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Name Team Age
John Nance Garner Retired (1988, Age 35) Died (2028, Age 75)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 26
(1972)		 LF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Hank Aaron League 0 14 years (18 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ B+ B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B+ A 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
F  C  C 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 0 5/21/1953
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 6
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (2B)
A  (89.1 %) D- (8.5 %) F  (1.4 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1975 WAS 145 592 66 140 29 8 7 47 54 118 25 12 5 .648 .300 .348 .236
1976 WAS 146 595 83 150 16 8 17 59 54 112 45 13 6 .707 .316 .392 .252
1977 WAS 115 482 69 132 16 10 11 45 36 78 23 9 3 .741 .324 .417 .274
1978 WAS 123 512 80 140 22 5 17 64 44 82 27 5 5 .765 .329 .436 .273
1979 WAS 147 611 96 167 32 5 17 77 60 101 35 9 7 .762 .337 .426 .273
1980 WAS 146 557 73 141 22 6 15 77 51 100 30 4 2 .712 .317 .395 .253
1981 WAS 146 560 106 190 31 8 23 117 74 68 40 6 3 .960 .414 .546 .339
1982 WAS 146 572 104 198 41 12 26 121 64 79 41 8 3 1.008 .412 .596 .346
1983 WAS 141 543 117 178 35 12 18 106 56 79 30 7 4 .921 .385 .536 .328
1984 WAS 149 518 85 156 28 8 20 105 53 77 34 2 1 .864 .362 .502 .301
1985 WAS 147 474 79 155 23 18 25 109 51 55 24 5 5 .997 .387 .610 .327
1986 WAS 91 271 50 86 16 4 14 46 32 50 12 3 0 .952 .391 .561 .317
1987 WAS 131 174 33 54 12 3 6 18 18 23 14 2 0 .895 .378 .517 .310
1988 WAS 46 56 7 11 2 0 2 9 5 15 0 0 0 .609 .270 .339 .196
Total 1819 6517 1048 1898 325 107 218 1000 652 1037 380 85 44 .829 .355 .474 .291
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01John Nance Garner has retired from the Washington Senators
1977-10-03The Washington Senators have promoted Mike DeWine to the major league team. The Washington Senators have promoted John Nance Garner to the major league team. The Washington Senators have sent Willis Fainheart to the minors. The Washington Senators have sent Woody Concepcion to the minors.
1977-08-29The Washington Senators have promoted Mark Hanna to the major league team. The Washington Senators have sent John Nance Garner to the minors.
1975-03-25The Washington Nationals have promoted John Nance Garner to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Randolph Churchill to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Drummond Wolff to the major league team.
1972-03-30The Washington Nationals have renamed Ralph Dunlap to John Nance Garner.