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Phil
Garner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 182
 
Born: April 30, 1949 in Usa, TN, JEFFERSON CIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981   
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
1973 24 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1974 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1975 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1976 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1977 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1978 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1979 30 NYG NL $ 870,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 31 NYG NL $ 870,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1981 32 NYG NL $ 870,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1982 33 NYG NL $ 400,004   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
1983 34 OAK AL $ 400,004   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1984 35 OAK AL $ 400,004   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1985 36 OAK AL $ 400,004   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 870,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
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
1973 24 AAA   3 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .333 .444 0.3  
1974 25 NYG NL 23 16 4 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 .313 .389 .313 .701 2.4 0.3
    AAA   80 264 46 80 18 1 7 41 7 5 24 35 .303 .361 .458 .819 41.2  
1975 26 NYG NL 77 271 41 70 12 2 4 24 5 5 16 30 .258 .300 .362 .662 25.2 1.8
    AAA   81 313 42 98 22 1 4 47 9 3 32 48 .313 .377 .428 .805 49.0  
1976 27 NYG NL 112 253 28 76 18 1 3 32 6 5 15 37 .300 .343 .415 .758 32.8 5.4
1977 28 NYG NL 153 479 65 116 18 6 7 60 14 4 36 79 .242 .295 .349 .644 48.3 5.5
1978 29 NYG NL 97 208 36 55 12 5 2 25 7 4 18 30 .264 .323 .399 .722 27.4 4.9
1979 30 NYG NL 91 167 27 44 14 2 2 29 5 2 13 31 .263 .317 .407 .724 20.0 4.1
1980 31 NYG NL 64 81 13 14 0 0 2 9 1 1 7 11 .173 .247 .247 .494 4.6 0.0
1981 32 NYG NL 80 132 23 29 7 1 0 13 4 1 10 25 .220 .280 .288 .568 10.9 0.8
1982 33 NYG NL 68 106 9 21 7 2 2 15 4 1 7 27 .198 .252 .358 .611 10.3 0.9
1983 34 NYG NL 22 41 7 10 2 0 1 8 1 1 2 11 .244 .279 .366 .645 3.3 0.4
  OAK AL 69 210 23 59 11 2 1 30 6 5 2 42 .281 .285 .367 .652 18.1 1.9
  TOT   91 251 30 69 13 2 2 38 7 6 4 53 .275 .284 .367 .651 21.5 2.3
1984 35 OAK AL 144 484 66 143 23 4 7 64 22 13 32 100 .295 .338 .403 .741 61.6 11.0
1985 36 OAK AL 150 494 55 110 19 5 3 47 11 7 17 108 .223 .250 .300 .550 31.3 0.0
12 Years Sim 1150 2942 397 752 143 30 34 359 87 49 177 532 .256 .299 .359 .658 296.2 37.0
3 Years AAA 164 586 88 179 40 3 11 88 16 8 56 84 .305 .368 .440 .808 90.5  
162 Game Average 414 55 105 20 4 4 50 12 6 24 74 .256 .299 .359 .658 41.7  
Career Highs 153 494 66 143 23 6 7 64 22 13 36 108 .313 .389 .415 .758 61.6  
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   2133 291 553 104 23 23 256 59 36 126 392 .259 .301 .362 .663 223.7
vs LH   809 106 199 39 7 11 103 28 13 51 140 .246 .292 .352 .645 81.9
Home 559 1421 207 367 70 13 16 180 41 21 82 262 .258 .300 .360 .660 148.3
Away 591 1521 190 385 73 17 18 179 46 28 95 270 .253 .297 .359 .656 157.2
RISP   752 0 215 42 6 6 295 0 0 50 140 .286 .326 .382 .707 91.1
Pinch Hitting   53 3 11 2 0 0 8 1 0 2 7 .208 .250 .245 .495 2.8
Close/Late   404 66 90 12 1 6 36 0 0 28 79 .223 .274 .302 .576 33.2
Mar/Apr 164 417 53 97 17 1 5 35 10 6 16 91 .233 .260 .314 .574 32.1
May 193 488 78 144 29 9 5 65 15 7 35 77 .295 .345 .422 .767 67.3
June 165 398 46 102 17 3 6 61 15 9 32 77 .256 .313 .359 .673 44.3
July 191 503 82 126 25 8 5 70 13 6 25 87 .250 .287 .362 .649 50.2
August 225 597 67 158 36 6 7 67 17 13 33 91 .265 .305 .380 .685 64.7
Sep/Oct 212 539 71 125 19 3 6 61 17 8 36 109 .232 .280 .312 .591 46.9
