 46 10 35 1 3 .978 2.01 1.41 .954 2.05 0.85
1960 KCA AL 34 P 28 15 122.1 29 9 18 2 2 .931 1.99 0.96 .969 1.96 0.78
1961 LAA AL 35 P 12 2 29.0 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.72 1.00 .950 2.05 0.83
14 Seasons P 402 165 1193.2 699 203 469 27 41 .961 5.07 1.67 .958 2.00 0.90
1 Season OF 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.30 1-0-0
14 Seasons TOT 403 165 1193.2 700 203 470 27 41 .961 5.07 1.67 .920 2.00 0.91 1-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 AL  3.409 (6th)
1950 AL  3.392 (2nd)
1954 AL  2.813 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1951 AL  20 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1951 AL  .625 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1952 AL  1.250 (8th)
1954 AL  1.129 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL  7.935 (10th)
1954 AL  7.892 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL  2.265 (4th)
1955 AL  2.614 (4th)
1959 AL  1.878 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  41 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (6th)
1949 AL  3 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1950 AL  260.0 (3rd)
1951 AL  246.0 (6th)
1954 AL  246.3 (8th)
1955 AL  230.7 (6th)
Career  2477.3 (242nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1949 AL  32 (6th)
1950 AL  31 (6th)
1951 AL  30 (6th)
1954 AL  32 (7th)
1955 AL  32 (4th)
1959 AL  30 (9th)
Career  330 (221st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1950 AL  22 (1st)
1951 AL  24 (1st)
1953 AL  13 (8th)
1954 AL  16 (5th)
1955 AL  16 (3rd)
Career  153 (221st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 AL  2 (7th)
1954 AL  3 (10th)
1958 AL  3 (6th)
1960 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  14 (10th)
1952 AL  15 (8th)
1954 AL  20 (6th)
1955 AL  21 (4th)
1958 AL  24 (8th)
Career  213 (167th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  108 (10th)
1951 AL  96 (7th)
Career  881 (167th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  245 (7th)
1950 AL  264 (3rd)
1951 AL  237 (4th)
1953 AL  228 (7th)
1954 AL  216 (8th)
1955 AL  251 (1st)
1959 AL  214 (10th)
Career  2471 (231st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1954 AL  1.500 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 AL  .623 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1949 AL  17 (1st)
1950 AL  18 (3rd)
1951 AL  12 (9th)
1955 AL  16 (3rd)
1957 AL  13 (7th)
1959 AL  13 (5th)
Career  157 (129th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  99 (9th)
1951 AL  102 (5th)
1953 AL  98 (6th)
1955 AL  102 (1st)
1958 AL  90 (6th)
Career  1027 (204th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (10th)
1949 AL  10 (2nd)
1950 AL  6 (7th)
1951 AL  6 (3rd)
1955 AL  6 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL  5 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 AL  1009 (10th)
1950 AL  1124 (3rd)
1951 AL  1044 (6th)
1954 AL  1003 (9th)
1955 AL  992 (5th)
Career  10583 (201st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL  133 (6th)
1950 AL  146 (1st)
1951 AL  117 (9th)
1954 AL  132 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 68 (357), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

August 14, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bud Black, Jim Delsing and Dave Madison to the Detroit Tigers for Don Lenhardt, Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart and Vic Wertz.

December 5, 1956: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Wayne Belardi, Gene Host, Virgil Trucks and $20,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Jack Crimian, Jim Finigan, Bill Harrington and Eddie Robinson.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1960 expansion draft.

June 10, 1961: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.

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