Garland Braxton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

5-11, 152lb (180cm, 68kg)

Born: June 10, 1900 in Snow Camp, NC us

Died: February 26, 1966 in Norfolk, VA

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk, VA

Debut: May 27, 1921 (Age 20-351d, 5,009th in MLB history)
vs. NYG 6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1933 (Age 33-105d)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Edgar Garland Braxton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.5

W

L

ERA

4.13

G

282

GS

SV

IP

938.0

SO

412

WHIP

1.375

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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1921	21	BSN	NL	1	3	.250	4.82	17	2	6	0	0	0	37.1	44	26	20	0	17	16	2	0	0	165	76	3.77	1.634	10.6	0.0	4.1	3.9	0.94
1922	22	BSN	NL	1	2	.333	3.38	25	5	13	2	0	0	66.2	75	37	25	3	24	15	4	0	0	297	118	4.40	1.485	10.1	0.4	3.2	2.0	0.63

1925	25	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	6.52	3	2	0	0	0	0	19.1	26	14	14	1	5	11	1	0	0	85	67	3.58	1.603	12.1	0.5	2.3	5.1	2.20
1926	26	NYY	AL	5	1	.833	2.67	37	1	23	0	0	2	67.1	71	28	20	1	19	30	0	0	0	284	145	3.06	1.337	9.5	0.1	2.5	4.0	1.58
1927	27	WSH	AL	10	9	.526	2.95	58	2	31	0	0	10	155.1	144	62	51	5	33	96	2	0	3	636	137	*2.88*	1.139	8.3	0.3	1.9	5.6	*2.91*
1928	28	WSH	AL	13	11	.542	2.51	38	24	10	15	2	6	218.1	177	78	61	7	44	94	5	0	2	875	159	3.14	*1.012*	7.3	0.3	1.8	3.9	2.14
1929	29	WSH	AL	12	10	.545	4.85	37	20	11	9	0	4	182.0	219	116	98	6	51	59	2	0	3	811	88	3.82	1.484	10.8	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.16
1930	30	TOT	AL	7	12	.368	5.72	34	10	17	2	0	6	118.0	149	91	75	12	42	51	1	0	2	534	81	5.05	1.619	11.4	0.9	3.2	3.9	1.21
1930	30	WSH	AL	3	2	.600	3.29	15	0	13	0	0	5	27.1	22	11	10	3	9	7	0	0	0	112	141	5.40	1.134	7.2	1.0	3.0	2.3	0.78
1930	30	CHW	AL	4	10	.286	6.45	19	10	4	2	0	1	90.2	127	80	65	9	33	44	1	0	2	422	72	4.95	1.765	12.6	0.9	3.3	4.4	1.33
1931	31	TOT	AL	0	3	.000	7.85	28	4	18	0	0	1	65.1	98	67	57	3	33	35	3	0	1	326	56	4.29	2.005	13.5	0.4	4.5	4.8	1.06
1931	31	CHW	AL	0	3	.000	6.85	17	3	9	0	0	1	47.1	71	43	36	1	23	28	2	0	1	240	63	3.79	1.986	13.5	0.2	4.4	5.3	1.22
1931	31	SLB	AL	0	0		10.50	11	1	9	0	0	0	18.0	27	24	21	2	10	7	1	0	0	86	45	5.61	2.056	13.5	1.0	5.0	3.5	0.70

1933	33	SLB	AL	0	1	.000	9.72	5	1	1	0	0	0	8.1	11	10	9	0	8	5	1	0	0	48	49	4.84	2.280	11.9	0.0	8.6	5.4	0.63
1936	36	DET-min	AA	9	12	.429	5.43	39	26					179.0	232	146	108		81								1.749	11.7		4.1			MLW AA
1937	37	CLE-min	AA																														MLW AA
1938	38	BOS-min	A1	12	11	.522	3.15	29						186.0	206	84	65		37								1.306	10.0		1.8			LRK SOUA
1939	39	CLE-BOS-min	B,A1	8	11	.421	0.63	29						185.0	181	90	13		61								1.308	8.8		3.0			WSM,LRK PIED,SOUA
1941	41	NYY-min	B	3	6	.333	2.39	32						64.0	44	19	17		18								0.969	6.2		2.5			NFK PIED
1942	42	NYY-min	B	3	2	.600	1.20	8						45.0	30	8	6		15								1.000	6.0		3.0			NFK PIED
1943	43	NYY-min	B	14	2	.875	0.74	24						121.0	83	15	10		20								0.851	6.2		1.5			NFK PIED
1944	44	NYY-min	B	7	7	.500	2.09	20						86.0	83	25	20		15								1.140	8.7		1.6			NFK PIED
1945	45	NYY-min	B	3	6	.333	1.73	30						83.0	76	22	16		21								1.169	8.2		2.3			NFK PIED
1947	47	NYY-min	B	0	1	.000		14						18.0	17	8			5								1.222	8.5		2.5			NFK PIED
10 Yrs				50	53	.485	4.13	282	71	130	28	2	29	938.0	1014	529	430	38	276	412	21	0	11	4061	101	3.68	1.375	9.7	0.4	2.6	4.0	1.49
162 Game Avg.				10	10	.485	4.13	54	14	25	5	0	6	181	195	102	83	7	53	79	4	0	2	782	101	3.68	1.375	9.7	0.4	2.6	4.0	1.49

WSH (4 yrs)				38	32	.543	3.40	148	46	65	24	2	25	583.0	562	267	220	21	137	256	9	0	8	2434	122	3.39	1.199	8.7	0.3	2.1	4.0	1.87
BSN (2 yrs)				2	5	.286	3.89	42	7	19	2	0	0	104.0	119	63	45	3	41	31	6	0	0	462	100	4.18	1.538	10.3	0.3	3.5	2.7	0.76
NYY (2 yrs)				6	2	.750	3.53	40	3	23	0	0	2	86.2	97	42	34	2	24	41	1	0	0	369	113	3.18	1.396	10.1	0.2	2.5	4.3	1.71
SLB (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	10.25	16	2	10	0	0	0	26.1	38	34	30	2	18	12	2	0	0	134	46	5.37	2.127	13.0	0.7	6.2	4.1	0.67
CHW (2 yrs)				4	13	.235	6.59	36	13	13	2	0	2	138.0	198	123	101	10	56	72	3	0	3	662	68	4.55	1.841	12.9	0.7	3.7	4.7	1.29

AL (8 yrs)				48	48	.500	4.15	240	64	111	26	2	29	834.0	895	466	385	35	235	381	15	0	11	3599	101	3.62	1.355	9.7	0.4	2.5	4.1	1.62
NL (2 yrs)				2	5	.286	3.89	42	7	19	2	0	0	104.0	119	63	45	3	41	31	6	0	0	462	100	4.18	1.538	10.3	0.3	3.5	2.7	0.76

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