Garry Hill (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1946-2017)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name =Garry Hill

| image =Garry Hill (baseball).jpeg

| alt =

| caption =

| position =Pitcher

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1946|11|03|}}

| birth_place =Rutherfordton, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date ={{Death date and age|2017|9|20|1946|11|03|}}

| death_place =Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

| bats =Right

| throws =Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =June 12

| debutyear =1969

| debutteam =Atlanta Braves

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =June 12

| finalyear =1969

| finalteam =Atlanta Braves

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label =Win–loss record

| stat1value =0–1

| stat2label =Strikeouts

| stat2value =2

| stat3label =Earned run average

| stat3value =15.43

| awards =

| teams =

• Atlanta Braves ({{baseball year|1969}})

}}

Garry Alton Hill (November 3, 1946 – September 20, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He attended Garinger High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and played college baseball for the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After his sophomore year he was drafted in the first round (18th overall) of the 1967 Major League Baseball June secondary draft by the Atlanta Braves. He was starting pitcher for one home game with the Atlanta Braves on June 12, 1969, at Atlanta Stadium against pitcher Dick Selma, striking out two, and one walk. He also gave up four earned runs on six hits, one was a home run to Al Spangler in the 2nd inning. He pitched two and one-thirds innings pitched and had a 15.43 earned run average[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillga01.shtml Career statistics and history] at [https://www.baseball-reference.com Baseball-Reference.com]

He died September 20, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/charlotte/obituary.aspx?n=garry-alton-hill&pid=186715724&fhid=4561 Garry Hill Obituary]