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Garms		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 165
 
Born: June 26, 1908 in Usa, TX, BANGS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1937   
All-Star Selections 1934    1936    1937    1938   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 24 BOS AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
1933 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1934 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1935 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1936 28 BOS AL $ 1,800,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1937 29 BOS AL $ 2,950,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1938 30 BOS AL $ 3,078,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 10 10 10
1939 31 BOS AL $ 3,078,571   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 10 10 10
1940 32 OAK AL $ 3,400,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1941 33 OAK AL $ 3,400,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 4 5 5 9 10 10
1942 34 NYG NL $ 684,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 10
1943 35 STL NL $ 4,010,010   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1944 36 STL NL $ 4,010,010   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1945 37 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,010,010   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
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
1932 24 AAA   133 515 68 161 27 2 5 69 11 9 46 18 .313 .369 .402 .771 73.0  
1933 25 BOS AL 103 251 27 77 10 3 1 35 0 0 24 7 .307 .367 .382 .749 35.0 5.7
1934 26 BOS AL 152 561 89 191 31 4 5 85 0 0 46 20 .340 .389 .437 .825 85.6 12.9
1935 27 BOS AL 156 612 89 187 25 6 2 69 1 1 44 17 .306 .351 .376 .727 79.7 11.9
1936 28 BOS AL 155 638 104 213 41 5 4 78 1 2 62 23 .334 .391 .433 .824 100.9 21.1
1937 29 BOS AL 157 628 107 212 28 5 8 75 0 1 58 17 .338 .393 .436 .830 95.5 19.0
1938 30 BOS AL 129 514 90 156 33 4 4 52 0 0 42 16 .304 .357 .407 .763 66.3 11.9
    AAA   2 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4  
1939 31 BOS AL 141 518 76 140 20 6 3 52 0 0 32 16 .270 .314 .349 .664 50.1 4.7
1940 32 OAK AL 106 321 48 99 13 4 3 38 0 0 31 8 .308 .371 .402 .773 42.1 8.5
1941 33 OAK AL 107 315 28 93 11 1 1 35 0 0 30 9 .295 .355 .346 .701 37.5 4.8
1942 34 NYG NL 136 406 43 123 22 5 2 52 0 3 39 24 .303 .360 .397 .757 55.8 8.2
1943 35 NYG NL 41 110 15 27 6 0 1 14 0 0 12 5 .245 .320 .327 .647 11.6 1.2
  STL NL 67 180 15 52 11 3 0 21 1 0 14 7 .289 .344 .383 .727 22.2 3.9
  TOT   108 290 30 79 17 3 1 35 1 0 26 12 .272 .334 .362 .696 33.8 5.1
1944 36 STL NL 139 384 38 87 20 1 5 36 0 1 34 29 .227 .287 .323 .610 33.8 0.6
1945 37 OAK AL 83 241 28 66 13 3 2 26 0 0 20 20 .274 .328 .378 .706 30.6 5.0
13 Years Sim 1672 5679 797 1723 284 50 41 668 3 8 488 218 .303 .358 .393 .750 746.4 119.5
2 Years AAA 135 523 68 163 27 2 5 70 11 9 46 18 .312 .365 .400 .765 73.4  
162 Game Average 550 77 166 27 4 3 64 0 0 47 21 .303 .358 .393 .750 72.3  
Career Highs 157 638 107 213 41 6 8 85 1 3 62 29 .340 .393 .437 .830 100.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4273 614 1313 215 36 27 500 3 8 385 143 .307 .364 .393 .757 593.3
vs LH   1406 183 410 69 14 14 168 0 0 103 75 .292 .339 .390 .730 180.3
Home 820 2768 410 851 139 28 22 330 2 3 243 102 .307 .363 .402 .765 389.9
Away 852 2911 387 872 145 22 19 338 1 5 245 116 .300 .353 .384 .737 383.8
RISP   1358 0 409 59 10 11 564 0 0 139 50 .301 .358 .384 .742 189.4
Pinch Hitting   144 14 35 7 4 0 18 0 0 19 6 .243 .331 .347 .679 17.2
Close/Late   581 44 166 33 6 3 63 0 0 61 25 .286 .353 .379 .732 77.2
Mar/Apr 290 985 139 288 49 9 9 118 0 0 92 36 .292 .354 .388 .742 132.5
May 289 954 137 304 47 8 8 121 1 0 79 47 .319 .369 .410 .779 138.8
June 281 996 116 291 47 5 6 102 0 5 86 28 .292 .347 .367 .715 124.1
July 274 931 123 270 52 8 4 112 2 1 69 38 .290 .338 .376 .714 114.6
August 294 1016 172 307 44 11 9 108 0 0 98 39 .302 .363 .394 .757 142.8
Sep/Oct 244 797 110 263 45 9 5 107 0 2 64 30 .330 .378 .428 .806 120.8
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
1933 25 BOS AL SS 26 25 213.0 43 111 4 16 .975 6.51   1.5
    3B 40 22 212.0 19 58 4 4 .951 3.27   0.8
    LF 12 10 87.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.5
    RF 13 9 75.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
1934 26 BOS AL 3B 109 101 857.3 58 252 26 29 .923 3.25   1.9
    RF 41 41 339.3 49 2 7 0 .879 1.35   0.4
    SS 3 0 7.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.0
1935 27 BOS AL 3B 97 94 822.0 64 267 19 27 .946 3.62   4.5
    LF 56 51 431.0 86 1 1 0 .989 1.82   1.3
    RF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1936 28 BOS AL LF 144 144 1213.0 243 8 7 2 .973 1.86   3.4
    RF 4 4 37.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46    
    3B 5 0 8.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.20   0.1
    SS 3 0 8.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 10.13   0.1
1937 29 BOS AL 3B 140 135 1155.0 72 370 23 39 .951 3.44   5.7
    LF 17 12 127.3 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.4
    SS 2 0 9.0 3 9 0 2 1.000 12.00   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 30 BOS AL 3B 74 70 594.0 35 181 10 17 .956 3.27   2.1
