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Ralph
Garr		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 202
 
Born: December 12, 1945 in Usa, LA, MONROE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 23 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1970 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1971 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1972 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1973 27 CLE AL $ 1,278,571   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1974 28 CLE AL $ 950,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 8 9 8
1975 29 CLE AL $ 950,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 9 8
1976 30 CLE AL $ 950,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 9 9
1977 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 8 9 9
1978 32 NYG NL     7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1979 33 IND AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 23 MON NL 13 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1.0 0.1
    AAA   135 547 84 169 31 3 7 71 18 11 33 41 .309 .348 .415 .763 74.2  
1970 24 CLE AL 160 642 79 155 24 7 4 61 46 7 24 53 .241 .268 .319 .588 54.8 5.1
1971 25 CLE AL 158 594 68 162 26 3 7 52 32 13 30 49 .273 .307 .362 .669 62.7 10.7
1972 26 CLE AL 153 621 79 189 26 6 5 76 34 25 25 30 .304 .331 .390 .721 73.1 11.6
1973 27 CLE AL 148 550 72 160 27 4 7 65 19 6 17 35 .291 .313 .393 .706 63.0 9.6
1974 28 CLE AL 133 447 51 134 24 3 3 68 22 9 13 26 .300 .321 .387 .708 50.0 5.9
1975 29 CLE AL 152 512 80 138 21 8 0 39 20 8 22 38 .270 .299 .342 .641 48.2 4.3
1976 30 CLE AL 5 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.6 0.0
    AAA   128 505 74 166 28 3 5 63 16 6 24 33 .329 .359 .426 .785 72.1  
1977 31 CLE AL 111 352 30 104 13 1 2 39 15 11 13 22 .295 .322 .355 .678 33.3 3.4
1978 32 NYG NL 23 42 10 14 2 0 0 7 2 1 2 5 .333 .364 .381 .745 4.9 1.1
    AAA   45 55 9 18 3 0 0 8 5 1 6 4 .327 .393 .382 .775 8.7  
1979 33 IND AL 153 520 41 139 16 4 5 49 6 10 26 44 .267 .301 .342 .643 49.2 5.6
11 Years Sim 1209 4303 512 1198 179 36 33 458 198 91 174 304 .278 .307 .360 .666 439.5 57.5
3 Years AAA 308 1107 167 353 62 6 12 142 39 18 63 78 .319 .355 .418 .773 155.0  
162 Game Average 576 68 160 23 4 4 61 26 12 23 40 .278 .307 .360 .666 58.9  
Career Highs 160 642 80 189 27 8 7 76 46 25 30 53 .333 .400 .393 .745 73.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3199 384 911 124 25 27 338 154 67 132 213 .285 .313 .364 .678 353.2
vs LH   1104 128 287 55 11 6 120 44 23 42 91 .260 .287 .346 .633 103.6
Home 603 2125 258 602 82 18 16 215 103 49 92 163 .283 .313 .361 .675 231.7
Away 606 2178 254 596 97 18 17 243 95 42 82 141 .274 .300 .358 .658 224.7
RISP   1058 0 296 41 10 6 391 0 0 58 73 .280 .313 .354 .668 114.6
Pinch Hitting   24 5 10 1 0 1 9 2 0 4 4 .417 .500 .583 1.083 6.5
Close/Late   437 63 138 18 2 4 47 0 1 22 30 .316 .350 .394 .743 56.3
Mar/Apr 181 652 82 192 40 4 4 75 32 15 23 37 .294 .321 .387 .707 75.3
May 199 676 88 197 40 9 6 66 32 15 22 44 .291 .313 .404 .716 80.3
June 211 749 95 222 29 5 7 91 38 14 31 54 .296 .324 .377 .701 89.0
July 193 697 64 182 18 3 8 54 27 15 40 57 .261 .302 .330 .632 68.3
August 204 755 86 196 30 7 4 85 40 16 26 56 .260 .286 .334 .620 69.4
Sep/Oct 221 774 97 209 22 8 4 87 29 16 32 56 .270 .297 .335 .631 74.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1969 23 MON NL LF 2 2 16.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.94   0.1
    RF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    CF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1970 24 CLE AL RF 152 152 1321.7 300 5 15 4 .953 2.08   2.4
    CF 9 8 73.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.71    
1971 25 CLE AL RF 55 51 433.0 105 3 3 0 .973 2.24   0.8
    LF 34 30 273.3 69 0 1 0 .986 2.27    
    CF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 26 CLE AL LF 56 52 459.7 93 2 5 1 .950 1.86   1.1
    CF 21 16 151.0 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.21    
    RF 3 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
1973 27 CLE AL CF 117 112 993.0 240 4 0 2 1.000 2.21   2.6
    LF 25 24 203.7 45 1 3 0 .939 2.03    
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1974 28 CLE AL CF 122 118 1033.0 243 5 1 3 .996 2.16   2.2
    RF 4 4 31.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16    
    LF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1975 29 CLE AL CF 148 147 1258.0 314 6 1 3 .997 2.29   3.7
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1976 30 CLE AL CF 2 2 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53   0.0
    RF 2 2 15.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 31 CLE AL CF 97 91 798.7 196 2 2 0 .990 2.23   3.0
    RF 4 2 22.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05    
    LF 3 1 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1978 32 NYG NL LF 7 4 46.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.2
    RF 3 3 26.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1979 33 IND AL LF 149 148 1273.0 314 3 12 3 .964 2.24   3.4
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 521 494 4333.7 1057 17 4 8 .996 2.23   11.5
  LF 280 261 2293.7 543 6 21 4 .963 2.15   4.7
  RF 227 217 1881.7 424 8 18 4 .960 2.07   3.3
  3B 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
Career Totals   1031 972 8517.0 2027 32 43 16 .980 2.18   19.5
Career Highs   161 160 1394.7 322 6 15 4 1.000 3.21    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 26 CLE AL 4 16 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .250 .294 .250 .544
1974 28 CLE AL 5 16 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .294 .313 .607
Career Post-Season Batting 9 32 5 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .250 .294 .281 .575
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1972-9-.304
 Games
1970-1-160
1971-1-158
 At-Bats
1970-1-642
1971-8-594
1972-5-621
 Hits
1972-3-189
 Singles
1970-8-120
1971-6-126
1972-2-152
 Triples
1970-2-7
1972-5-6
1975-5-8
Stolen Bases
1970-3-46
1971-8-32
1972-7-34
 Caught Stealing
1972-3-25
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Manny Mota (968)
  2. Cesar Tovar (952)
  3. Bake McBride (950)
  4. Lou Brock (950)
  5. Mike McCormick (944)
  6. Ivan Murrell (943)
  7. Jim Eisenreich (942)
  8. Ken Berry (942)
  9. Terry Whitfield (938)
  10. Peanuts Lowrey (938)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Montreal in 1969
Had first career hit on 9/1/1969, off Craig Anderson (TOR)
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland (A) on 3/3/1970 (Going to CLE: RF Jim Spencer, C Carlton Fisk, LF Ralph Garr. Going to MON: RF Merv Rettenmund)
Hit first career homerun on 5/24/1970, off Mike Kekich (MON)
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $950,000 per year, for 3 years
3/3/1976: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (A)
Injured on 7/25/1976 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/17/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $400,035 per year
4/3/1978: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Released by New York (N) on 10/29/1978
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/25/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
 
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