Hall of Scrubs

The second Iorg brother is being inducted into the Hall of Scrubs. Like his brother Dane, Garth was a valuable utility infielder in the 80’s. He was a right-handed third base platoon partner to Rance Mulliniks for Toronto Blue Jays. Garth spent his entire career in Toronto after being drafted from the Yankees organization as te 46th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

Garth’s best year was in 1985 when he helped the Blue Jays win a division title with a .313 average and 7 homers in 288 at bats. He fell to a .210 average in his last year in 1987.

Even though Garth spent his entire career with one of the Tiger’s biggest rivals, he is getting a lot of attention recently in Detroit due to the rise of his son, Cale, as the Tigers’ top shortstop prospect. Unlike his father and uncle Dane, Cale projects as a superstar shortstop in the mold of Alan Trammell.

Garth’s oldest son, Isaac, played in the minors and reached AA in the Braves organization before ending his career in 2004. His second son, Eli, is currently playing in AA for the Astros organization.

With Cale emerging as a future Tigers’ star, the talk of the Iorg family should continue for a long time in Detroit and should remain positive. That was not the case in the 80’s when Garth often led the Blue Jays to victory over the Tigers with several clutch hits. He always came in to face the Tiger’s weak left handed pitching and he usually delivered .. except in 1987.

In his last major league at bat that year, Garth faced the Tigers’ lefty Frank Tanana. With the tying run in scoring position and a division title at stake, Garth grounded to Frank for the final out of the game. The Tigers won the division but fell to the Twins in the playoffs.

Hopefully Garth’s son will soon help the Tigers win many more division titles and a World Series or two.

You can view Garth’s stats at www.baseball-refernce.com:

Garth’s stats

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