Ned Garver
1948–1961 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), St. Louis Browns
458G
.218AVG
.283OBP
.283SLG
More career statistics
180H
7HR
72RBI
1SB
129–157W–L
2,477.1IP
881K
3.73ERA
330GS
12SV
5Rare feats
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 · Caught stealing | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 962 | 961 |
| Batting · Walks | 76 | 75 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 10,584 | 10,578 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,027 | 1,030 |
| Pitching · p hr | 213 | 212 |
| Pitching · p k | 881 | 882 |
| Pitching · p w | 881 | 880 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 458 | 962 | 827 | 87 | 180 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 72 | 76 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 234 | .218 | .283 | .283 | .566 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,477.3 | 402 | 330 | 153 | 129 | 157 | 12 | 2,471 | 1,184 | 1,027 | 213 | 881 | 881 | 0 | 0 | 3.73 | 1.353 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1948-07-24 to 1948-08-20
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1960-09-23 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1953-09-17 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1951-09-02 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 233 | 463 | 84 | 3 | 38 | 36 | 52 | .212 | .259 | .275 |
| Away | 225 | 498 | 96 | 4 | 34 | 39 | 57 | .223 | .271 | .290 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 105 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 13 | .188 | .257 | .188 |
| May | 82 | 168 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 21 | .161 | .226 | .217 |
| June | 85 | 174 | 35 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 18 | .232 | .264 | .325 |
| July | 90 | 172 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 24 | .229 | .273 | .288 |
| August | 82 | 170 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14 | .257 | .306 | .331 |
| September | 73 | 165 | 32 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 19 | .229 | .267 | .314 |
| October | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 67 | 134 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 16 | .217 | .261 | .308 |
| cleveland-guardians | 67 | 133 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 18 | .209 | .308 | .245 |
| chicago-white-sox | 66 | 152 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 15 | .242 | .283 | .318 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 60 | 132 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 21 | .237 | .288 | .281 |
| new-york-yankees | 54 | 89 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .215 | .225 | .304 |
| detroit-tigers | 50 | 99 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | .271 | .303 | .318 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 42 | 97 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | .198 | .237 | .247 |
| baltimore-orioles | 37 | 89 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | .156 | .191 | .234 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  St. Louis Browns | 46 | 66 | 19 | 1 | 9 | – | .288 | 198 | 75 |
| 1949 | St. Louis Browns | 55 | 75 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .187 | 223 | 70 |
| 1950 | St. Louis Browns | 51 | 91 | 26 | 1 | 10 | – | .286 | 260 | 85 |
| 1951 | St. Louis Browns | 49 | 95 | 29 | 1 | 9 | – | .305 | 246 | 84 |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 25 | 51 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .176 | 157 | 64 |
| 1953 |  Detroit Tigers | 30 | 72 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – | .153 | 198 | 69 |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 79 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .165 | 246 | 93 |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .224 | 230 | 83 |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 17 | 6 |
| 1957 |  Kansas City Athletics | 24 | 44 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .182 | 145 | 61 |
| 1958 | Kansas City Athletics | 31 | 69 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .174 | 201 | 72 |
| 1959 | Kansas City Athletics | 32 | 71 | 20 | 2 | 9 | – | .282 | 201 | 61 |
| 1960 | Kansas City Athletics | 28 | 27 | 2 | – | – | – | .074 | 122 | 50 |
| 1961 |  Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 12 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 29 | 9 |