Mike
Garman
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: September 16, 1949 in Usa, ID, CALDWELL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
All-Star Selections 1975    1982    1983    1985   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 19 NYA AL   6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1970 20 NYA AL   6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
1971 21 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 22 NYA AL   6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1973 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1974 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1975 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 8
1976 26 LAD NL $ 1,685,714 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1977 27 LAD NL $ 1,685,714 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 9 10 9
1978 28 LAD NL $ 1,685,714 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 10
1979 29 LAD NL $ 6,500,000 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 10
1980 30 LAD NL $ 6,500,000 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
1981 31 CLN NL $ 6,500,000 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1982 32 CLN NL $ 6,500,000 5 7 8 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
1983 33 CLN NL $ 8,000,000 5 7 8 7 7 8 8 10 10 10
1984 34 CLN NL $ 8,000,000 4 6 7 7 7 8 7 10 10 10
1985 35 MON NL $ 8,000,000 4 6 6 6 7 8 7 9 10 10
1986 36 MON NL $ 8,000,000 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1987 37 MON NL $ 8,000,000 3 5 6 5 6 7 6 8 9 9
1988 38 MON NL $ 8,000,000 3 4 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8
1989 39 DET AL $ 500,000 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000 6 7 8 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1969 19 AAA   9 9 .500 27 27 3 1 0 177.7 206 72 18 58 160 3.65 .285 .338 .401 .738  
1970 20 AAA   9 12 .429 24 24 4 2 0 161.7 163 57 12 42 110 3.17 .260 .307 .374 .681  
1971 21 NYA AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 14 13 4 8 10 10.03 .292 .393 .604 .997 0.0
    AAA   5 3 .625 11 11 0 0 0 70.3 76 41 9 36 64 5.25 .272 .356 .416 .771  
    AA   1 0 1.000 52 0 0 0 5 48.0 31 7 0 29 37 1.31 .195 .319 .233 .552  
1972 22 AAA   3 6 .333 12 12 1 1 0 81.3 83 33 2 37 69 3.65 .260 .337 .332 .669  
    AA   8 4 .667 17 17 1 1 0 121.3 97 35 4 37 107 2.60 .219 .279 .300 .579  
1973 23 NYA AL 4 2 .667 41 0 0 0 5 77.3 76 36 5 37 38 4.19 .260 .342 .384 .726 6.2
1974 24 NYA AL 10 10 .500 80 2 0 0 17 142.3 152 72 4 91 59 4.55 .276 .378 .356 .733 11.1
1975 25 NYA AL 12 4 .750 48 11 0 0 10 130.0 144 61 9 63 66 4.22 .286 .366 .402 .768 10.1
1976 26 NYA AL 1 1 .500 8 5 0 0 0 53.0 63 32 2 19 22 5.43 .296 .350 .385 .735 1.2
  LAD NL 6 7 .462 28 19 0 0 2 115.3 125 54 5 47 66 4.21 .277 .344 .363 .707 8.0
  TOT   7 8 .467 36 24 0 0 2 168.3 188 86 7 66 88 4.60 .283 .346 .370 .716 9.3
1977 27 LAD NL 9 11 .450 50 9 1 0 12 122.7 151 63 4 72 43 4.62 .313 .399 .381 .780 5.5
1978 28 LAD NL 15 6 .714 27 27 1 1 0 191.0 188 63 2 53 93 2.97 .257 .308 .306 .614 18.0
1979 29 LAD NL 13 7 .650 28 28 0 0 0 183.0 175 60 3 46 91 2.95 .246 .293 .328 .621 13.7
1980 30 LAD NL 11 11 .500 32 32 2 1 0 204.7 223 81 5 50 97 3.56 .278 .324 .365 .689 11.1
1981 31 CLN NL 15 12 .556 35 35 0 0 0 234.0 223 73 8 57 127 2.81 .250 .295 .331 .626 18.8
