- Wayne Garrett
Infobox MLB retired
name=Wayne Garrett
position=Third Baseman /Second Baseman /Shortstop
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1947|12|3
deathdate=
debutdate=April 12
debutyear= 1969
debutteam=New York Mets
finaldate=September 26
finalyear=1978
finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.239
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=61
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=340
teams=
*New York Mets (by|1969-by|1976)
*Montreal Expos (by|1976-by|1978)
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|1978)
*Chunichi Dragons (by|1979-by|1980)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1969
* National League pennant: 1973Ronald Wayne Garrett (born
December 3 ,1947 inBrooksville, Florida ), was theNew York Mets startingthird baseman from 1972 through 1975. Garrett also saw occasional duty as asecond baseman and as ashortstop . He spent half of the 1971 season on military duty.Garrett was a member of the 1969
Miracle Mets who upset theBaltimore Orioles inthe World Series and was the starting third baseman for the 1973National League Champion team that lost the World Series to theOakland Athletics in seven games. Garrett hit two home runs in the Series, including a leadoff home run in Game Three—one of three in New York Mets World Series history. (Tommie Agee hit one in the1969 World Series against theBaltimore Orioles ;Lenny Dykstra hit his in the1986 World Series against theBoston Red Sox . Coincidentally, their leadoff home runs, like Garrett's, also occurred in a Game Three.) However, he also tiedEddie Mathews '1958 World Series record by striking out 11 times. He also made the final out of the Series, popping out to shortstopBert Campaneris in the ninth inning of Game Seven with the tying run on base.Garrett's major league career spanned from 1969 to 1978. In addition to the Mets, he also played for the
Montreal Expos and theSt. Louis Cardinals . He was traded by the Mets to the Expos along withDel Unser in July 1976 forPepe Mangual . After his major league career, Garrett played two seasons in Japan, by|1979 and by|1980, for theChunichi Dragons .Baseball ran in the Garrett family; Wayne Garrett's brother, Adrian, played for the
Chicago Cubs , theOakland Athletics , the California Angels and theAtlanta Braves , mostly as acatcher ,first baseman andoutfielder . Wayne's other brother, Charlie, also played baseball in theBraves farm system. Wayne's nephew Jason (Adrian's son), was drafted by and played four years in theFlorida Marlins organization, reaching high class A in the minor leagues.External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Wayne_Garrett Baseball-Reference Bullpen web page on Wayne Garrett]
*baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=g/garrewa01 |fangraphs=1004547 |cube=G/wayne-garrett
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