Ford Garrison

Ford Garrison
Ford Garrison
Runs batted in	56
Teams
	Boston Red Sox (1943–1944); Philadelphia Athletics (1944–1946);

Robert Ford Garrison (August 29, 1915 – June 6, 2001), nicknamed "Rocky" and "Snapper", was an American

player and coach. An outfielder, the native of Greenville, South Carolina, threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). He appeared in 185 games in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox (1943–44) and Philadelphia Athletics

Career

Garrison played 1,822 games during a long

He played in just six games for the A's in 1945 and in just nine in 1946. In a total of 185 career MLB games, Garrison was 180-for-687 (.262), and 37

walks and two hit by pitches pushed his on-base percentage up to .302. He had six home runs, 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

His minor league career also was interrupted by one season (