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: 1973

Ronald Wayne Garrett (born December 3, 1947 in Brooksville, Florida), was the New York Mets starting third baseman from 1972 through 1975. Garrett also saw occasional duty as a second baseman and as a shortstop. He spent half of the 1971 season on military duty.

Garrett was a member of the 1969 Miracle Mets who upset the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series and was the starting third baseman for the 1973 National League Champion team that lost the World Series to the Oakland 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 the 1969 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles; Lenny Dykstra hit his in the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. Coincidentally, their leadoff home runs, like Garrett's, also occurred in a Game Three.) However, he also tied Eddie Mathews' 1958 World Series record by striking out 11 times. He also made the final out of the Series, popping out to shortstop Bert 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 the St. Louis Cardinals. He was traded by the Mets to the Expos along with Del Unser in July 1976 for Pepe Mangual. After his major league career, Garrett played two seasons in Japan, by|1979 and by|1980, for the Chunichi Dragons.

Baseball ran in the Garrett family; Wayne Garrett's brother, Adrian, played for the Chicago Cubs, the Oakland Athletics, the California Angels and the Atlanta Braves, mostly as a catcher, first baseman and outfielder. Wayne's other brother, Charlie, also played baseball in the Braves farm system. Wayne's nephew Jason (Adrian's son), was drafted by and played four years in the Florida 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]
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