Joe Garagiola
Joseph Henry Garagiola
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 12, 1926 in St. Louis, MO
High School: St. Mary's (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1946
Final Game: September 26, 1954
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1946 20 STL NL 74 235 211 21 50 4 1 3 22 0 23 25 .237 .312 .308 .620 73 65 4 0 1 2
1947 21 STL NL 77 228 183 20 47 10 2 5 25 0 40 14 .257 .398 .415 .814 113 76 5 3 2 2
1948 22 STL NL 24 69 56 9 6 1 0 2 7 0 12 9 .107 .275 .232 .508 35 13 0 1 0 2
1949 23 STL NL 81 275 241 25 63 14 0 3 26 0 31 19 .261 .348 .357 .705 86 86 6 1 2 2
1950 24 STL NL 34 98 88 8 28 6 1 2 20 0 10 7 .318 .388 .477 .865 122 42 5 0 0 2
1951 25 TOT NL 99 331 284 33 68 11 4 11 44 4 1 41 27 .239 .339 .423 .762 102 120 7 2 4 2
1951 25 STL NL 27 82 72 9 14 3 2 2 9 0 0 9 7 .194 .284 .375 .659 75 27 3 0 1 2
1951 25 PIT NL 72 249 212 24 54 8 2 9 35 4 1 32 20 .255 .358 .439 .796 110 93 4 2 3 2
1952 26 PIT NL 118 396 344 35 94 15 4 8 54 0 1 50 24 .273 .369 .410 .779 114 141 7 2 0 *2
1953 27 TOT NL 101 337 301 30 79 14 4 3 35 1 0 31 34 .262 .337 .365 .703 82 110 10 3 2 2
1953 27 PIT NL 27 86 73 9 17 5 0 2 14 1 0 10 11 .233 .341 .384 .725 89 28 2 2 1 2
1953 27 CHC NL 74 251 228 21 62 9 4 1 21 0 0 21 23 .272 .336 .360 .696 80 82 8 1 1 2
1954 28 TOT NL 68 200 164 17 46 7 0 5 22 0 0 29 14 .280 .397 .415 .812 112 68 4 4 1 2 2
1954 28 CHC NL 63 187 153 16 43 5 0 5 21 0 0 28 12 .281 .403 .412 .815 113 63 4 4 1 1 2
1954 28 NYG NL 5 13 11 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .273 .308 .455 .762 96 5 0 0 0 1 /2
9 Seasons 676 2169 1872 198 481 82 16 42 255 5 2 267 173 .257 .354 .385 .739 97 721 48 16 12 2
162 Game Avg. 162 520 449 47 115 20 4 10 61 1 64 41 .257 .354 .385 .739 97 173 12 4 3
STL (6 yrs) 317 987 851 92 208 38 6 17 109 0 0 125 81 .244 .345 .363 .708 88 309 23 5 6
PIT (3 yrs) 217 731 629 68 165 28 6 19 103 5 2 92 55 .262 .362 .417 .778 110 262 13 6 4
CHC (2 yrs) 137 438 381 37 105 14 4 6 42 0 0 49 35 .276 .365 .381 .745 94 145 12 5 2 1
NYG (1 yr) 5 13 11 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .273 .308 .455 .762 96 5 0 0 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1946 20 STL NL 235 166 20 3.2 96 .257 .237 .267 .312 .343 .308 .374 .620 .717 73 .399 -7.8 -0.8 .533 .180 .071 .0
1947 21 STL NL 228 143 30 5.6 109 .256 .257 .279 .398 .355 .415 .413 .814 .768 113 .584 5.4 0.5 .844 .377 .158 .0
1948 22 STL NL 69 50 3 1.6 107 .089 .107 .276 .275 .351 .232 .408 .508 .760 35 .132 -5.2 -0.5 .520 .339 .125 .0
1949 23 STL NL 275 186 30 4.3 108 .274 .261 .276 .348 .351 .357 .413 .705 .764 86 .473 -4.1 -0.4 .641 .224 .095 .0
1950 24 STL NL 98 65 16 6.6 112 .329 .318 .275 .388 .353 .477 .427 .865 .780 122 .647 3.0 0.3 .800 .273 .159 .0
1951 25 TOT NL 331 228 41 4.8 105 .232 .239 .270 .339 .345 .423 .410 .762 .754 102 .531 0.5 0.0 .741 .338 .183 5.9
1951 25 STL NL 82 62 8 3.5 104 .190 .194 .269 .284 .343 .375 .407 .659 .750 75 .381 -2.9 -0.3 .590 .306 .181 .0
