Gene Garber

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1969-1988)

W–L 96–113
ERA 3.34
WHIP 1.26
SO 940
Pitcher PIV 15977.7
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'10" / 175 lb
Born
11/13/1947 in Lancaster, PA, USA
MLB Debut
1969-06-17
Last Game
1988-07-01

Full name: Henry Eugene Garber

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
96 113 931 9 4 0 218 1510.0 1,464 560 123 445 940 3.34 15977.7

Career ERA 3.34 vs. league average 3.79 across their career seasons — 12.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1969 PIT NL 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 1 3 5.40 — 0.0
1970 PIT NL 0 3 14 0 0 0 0 22.3 22 13 10 7 5.24 3.89 (-35%) -1153.5
1972 PIT NL 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 5 3 3 7.11 — 0.0
1973 KCA AL 9 9 48 8 4 0 11 152.7 164 72 49 60 4.24 3.75 (-13%) -870.0
1974 KCA AL 1 2 17 0 0 0 1 28.0 35 15 13 14 4.82 3.63 (-33%) -590.6
1974 PHI NL 4 0 34 0 0 0 4 48.0 39 11 31 27 2.06 3.63 (+43%) -116.1
1975 PHI NL 10 12 71 0 0 0 14 110.0 104 44 27 69 3.60 3.71 (+3%) 143.1
1976 PHI NL 9 3 59 0 0 0 11 92.7 78 29 30 92 2.82 3.51 (+20%) 2845.6
1977 PHI NL 8 6 64 0 0 0 19 103.3 82 27 23 78 2.35 4.00 (+41%) 3402.1
1978 PHI NL 2 1 22 0 0 0 3 38.7 26 6 11 24 1.40 3.69 (+62%) 897.5
1978 ATL NL 4 4 43 0 0 0 22 78.3 58 22 13 61 2.53 3.69 (+31%) 516.5
1979 ATL NL 6 16 68 0 0 0 25 106.0 121 51 24 56 4.33 4.00 (-8%) 756.2
1980 ATL NL 5 5 68 0 0 0 7 82.3 95 35 24 51 3.83 3.84 (avg) 1060.1
1981 ATL NL 4 6 35 0 0 0 2 58.7 49 17 20 34 2.61 3.58 (+27%) 1004.1
1982 ATL NL 8 10 69 0 0 0 30 119.3 100 31 32 68 2.34 3.86 (+39%) 3042.9
1983 ATL NL 4 5 43 0 0 0 9 60.7 72 31 23 45 4.60 3.87 (-19%) -530.4
1984 ATL NL 3 6 62 0 0 0 11 106.0 103 36 24 55 3.06 3.81 (+20%) 1316.5
1985 ATL NL 6 6 59 0 0 0 1 97.3 98 39 25 66 3.61 3.89 (+7%) 1649.7
1986 ATL NL 5 5 61 0 0 0 24 78.0 76 22 20 56 2.54 3.97 (+36%) 2634.5
1987 ATL NL 8 10 49 0 0 0 10 69.3 87 34 28 48 4.41 4.29 (-3%) 421.6
1987 KCA AL 0 0 13 0 0 0 8 14.3 13 4 1 3 2.51 4.29 (+42%) 185.3
1988 KCA AL 0 4 26 0 0 0 6 32.7 29 13 13 20 3.58 3.73 (+4%) -637.2
Career · 22 seasons 96 113 931 9 4 0 218 1,510.0 1,464 560 445 940 3.34 — 15,978

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
933 115 7 17 0 0 0 4 0 12 41 .148 .228 .148 .376 0

Career AVG .148 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 42.7% below league average.

Career OBP .228 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 29.5% below league average.

Career SLG .148 vs. league average .383 across their career seasons — 61.4% below league average.

Career OPS .376 vs. league average .707 across their career seasons — 46.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1969 PIT NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1970 PIT NL 14 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 — — — — 0.0
1972 PIT NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1973 KCA AL 49 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1974 KCA AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1974 PHI NL 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1975 PHI NL 71 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .167 — — — — 0.0
1976 PHI NL 59 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .286 — — — — 0.0
1977 PHI NL 64 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 — — — — 0.0
1978 PHI NL 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1978 ATL NL 44 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .091 — — — — 0.0
1979 ATL NL 68 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .300 — — — — 0.0
1980 ATL NL 68 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 — — — — 0.0
1981 ATL NL 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1982 ATL NL 69 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .133 — — — — 0.0
1983 ATL NL 43 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
1984 ATL NL 62 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 — — — — 0.0
1985 ATL NL 59 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .200 — — — — 0.0
1986 ATL NL 61 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 — — — — 0.0
1987 ATL NL 49 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
1987 KCA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1988 KCA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 22 seasons 933 115 7 17 0 0 0 4 0 12 41 .148 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1982 NLCS ATL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 NLCS PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 NLCS PHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 3 7 0 0 9.3 10 6 2 6 5.79

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1982 NLCS ATL 0 1 2 0 0 3.3 4 3 1 3 8.10
1977 NLCS PHI 1 1 3 0 0 5.3 4 2 0 3 3.38
1976 NLCS PHI 0 1 2 0 0 0.7 2 1 1 0 13.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home4705651202.214
Away463592502.085

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home469778.07783182084703.68
Away462732.06862422374702.98

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1988-07-01 KCRBOS — 1.0200100
1988-06-28 KCRCHW L 3.0111001
1988-06-24 KCRSEA — 1.0000100
1988-06-19 KCRLAA — 1.0100000
1988-06-17 KCRLAA L 1.1522101
1988-06-14 KCROAK SV 0.1000000
1988-06-12 KCRLAA — 1.0121021
1988-06-05 KCRSEA — 2.0411020
1988-06-01 KCRCLE — 1.0000000
1988-05-27 KCRTEX — 1.2100020

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 931 9 159 280 15 23

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1969 PIT P 2 1 0 0 0 0
1970 PIT P 14 0 2 7 0 2
1972 PIT P 4 0 1 1 0 0
1973 KCA P 48 8 14 26 2 3
1974 KCA P 17 0 2 4 2 0
1974 PHI P 34 0 6 8 1 0
1975 PHI P 71 0 13 12 0 0
1976 PHI P 59 0 13 14 1 0
1977 PHI P 64 0 12 20 1 3
1978 PHI P 22 0 5 4 0 0
1978 ATL P 43 0 11 11 0 0
1979 ATL P 68 0 14 16 1 1
1980 ATL P 68 0 8 18 0 1
1981 ATL P 35 0 8 17 1 1
1982 ATL P 69 0 13 27 4 5
1983 ATL P 43 0 4 17 0 1
1984 ATL P 62 0 6 19 0 1
1985 ATL P 59 0 11 17 0 1
1986 ATL P 61 0 7 14 0 1
1987 ATL P 49 0 4 19 1 2
1987 KCA P 13 0 2 3 0 0
1988 KCA P 26 0 3 6 1 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 931

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
1988 KCA AL $500,000
1987 ATL NL $786,667
1986 ATL NL $786,667
1985 ATL NL $772,000
Total Career Earnings $2,845,334

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1982 Cy Young Award NL 7th 1.0 120 0
1982 Most Valuable Player NL 19th 6.0 336 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Gene Garber (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Roy Face
    104-95, 3.48 ERA
  2. 84
    Mike Marshall
    97-112, 3.14 ERA
  3. 77
    Sparky Lyle
    99-76, 2.88 ERA
  4. 75
    Kent Tekulve
    94-90, 2.85 ERA
  5. 73
    Tug McGraw
    96-92, 3.14 ERA
  6. 64
    Mike Timlin
    75-73, 3.63 ERA

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Frequently Asked Questions about Gene Garber

What years did Gene Garber play?
Gene Garber played in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1988.
Was Gene Garber a pitcher?
Yes. Gene Garber pitched in the major leagues, recording 96 wins and 940 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Gene Garber hit?
Gene Garber hit 0 career home runs with 17 hits.