4.08 ERA, six strikeouts, 13 walks, and 15 hits allowed in innings. On December 5, Garver, Trucks, Wayne Belardi, Gene Host, and $20,000 in cash were traded to the Kansas City Athletics for Eddie Robinson, Bill Harrington, Jim Finigan, and Jack Crimian. Kansas City Athletics (1957–1960) 1957 "I thought Kansas City was the closest thing to a small town of all the big towns I had seen, and I liked that," Garver said of pitching for the Athletics. Local automobile dealer Mel Hilliard provided Garver with a car whenever he needed one. With the pitcher returning from serious injury in 1957, the Athletics lengthened the time between his starts to minimize stress on his arm. Despite this, Garver would still lead Kansas City pitchers with 23 starts and innings pitched. On May 31, he won his 100th career game, holding the Indians to one unearned run in a 3–1 victory. He pitched what Wolf called "arguably his best game in his career" in the first outing of an August 11 doubleheader, holding the Indians to two hits in a 7–0 shutout. However, that shutout was his only victory between May 31 and his final start of the year on September 22. He had a 6–13 record, a 3.84 ERA, 61 strikeouts, and 55 walks. 1958 As the Opening Day starter for the Athletics in 1958, Garver held the Indians to seven hits and no runs in a 5–0 shutout victory on April 15. In May, he recorded two additional shutouts, a 3–0 victory over Chicago on May 15 and a 4–0 triumph over Baltimore on May 25. In the first game of a doubleheader against the White Sox on August 13, Garver allowed one run in 11 innings, earning the win after a Harry Simpson home run gave Kansas City the lead in the top of the 11th. Appearing in 31 games (28 starts), Garver had a 12–11 record, a 4.03 ERA, 72 strikeouts, 66 walks, and 192 hits allowed in 201 innings pitched. 1959 Garver was the number two starter in Kansas City's rotation in 1959, behind Bob Grim. In his second start of the year, he pitched a five-hit shutout against the White Sox on April 16. Against Baltimore on June 21, Garver pitched a three-hit shutout while contributing offensively, as he recorded a double, a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI in a 7–0 win.