Ralph Garr Stats

Ralph Garr was born on Wednesday, December 12, 1945, in Monroe, Louisiana. Garr was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 3, 1968, with the Atlanta Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ralph Garr baseball stats page.

"Ralph (Garr) is about as aggressive with a bat as anyone I've ever seen. At first you want to tell him to leave those pitches outside the strike zone alone. That is, until you see how many of them he puts between the outfielders for base hits." - Eddie Mathews in Baseball Digest (November 1974)

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Ralph Garr

Ralph Garr Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#628)

Ralph Garr Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#628)
 

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Birth Name:   Ralph Allen Garr
Nickname:   Roadrunner
Born On:   12-12-1945  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Monroe, Louisiana
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Lincoln High School (Ruston, LA)
College:   Grambling State University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   197
First Game:   09-03-1968 (Age 22)
Last Game:   06-04-1980
Draft:   1967 : 3rd Round (52nd)
Ralph Garr

Ralph Garr Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Ralph Garr

Ralph Garr Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1968 23 Braves 11 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286
1969 24 Braves 22 27 6 6 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 .222 .276 .259
1970 25 Braves 37 96 18 27 3 0 0 0 8 5 1 12 0 1 0 3 .281 .314 .313
1971 26 Braves 154 639 101 219 24 6 9 0 44 30 1 68 18 4 2 7 .343 .372 .441
1972 27 Braves 134 554 87 180 22 0 12 0 53 25 2 41 6 3 6 9 .325 .359 .430
1973 28 Braves 148 668 94 200 32 6 11 1 55 22 5 64 4 2 2 12 .299 .323 .415
1974 29 Braves 143 606 87 214 24 17 11 0 54 28 10 52 8 1 2 6 .353 .383 .503
1975 30 Braves 151 625 74 174 26 11 6 0 31 44 17 50 3 3 3 8 .278 .327 .384
1976 31 White Sox 136 527 63 158 22 6 4 0 36 17 2 41 8 4 2 6 .300 .322 .387
1977 32 White Sox 134 543 78 163 29 7 10 0 54 27 4 44 3 1 0 7 .300 .333 .435
1978 33 White Sox 118 443 67 122 18 9 3 0 29 24 1 41 10 0 1 9 .275 .314 .377
1979 34 White Sox 102 307 34 86 10 2 9 0 39 17 0 19 2 2 1 5 .280 .318 .414
1979 34 Angels 6 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125
1980 35 Angels 21 42 5 8 1 0 0 0 3 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 .190 .261 .214
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
13 Years 1,317 5,108 717 1,562 212 64 75 1 408 246 46 445 62 21 19 72 .306 .339 .416
Ralph Garr

Ralph Garr Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1969 Braves LF 7 5 156 8 1.1 7 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.21
1970 Braves CF 8 8 222 9 1.1 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.09
1970 Braves LF 1 1 24 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1970 Braves RF 12 10 267 13 1.1 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.31
1971 Braves LF 153 153 6,408 342 2.2 331 316 15 11 3 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.39
1972 Braves CF 13 13 294 34 2.6 34 34 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.12
1972 Braves LF 69 59 1,608 122 1.8 117 113 4 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .959 1.96
1972 Braves RF 59 59 1,509 109 1.8 104 99 5 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .954 1.86
1973 Braves LF 21 21 570 41 2.0 41 38 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.94
1973 Braves RF 127 127 3,405 267 2.1 257 251 6 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.04
1974 Braves LF 110 59 1,887 153 1.4 147 145 2 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.10
1974 Braves RF 79 79 1,752 119 1.5 116 108 8 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .975 1.79
1975 Braves LF 148 148 390 330 2.2 319 307 12 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .967 22.08
1976 White Sox CF 42 36 960 104 2.5 103 100 3 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.90
1976 White Sox LF 51 33 948 76 1.5 73 71 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.08
1976 White Sox RF 57 49 1,251 88 1.5 86 84 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 1.86
1977 White Sox LF 126 123 3,150 237 1.9 234 224 10 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.01
1978 White Sox LF 109 106 2,643 220 2.0 211 205 6 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.16
1979 White Sox LF 67 63 1,350 104 1.6 99 96 3 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.98
1980 Angels LF 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1980 Angels RF 1 1 24 3 3.0 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 2.25
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
LF Totals 863 771 19,140 1,637 1.9 1,583 1,526 57 54 10 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.23
RF Totals 335 325 8,208 599 1.8 578 557 21 21 5 n/a n/a n/a .965 1.90
CF Totals 63 57 1,476 147 2.3 146 143 3 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.67
12 Years 1,309 1,153 28,824 2,459 1.9 2,380 2,226 81 76 17 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.16
Ralph Garr

Ralph Garr Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1968 Braves 1 0 1.000 8 3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1969 Braves 1 1 .500 7 10 n/a 0.0 6.8 13.5 - - -
1970 Braves 5 2 .714 11 6 n/a 0.0 8.0 12.0 - - -
1971 Braves 30 14 .682 1 0 n/a 71.0 9.4 14.5 - - -
1972 Braves 25 9 .735 3 0 n/a 46.2 13.5 10.5 - - -
1973 Braves 35 11 .761 0 0 n/a 60.7 10.4 12.1 - - -
1974 Braves 26 16 .619 4 0 n/a 55.1 11.7 11.2 - - -
1975 Braves 14 9 .609 3 0 n/a 104.2 12.5 20.2 - - -
1976 White Sox 14 5 .737 4 7 6 131.8 12.9 14.6 - - -
1977 White Sox 12 7 .632 8 2 2 54.3 12.3 10.1 - - -
1978 White Sox 7 5 .583 3 0 9 147.7 10.8 15.3 - - -
1979 White Sox 2 4 .333 27 0 17 34.1 16.2 7.9 - - -
1979 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 6 0.0 8.0 0.0 - - -
1980 Angels 0 0 .000 11 0 8 0.0 7.0 14.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
13 Years 172 83 .675 90 28 48 68.1 11.5 12.5 - - -
Ralph Garr

Ralph Garr Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1968 Atlanta Braves 48 Undetermined - -
1969 Atlanta Braves 11, 48 Undetermined - -
1970 Atlanta Braves 48 Undetermined - -
1971 Atlanta Braves 48 $13,500.00 - -
1972 Atlanta Braves 48 $40,000.00 - -
1973 Atlanta Braves 48 Undetermined - -
1974 Atlanta Braves 48 Undetermined Stats -
1975 Atlanta Braves 48 Undetermined - -
1976 Chicago White Sox 48 $114,500.00 - -
1977 Chicago White Sox 48 $120,000.00 - -
1978 Chicago White Sox 48 Undetermined - -
1979 Chicago White Sox 48 Undetermined - -
1979 California Angels 28, 48 Undetermined - -
1980 California Angels 48 Undetermined - -


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