Debs Garms
1932–1945 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
1,010G
.293AVG
.355OBP
.379SLG
More career statistics
910H
17HR
328RBI
18SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 3,111 | 3,112 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 8 | 34 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 161 | 162 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,461 | 3,460 |
| Batting · RBI | 328 | 332 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 18 | 19 |
| Batting · Walks | 288 | 286 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,010 | 3,461 | 3,111 | 438 | 910 | 141 | 39 | 17 | 328 | 288 | 161 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1,180 | .293 | .355 | .379 | .734 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1932-08-14 to 1932-09-06
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1933-06-01 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1934-08-02 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1940-09-21 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 522 | 1806 | 486 | 6 | 178 | 156 | 81 | .300 | .355 | .390 |
| Away | 488 | 1654 | 424 | 11 | 154 | 130 | 81 | .284 | .335 | .368 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 210 | 46 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 12 | .246 | .314 | .337 |
| May | 178 | 615 | 154 | 6 | 58 | 55 | 36 | .280 | .340 | .380 |
| June | 166 | 546 | 145 | 3 | 49 | 44 | 28 | .297 | .346 | .389 |
| July | 174 | 523 | 150 | 1 | 68 | 48 | 23 | .318 | .379 | .401 |
| August | 190 | 678 | 203 | 2 | 67 | 60 | 26 | .333 | .388 | .423 |
| September | 224 | 859 | 207 | 4 | 74 | 58 | 37 | .265 | .308 | .337 |
| October | 9 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .192 | .207 | .308 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 118 | 426 | 103 | 2 | 34 | 28 | 22 | .266 | .308 | .364 |
| chicago-cubs | 118 | 396 | 117 | 2 | 37 | 26 | 17 | .321 | .361 | .431 |
| new-york-giants | 110 | 374 | 98 | 2 | 47 | 29 | 17 | .292 | .340 | .348 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 107 | 392 | 111 | 2 | 44 | 38 | 6 | .321 | .380 | .410 |
| cincinnati-reds | 107 | 387 | 83 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 18 | .231 | .276 | .295 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 95 | 334 | 86 | 1 | 29 | 31 | 18 | .286 | .350 | .365 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 81 | 317 | 82 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 11 | .285 | .319 | .365 |
| boston-braves | 61 | 176 | 60 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 4 | .373 | .426 | .447 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  St. Louis Browns | 34 | 134 | 38 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .284 | – | – |
| 1933 | St. Louis Browns | 78 | 189 | 60 | 4 | 25 | 3 | .317 | – | – |
| 1934 | St. Louis Browns | 91 | 232 | 68 | – | 32 | – | .293 | – | – |
| 1935 | St. Louis Browns | 10 | 15 | 4 | – | – | – | .267 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Boston Braves | 125 | 478 | 124 | 2 | 38 | 2 | .259 | – | – |
| 1938 | Boston Braves | 117 | 428 | 135 | – | 47 | 4 | .315 | – | – |
| 1939 | Boston Braves | 132 | 513 | 153 | 2 | 37 | 2 | .298 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 103 | 358 | 127 | 5 | 57 | 3 | .355 | – | – |
| 1941 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 83 | 220 | 58 | 3 | 42 | – | .264 | – | – |
| 1943 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 90 | 249 | 64 | – | 22 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | 73 | 149 | 30 | – | 5 | – | .201 | – | – |
| 1945 | St. Louis Cardinals | 74 | 147 | 49 | – | 19 | – | .333 | – | – |