Jerry Garvin
Theodore Jared Garvin
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 21, 1955 in Oakland, CA
High School: Merced (Merced, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Final Game: September 29, 1982
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Standard Pitching

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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
1977 21 TOR AL 10 18 .357 4.19 34 34 0 12 1 0 244.2 247 127 114 33 85 5 127 4 2 2 1046 100 1.357 9.1 1.2 3.1 4.7 1.49
1978 22 TOR AL 4 12 .250 5.54 26 22 2 3 0 0 144.2 189 92 89 20 48 4 67 4 0 0 656 71 1.638 11.8 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.40
1979 23 TOR AL 0 1 .000 2.78 8 1 0 0 0 0 22.2 15 9 7 2 10 0 14 2 1 0 91 155 1.103 6.0 0.8 4.0 5.6 1.40
1980 24 TOR AL 4 7 .364 2.29 61 0 24 0 0 8 82.2 70 23 21 6 27 7 52 0 0 0 336 189 1.173 7.6 0.7 2.9 5.7 1.93
1981 25 TOR AL 1 2 .333 3.40 35 4 11 0 0 0 53.0 46 20 20 3 23 4 25 0 0 3 221 116 1.302 7.8 0.5 3.9 4.2 1.09
1982 26 TOR AL 1 1 .500 7.25 32 4 13 0 0 0 58.1 81 48 47 10 26 2 35 1 0 2 274 62 1.834 12.5 1.5 4.0 5.4 1.35
6 Seasons 20 41 .328 4.43 196 65 50 15 1 8 606.0 648 319 298 74 219 22 320 11 3 7 2624 94 1.431 9.6 1.1 3.3 4.8 1.46
162 Game Avg. 5 11 .328 4.43 51 17 13 4 0 2 158 169 83 78 19 57 6 83 3 1 2 684 94 1.431 9.6 1.1 3.3 4.8 1.46

