Mike Garman
{{short description|American baseball player (born 1949)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Mike Garman
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1949|9|16}}
|birth_place=Caldwell, Idaho, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 22
|debutyear=1969
|debutteam=Boston Red Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 29
|finalyear=1978
|finalteam=Montreal Expos
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=22–27
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=3.63
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=213
|teams=
- Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1969}}, {{mlby|1971}}–{{mlby|1973}})
- St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1974}}–{{mlby|1975}})
- Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1976}})
- Los Angeles Dodgers ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1978}})
- Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1978}})
}}
Michael Douglas Garman (born September 16, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player. A relief pitcher, he played for five different teams in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1969 and 1978. He was a first-round draft selection of the Boston Red Sox in the 1967 MLB draft. Listed at {{convert|6|ft|3|in|cm}} and {{convert|215|lb|kg}}, he threw and batted right-handed.
Career
=Boston Red Sox=
Born and raised in Caldwell, Idaho, Garman was the third overall selection in the 1967 MLB Draft, chosen by the Boston Red Sox. His brother, Stephen,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=garman001ste|title=Stephen Garman Minor League Stats|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}} spent two seasons in the San Francisco Giants organization.
Garman signed with the Red Sox upon graduation at age 17 from Caldwell High School,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uY9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1DAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6599,1235989 Lewiston Morning Tribune] - Garman drafted but not contacted - Associated Press - 1967-06-07 - p.12 and was assigned to the Greenville Red Sox of the Western Carolinas League. He lost the only game he appeared in for Greenville, giving up three hits and two walks in the only inning he pitched. He was then reassigned to the Winston-Salem Red Sox, where he went 1–3 with a 6.75 earned run average.
After three seasons in Boston's farm system, Garman debuted with the BoSox as a September call-up in {{by|1969}}, and won his major league debut against the New York Yankees just six days after his twentieth birthday.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS196909220.shtml|title=Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 3|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|date=1969-09-22}} After spending all of {{by|1970}} in the minors, he joined the Sox as a September call-up in {{by|1971}} and {{by|1972}} as well, and made the big league roster out of the bullpen in {{by|1973}}. He had no decisions in twelve appearances as manager Eddie Kasko used him mostly in mop up roles.
=St. Louis Cardinals=
Following his only full season with the BoSox, he was traded with John Curtis and Lynn McGlothen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Reggie Cleveland, Terry Hughes and Diego Segui.
It was with the Cardinals where Garman enjoyed his best seasons. He was 7–2 with a 2.64 ERA and six saves in {{by|1974}}. Though his record dipped to 3–8 in {{by|1975}}, his ERA did as well, to 2.39. He also collected ten saves. He was traded to the Chicago Cubs with a player to be named later for Don Kessinger. In his only season in Chicago, Garman made two emergency starts in the second games of double headers, losing both.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BZZfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4156,1602152 Lewiston Morning Tribune] - Mike Garman overcoming his 'weighty' problem - reprint from Los Angeles Times - 1977-08-06 - p.1B
=Los Angeles Dodgers=
On January 11, {{by|1977}}, the Cubs sent Garman and Rick Monday to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bill Buckner, Ivan De Jesus and Jeff Albert. While with the Dodgers, he reached the post season for the only time in his career, appearing in two games of the 1977 National League Championship Series{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1977_NLCS.shtml|title=1977 National League Championship Series|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|date=October 4–8, 1977|accessdate=June 16, 2015}} and two games in the 1977 World Series{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1977_WS.shtml|title=1977 World Series|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|date=October 11–18, 1977|accessdate=June 16, 2015}} without giving up an earned run.
Garman was later traded in May 1978 to the Montreal Expos for Gerry Hannahs and Larry Landreth. After one season with the Expos, he failed to make the team in 1979 spring training after which he signed a minor league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and also spent part of that season with the Cleveland Indians' triple A affiliate before retiring.
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|mlb=114623|espn=21911|br=g/garmami01|fangraphs=1004539|brm=garman001mic|retro=G/Pgarmm101}}, or [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=garmami01 Baseball Almanac]
{{1967 MLB Draft}}
{{Boston Red Sox first-round draft picks}}
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