Whatever happened to: Former Brave Ralph Garr

Baseball

By I.J. Rosenberg - For the AJC

For those watched the Braves play at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium during the early 1970s, the sound of “beep-beep’’ was a very familiar one. The noise is commonly associated with the Looney Tunes “Road Runner’’ cartoon, which featured the memorable yet sad Wile E. Coyote.

But this beep-beep was played after every hit for one of the Braves’ more popular players, who would finish his career a .306 hitter including a National League-best .353 in 1974.

No. 44 Hank Aaron wasn’t the only one putting fans in the seats, so was speedy teammate Ralph Garr, becoming one of the league’s best singles hitters and an overall fun player to watch. Former Los Angeles…