1951 25 PIT NL 249 166 33 5.4 106 .246 .255 .271 .358 .345 .439 .410 .796 .756 110 .576 3.4 0.3 .798 .349 .184 5.5
1952 26 PIT NL 396 258 51 5.3 99 .276 .273 .264 .369 .337 .410 .393 .779 .730 114 .609 7.8 0.8 .744 .279 .137 .0
1953 27 TOT NL 337 234 36 4.1 111 .288 .262 .276 .337 .347 .365 .430 .703 .777 82 .422 -7.5 -0.7 .625 .209 .103 1.5
1953 27 PIT NL 86 59 9 4.0 109 .250 .233 .273 .341 .344 .384 .425 .725 .769 89 .419 -0.7 -0.1 .707 .301 .151 1.3
1953 27 CHC NL 251 175 27 4.1 112 .299 .272 .276 .336 .348 .360 .431 .696 .779 80 .423 -6.8 -0.6 .598 .180 .088 .0
1954 28 TOT NL 200 125 27 5.8 110 .279 .280 .275 .397 .347 .415 .426 .812 .772 112 .586 4.6 0.4 .828 .311 .134 .0
1954 28 CHC NL 187 116 25 5.8 110 .277 .281 .275 .403 .347 .412 .426 .815 .772 113 .584 4.4 0.4 .833 .314 .131 .0
1954 28 NYG NL 13 9 2 6.0 110 .300 .273 .275 .308 .347 .455 .425 .762 .772 96 .598 0.1 0.0 .750 .273 .182
9 Seasons 2169 1455 254 4.7 105 .265 .257 .272 .354 .346 .385 .409 .739 .755 97 .516 -3.4 -0.4 .699 .272 .128 8.9
162 Game Avg. 520 349 61 4.7 105 .265 .257 .272 .354 .346 .385 .409 .739 .755 97 .516 -3.4 -0.4 .699 .272 .128 2
STL (6 yrs) 987 672 107 4.3 105 .254 .244 .274 .345 .349 .363 .404 .708 .753 88 .478 -11.7 -1.2 .659 .266 .119 .0
PIT (3 yrs) 731 483 93 5.2 102 .263 .262 .267 .362 .341 .417 .402 .778 .743 110 .576 10.5 1.1 .758 .305 .154 7.9
CHC (2 yrs) 438 291 52 4.8 111 .290 .276 .276 .365 .348 .381 .429 .745 .776 94 .494 -2.3 -0.2 .691 .234 .105 .0
NYG (1 yr) 13 9 2 6.0 110 .300 .273 .275 .308 .347 .455 .425 .762 .772 96 .598 0.1 0.0 .750 .273 .182

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 20 STL NL WS BOS W 5 19 19 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .316 .316 .421 .737 8 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 19 19 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .316 .316 .421 .737 8 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1946 20 STL NL 235 1.3% 10.6% 9.8% 3.4% 16% 1.09 8.4 70.3 9.6 78%
1947 21 STL NL 228 2.2% 6.1% 17.5% 7.5% 36% 0.35 13.1 36.6 7.3 72%
1948 22 STL NL 69 2.9% 13.0% 17.4% 4.4% 50% 0.75 6.2 28.0 8.0 65%
1949 23 STL NL 275 1.1% 6.9% 11.3% 6.2% 27% 0.61 12.7 80.3 9.3 80%
1950 24 STL NL 98 2.0% 7.1% 10.2% 9.2% 32% 0.70 12.6 44.0 4.4 81%
1951 25 TOT NL 331 3.3% 8.2% 12.4% 7.9% 38% 0.66 10.5 25.8 6.5 74%
1951 25 STL NL 82 2.4% 8.5% 11.0% 8.5% 50% 0.78 10.3 36.0 8.0 77%
1951 25 PIT NL 249 3.6% 8.0% 12.9% 7.6% 35% 0.63 10.6 23.6 6.1 73%
1952 26 PIT NL 396 2.0% 6.1% 12.6% 6.8% 29% 0.48 14.3 43.0 6.4 79%
1953 27 TOT NL 337 0.9% 10.1% 9.2% 6.2% 27% 1.10 8.9 100.3 8.6 78%
1953 27 PIT NL 86 2.3% 12.8% 11.6% 8.1% 41% 1.10 6.6 36.5 5.2 70%
1953 27 CHC NL 251 0.4% 9.2% 8.4% 5.6% 23% 1.10 9.9 228.0 10.9 81%
1954 28 TOT NL 200 2.5% 7.0% 14.5% 6.0% 26% 0.48 11.7 32.8 7.5 0.86 74%
1954 28 CHC NL 187 2.7% 6.4% 15.0% 5.4% 23% 0.43 12.8 30.6 7.3 0.89 73%
