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Brave 2 20186/16/2023 ![]() Tommy Hanson finished 3rd in the 2009 Rookie of the Year race and went 45-32 in his 4 years in Atlanta.Mack Jones averaged 24 HR per year while slashing.Garr is a member of the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame. Garr still serves as a Braves scout, serving as the primary scout on recent prospects like Kyle Muller. In 1984, Hank Aaron offered Garr a scouting job with the Braves. ![]() Garr retired and became part owner and operator of a Houston, TX doughnut shop. He played the following winter in the Dominican Republic, and later in 1981 played in the Mexican League. That goose egg came in 46 plate appearances for the 1980 Angels. Beginning in his age-28 season, that 1974 batting crown year, here are Garr’s stolen base totals by year: 26, 14, 14, 12, 7, 2, 0. Garr’s game was heavily built on speed, and as his legs started to go, so too did his usefulness. Garr turned 30 shortly after being traded to Chicago, so by 1978, he was 32. Garr turned into more of a singles hitter in Chicago, batting a fairly empty. He never pitched for the Braves, but I have to imagine the team would’ve been ready to pipe in “Paranoid” had he entered a game. Finally, Ozzie Osborn WAS NAMED OZZIE OSBORN, Y’ALL. Henderson wasn’t particularly impressive in his single year in Atlanta, but Ruthven was a 1976 All-Star despite leading the league in losses (17). In December 1975, Atlanta traded the Roadrunner (along with Larvell Blanks) to the White Sox for Ken Henderson, Ozzie Osborn, and Dick Ruthven. Garr again led the league in triples (11) in 1975, but his production otherwise saw a sharp decline – bizarrely, despite not playing particularly well, Garr was the most intentionally walked hitter in the NL in 1975. After Atlanta offered $85,000, but the arbitration process awarded Garr $114,500. In the ensuing offseason, he became the first MLB player to double his salary through an arbitration hearing. Garr was named to the NL All-Star team that season and finished 12th in the MVP race. 353/.383/.503, winning the batting crown while leading the league in hits (214) and triples (17). After a slight off-year in ’73 (.299/.323/.415 counted as an off-year for Garr at the time), Garr bounced back in 1974. Both seasons Garr earned some MVP consideration from voters, finishing 24th and 19th respectively. 325 average and a career high 12 home runs. 343 and enjoyed career highs in runs (101) and hits (219) and led the league in sacrifices with 18. The speedy outfielder played 5 full seasons in Atlanta, 1971-1975, and in that timeframe he was a star. ![]() 386 at AAA Richmond to start 1970, made his way to the big leagues permanently. 585 – that’s FIVE EIGHTY FIVE, correct – Ralph Garr got a cup of coffee in the bigs as quickly as 1968, a bit more of a look in 1969 while Rico Carty was injured, and after batting. The greatest Brave to wear #48 is the man affectionately nicknamed “The Roadrunner”.Ī 3rd round pick in 1967 out of Grambling University, where he batted.
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