1982 32 CLN NL 16 4 .800 31 31 1 1 0 211.3 182 58 4 44 127 2.47 .227 .267 .300 .567 18.7
1983 33 CLN NL 21 4 .840 35 34 2 2 0 241.3 192 61 2 52 155 2.27 .217 .261 .281 .541 25.3
1984 34 CLN NL 8 4 .667 50 14 0 0 1 123.7 106 41 2 33 77 2.98 .225 .276 .314 .589 9.2
1985 35 MON NL 3 2 .600 46 0 0 0 27 55.3 62 13 1 13 36 2.11 .291 .328 .357 .684 8.9
1986 36 MON NL 5 9 .357 77 0 0 0 26 115.3 121 52 2 36 79 4.06 .268 .326 .341 .667 10.6
1987 37 MON NL 7 5 .583 84 0 0 0 2 116.0 118 46 8 40 72 3.57 .260 .323 .371 .694 8.1
1988 38 MON NL 4 3 .571 72 0 0 0 14 87.3 96 39 8 39 50 4.02 .275 .347 .390 .737 5.1
1989 39 DET AL 3 2 .600 37 0 0 0 4 64.3 57 23 5 21 27 3.22 .246 .306 .366 .672 6.9
18 Years Sim 163 106 .606 811 249 7 5 120 2479.6 2468 941 83 821 1335 3.42 .259 .318 .343 .661 196.6
4 Years AAA 26 30 .464 74 74 8 4 0 491.0 528 203 41 173 403 3.72 .271 .331 .383 .713  
2 Years AA 9 4 .692 69 17 1 1 5 169.3 128 42 4 66 144 2.23 .213 .290 .282 .573  
6 Years Minors 35 34 .507 143 91 9 5 5 660.3 656 245 45 239 547 3.34 .257 .321 .359 .680  
Season Average 9 5 .643 45 13 0 0 6 137.8 137 52 4 45 74 3.42 .259 .318 .343 .661  
Career Highs 21 12 .840 84 35 2 2 27 241.3 223 86 9 91 155 10.03 .313 .399 .604 .997  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1168 478 36 376 788   .244 .299 .319 .617
vs LH   1300 463 47 445 547   .274 .336 .367 .704
Home 77 52 .597 395 128 1 1 60 1248.3 1263 500 45 425 699 3.60 .263 .323 .346 .669
Away 86 54 .614 416 121 6 4 65 1231.3 1205 441 38 396 636 3.22 .255 .312 .340 .652
Mar/Apr 24 13 .649 127 43 1 1 17 391.3 428 168 17 112 223 3.86 .279 .328 .370 .698
May 33 16 .673 141 40 1 1 23 416.6 405 143 10 140 241 3.09 .256 .316 .330 .646
June 28 17 .622 144 43 3 1 30 433.0 414 152 12 134 234 3.16 .250 .306 .335 .641
July 27 14 .659 130 38 1 1 17 394.9 383 152 15 144 182 3.46 .253 .317 .338 .656
August 30 21 .588 144 47 1 1 19 459.3 436 173 13 148 241 3.39 .247 .306 .328 .634
Sep/Oct 21 25 .457 125 38 1 0 19 384.3 402 153 16 143 214 3.58 .271 .335 .360 .695
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1971 21 NYA AL P 2 2 11.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.09    
1973 23 NYA AL P 41 0 77.3 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.75    
1974 24 NYA AL P 80 2 142.3 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.33    
1975 25 NYA AL P 48 11 130.0 11 13 1 0 .960 1.66    
1976 26 NYA AL P 8 5 53.0 6 7 1 1 .929 2.21    
  LAD NL P 28 19 115.3 14 14 1 1 .966 2.19    
  TOT   P 36 24 168.3 20 21 2 2 .953 2.19    
1977 27 LAD NL P 50 9 122.7 7 14 2 2 .913 1.54    
1978 28 LAD NL P 27 27 191.0 8 26 0 0 1.000 1.60    
1979 29 LAD NL P 28 28 183.0 10 26 2 1 .947 1.77    
1980 30 LAD NL P 32 32 204.7 18 36 1 2 .982 2.37    
1981 31 CLN NL P 35 35 234.0 12 40 0 1 1.000 2.00    
1982 32 CLN NL P 31 31 211.3 12 34 1 1 .979 1.96    
1983 33 CLN NL P 35 34 241.3 15 35 0 3 1.000 1.86    
1984 34 CLN NL P 50 14 123.7 11 21 0 2 1.000 2.33    
1985 35 MON NL P 46 0 55.3 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.60    
1986 36 MON NL P 77 0 115.3 6 9 1 2 .938 1.17    
1987 37 MON NL P 84 0 116.0 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.63    
1988 38 MON NL P 72 0 87.3 2 12 1 0 .933 1.44    
1989 39 DET AL P 37 0 64.3 3 14 0 3 1.000 2.38    
Career Totals   811 249 2479.6 156 357 11 22 .979 1.86    
