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, 5,268th in major league 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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

ERA Title

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.0

ERA

4.13

282

938.0

412

WHIP

1.375

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	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	3.81	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	4.55	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	2.66	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	3.18	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	*2.36*	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	2	94	5	0	2	875	159	3.26	*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	3	59	2	0	3	811	88	3.45	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	0	51	1	0	2	534	81	4.41	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	0	7	0	0	0	112	141	4.76	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	0	44	1	0	2	422	72	4.30	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	1	35	3	0	1	326	56	4.31	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	1	28	2	0	1	240	63	3.81	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	0	7	1	0	0	86	45	5.64	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	0	5	1	0	0	48	49	4.94	2.280	11.9	0.0	8.6	5.4	0.63
1936	36	DET-min	AA	9	12	.429	5.43	39			5			179.0	232	146	108		81		95	7	0	7				1.749	11.7		4.1	4.8	1.17	MLW AA
1937	37	CLE-min	AA																															MLW AA
1938	38	BOS-min	A1	12	11	.522	3.15	29	12	2	15	1		186.0	206	84	65		37		77	4	0	3				1.306	10.0		1.8	3.7	2.08	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			13	4		121.0	83	15	10		20		64	0	0	1				0.851	6.2		1.5	4.8	3.20	NFK PIED
1944	44	NYY-min	B	7	7	.500	2.09	20			7	1		86.0	83	25	20		15		42	1	0	2				1.140	8.7		1.6	4.4	2.80	NFK PIED
1945	45	NYY-min	B	3	6	.333	1.73	30			1			83.0	76	22	16		21		75	3	0	6				1.169	8.2		2.3	8.1	3.57	NFK PIED
1947	47	NYY-min	B					14																										NFK PIED
10 Yrs				50	53	.485	4.13	282	71	130	28	2	29	938.0	1014	529	430	38	276	6	412	21	0	11	4061	101	3.47	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	1	79	4	0	2	782	101	3.47	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	5	256	9	0	8	2434	122	3.15	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	4.28	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	3.06	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	0	12	2	0	0	134	46	5.42	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	1	72	3	0	3	662	68	4.13	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	6	381	15	0	11	3599	101	3.37	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	4.28	1.538	10.3	0.3	3.5	2.7	0.76

for the free Baseball Reference newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day.

It's also available for football, basketball and hockey.

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Advanced Pitching

See More Advanced Pitching

Compare Garland Braxton to

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Player News

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Advanced Batting

See More Advanced Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Other Resources & Links

More Braxton Pages

Garland Braxton Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Garland Braxton Pages at Baseball Reference