Debs Garms Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter Bats: Left • Throws: Right 5-8, 165lb (173cm, 74kg) Born: June 26, 1907 in Bangs, TX us Died: December 16, 1984 in Glen Rose, TX Buried: Squaw Creek Cemetery, Glen Rose, TX School: Howard Payne University (Brownwood, TX) Debut: August 10, 1932 (7,508th in major league history) vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB Last Game: September 25, 1945…
1940 – The Boston Bees sell outfielder Debs Garms to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Garms will get only 358 at bats for Pittsburgh but, nevertheless, will lead the National League in hitting with a .355 average. Unlike what is the case in the American League, where 400 at bats are required to be eligible for the batting title, the NL rules state that a player must appear in at least a hundred games: Garms will play in 103. Ford Frick, NL president, will clarify this in September when it is clear that Garms will not reach the 400 at bats. Pirates teammate Virgil Davis will be the nominal runner-up at .326, but will play just 99 games. Garms will drop to .264 in 1941 and he will be out of baseball a year later.
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