finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1904 unknown 16 june 1908 fresno , california navasota , texas 1896 september 16 57 -- 97 2.72 612 pitcher new york highlanders win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts july 13 1 january 1874 ned garvin.jpg ned garvin
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ned garvin

virgil lee garvin -lrb- january 1 , 1874 in navasota , texas -- june 16 , 1908 in fresno , california -rrb- was a pitcher in major league baseball .
he pitched in 181 games with six teams from 1896-1904 .
garvin was a heavy drinker who was frequently involved in violent brawls .
his 1904 release from the brooklyn dodgers followed his beating of the team 's traveling secretary .
despite being among the best pitchers in baseball , he was blacklisted in the national league as a result of his conduct .
subsequently , he was signed by the new york yankees of the american league for the remainder of the 1904 season but was not invited back .
garvin 's last appearance as a pitcher was in 1906 for the seattle rainiers baseball team of the pacific coast league .
garvin died of tuberculosis in fresno , california on june 16 , 1908
