Mike Garcia
Edward Miguel Garcia (The Big Bear)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 17, 1923 in San Gabriel, CA
High School: Visalia (Visalia, CA)
Signed
by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1948
Final Game: September 2, 1961
Died: January 13, 1986 in Fairview Park, OH
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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
1948 24 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1949 25 CLE AL 41 62 51 7 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 9 .235 .278 .333 .611 63 17 0 0 8 1 RoY-4
1950 26 CLE AL 33 72 65 4 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 25 .200 .224 .231 .455 18 15 0 1 5 1
1951 27 CLE AL 47 97 85 3 18 4 1 1 9 0 1 3 12 .212 .239 .318 .556 53 27 2 0 9 1 MVP-22
1952 28 CLE AL 46 110 95 6 13 3 0 0 10 0 0 5 26 .137 .180 .168 .348 -0 16 4 0 10 1 AS,MVP-9
1953 29 CLE AL 38 105 96 8 24 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 15 .250 .273 .302 .575 56 29 2 0 6 1 AS
1954 30 CLE AL 45 94 81 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 22 .136 .193 .136 .329 -9 11 1 0 6 1 1 AS,MVP-19
1955 31 CLE AL 38 78 69 4 15 4 0 0 7 0 1 4 14 .217 .253 .275 .529 40 19 2 0 3 2 0 1
1956 32 CLE AL 35 75 61 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 .115 .164 .131 .295 -22 8 2 1 8 2 0 1
1957 33 CLE AL 38 81 75 3 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 12 .160 .192 .187 .379 4 14 3 0 3 0 0 1
1958 34 CLE AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 35 CLE AL 29 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -60 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 36 CHW AL 15 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 37 WSA AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 428 792 696 41 127 23 1 2 62 0 2 31 151 .182 .218 .227 .445 21 158 16 2 58 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 300 263 16 48 9 0 1 23 0 1 12 57 .182 .218 .227 .445 21 60 6 1 22
CLE (12 yrs) 397 789 693 41 126 23 1 2 61 0 2 31 151 .182 .218 .227 .444 21 157 16 2 58 5 0
WSA (1 yr) 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 15 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 82 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
1949 25 CLE AL 62 47 5 2.8 105 .268 .235 .268 .278 .360 .333 .390 .611 .750 63 .292 -3.0 -0.3 .513 .157 .098 .0
1950 26 CLE AL 72 57 3 1.4 111 .325 .200 .275 .224 .361 .231 .412 .455 .773 18 .090 -8.2 -0.8 .327 .046 .031
1951 27 CLE AL 97 79 6 2.0 98 .236 .212 .261 .239 .342 .318 .383 .556 .725 53 .190 -6.0 -0.6 .414 .129 .106 .0
1952 28 CLE AL 110 96 3 0.8 91 .188 .137 .253 .180 .332 .168 .369 .348 .701 -0 .051 -12.7 -1.3 .244 .084 .032
1953 29 CLE AL 105 80 8 2.7 101 .296 .250 .267 .273 .343 .302 .393 .575 .736 56 .283 -6.0 -0.6 .432 .083 .052
1954 30 CLE AL 94 78 2 0.7 100 .183 .136 .268 .193 .344 .136 .391 .329 .735 -9 .035 -12.5 -1.3 .239 .074 .000
1955 31 CLE AL 78 62 5 2.2 106 .263 .217 .271 .253 .351 .275 .404 .529 .755 40 .202 -5.9 -0.6 .386 .101 .058
1956 32 CLE AL 75 66 2 0.8 109 .132 .115 .271 .164 .353 .131 .413 .295 .767 -22 .037 -11.1 -1.1 .214 .066 .016
1957 33 CLE AL 81 69 2 0.8 99 .190 .160 .263 .192 .335 .187 .397 .379 .732 4 .041 -10.1 -1.0 .258 .067 .027
1958 34 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 97 .000 .260 .000 .329 .000 .396 .000 .725 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
1959 35 CLE AL 14 13 0 0.0 96 .111 .071 .257 .071 .328 .071 .392 .143 .720 -60 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .077 .000 .000
1960 36 CHW AL 3 2 0 0.0 101 .333 .333 .263 .333 .337 .333 .403 .667 .740 82 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .000 .000
14 Seasons 792 650 36 1.5 101 .228 .182 .265 .218 .345 .227 .393 .445 .738 21 .117 -78.9 -7.9 .322 .086 .045 .0
162 Game Avg. 300 246 14 1.5 101 .228 .182 .265 .218 .345 .227 .393 .445 .738 21 .117 -78.9 -7.9 .322 .086 .045
CLE (12 yrs) 789 648 36 1.5 101 .228 .182 .265 .218 .345 .227 .393 .444 .738 21 .117 -78.8 -7.9 .321 .087 .045 .0
CHW (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 101 .333 .333 .263 .333 .337 .333 .403 .667 .740 82 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .000 .000

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
1954 30 CLE AL WS NYG L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 CLE AL 28 DNP
1953 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 30 DNP

