Portrait of Ned Garver, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns. Bowman series. Printed on back: "Ned Garver. Pitcher, St. Louis Browns. Born: Ney, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1925. Height: 5-10 1/2. Weight: 180. Bats: right. Throws: right. With a weak hitting club in 1949, Ned won 12 games and lost 17. Earned run average: 3.98. Ned entered organized baseball with Newark in the Ohio State League, and he highlighted the season by topping the league with a 1.21 earned run average. The Browns purchased his contract in the fall of 1947. Ned's record in 1948 was 7-11. No. 51 in the 1950 series of baseball picture cards. [Copyright] 1950 Bowman Gum, Inc., Phila., Pa., U.S.A. Picture Card Collectors Club, 5-star Bowman series."