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Name Team Age
Merton Garbark Retired (1986, Age 36) Died (2013, Age 63)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 30
(1968)
SS R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Cool Papa Bell League 0 14 years (2 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C- D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 2/3/1950
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 3
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.0 %) (91.1 %) D+ (24.9 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT
1972 2B TB 65 65 568.33 317 117 182 18 31 -6 4.73 .943
1973 2B TB 130 130 1166.0 629 262 346 21 71 -4 4.69 .967
1974 2B TB 120 120 1079.33 659 289 346 24 74 -6 5.29 .964
1975 2B TB 130 130 1171.33 708 266 430 12 85 -10 5.35 .983
1976 SS TB 130 130 1145.66 584 179 386 19 65 -7 4.44 .967
1977 SS TB 130 130 1151.66 588 189 390 9 95 -1 4.52 .985
1978 SS TB 113 113 1004.66 498 164 318 16 69 -8 4.32 .968
1979 SS TB 96 96 845.66 469 143 314 12 67 +5 4.86 .974
1980 SS TB 92 92 809.66 419 144 268 7 55 -2 4.58 .983
1981 SS TB 130 130 1148.0 563 208 339 16 73 -9 4.29 .972
1982 1B TB-SF 2 2 21.0 25 25 0 0 1 +1 10.71 1.000
2B TB-SF 17 16 143.0 73 35 37 1 7 -6 4.53 .986
3B TB-SF 7 6 62.0 34 8 23 3 2 -4 4.50 .912
SS TB-SF 70 70 604.0 304 107 189 8 44 -2 4.41 .974
CF TB-SF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1983 1B SF 4 4 38.0 45 45 0 0 4 0 10.66 1.000
2B SF 33 30 268.0 144 50 91 3 20 +1 4.74 .979
3B SF 4 4 35.0 10 4 6 0 0 -1 2.57 1.000
SS SF 15 15 133.66 59 13 45 1 8 -1 3.91 .983
1984 1B SF 7 7 63.0 64 62 1 1 4 0 9.00 .984
2B SF 19 16 152.33 73 31 41 1 10 +4 4.25 .986
3B SF 7 7 69.0 22 4 16 2 2 +1 2.61 .909
SS SF 2 2 18.0 7 2 5 0 0 -2 3.50 1.000
RF SF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1985 1B SF 6 6 52.0 46 43 3 0 2 0 7.96 1.000
2B SF 15 15 138.0 70 26 43 1 6 +2 4.50 .986
3B SF 11 11 100.0 30 7 21 2 2 0 2.52 .933
SS SF 30 30 272.66 144 44 95 5 16 -2 4.59 .965
1986 1B SF-MIN-WAS 4 4 38.0 49 49 0 0 5 0 11.61 1.000
2B SF-MIN-WAS 12 12 100.66 71 25 45 1 11 +1 6.26 .986
3B SF-MIN-WAS 7 7 65.0 14 6 6 2 0 -1 1.66 .857
SS SF-MIN-WAS 11 10 89.0 47 12 33 2 5 0 4.55 .957
Pos Total 1B 23 23 212.0 229 224 4 1 16 +1 9.68 .996
2B 541 534 4786.98 2744 1101 1561 82 315 -24 5.00 .970
3B 36 35 331.0 110 29 72 9 6 -5 2.75 .918
SS 819 818 7222.62 3682 1205 2382 95 497 -29 4.47 .974
CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 1421 1411 12561.6 6765 2559 4019 187 834 -57 4.71 .972
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1986-11-01Merton Garbark has retired from the Washington Senators
1986-09-04The Washington Senators have promoted Merton Garbark to the major league team.
1986-09-04The Washington Senators have acquired Merton Garbark from the waiver wire.
1986-08-16The Minnesota DareDevils have waived Merton Garbark.
1986-07-29The Minnesota DareDevils have acquired Merton Garbark from the waiver wire.
1986-07-20The San Francisco Criminals have waived Merton Garbark.
1986-07-16The San Francisco Criminals have designated Merton Garbark for assignment.
1985-06-02Merton Garbark of the San Francisco Criminals is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1983-07-27Merton Garbark of the San Francisco Criminals is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1983-04-18The San Francisco Criminals have renamed Mert Garbark to Merton Garbark.
1982-07-09A trade has been completed between the San Francisco Criminals and the Tampa Bay Braves. The Tampa Bay Braves receive Stew Moulder, Ed James, Draft Pick 1983 Round 2 SF (Scott Alexander) from the San Francisco Criminals in exchange for Syl Baines, Mert Garbark. Protest This Trade.
1982-07-09The Tampa Bay Braves have placed Mert Garbark on the trade block.
1980-06-09Mert Garbark of the Tampa Bay Braves is injured and is expected to be out 56 days.
1979-06-26Mert Garbark of the Tampa Bay Braves is injured and is expected to be out 50 days.
1978-04-01Mert Garbark of the Tampa Bay Braves is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1974-04-27Mert Garbark of the Tampa Bay Braves is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1972-07-02The Tampa Bay Braves have promoted Mert Garbark to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Braves have promoted Yerby Adkisson to the major league team.