Henry Eugene Garber is a former sidearm relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round of the 1965 amateur draft, and pitched for the Pirates, the Kansas City Royals, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Atlanta Braves. Upon his retirement in 1988, his 931 career pitching appearances ranked 5th in major league history, trailing Hoyt Wilhelm (1070), Kent Tekulve (1013), Lindy McDaniel (987), and Rollie Fingers (944).

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  • Henry Eugene Garber is a former sidearm relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round of the 1965 amateur draft, and pitched for the Pirates, the Kansas City Royals, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Atlanta Braves. Upon his retirement in 1988, his 931 career pitching appearances ranked 5th in major league history, trailing Hoyt Wilhelm (1070), Kent Tekulve (1013), Lindy McDaniel (987), and Rollie Fingers (944). In 1977, he won his only postseason game. He was the first Philadelphia Phillie to win a postseason game for 62 years: this is a major league record for any team. On August 1, 1978 just after being traded from Philadelphia to Atlanta, Pete Rose was on his famous hitting streak but was hitless going into the 9th. In dramatic fashion, Garber, on a 2-2 change-up ended Rose's hitting streak at 44 consecutive games. Garber ranks second on the Atlanta Braves all time save list, behind John Smoltz. His most effective pitch was a change-up, which he effectively delivered from an unusual, herky-jerky motion, turning his back to the batter before delivering the ball in a side-arm, "submarine-style" manner. His best season came for the 1982 Atlanta Braves' National League West-division winning team. He recorded a career-high 30 saves, along with a 9-10 won-lost record, and finished seventh in the Cy Young Award balloting. In 1979, for the Braves, he recorded 25 saves, but also 16 losses, an unusually high number for a closer. Garber is a farmer in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, where he and his sons raise poultry for eggs, Emu's for "Emu Oil" and grow corn, wheat, soybeans and barley. Prior to the 2009 season, he was invited by the Braves to be a guest instructor for a week during spring training, working with fellow side-armer Peter Moylan. Garber is the Chairman of the Lancaster County Agricultural Preservation Board and is a member of the Lancaster Farmland Trust, which combined have protected more than 1,000 farms and 75,000 acres (300 km) of farmland from development, more than any other county in the United States He is a 1969 graduate of Elizabethtown College.
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  • Finished 19th in voting for NL MVP and 7th in voting for NL Cy Young Awards in 1982 Led the NL in Games Pitched (71) and Games Finished (47) in 1975 Ranks 17th on the MLB All-Time Games Pitched List (931) Ranks 32nd on the MLB All-Time Saves List (218) Ranks 14th on MLB All-Time Games Finished List (609) Atlanta Braves All-Time Games Finished Leader (388)
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  • Henry Eugene Garber is a former sidearm relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round of the 1965 amateur draft, and pitched for the Pirates, the Kansas City Royals, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Atlanta Braves. Upon his retirement in 1988, his 931 career pitching appearances ranked 5th in major league history, trailing Hoyt Wilhelm (1070), Kent Tekulve (1013), Lindy McDaniel (987), and Rollie Fingers (944).
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