Cliff Garrison
{{short description|American baseball player (1906–1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Cliff Garrison
|image=Cliff_Garrison.png
|caption=Garrison, c. 1928
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1906|8|13}}{{efn|name=dob|Garrison's listed date of birth (August 13, 1906) is per Retrosheet and Baseball-Reference.com; it also appears on his grave marker. Both his draft registration card of October 1940, which he signed, and his entry in the Social Security Death Index list his date of birth as August 13, 1905.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/630756073 |title=Draft Registration Card |publisher=Selective Service System |date=October 1940 |via=fold.3com |url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 13, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/record/76736077-clifford-w-garrison |title=Social Security Death Index |publisher=Social Security Administration |via=fold.3com |url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 13, 2020}}}}
|birth_place=Belmont, Oklahoma
|death_date={{Death date and age|1994|8|25|1906|8|13}}
|death_place=Woodland, California
|debutleague=MLB
|debutdate=April 16
|debutyear=1928
|debutteam=Boston Red Sox
|finalleague=MLB
|finaldate=July 2
|finalyear=1928
|finalteam=Boston Red Sox
|statleague=MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=0–0
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=7.88
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=0
|teams=
- Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1928}})
}}
Clifford William Garrison (August 13, 1906 – August 25, 1994){{efn|name=dob}} was a professional baseball pitcher who played in six games for the 1928 Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m}} and {{convert|180|lb|kg}}, he batted and threw right-handed.
Biography
Garrison's minor league baseball history is incomplete.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=garris001cli |title=Cliff Garrison Minor Leagues Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 13, 2020}} He was originally signed by the New York Yankees in February 1926 after playing baseball at Tempe High School in Arizona, where he started as a catcher and outfielder before becoming a pitcher.{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cliff-garrison/ |title=Cliff Garrison |first=Bill |last=Nowlin |website=SABR |accessdate=August 13, 2020}} In 1927, he played with the Edinburg Bobcats of the Texas Valley League, compiling an 11–8 win–loss record.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=garris012--- |title=Garrison Minor Leagues Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 13, 2020}} It is unclear when Garrison moved on from the Yankees' organization; in January 1928, he was reported to be "another recruit" of the Boston Red Sox for the upcoming season.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57258167/house-cleaning-by-boston-team/ |title=House Cleaning by Boston Team |agency=AP |newspaper=North Adams Transcript |location=North Adams, Massachusetts |page=14 |date=January 19, 1928 |accessdate=August 13, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}
Garrison appeared in six games for the Red Sox in 1928,{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgarrc101.htm |title=Cliff Garrison |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=August 13, 2020}} a team that finished with a 57–96 record.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1928/Y_1928.htm |title=The 1928 Season |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=August 13, 2020}} He made his major league debut on April 16, pitching two innings of relief against the Yankees in a home game at Fenway Park.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1928/B04160BOS1928.htm |title=New York Yankees 7, Boston Red Sox 2 |date=April 16, 1928 |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=August 13, 2020}} Entering the game in the top of the eighth inning with the Yankees holding a 7–2 lead, Garrison held the Yankees scoreless while allowing two hits in two innings. Three of the batters that Garrison faced were future Baseball Hall of Fame inductees: Leo Durocher (who singled), Babe Ruth (who doubled), and Lou Gehrig (who hit a sacrifice fly). Garrison made six total appearances with the Red Sox; two in April, two in May, and one each in June and July.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1928/Kgarrc1010011928.htm |title=The 1928 BOS A Regular Season Pitching Log for Cliff Garrison |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=August 13, 2020}} All of his appearances came in relief; he did not earn a win or a loss or record a strikeout, while allowing 14 earned runs in 16 innings pitched for a 7.88 earned run average (ERA). Boston released Garrison on July 11, optioning him to the Portland Mariners of the New England League.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57259959/garrison-released/ |title=Garrison Released |agency=AP |newspaper=The Scranton Republican |location=Scranton, Pennsylvania |page=10 |date=July 12, 1928 |accessdate=August 13, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}
Whether Garrison played for Portland is unclear; by the end of the 1928 season he was pitching for the Pittsfield Hillies of the Eastern League.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57260647/live-tips-and-topics/ |title=Live Tips and Topics |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=15 |date=September 19, 1928 |accessdate=August 13, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}} Garrison started the 1929 season with Pittsfield, was released, then joined the Mesa Jewels of the Arizona State League.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57260980/mesa-jewels-sign-pitcher-release-two/ |title=Mesa Jewels Sign Pitcher, Release Two |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=16 |date=June 5, 1929 |accessdate=August 13, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}} After being released by Mesa in early July 1929, Garrison went on to play semi-professional baseball in California into the 1930s.
After his baseball career, Garrison worked in law enforcement as a deputy sheriff in Yolo County, California, and later served as chief of police of Woodland, California, from 1939 to 1943. Garrison, who grew up in Meeker, Oklahoma, died in Woodland in 1994.
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External links
{{baseballstats |br=g/garricl01 |brm=garris001cli |retro=G/Pgarrc101}}
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