Barbaro garbey biography

[1980]  Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in Round #0 (#0) ... Signing Scout: Orlando Pena ... Played for Lakeland Tigers (A+)

[1981]  Played for Birmingham Barons (AA) ... Played for Evansville Triplets (AAA)

[1982]  Played for Birmingham Barons (AA) ... Finished top 10 in Sou in Batting Average, Hits, Total Bases, Doubles, Runs Batted In, Hit By Pitch, Sacrifice Flies, Extra Base Hits, Strikeouts Percentage

[1983]  Played for Evansville Triplets (AAA) ... Finished top 10 in Amer in Batting Average, Slugging Percentage, On Base Plus Slugging, Hit By Pitch, Strikeouts Percentage, Strikeout-Walk Ratio

[1984]  Played for Detroit Tigers (MLB) ... Played in Championship Series for Detroit Tigers ... Played in World Series for Detroit Tigers ... World Series Champion with Detroit Tigers

[1985]  Played for Detroit Tigers (MLB)

[1988]  Played for Oklahoma City 89ers (AAA) ... Played for Texas Rangers (MLB)

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To the casual baseball fan Barbaro Garbey was not unlike thousands of other former major leaguers. That is, he came, he played, and — almost before you’d gotten a chance to get to know him — he was gone.

A 2007 study by a University of Colorado research team pegs the average big-league career at 5.6 years. By that measure, Garbey was decidedly atypical, lasting parts of just three seasons (1984-85 with Detroit and 1988 with Texas) before vanishing into the relative obscurity of the minors and the Mexican League. His story, however, is far from typical.

Even to ardent supporters of the Tigers of the mid-1980s Garbey is today nothing more than a footnote in history. Some might remember him as the early-season platoon partner to Dave Bergman at first base, while others might recollect how he and Johnny Grubb were sharing designated-hitter duties by season’s end. Some, with terrific memories, might remember how his second-inning infield single off Kansas City Royals starter Charlie Liebrandt in Game Three of the American League Championship Series helpe

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