1954 28 NYG NL 13 0.0% 15.4% 7.7% 15.4% 67% 2.00 5.5 11.0 0.60 77%
9 Seasons 2169 1.9% 8.0% 12.3% 6.5% 29% 0.65 10.8 44.6 7.3 0.86 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 28 TOT NL 1 0 16% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 40% 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1
1954 28 CHC NL 1 0 16% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 33% 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
1954 28 NYG NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Seasons 1 0 22% 55 5 2 71% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 40% 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 28 TOT NL 161 98% 46 11 2 1 3 1.97 5 0 5 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 100% 32 4 13% 18 7 39% 113 12 11% 14 5 36% 9 4 44% 39
1954 28 CHC NL 148 98% 43 9 2 1 2 1.80 5 0 5 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 100% 27 4 15% 14 6 43% 105 11 10% 13 4 31% 9 4 44% 39
1954 28 NYG NL 13 100% 3 2 0 0 1 2.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 161 98% 481 11 2 1 3 1.97 42 0 5 4 0 2 2 0 1 12 1200% 32 48 150% 18 7 39% 113 12 11% 14 5 36% 9 4 44% 39
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 20 74 235 211 21 50 4 1 3 22 0 23 25 .237 .312 .308 .620 73 65 4 0 1
1947 21 151 463 394 41 97 14 3 8 47 0 63 39 .246 .354 .358 .712 93 141 9 3 3
1948 22 175 532 450 50 103 15 3 10 54 0 75 48 .229 .344 .342 .686 85 154 9 4 3
1949 23 256 807 691 75 166 29 3 13 80 0 106 67 .240 .345 .347 .693 85 240 15 5 5
1950 24 290 905 779 83 194 35 4 15 100 0 116 74 .249 .350 .362 .712 90 282 20 5 5
1951 25 389 1236 1063 116 262 46 8 26 144 4 1 157 101 .246 .347 .378 .725 93 402 27 7 9
1952 26 507 1632 1407 151 356 61 12 34 198 4 2 207 125 .253 .352 .386 .738 98 543 34 9 9
1953 27 608 1969 1708 181 435 75 16 37 233 5 2 238 159 .255 .350 .382 .732 95 653 44 12 11
1954 28 676 2169 1872 198 481 82 16 42 255 5 2 267 173 .257 .354 .385 .739 97 721 48 16 12 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 20 77 248 223 24 55 4 1 3 25 0 25 26 .247 .323 .314 .636 23 74
1947 21 80 232 189 20 47 10 2 5 25 0 40 15 .249 .388 .402 .790 29 77
1948 22 25 71 58 8 6 1 0 2 6 0 12 9 .103 .268 .224 .492 3 24
1949 23 84 280 248 24 63 14 0 3 25 0 31 20 .254 .339 .347 .686 29 81
1950 24 36 101 91 8 28 6 1 2 19 0 10 7 .308 .376 .462 .838 16 34
1951 25 103 337 293 33 69 11 4 11 44 4 42 28 .235 .335 .413 .748 40 99
1952 26 123 416 361 38 100 16 4 9 58 0 53 25 .277 .373 .418 .791 55 118
1953 27 105 344 310 29 79 14 4 3 34 1 31 35 .255 .328 .355 .683 35 101
1954 28 72 207 171 17 47 7 0 5 22 0 30 15 .275 .391 .404 .795 26 68
9 Seasons 705 2236 1944 201 494 83 16 43 258 5 274 180 .254 .351 .380 .730 256 676
162 Game Avg. 162 514 447 46 114 19 4 10 59 1 63 41 .254 .351 .380 .730 59 676

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1946 NL--born 1926-02-12--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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