Phil Garner
FameRank: 4

"As player"

* Oakland Athletics (–)

* Pittsburgh Pirates (–)

* Houston Astros (–)

* Los Angeles Dodgers

* San Francisco Giants

"As manager"

* Milwaukee Brewers (–)

* Detroit Tigers (–)

* Houston Astros (–)

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*3× Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star (1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1976, 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1980, 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1981)

*World Series champion

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"Philip Mason Garner" (born April 30, 1949) is a former Major League Baseball infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from to . He was manager (baseball)/manager of the Astros from July 14, to August 27, , leading Houston to a World Series appearance in .

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He didn't look as dominant as I've seen him in the past. He didn't use a lot of breaking balls or off-speed stuff, he just used his fastball. But we didn't strike it.

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You want to get everybody in on the party and make everybody feel good. Today was one of those days when people other than our big names put some numbers on the board for us. You've got to have days like that.

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I think he'll go as long as he wants.

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You could call it that. I hope nobody knows about him for a while. If nobody pays attention, you can quietly go about doing your job.

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You've got to try to jump on a pitch early, get something that gets a little bit of the plate. If they make a mistake, you've got to be going after it.

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We've had trouble scoring runs this season, period. I don't think guys are trying too hard when Roger is out there, although that might be part of it. We just haven't been scoring a lot of runs for him, and it's a shame because he can't pitch any better than he has. He has just been unbelievable.

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You just have to accept the fact that you're probably not going to hit as high as you know you can.

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If he wants to do that, I think he could.

132

He's putting the ball in play the other way. When he does that, he hits well.

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