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
1949 25 CLE AL 62 1.6% 14.5% 4.8% 4.8% 25% 3.00 5.7 51.0 7.3 66%
1950 26 CLE AL 72 0.0% 34.7% 1.4% 2.8% 15% 25.00 2.6 10.8 56%
1951 27 CLE AL 97 1.0% 12.4% 3.1% 6.2% 33% 4.00 7.1 85.0 9.4 74%
1952 28 CLE AL 110 0.0% 23.6% 4.6% 2.7% 23% 5.20 3.7 9.5 63%
1953 29 CLE AL 105 0.0% 14.3% 2.9% 4.8% 21% 5.00 6.4 19.2 77%
1954 30 CLE AL 94 0.0% 23.4% 6.4% 0.0% 0% 3.67 3.7 20.3 2.35 64%
1955 31 CLE AL 78 0.0% 18.0% 5.1% 5.1% 27% 3.50 4.9 9.9 0.81 73%
1956 32 CLE AL 75 0.0% 13.3% 4.0% 1.3% 14% 3.33 6.1 20.3 1.43 71%
1957 33 CLE AL 81 0.0% 14.8% 3.7% 2.5% 17% 4.00 6.3 9.4 1.33 78%
1958 34 CLE AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1959 35 CLE AL 14 0.0% 35.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 7.0 3.00 64%
1960 36 CHW AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 100%
14 Seasons 792 0.3% 19.1% 3.9% 3.3% 21% 4.87 4.6 348.0 11.2 1.46 69%
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 30 CLE AL 0 0 29% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 5 5 0 2 2 0 3 1 2
1955 31 CLE AL 1 0 21% 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1956 32 CLE AL 0 0 9% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 33 CLE AL 1 0 20% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1958 34 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 35 CLE AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 36 CHW AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 2 0 25% 90 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 16% 16 16 0 2 2 0 7 3 4
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 30 CLE AL 93 27% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 16 1 6% 17 5 29% 48 4 8% 4 3 75% 4 2 50% 0
1955 31 CLE AL 78 42% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 17 2 12% 15 3 20% 50 7 14% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1956 32 CLE AL 75 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 16 2 13% 18 5 28% 45 5 11% 6 3 50% 4 2 50% 0
1957 33 CLE AL 81 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 19 3 16% 19 2 11% 59 9 15% 8 2 25% 6 1 17% 0
1958 34 CLE AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 35 CLE AL 14 14% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 2 18% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1960 36 CHW AL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
14 Seasons 345 32% 127 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 24 58 242% 71 16 23% 74 15 20% 216 28 13% 21 10 48% 17 6 35% 0
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
1949 25 42 62 51 7 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 9 .235 .278 .333 .611 63 17 0 0 8 0 0
1950 26 75 134 116 11 25 4 0 1 13 0 0 4 34 .216 .248 .276 .524 37 32 0 1 13 0 0
1951 27 122 231 201 14 43 8 1 2 22 0 1 7 46 .214 .244 .294 .538 44 59 2 1 22 0 0
1952 28 168 341 296 20 56 11 1 2 32 0 1 12 72 .189 .223 .253 .477 30 75 6 1 32 0 0
1953 29 206 446 392 28 80 16 1 2 37 0 1 15 87 .204 .235 .265 .501 37 104 8 1 38 0 0
1954 30 251 540 473 33 91 16 1 2 41 0 1 21 109 .192 .228 .243 .471 29 115 9 1 44 1 0
1955 31 289 618 542 37 106 20 1 2 48 0 2 25 123 .196 .231 .247 .478 30 134 11 1 47 3 0
1956 32 324 693 603 38 113 21 1 2 51 0 2 28 133 .187 .224 .235 .460 25 142 13 2 55 5 0
1957 33 362 774 678 41 125 23 1 2 59 0 2 31 145 .184 .221 .230 .451 22 156 16 2 58 5 0
1958 34 368 775 679 41 125 23 1 2 59 0 2 31 146 .184 .220 .230 .450 22 156 16 2 58 5 0
1959 35 397 789 693 41 126 23 1 2 61 0 2 31 151 .182 .218 .227 .444 21 157 16 2 58 5 0
1960 36 412 792 696 41 127 23 1 2 62 0 2 31 151 .182 .218 .227 .445 21 158 16 2 58 5 0
1961 37 428 792 696 41 127 23 1 2 62 0 2 31 151 .182 .218 .227 .445 21 158 16 2 58 5 0

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
1949 25 43 57 54 8 13 2 0 1 8 0 3 9 .241 .281 .333 .614 5 41
1950 26 34 69 67 4 13 2 0 0 6 0 1 26 .194 .217 .224 .441 3 33
1951 27 49 91 88 3 18 4 1 1 9 0 3 13 .205 .231 .307 .538 6 47
1952 28 48 105 100 7 14 3 0 0 11 0 5 27 .140 .181 .170 .351 3 46
1953 29 40 103 100 8 25 5 0 0 5 0 3 16 .250 .272 .300 .572 8 38
1954 30 47 91 84 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 6 23 .131 .187 .131 .318 2 45
1955 31 40 76 70 4 14 4 0 0 6 0 4 15 .200 .237 .257 .494 4 38
1956 32 37 72 65 1 9 1 0 0 4 0 4 10 .138 .194 .154 .348 2 35
1957 33 40 82 79 4 13 2 0 0 10 0 3 13 .165 .195 .190 .385 3 38
1958 34 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1959 35 30 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
1960 36 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
12 Seasons 430 765 726 44 130 23 1 2 63 0 32 158 .179 .214 .222 .436 36 411
162 Game Avg. 162 288 274 17 49 9 0 1 24 0 12 60 .179 .214 .222 .436 14 411

* 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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1952
1953 *
1954

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1951-AL-22-3%
1952-AL-9-15%
1954-AL-19-2%
0.20 Career Shares (720th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 AL--10--10th
1956 AL--8--7th

             
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