Phil Garner
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| Second baseman / Third baseman / Manager | |||
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Born: April 30, 1949 Jefferson City, Tennessee |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 10, 1973, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 2, 1988, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .260 | ||
| Home runs | 109 | ||
| Runs batted in | 738 | ||
| Managerial record | 985–1,054 | ||
| Winning % | .483 | ||
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Philip Mason Garner (born April 30, 1949) is an American former baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988. He was manager of the Astros from July 14, 2004 to August 27, 2007, leading Houston to a World Series appearance in 2005.
Garner was originally drafted by the Montreal Expos in the eighth round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. Seven months later, he was the third overall pick by the Oakland A's in the secondary January 1971 draft. Originally a third baseman when he signed with the A's, he was converted to a second baseman as the A's had perennial All-Star Sal Bando at third.
Nicknamed "Scrap-Iron" due to his gritty style of play, Garner's best year as a player was in 1977 when he hit 17 HR's, had 77 RBI's, stole 32 bases, hit 35 doubles, and scored 99 runs. Two years later in 1979, he was a member of the World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates, batting .417 in the 1979 National League Championship Series and .500 (12 for 24) in the World Series. His icon at the time was the scrappy, similarly-mustachioed cartoon hero, Yosemite Sam.
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