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 21 TOR AL 34 1046 935 127 247 46 11 33 10 19 85 127 .264 .326 .443 .769 .274 414 7 4 16 6 5
1978 22 TOR AL 26 656 594 92 189 29 8 20 7 5 48 67 .318 .372 .495 .867 .332 294 12 4 8 2 4
1979 23 TOR AL 8 91 76 9 15 4 0 2 2 0 10 14 .197 .300 .329 .629 .210 25 7 2 1 2 0
1980 24 TOR AL 61 336 301 23 70 18 1 6 3 4 27 52 .233 .296 .359 .655 .263 108 5 0 8 0 7
1981 25 TOR AL 35 221 192 20 46 10 2 3 0 0 23 25 .240 .318 .359 .677 .259 69 8 0 4 2 4
1982 26 TOR AL 32 274 242 48 81 16 1 10 2 1 26 35 .335 .400 .533 .933 .359 129 8 1 4 1 2
6 Seasons 196 2624 2340 319 648 123 23 74 24 29 219 320 .277 .340 .444 .784 .293 1039 47 11 41 13 22
162 Game Avg. 51 684 610 83 169 32 6 19 6 8 57 83 .277 .340 .444 .784 .293 271 12 3 11 3 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 21 TOR AL 34 34 10 18 6 1 7 14 20 .412 2 4 12 1 20 59% 50 77 21 30 15 5 10 3.6 3.1 7.2
1978 22 TOR AL 26 22 4 12 6 1 4 8 14 .364 1 4 3 0 9 41% 40 64 19 32 13 3 13 3.9 3.2 5.9
1979 23 TOR AL 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43 43 43 4 1 0 1 8.0 4.5 4.3
1981 25 TOR AL 35 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 50 66 31 15 7 2 2 2.3 2.1 5.4
1982 26 TOR AL 32 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .750 0 2 0 0 1 25% 46 56 41 14 7 4 0 5.5 3.7 4.3
5 Seasons 135 65 14 31 20 2 11 26 39 .400 3 10 15 1 31 48% 46 77 19 95 43 14 26 3.8 3.1 6.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 22 TOR AL 26 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 3 38% 3 0.905 1 1 2 1 0 3 4 0 3 1 4 0 10.5
1979 23 TOR AL 8 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 2 20% 6 0.865 1 2 4 1 0 6 5 2 6 1 7 0 7.9
1980 24 TOR AL 61 61 24 4 7 13 8 5 62% 19 5 77 18 23% 7 1.298 31 13 17 20 9 32 46 15 29 26 34 21 4.1
1981 25 TOR AL 35 31 11 1 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 37 11 30% 8 0.983 12 3 15 3 6 22 22 9 10 13 12 6 3.0
1982 26 TOR AL 32 28 13 1 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 27 9 33% 7 0.669 6 4 18 4 2 22 15 13 14 8 15 3 4.4
5 Seasons 162 131 50 6 10 17 8 9 47% 28 10 159 43 27% 0.956 51 23 56 29 17 85 92 39 62 49 72 30 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1977 21 TOR AL 1046 73% 3.2% 12.1% 8.1% 8.6% 36% 0.77 75% 184 7 4%
1978 22 TOR AL 656 72% 3.1% 10.2% 7.3% 8.7% 30% 0.76 78% 138 12 9%
1979 23 TOR AL 91 64% 2.2% 15.4% 11.0% 6.6% 40% 1.57 68% 24 7 29%
1980 24 TOR AL 336 56% 1.8% 15.5% 8.0% 7.4% 36% 1.07 72% 48 5 10%
1981 25 TOR AL 221 67% 1.4% 11.3% 10.4% 6.8% 33% 0.78 75% 48 8 17%
1982 26 TOR AL 274 69% 3.7% 12.8% 9.5% 9.9% 33% 1.83 72% 68 8 12%
6 Seasons 2624 69% 2.8% 12.2% 8.4% 8.4% 34% 0.90 75% 510 47 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1977 21 TOR AL 1046 247 33 0 13 26 7 19 14 45 24 4 53% 15 2 1 373 10 19 34% 8 17 2 1 0 1 28 13 12 0
1978 22 TOR AL 656 189 20 1 14 18 2 10 10 35 19 2 54% 5 0 0 270 7 5 58% 6 5 1 0 0 0 5 2 2 0
1979 23 TOR AL 91 15 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 10 5 2 50% 2 0 0 36 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1980 24 TOR AL 336 70 6 0 6 6 0 5 1 13 4 1 31% 1 0 0 140 3 4 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
1981 25 TOR AL 221 46 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 14 9 0 64% 5 3 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1982 26 TOR AL 274 81 10 2 11 6 4 6 4 16 9 2 56% 4 2 0 124 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 2624 648 74 3 52 59 15 43 31 133 70 11 53% 32 7 1 1038 24 29 45% 20 26 4 1 0 2 35 16 27 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1977 21 10 18 .357 4.19 34 34 0 12 1 0 244.2 247 127 114 33 85 5 127 4 2 2 1046 100 1.357 9.1 1.2 3.1 4.7 1.49 100
1978 22 14 30 .318 4.69 60 56 2 15 1 0 389.1 436 219 203 53 133 9 194 8 2 2 1702 87 1.461 10.1 1.2 3.1 4.5 1.46 87
1979 23 14 31 .311 4.59 68 57 2 15 1 0 412.0 451 228 210 55 143 9 208 10 3 2 1793 90 1.442 9.9 1.2 3.1 4.5 1.45 90
1980 24 18 38 .321 4.20 129 57 26 15 1 8 494.2 521 251 231 61 170 16 260 10 3 2 2129 99 1.397 9.5 1.1 3.1 4.7 1.53 99
1981 25 19 40 .322 4.12 164 61 37 15 1 8 547.2 567 271 251 64 193 20 285 10 3 5 2350 100 1.388 9.3 1.1 3.2 4.7 1.48 100
1982 26 20 41 .328 4.43 196 65 50 15 1 8 606.0 648 319 298 74 219 22 320 11 3 7 2624 94 1.431 9.6 1.1 3.3 4.8 1.46 94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1977 21 12 14 .462 4.40 235.0 251 128 115 34 86 122 4 1.434 9.6 3.3 4.7 1.42 1.3 34
1978 22 4 11 .267 6.40 135.0 196 107 96 21 50 63 4 1.822 13.1 3.3 4.2 1.26 1.4 26
1979 23 1 1 .500 2.86 22.0 15 8 7 2 10 14 2 1.136 6.1 4.1 5.7 1.40 0.8 8
1980 24 6 2 .750 2.25 80.0 69 22 20 6 27 50 0 1.200 7.8 3.0 5.6 1.85 0.7 61
1981 25 4 4 .500 3.79 76.0 71 36 32 5 36 36 0 1.408 8.4 4.3 4.3 1.00 0.6 35
1982 26 1 5 .167 7.23 56.0 80 50 45 10 26 34 1 1.893 12.9 4.2 5.5 1.31 1.6 32
6 Seasons 28 37 .431 4.69 604.0 682 351 315 78 235 319 11 1.518 10.2 4.8 1.36 1.2 196

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1980 AL  61 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1977 AL  244.7 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  33 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  85 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1977 AL  247 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1977 AL  18 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  114 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1977 AL  1046 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Jim Crawford (963)
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  4. Bobby Burke (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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