# Garvin Hamner

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American baseball player (1924-2003)

Baseball player

Garvin Hamner Second baseman/Shortstop Born: (1924-03-18)March 18, 1924 Richmond, Virginia Died: December 15, 2003(2003-12-15) (aged 79) Richmond, Virginia Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut April 17, 1945, for the Philadelphia Phillies Last MLB appearance June 7, 1945, for the Philadelphia Phillies MLB statistics Batting average .198 Home runs 0 Runs batted in 5 Stats at Baseball Reference Teams Philadelphia Phillies (1945)

**Wesley Garvin Hamner** (March 18, 1924 – December 15, 2003)[1] was an American professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) player. A [second baseman](/source/Second_baseman) and [shortstop](/source/Shortstop), he appeared in one season ([1945](/source/1945_Philadelphia_Phillies_season)) for the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) of [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball). His younger brother, [Granny Hamner](/source/Granny_Hamner), would become the Phillies' star shortstop of the [1950 "Whiz Kids"](/source/1950_Philadelphia_Phillies_season) [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) championship team, while Garvin spent all but two months of his 11-year career in [minor league baseball](/source/Minor_league_baseball).

The two Hamners were teammates briefly on the 1945 Phils. While Granny was the better prospect, and had a 17-year MLB career, the similarity in their names caused a mixup during the [1947](/source/1947_in_baseball) [Rule 5 draft](/source/Rule_5_draft). The [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) had scouted Granny and wanted to draft him off the Phils' [Utica Blue Sox](/source/Utica_Blue_Sox) minor-league roster. But they selected Garvin's name by mistake – and Granny remained with the Phillies, for whom he would later star.[2]

Garvin Hamner, a lifelong resident of [Richmond, Virginia](/source/Richmond%2C_Virginia), threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 172 pounds (78 kg). In 32 Major League games in 1945, he collected 20 [hits](/source/Hit_(baseball)) in 101 [at bats](/source/At_bats), including three [doubles](/source/Double_(baseball)), for a [batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) of .198. He was sent to the [Atlanta Crackers](/source/Atlanta_Crackers) of the [Southern Association](/source/Southern_Association) in June and played the rest of his career in the minors.[3] He died at age 79 in Richmond.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Baseball Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamnega01.shtml)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Yeutter, Frank, "Gran-D Young Man of the Phillies", *Baseball Digest*, July 1950, page 11

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Baseball Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hamner001wes)

## External links

- Career statistics from [Baseball Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamnega01.shtml) · [Baseball Reference (Minors)](https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hamner001wes) · [Retrosheet](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Phamng101.htm) · [Baseball Almanac](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hamnega01)

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