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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 CLE AL 24 P 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 0.90
1949 CLE AL 25 P 41 46 11 34 1 4 .978 1.10 .961 1.01 RoY-4
1950 CLE AL 26 P 33 53 10 42 1 2 .981 1.58 .949 0.96
1951 CLE AL 27 P 47 66 18 46 2 4 .970 1.36 .952 0.99 MVP-22
1952 CLE AL 28 P 46 79 17 59 3 4 .962 1.65 .966 1.03 AS,MVP-9
1953 CLE AL 29 P 38 53 14 39 0 4 1.000 1.39 .955 0.88 AS
1954 CLE AL 30 P 45 34 258.2 62 20 41 1 2 .984 2.12 1.36 .958 2.01 0.93 AS,MVP-19
1955 CLE AL 31 P 38 31 210.2 42 12 29 1 0 .976 1.75 1.08 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 CLE AL 32 P 35 30 197.2 40 13 27 0 2 1.000 1.82 1.14 .948 1.92 0.82
1957 CLE AL 33 P 38 27 211.1 35 12 22 1 5 .971 1.45 0.89 .963 1.99 0.86
1958 CLE AL 34 P 6 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.33 .950 1.91 0.82
1959 CLE AL 35 P 29 8 72.0 18 6 11 1 0 .944 2.12 0.59 .956 2.05 0.85
1960 CHW AL 36 P 15 0 17.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.55 0.33 .960 1.99 0.78
1961 WSA AL 37 P 16 0 19.0 4 0 1 3 0 .250 0.47 0.06 1.000 2.04 0.83
14 Seasons P 428 131 995.0 507 134 359 14 27 .972 4.46 1.15 .957 1.99 0.91
14 Seasons TOT 428 131 995.0 507 134 359 14 27 .972 4.46 1.15 .929 1.99 0.91

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 CLE AL 24 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CLE AL 25 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE AL 26 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE AL 27 47 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 28 46 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 29 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 30 45 34 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CLE AL 31 38 31 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CLE AL 32 35 30 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CLE AL 33 38 27 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE AL 34 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CLE AL 35 29 8 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 36 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 37 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 428 131 428 428 428 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CLE AL 30 1072 81% 28% 48 94% 1 21 3 17 41 32 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1955 CLE AL 31 909 80% 21% 33 85% 2 13 1 9 25 18 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1956 CLE AL 32 891 78% 27% 35 80% 0 15 2 11 25 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1957 CLE AL 33 934 80% 27% 28 79% 0 12 0 9 21 15 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 5 0 3 100%
1958 CLE AL 34 47 81% 19% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CLE AL 35 327 76% 21% 12 92% 0 6 2 4 10 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1960 CHW AL 36 86 79% 24% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 WSA AL 37 105 73% 26% 4 25% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0%
8 Seasons 4371 79% 25% 166 85% 3 68 8 51 129 100 14 7 0 2 5 4 9 5 9 0 23 78%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* 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.

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