Career Highs   84 35 241.3 20 40 2 3 1.000 3.09    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1973 23 NYA AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.7 8 6 3 3 2 9.54 .333 .407 .833 1.241
1974 24 NYA AL 2 1 .667 7 0 0 0 2 11.0 9 7 0 8 8 5.73 .225 .354 .225 .579
1975 25 NYA AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 4 2.25 .143 .200 .143 .343
1979 29 LAD NL 2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 33.3 30 14 1 16 9 3.78 .234 .319 .328 .648
1982 32 CLN NL 2 1 .667 6 6 1 0 0 42.7 33 15 1 11 24 3.16 .217 .270 .289 .559
1983 33 CLN NL 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 19.3 17 3 1 6 9 1.40 .246 .307 .319 .626
1984 34 CLN NL 3 1 .750 7 0 0 0 0 16.0 17 4 0 4 9 2.25 .262 .304 .385 .689
1985 35 MON NL 1 1 .500 3 0 0 0 0 5.3 3 1 0 3 4 1.69 .158 .273 .316 .589
1986 36 MON NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 3 3.7 0 0 0 4 3 0.00 .000 .267 .000 .267
1988 38 MON NL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 11.3 7 0 0 4 6 0.00 .179 .256 .179 .435
Career Post-Season Pitching 12 6 .667 46 14 1 0 5 152.3 126 51 6 60 78 3.01 .225 .300 .316 .615
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1978-3-2.97
1979-4-2.95
1981-8-2.81
1982-4-2.47
1983-3-2.27
CAR-45-3.42
Wins
1983-2-21
Winning Pct
1975-2-.750
1978-7-.714
1982-2-.800
1983-1-.840
CAR-49-.606
Saves
1974-2-17
1975-9-10
1977-5-12
1985-8-27
1986-7-26
CAR-31-120
Games Pitched
1974-1-80
1986-4-77
1987-2-84
CAR-10-811
Games Started
1981-8-35
Walks per 9IP
1982-8-1.9
1983-8-1.9
Hits per 9IP
1982-9-7.8
1983-5-7.2
WHiP
1982-3-1.07
1983-4-1.01
OAVG
1982-5-.227
1983-4-.217
OOBP
1982-3-.267
1983-4-.261
OSLG
1978-2-.306
1979-6-.328
1982-4-.300
1983-2-.281
CAR-42-.343
OOPS
1978-4-.614
1979-5-.621
1982-2-.567
1983-2-.541
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 63    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1969
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 6/1/1969 (Going to NYA: CF Wayne Comer, P Mike Garman, 1B Eddie Leon, C Bob Didier. Going to TAM: P Jim O'toole)
Injured on 6/5/1970 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/22/1973
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Los Angeles on 6/1/1976 (Going to NYA: CF Amos Otis, CF Mickey Rivers, P Tug Mcgraw. Going to LAD: P Mike Garman, 3B Art Shamsky)
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,685,714 through salary arbitration
7/31/1978: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/4/1979 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from Los Angeles to Cleveland (N) on 3/4/1981 (Going to CLN: P Mike Garman. Going to LAD: RF Tom Brunansky, DH Roy Foster, 2B Tom Heintzelman, P Butch Metzger, CF Paul Blair)
Injured on 9/9/1981 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1982, going 6-0, 2.20
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
7/31/1982: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $8,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1982, going 4-1, 0.40
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Montreal on 2/4/1985 (Going to CLN: C John Ellis. Going to MON: P Mike Garman, SS Dale Berra)
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/5/1989 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Injured on 7/14/1989 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks