Phil Garner
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Philip Mason Garner (born April 30, 1949) is an American baseball player and manager.
He appeared in Major League Baseball with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988.
He was the Astros' manager from July 14, 2004 to August 27, 2007, leading Houston to a World Series appearance in 2005.
Baseball career
Garner was first drafted out of The University of Tennessee by the Montreal Expos in the eighth round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. In the secondary draft of January 1971, he was the third overall pick by the Oakland Athletics. When he first signed with the Athletics, he was converted to a second baseman, bringing the Athletics to third place. During his time in Oakland in 1973 and 1974, Garner won two World Series. The bulk of his time was spent as a bench player and in the minor leagues. In 1976, he had a breakout year for Oakland, where he had eight home runs and 74 RBI's. He was named an All Star for the first time in his career. That year, he had a career with a 35-bases.
The Oakland Athletics cut Garner, Chris Batton, and Tommy Helms to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1977, according to Tony Armas, Rick Langford, Doug Bair, Doc Medich, and Mitchell Page.
Garner's best season as a player was 1977, when he hit 17 HR's, had 77 RBI's, stole 32 bases, hit 35 doubles, and scored 99 runs, despite being nicknamed "Scrap-Iron" due to his gritty style of play. He was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979, batting.417 in the 1979 National League Championship Series and.500 (12 for 24) in the World Series, two years ago. Yosemite Sam, the scrappy, similarly mustachioed cartoon hero at the time, was his symbol. In 1980, he was named an All Star after hitting 5 home runs and 58 RBI's while stealing 32 bases. He was named an All Star for the third and final time in his career this year, but his statistics fell from previous years. During the year, he had 26 RBI's and only had 10 stolen bases.
Garner was traded from the Pirates to the Astros in 1981 for second baseman Johnny Ray and pitcher Randy Niemann. He would play for Houston until 1987. He helped the Astros win in six games to the New York Mets in 1986 and this will be their last postseason action of his career. He was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1987 and then spent a year with the San Francisco Giants in 1988. He went through 1989 without signing with anyone and announced his resignation a year later in 1990.
Managerial career
Garner later became a manager for the Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, and Houston Astros, leading the Astros to their first-ever World Series in 2005.
Garner fired Tom Trebelhorn as the Brewers' manager in 1992. As every rookie that year stole at least 10 bases, he quickly adopted a running-focused style of play. Pat Listach of the Year 2002, an outfielder scorned Patrick Hamilton of the Year, veteran Paul Molitor stealing 31 bases (doing so in his last season with the team), and outfielder Darryl Hamilton stealing 41. He led the team to a nine-game improvement from the previous year and led the Brewers to second place in the American League East Division, losing by four games to the eventual world champion Toronto Blue Jays. However, this will be the team's last appearance before 2007, when it will finish above.500. In four of Garner's six full seasons with the team, they will have more than 80 percent. He was fired in the midst of a 99 season that saw them at 52-60. (Jim Lefebvre will replace him and go 22-27 to close the year).
Garner was involved in a bench-clearing brawl against the Chicago White Sox on July 22, 1995, exchanging blows with White Sox boss Terry Bevington in a rare skipper-on-skipper brawl match. Garner and Bevington were suspended four games as a result of the fracturings.
In 2000, Garner was hired to lead the Tigers in their inaugural season at Comerica Park. For a large portion of the season, the Tigers had been in contention for the American League Wild Card berth, but they faded and finished 79-83. Garner didn't have a winning season in Detroit, and with Luis Pujols as Garner's replacement; the Pujols would lose 100 games in his first season.
Garner's 2004 season was a different one. Garner was brought in after the Houston Astros' poor start in the first half of the season, when they lost in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series, despite then-manager Jimy Williams' 44–44 record. The team got off to a rocky start in 2005, losing 30 of their first 45 games, but they made a comeback and win another National League Wild Card. This time, Houston will defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series in six games and win the pennant, only to be swept by the Chicago White Sox in the World Series.
The Astros won ten of twelve games in the last 12 games of the 2006 season, but lost out on a division championship by a game and a half. The Astros extended Garner's deal through the 2008 season. Garner was the head of a pennant-winning squad in the year before, and the 2006 National League All-Star Team in Pittsburgh was based on July 11 2006. Chuck Tanner, his Pirates' general manager during his time as a coach, is one of Garner's top coaching influences.
The Astros and general manager Tim Purpura released Phil Garner on August 27, 2007. Cecil Cooper was named interim boss for the remainder of the season.
Garner confessed to using a corked bat against pitcher Gaylord Perry in 2010 and that he hit a home run with it.
Career MLB statistics
Garner had a.260 batting average in 1860 games over 16 seasons, 82 triples, 738 home runs, 738 RBI, 738 bases on balls,.389 on-base percentage, and a.389 slugging percentage. He played at second base and shortstop in his career, finishing with a.965 fielding percentage overall. He batted.309 (21-for-68) in 21 games, including 5 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 8 RBI, and 8 walks.
Post-MLB career
Phil Garner, the University of Houston–Victoria's interim head coach, served as interim head coach for the UHV Jaguars baseball team in 2008. Terry Puhl, a former Astros teammate, was briefly recalled by Garner while he fulfilled his duties as the manager of the Canada National baseball team.
Garner re-join the Athletics as a Special Advisor on August 11, 2011. He returned to the same position for the 2012 season.