Ford Garrison

Robert Ford Garrison (August 29, 1915 - June 6, 2001) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, he played for the Boston Red Sox (1943-1944) and Philadelphia Athletics (1944-1946).

Career

The bulk of Garrison's major league playing career took place during World War II. His best season was 1944, when he was a regular outfielder for the Athletics after the Red Sox traded him on May 7. In 134 games that year he hit .267 (133-for-498) with 4 home runs, 39 runs batted in, and 63 runs scored. He tied for tenth in the American League with 10 stolen bases and tied for fifth with 19 sacrifice hits.

He played in just six games for the A's the following year and in just nine in 1946.

In a total of 185 games he was 180-for-687 (.262), and 37 walks and two hit by pitches pushed his on base percentage up to .302. He had 6 HR, 56 RBI, and scored 80 runs. He was an above-average defensive outfielder for his era, handling 425 out of 431 chances successfully for a .986 fielding percentage.

Garrison died at the age of 85 in Largo, Florida.

Trivia

*Garrison's nicknames were "Rocky" and "Snapper."

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garrifo01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pgarrf101.htm Retrosheet]