Ned Garver Essentials Positions: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5-10 Weight: 180 Born: Friday, December 25, 1925 in Ney, OH USA Died: February 26, 2017 in Bryan, OH USA Debut: April 28, 1948 Last Game: June 4, 1961 Full Name: Ned Franklin Garver Garver became the only 20th-century pitcher to win 20 games in a…
1958 – Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox becomes the tenth major league player to tally 1,000 extra-base hits in the 10 – 4 loss to the Kansas City Athletics at Fenway Park.
1956 – Once again, the Detroit Tigers trade pitcher Virgil Trucks. This time, Trucks will go along with Ned Garver, Gene Host, Wayne Belardi and $20,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Bill Harrington, Jack Crimian, Eddie Robinson and Jim Finigan.
Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Apr 25, 1955 – A very chilly spring day and the struggling Orioles of Baltimore in town is enough to keep the fans in Motown away from the ballpark. Only 1,319 (okay) were on hand to see Tigers starter Ned Garver get the complete game win by a 3-2 score
Interested in exploring FRANCHISING? We will help you through your journey visit us @ www.franchisingconnection.com On June 10, 1952, the St. Louis Browns fire manager Rogers Hornsby, who had become unpopular with most of the team’s players. A few hours after he fires Roger Hornsby as the manager of the team, Browns president Bill Veeck…
In one of the closest votes in the history of the award, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America names Yankees catcher Yogi Berra (.294, 27, 88) as the American League’s Most Valuable Player. The Yankees catcher, who will also cop the honor in 1954 and 1955, edges out the Browns’ 20-game winner Ned Garver, who was told he had won the award by a representative from the BBWAA before a recount gave the Bronx Bomber backstop a slight edge.
In another of Bill Veeck’s legendary public relations stunts, “Fans Managers’ Night,” the Browns defeat the Athletics, 5 – 3. The Browns’ coaches hold up placards for 1115 fans, who vote “yes” or “no” on the options given them. Manager Zack Taylor sits in a box behind the dugout with two fans who monitor the voting. Adding to the festivities is Max Patkin, the clown prince of baseball, who coaches at first base for several innings. Sherm Lollar voted in to start behind the plate instead of Matt Batts, has three hits including a homer, and Hank Arft, also voted in, knocks home two. Gus Zernial’s 28th home run accounts for all the A’s runs. When the stunt was announced on August 15, A’s GM Art Ehlers bitterly denounced it as “farcical.”
In the second game of a doubleheader, the Browns’ Ned Garver, en route to a 20-win season, limits the White Sox to two hits, winning, 3 – 1. The loss drops the Sox out of the American League lead. Chicago wins the opener, 2 – 1 in 11 innings on Minnie Minoso’s 400-foot homer to left center. Minnie’s blow breaks up a pitching duel between loser Duane Pillette and Ken Holcombe.
On July 13, 1896, At the West Side Grounds Ed Delahanty hits four home runs (all Inside the park), but it’s not enough as the Philadelphia Phillies lose to the Chicago Colts, 9 – 8. The Phillies first baseman slugged his four dingers off the Cubs’ Adonis Terry, but Philadelphia rookie pitcher Ned Garvin couldn’t…