    LF 56 52 463.7 85 4 1 2 .989 1.73   0.9
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1939 31 BOS AL 3B 123 120 1002.0 68 272 16 25 .955 3.05   3.4
    RF 5 4 42.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
    2B 1 0 6.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1940 32 OAK AL 3B 82 71 617.3 47 167 12 14 .947 3.12   2.5
    LF 5 5 41.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.0
    SS 6 1 18.3 4 11 0 4 1.000 7.36   0.2
1941 33 OAK AL 3B 70 65 548.7 33 152 8 20 .959 3.03   2.2
    1B 8 8 64.0 73 10 2 10 .976 11.67   0.1
    RF 15 0 36.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25   0.1
    LF 5 3 31.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    CF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    SS 6 0 15.3 0 7 0 1 1.000 4.11   0.1
1942 34 NYG NL 3B 106 103 878.0 57 241 15 18 .952 3.05   1.6
    SS 16 8 89.0 16 44 1 8 .984 6.07   0.5
    RF 5 0 20.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.05   0.2
    LF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1943 35 NYG NL 3B 32 28 243.0 17 69 5 6 .945 3.19   0.4
    SS 3 1 9.9 2 4 0 2 1.000 5.45   0.1
    RF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  STL NL 3B 51 45 388.4 27 109 7 10 .951 3.15   1.2
    SS 6 1 15.8 3 7 0 2 1.000 5.70   0.1
    RF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 83 73 631.4 44 178 12 16 .949 3.16   1.6
      SS 9 2 25.7 5 11 0 4 1.000 5.60   0.1
      RF 3 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
      LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1944 36 STL NL 3B 113 105 867.0 66 221 9 18 .970 2.98   3.3
    SS 21 5 72.0 6 37 0 5 1.000 5.38   0.4
    RF 3 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1945 37 OAK AL SS 70 69 559.0 108 254 5 44 .986 5.83   3.0
    2B 5 5 33.0 5 13 2 3 .900 4.91   0.1
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1043 960 8202.4 563 2366 154 227 .950 3.21   29.9
  LF 300 277 2402.0 476 15 9 4 .982 1.84   6.5
  SS 167 110 1025.4 192 500 10 87 .986 6.07   6.1
  RF 94 60 590.0 102 3 8 0 .929 1.60   0.8
  1B 8 8 64.0 73 10 2 10 .976 11.67   0.1
  2B 7 5 40.0 5 18 2 3 .920 5.18   0.1
  CF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
Career Totals   1621 1422 12340.7 1415 2912 185 331 .959 3.16   43.5
Career Highs   160 148 1293.3 251 380 33 47 .982 5.71    
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
1933 25 BOS AL 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
1934 26 BOS AL 14 54 10 25 4 1 4 15 0 0 4 2 .463 .500 .796 1.296
1935 27 BOS AL 7 22 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .364 .391 .455 .846
1936 28 BOS AL 11 46 9 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 .304 .360 .370 .730
1937 29 BOS AL 14 59 12 22 6 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 .373 .403 .475 .878
1940 32 OAK AL 2 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714
Career Post-Season Batting 50 190 33 72 17 1 4 26 0 0 12 2 .379 .416 .542 .958
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
1934-4-.340
1936-4-.334
1937-4-.338
 On-Base Pct
1936-7-.391
 XR
1936-10-100.9
 Games
1934-2-152
1935-7-156
1937-3-157
 At-Bats
1935-7-612
1936-2-638
1937-2-628
 Runs
1937-7-107
Hits
1934-2-191
1935-9-187
1936-1-213
1937-1-212
 Singles
1934-2-151
1935-3-154
1936-3-163
1937-1-171
 Doubles
1936-7-41
 Caught Stealing
1942-10-3
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jim Gantner (921)
  2. Tom Herr (909)
  3. Luke Appling (908)
  4. Buddy Myer (907)
  5. George Kell (907)
  6. Pinky Higgins (899)
  7. Rick Manning (895)
  8. Billy Herman (892)
  9. Ted Sizemore (891)
  10. Paul Schaal (886)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1932
Injured on 4/25/1932 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (G) on 7/15/1932 (Going to TAM: P Pat Malone, P George Grant. Going to NYG: CF Al Simmons, P Ray Phelps, P Roy Sherid, 3B Debs Garms)
Traded from New York (G) to Boston (A) on 7/31/1932 (Going to NYG: P Walter Beall, RF Pat Mcnulty. Going to BOS: 3B Debs Garms, P Jumbo Brown, RF Earl Webb)
Had first career hit on 4/11/1933, off Oral Hildebrand (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 6/27/1933, off Dick Coffman (PIT)
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1934, hitting .427 with 2 HR, 17 RBI
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,950,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1937, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1937, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1937
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/2/1940 to a 2-year deal worth $3,400,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1942 to a 1-year deal worth $684,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/5/1943 to a 2-year deal worth $4,010,010 per year
Traded from New York (N) to St. Louis on 7/1/1943 (Going to STL: 3B Debs Garms. Going to NYG: 3B George Scharein)
9/1/1944: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $300,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from St. Louis to Oakland on 2/13/1945 (Going to OAK: 3B Debs Garms. Going to STL: SS Ace Parker)
 
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