MLB / Players

Wayne Garland

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 195 lb
BornOctober 26, 1950 · Nashville, TN, USA
MLB debutSeptember 13, 1973
Final gameSeptember 25, 1981
Seasons9 (1973–1981)

Baltimore Orioles 1973–1976; Cleveland Indians 1977–1981

Percentile snapshot

1977 season — qualified pitchers

G
38
78.8
GS
38
91.3
W
13
47.5
L
19
2.5
SV
0
0
CG
21
96.3
SHO
1
21.3
H
281
5
ER
113
7.5
BB
88
10
SO
118
50
HR
23
28.8
IP
282.7
91.3
ERA
3.60
57.5
WHIP
1.305
56.3
K/9
3.76
12.5
FIP
3.92
47.5
FIP-
98.8
42.5
ERA+
110.3
57.5
sWAR
4.0
73.8

of 81 qualified 1977 pitchers (min 161 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
96.8
25.1
sWAR
8.8
85.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
197340000000000000.1
1974200000000000001.5
1975290000000000000.7
1976380000000000004.1
1977380000000000004.0
19786000000000000-1.2
197918000000000000-0.1
1980250000000000000.6
198112000000000000-0.9

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19734101000147710116.03.941.3135.633.4692.495.00.1
19742065510068302640591.02.971.0333.963.3696.8117.01.5
19752912540080363146787.33.711.2714.743.64102.695.70.7
197638252071144224696411310232.32.671.2404.383.1194.0123.74.1
19773838131902112811138811823282.73.601.3053.763.9298.8110.34.0
1978662300043261613629.77.891.9893.946.02160.347.7-1.2
197918144100201205534401194.75.231.6273.804.60107.881.7-0.1
198025206904116377485518150.34.611.4043.294.66113.789.00.6
198112103702189361415856.05.791.8392.414.61126.363.1-0.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
190
PA
0
AB
0
R
0
H
0
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
SB
0

Pitching

G (P)
190
GS
121
W
55
L
66
SV
6
CG
43
SHO
7
IP
1,040
SO (P)
450
BB allowed
328
ERA
3.886
WHIP
1.3558
K/9
3.89

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1979-06-13ATH @ CLE Gameday000000000

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1976-06-21BOS @ BAL Gameday9.02001100
1977-07-29MIN @ CLE Gameday9.01033291
1979-06-25CLE @ BAL Gameday7.2530480
1976-07-24MIL @ BAL Gameday5.2833280
1976-09-07BAL @ DET Gameday9.0633470

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.