Phil Garner, former major league infielder and manager, dies at 76
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Phil Garner, a three-time All-Star infielder who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, has died.
He was 76.
Garner’s family issued a statement Sunday saying Garner died Saturday after a two-plus-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
Nicknamed “Scrap Iron” for his blue-collar approach to the game, Garner had a 16-year playing career with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.
He made All-Star teams with Oakland in 1976 and with Pittsburgh in 1980 and 1981.
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