1970 Topps - Wayne Garrett #628 (Infielder) - Autographed Baseball Card (New York Mets)

Ronald Wayne Garrett (b. December 3, 1947) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. Wayne followed his brothers Adrian & James Garrett in the Milwaukee Braves organization when he was their sixth round selection in the 1965 Major League Baseball draft. On December 2, 1968, he was selected by the New York Mets in the Rule 5 draft.

Garrett made his major league debut at second base, and played most of his first month in the majors there. Shortly afterwards, the 21 year-old lefty hitter settled into a lefty-righty platoon with Ed Charles at third base. He batted just .218 with one home run his rookie season, however, he would match that home run total in the 1969 National League Championship Series against his former franchise. With the Atlanta Braves leading 4-3 in the fifth inning of game three, Garrett hit a go-ahead two run home run to seal the three game sweep for the Mets. For the NLCS, Garrett batted .385 with three runs batted in & three runs scored. He struck out in his only official at-bat in the World Series.

Garrett hit two home runs in the 1973 World Series against the Oakland Athletics. The first coming in the Mets' 10-7 game two victory, and the second came leading off game three. Aside from these two home runs, he did not have much success, however. He batted just .167, and tied Eddie Mathews' 1958 World Series record by striking out eleven times. He also made the final out of the Series. Representing the tying run, he popped out to shortstop Bert Campaneris to end the game.

With the Expos, Garrett was shifted to second base. On September 29, Garrett hit his first career grand slam against the Mets at Shea. His career at second base was cut short when the Expos signed free agent second baseman Dave Cash after the season. He spent the remainder of his Expos career backing up Larry Parrish at third. On July 21, 1978, two years from the date that he was acquired from the Mets, the Expos sent Garrett to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. His one home run with the Cards was a pinch hit grand slam. Unable to come to an agreement on a contract for the 1979 season, Garrett decided to head to Japan, where his brother, Adrian, had been playing since 1977.

MLB debut - April 12, 1969, for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance - September 26, 1978, for the St. Louis Cardinals

MLB statistics:
Batting average - .239
Home runs - 61
RBI - 340

Teams:
New York Mets (1969–1976)
Montreal Expos (1976–1978)
St. Louis Cardinals (1978)
Chunichi Dragons (1979–1980)

Career highlights and awards:
World Series champion (1969)

Link to all of his issued baseball cards - www.tradingcarddb.com/Person.cfm/pid/2038/col/1/yea/0/Way...

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