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- Ned_Garver abstract "Ned Franklin Garver (born December 25, 1925) is a former American League pitcher who played from 1948 to 1961, winning 129 games in his major league career. Most of his career was spent playing for perennial second-division teams like the St. Louis Browns and Kansas City Athletics.In 1951, Garver had a memorable season pitching for the St. Louis Browns. He compiled a 20-12 record which was noteworthy considering the Browns lost 102 games that year. Garver also posted a 3.73 ERA that season. Out of the Browns' 52 total wins, Garver accounted for nearly 40 percent of them. Garver also led the American League in complete games with 24 and, when he pitched, he often batted sixth in the order rather than the customary ninth, compiling a .305 batting average with one home run. He also was also used as a pinch hitter and punch runner.Garver remains the only pitcher in modern baseball history (post-1920) to win 20 or more games for a team which lost 100 or more games in the same season, and the only pitcher to do so with a winning record.Garver was the starting pitcher for the American League in the 1951 All-Star Game, which was held in Detroit.Following the 1951 season, Browns owner Bill Veeck made Garver the highest paid member of the team with a salary of $25,000.Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, said of Garver, "He could throw anything up there and get me out." (Oddly, according to Baseball-Reference.com, Williams' batting average off Garver was .419, with a .767 SLG.)In 1996, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative postmark in his honor in his hometown of Ney, Ohio, to mark the 45th anniversary of his 20-win season. On September 30, 1951, he was sent a plaque by the Commissioner of Baseball to commemorate the 20th victory, September 30, 1951.On September 10, 2015, Ned Garver was cold-called by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller on Episode 722 of the podcast Effectively Wild, a moment that many consider a Top 5 moment of the podcast.".
- Ned_Garver birthDate "1925-12-25".
- Ned_Garver birthPlace Ney,_Ohio.
- Ned_Garver birthYear "1925".
- Ned_Garver debutTeam Baltimore_Orioles.
- Ned_Garver position Pitcher.
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- Ned_Garver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Garver".
- Ned_Garver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ned Garver".
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- Ned_Garver birthDate "1925-12-25".
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- Ned_Garver caption "Garver in 1956.".
- Ned_Garver dateOfBirth "1925-12-25".
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- Ned_Garver debutteam "St. Louis Browns".
- Ned_Garver debutyear "1948".
- Ned_Garver finaldate "--06-04".
- Ned_Garver finalleague "MLB".
- Ned_Garver finalteam "Los Angeles Angels".
- Ned_Garver finalyear "1961".
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- Ned_Garver highlights "*All star in 1951".
- Ned_Garver name "Garver, Ned".
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- Ned_Garver position Pitcher.
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- Ned_Garver stat1label Win–loss_record_(pitching).
- Ned_Garver stat1value "129".
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- Ned_Garver stat2value "3.73".
- Ned_Garver stat3label "Strikeouts".
- Ned_Garver stat3value "881".
- Ned_Garver statleague "MLB".
- Ned_Garver teams "*St. Louis Browns *Detroit Tigers *Kansas City Athletics *Los Angeles Angels".
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