Joe Garagiola

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 12, 1926 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: March 23, 2016 in Scottsdale, AZ

Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

High School: St. Mary's HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: May 26, 1946 (Age 20-103d, 10,153rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 28-226d)
vs. PHI 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Joseph Henry Garagiola

Pronunciation: \GAR-uh-jee-O-luh\

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1946 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

1872

481

.257

198

RBI

255

OBP

.354

SLG

.385

OPS

.739

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-18 / in Starts: 13-9
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	1 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	69 (32-24-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (34-20-10)

Most Driven In
B Howerton	5
E Slaughter	4
R Schoendienst	3
S Musial	2
R Nelson	1
E Kazak	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1
R Nelson	1
T Glaviano	1

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	257	1	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	7	.80	0.144	2.02	0.22%	1.34	C
2	258	3 (1)	Apr 20	STL		PIT	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	5	.65	0.002	1.62	0.00%	0.52	C
3	259	4	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.300	.717	5	1.15	-0.051	2.74	-0.07%	-0.25	C
4	260	5	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.286	.412	.286	.697	6	1.85	-0.151	3.80	-0.19%	0.19	C
5	261	8 (2)	Apr 27	STL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.278	.659	7	.92	0.024	2.24	0.04%	0.65	C
6	262	9	Apr 28	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.381	.278	.659	7						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	263	13 (3)	May 3	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG(13)	7	7	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.393	.400	.793	6	3.23	1.054	8.60	1.68%	1.83	C
8	264	15 (1)	May 5	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.357	.732	7	1.12	-0.038	2.81	-0.06%	-0.66	C
9	265	16	May 6	STL		PHI	L,7-11	CG	5	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.344	.432	.406	.839	7						C
10	266	17	May 7	STL		BSN	W,15-0	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.378	.452	.459	.912	8						C
11	267	18	May 8	STL		BSN	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.413	.415	.828	8	.44	-0.047	1.22	-0.08%	-1.49	C
12	268	20 (1)	May 12	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.420	.409	.829	7	1.42	-0.007	4.27	-0.01%	-0.04	C
13	269	21	May 13	STL		CIN	W,6-3	GS-7	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.453	.422	.875	7	1.40	0.163	3.66	0.26%	1.29	C
14	270	23 (1)	May 16	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.356	.453	.422	.875	8						C
15	271	24	May 17	STL	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.347	.439	.429	.867	7	.62	0.014	1.93	0.03%	0.00	C
16	272	27 (2)	May 21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.377	.459	.491	.950	7	.44	0.044	1.29	0.08%	0.79	C
17	273	30 (2)	May 25	STL	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG(13)	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.339	.426	.441	.867	8	1.37	-0.154	3.91	-0.26%	-2.03	C
18	274	31	May 26	STL	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.414	.426	.841	8	.63	-0.032	1.83	-0.06%	-0.28	C
19	275	32	May 27	STL	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.413	.439	.853	6	.78	0.163	2.13	0.27%	1.29	C
20	276	34 (1)	May 28 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.430	.514	.945	6	.60	0.210	1.84	0.39%	3.28	C
21	277	35	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,17-13	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.347	.420	.500	.920	6	1.77	-0.092	6.09	-0.19%	-0.90	C
22	278	36	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-5	0-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.356	.427	.548	.975	8						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	279	37	Jun 1	STL		BRO	W,5-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.347	.417	.533	.950	8	1.90	-0.181	9.39	-0.54%	-1.43	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	280	125 (87)	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,11-12	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.342	.409	.519	.928	5	1.63	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.61	C
25	281	126	Sep 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.338	.404	.513	.917	8	2.16	-0.055	.01	0.00%	-0.17	C
26	282	127	Sep 4 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.396	.500	.896	6	1.66	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
27	283	129 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.396	.500	.896	6						C
28	284	130	Sep 6 (2)	STL		CHC	W,7-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.325	.391	.494	.885	9						PH
29	285	131	Sep 7	STL		CHC	L,2-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.321	.387	.488	.875	9						PH
30	286	134 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	STL		PIT	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.383	.482	.865	8	.23	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
31	287	140 (5)	Sep 18	STL	@	NYG	L,0-13	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.385	.477	.862	8	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
32	288	141	Sep 19	STL	@	BSN	L,7-8	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.385	.477	.862	8						C
33	289	146 (4)	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.322	.392	.483	.875	9	.08	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
34	290	147	Sep 26	STL		CIN	L,2-7	7-GF(7)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.388	.477	.865	9	.66	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.02	PH
							16-18		98	88	8	28	6	1	2	20	10	1	7	0	0		2	5	0	0	.318	.388	.477	.865		1.21	0.892	2.93	1.50%	2.55

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