Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1969
- College
- Elizabethtown
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1969
- College
- Elizabethtown
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 931
- W
- 96
- L
- 113
- ERA
- 3.34
- IP
- 1510.0
- K
- 940
- BB
- 445
- WHIP
- 1.26
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1.40 |
| 1970 | PIT | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5.24 | 22.1 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 |
| 1972 | PIT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 6.1 | 3 | 3 | 1.58 |
| 1973 | KC | 48 | 9 | 9 | 4.24 | 152.2 | 60 | 49 | 1.40 |
| 1974 |  KC/PHI | 51 | 5 | 2 | 3.08 | 76.0 | 41 | 44 | 1.55 |
| 1975 | PHI | 71 | 10 | 12 | 3.60 | 110.0 | 69 | 27 | 1.19 |
| 1976 | PHI | 59 | 9 | 3 | 2.82 | 92.2 | 92 | 30 | 1.17 |
| 1977 | PHI | 64 | 8 | 6 | 2.35 | 103.1 | 78 | 23 | 1.02 |
| 1978 |  PHI/ATL | 65 | 6 | 5 | 2.15 | 117.0 | 85 | 24 | 0.92 |
| 1979 | ATL | 68 | 6 | 16 | 4.33 | 106.0 | 56 | 24 | 1.37 |
| 1980 | ATL | 68 | 5 | 5 | 3.83 | 82.1 | 51 | 24 | 1.45 |
| 1981 | ATL | 35 | 4 | 6 | 2.61 | 58.2 | 34 | 20 | 1.18 |
| 1982 | ATL | 69 | 8 | 10 | 2.34 | 119.1 | 68 | 32 | 1.11 |
| 1983 | ATL | 43 | 4 | 5 | 4.60 | 60.2 | 45 | 23 | 1.57 |
| 1984 | ATL | 62 | 3 | 6 | 3.06 | 106.0 | 55 | 24 | 1.20 |
| 1985 | ATL | 59 | 6 | 6 | 3.61 | 97.1 | 66 | 25 | 1.26 |
| 1986 | ATL | 61 | 5 | 5 | 2.54 | 78.0 | 56 | 20 | 1.23 |
| 1987 |  ATL/KC | 62 | 8 | 10 | 4.09 | 83.2 | 51 | 29 | 1.54 |
| 1988 | KC | 26 | 0 | 4 | 3.58 | 32.2 | 20 | 13 | 1.29 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- W
- 1
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 9.00
- IP
- 8.0
- K
- 6
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 1.50
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 4
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 5.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | KC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | KC/PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | PHI/ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATL/KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Gene Garber's career stats?
Gene Garber played 19 seasons for the Pirates, the Royals, the Phillies and the Braves. He had 96 wins and 940 strikeouts with a 3.34 ERA over 1,510.0 innings. His best season was 1975: 10 wins, a 3.60 ERA and 69 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
19 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1969 to 1988
Gene Garber led MLB in WHIP (1978); finished top 10 in a stat 11 times.
All-time career rank
- 48th in saves (218)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- ERA: 1977 (6th), 1978 (5th), 1982 (6th)
- Saves: 1977 (9th), 1978 (6th), 1979 (5th), 1982 (3rd), 1986 (9th)
- WHIP: 1977 (4th), 1978 (1st), 1982 (7th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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