Pop quiz, Atlanta Braves fans. Who is NCAA DII baseball’s all-time single-season batting champion?
If you cleverly guess Ralph Garr thanks to the headline of this piece, give yourself a pat on the back.
Spending the past five seasons covering DII baseball, I have not been shy at all in expressing my admiration for those small college players in the Atlanta Braves system. With no minor league system, our Talking Chop MiLB team decided to take a look at some of those memorable names from the past and current rosters.
Garr was a NAIA superstar for Grambling State that continued to prosper in his tenure with the Braves as an amateur scout for their front office.