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
1974 25 NYG NL 3B 11 2 31.3 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.72   0.1
    SS 2 1 10.0 2 7 0 2 1.000 8.10   0.1
    2B 1 1 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1975 26 NYG NL SS 76 74 657.0 98 253 8 51 .978 4.81   3.6
    2B 2 0 7.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
1976 27 NYG NL SS 66 37 372.7 51 171 1 28 .996 5.36   2.6
    3B 17 15 136.7 19 37 2 1 .966 3.69   0.6
    2B 18 6 83.3 20 37 3 9 .950 6.16   0.2
1977 28 NYG NL 3B 149 147 1248.0 77 317 36 29 .916 2.84   3.2
    SS 4 0 12.7 4 7 0 1 1.000 7.82   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1978 29 NYG NL SS 50 13 199.3 32 98 5 18 .963 5.87   1.0
    3B 25 18 186.7 12 37 3 4 .942 2.36   0.4
    2B 17 15 134.0 23 57 4 13 .952 5.37   0.3
1979 30 NYG NL SS 48 11 178.3 40 87 4 20 .969 6.41   1.1
    2B 28 18 172.0 30 65 2 16 .979 4.97   0.6
    3B 13 8 84.7 4 21 1 1 .962 2.66   0.3
1980 31 NYG NL SS 38 14 157.7 28 71 2 14 .980 5.65   1.0
    2B 15 4 45.7 11 16 1 4 .964 5.32   0.1
    3B 10 2 26.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.38   0.0
1981 32 NYG NL 2B 60 23 271.3 56 117 4 23 .977 5.74   1.5
    SS 12 5 54.0 13 19 2 4 .941 5.33   0.3
    3B 5 3 32.0 3 8 1 0 .917 3.09   0.1
1982 33 NYG NL 2B 40 12 167.3 27 67 3 16 .969 5.06   0.5
    3B 12 9 89.3 6 18 1 1 .960 2.42   0.2
    SS 10 2 34.0 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.71   0.2
1983 34 NYG NL SS 18 15 91.2 14 41 1 6 .982 5.43   0.5
    2B 3 2 12.4 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.81   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.9 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.0
  OAK AL SS 57 46 452.1 72 204 7 30 .975 5.49   1.2
    2B 9 6 61.3 14 27 0 4 1.000 6.02   0.3
    3B 3 1 14.1 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.55   0.1
  TOT   SS 75 61 543.3 86 245 8 36 .976 5.48   1.7
      2B 12 8 73.7 17 32 0 5 1.000 5.98   0.3
      3B 4 1 17.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.65   0.1
1984 35 OAK AL SS 141 140 1233.0 205 499 14 89 .981 5.14   8.3
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 36 OAK AL SS 148 148 1270.3 200 564 16 95 .979 5.41   8.5
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  SS 670 506 4722.3 762 2032 60 359 .979 5.32   28.4
  3B 249 205 1856.6 123 453 44 39 .929 2.79   5.2
  2B 195 87 963.4 186 397 17 88 .972 5.45   3.7
Career Totals   1114 798 7542.3 1071 2882 121 486 .970 4.72   37.3
Career Highs   154 148 1273.3 205 566 36 95 1.000 5.47    
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
1979 30 NYG NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 32 NYG NL 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 33 NYG NL 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1984 35 OAK AL 20 73 11 23 5 1 2 5 2 1 2 15 .315 .333 .493 .826
1985 36 OAK AL 7 22 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 7 .136 .167 .182 .348
Career Post-Season Batting 38 101 14 26 6 1 2 8 3 3 4 22 .257 .283 .396 .679
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.
Triples
1977-7-6
 Caught Stealing
1984-8-13
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1973
Injured on 4/4/1973 with a Broken Foot, out for full season
Had first career hit on 8/28/1974, off Jim Brewer (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 7/4/1975, off Charlie Williams (SDP)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/7/1982 to a 4-year deal worth $400,004 per year
Injured on 7/25/1982 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 7/1/1983 (Going to OAK: CF Mike Easler, SS Phil Garner. Going to NYG: SS Rafael Belliard, P Mark Ballinger)
Injured on 6/5/1984 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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