Ned Garvin

Who was Ned Garvin?

Virgil Lee Garvin 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