Wayne Garrett

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Wayne Garrett
Garrett in 1971
Third baseman / Second baseman
Born: (1947-12-03) December 3, 1947 Brooksville, Florida
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 12, 1969 for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 1978 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Batting average	.239
Home runs	61
Runs batted in	340
Hits	786
Runs	438
Teams
New York Mets (1969-1976) Montreal Expos (1976-1978) St. Louis Cardinals (1978) Chunichi Dragons (1979-1980) (Nippon Professional Baseball)
Career highlights and awards
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.

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. Wayne, who hit six home runs in September, hit two more 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 7.

Garrett's major league career spanned from 1969 to 1978. He spent half of the 1971 season on military duty. 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 and Jim Dwyer. After his major league career, Garrett played two seasons for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan.

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-A in the minor leagues.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

v t e New York Mets 1969 World Series Champions

1 Bobby Pfeil 3 Bud Harrelson 4 Ron Swoboda 5 Ed Charles 6 Al Weis 7 Ed Kranepool 9 J. C. Martin 10 Duffy Dyer 11 Wayne Garrett 12 Ken Boswell 15 Jerry Grote 17 Rod Gaspar 20 Tommie Agee 21 Cleon Jones 22 Donn Clendenon (World Series MVP) 24 Art Shamsky 27 Don Cardwell 30 Nolan Ryan 31 Jack DiLauro 34 Cal Koonce 36 Jerry Koosman 39 Gary Gentry 41 Tom Seaver 42 Ron Taylor 43 Jim McAndrew 45 Tug McGraw Manager 14 Gil Hodges Coaches 8 Yogi Berra 52 Joe Pignatano 54 Rube Walker 53 Eddie Yost

Regular season National League Championship Series

Persondata
Name	Garrett, Wayne
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	December 3, 1947
Place of birth	Brooksville, Florida
Date of death
Place of death

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