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 Debs Garms - Squaw Creek Cemetery - Rainbow, TX
N 32° 15.730 W 097° 43.144
14S E 620650 N 3570215
Debs Garms played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and third baseman for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals.
Waymark Code: WM12TZZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2020
Views: 0
Mr. Garms and his wife are buried together, their final resting places marked by a modern, gray granite headstone that has the family name, "Garms", across the top, complemented by flowers. "In God's Care" is below and between their individual information boxes, which read:
Debs
June 26, 1907
Dec. 16, 1984
Hampton
Mar. 28, 1906
Nov. 12, 1985
Description:
Mr. Garms hailed from Bangs, TX, and his first name is derived from socialist activist, Eugene Debs. He was one of ten children, and while attending Howard Payne University in nearby Brownwood, his play on the baseball diamond attracted the attention of the St. Louis Browns organization. He ultimately played for the Browns (1932-1935), the Boston Braves (1937-1939), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1940-1941), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1942-1945), as well as some stints in the minors in 1942 and 1946.
He is best known for two things on the field:
o - In 1938, after Johnny Vander Meer had thrown an amazing two no-hitters in a row, he was working on a third when Garms broke up the party with a hit and stopped Vander Meer's hitless innings streak at 21 and 2/3 innings.
o - While with the Pirates in 1940, Garms won the National League batting title with a respectable .355 average. The problem is that Garms was a platoon player, with 358 at bats in only 103 games: While not etched in stone, it was common practice that players with 400 at bats or more were to be considered for the batting title. National League President Ford Frick was dismissive of the controversy, considering that 100 at bats were just fine and that the 400 at bats was to be considered more as guidelines than actual rules.
Garms finished his career with the Cardinals, winning a World Series with them in 1944, and he retired to Glen Rose, TX after the 1946 season. He was a rancher into the 1950s before drought forced him into another profession, as a lime quarry supervisor, and he also took a turn on the school board in Glen Rose. He died in 1984, and Mrs. Garms followed him almost a year later.
Date of birth: 06/26/1907
Date of death: 12/16/1987
Area of notoriety: Sports
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight Hours
Fee required?: No
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