Phil Garner
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About
Three-time MLB All-Star who helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series in 1979. He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
Before fame
He earned a degree in general business from the University of Tennessee.
Trivia
During the 1979 World Series, he wore a Yosemite Sam-like mustache. In 1988, his final professional playing year, he played with the San Francisco Giants.
Family life
He had three children with his wife Carole, whom he married in 1971.
Associated with
Bill Mazeroski threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Game 5 of the 1979 World Series.
