Grayson O'Neil Garvin (born October 27, 1989) is an American former professional
baseball
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pitcher
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.
Career
Garvin attended
Wesleyan School
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in
Norcross, Georgia
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. He was drafted by the
Houston Astros
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in the 45th round of the
2008 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and played
college baseball
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at
Vanderbilt University
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. Garvin was mostly a relief pitcher in his first two seasons at Vanderbilt. In 2009, he played
collegiate summer baseball
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for the
Falmouth Commodores
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of the
Cape Cod Baseball League
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, and returned to the league in 2010 with the
Bourne Braves
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, where he won the league's Outstanding Pitcher award. As a junior in 2011, he became a full-time starter, going 13–2 with a 2.48
earned run average
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(ERA) and 101
strikeouts
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in 18 starts. For his play he was named the
SEC Pitcher of the Year.
Garvin was drafted by the
Tampa Bay Rays
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in the first round of the
2011 Major League Baseball draft
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. He signed with the Rays and made his professional debut in 2012 with the
Charlotte Stone Crabs
The Charlotte Stone Crabs were a Minor League Baseball team located in Port Charlotte, Florida, from 2009 to 2020. They competed in the Florida State League (FSL) as the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball (MLB) ...
. He pitched in 11 games (ten starts) in which he compiled a 2-4 record and a 5.05 ERA before suffering an injury that required
Tommy John surgery
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, thus ending his season.
Garvin returned in 2013 to start 11 games for the
Gulf Coast Rays
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and Charlotte. In those 11 starts, he was 0-2 with a 1.59 ERA. He played 2014 with the
Montgomery Biscuits
The Montgomery Biscuits are a Minor League Baseball team based in Montgomery, Alabama. They are the Double-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays and play in the Southern League. The team was founded in Orlando, Florida, in 1973 as the Orlando Twins ...
, going 1-8 with a 3.77 ERA in 20 starts. He pitched only 74 innings due to injuries. He missed all of the 2015 season due to injury. In 2016, he pitched for the GCL Rays and Charlotte, pitching to a 0-1 record and a 3.48 ERA in 33.2 innings pitched. He did not pitch in 2017.
Garvin elected free agency on November 6, 2017.
References
External links
Vanderbilt Commodores bio
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1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Suwanee, Georgia
Baseball players from Gwinnett County, Georgia
Vanderbilt Commodores baseball players
Falmouth Commodores players
Bourne Braves players
Charlotte Stone Crabs players
Gulf Coast Rays players
Montgomery Biscuits players
Salt River Rafters players