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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	6 (3)	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	11 (4)	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	43	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12	May 1	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	13	May 4 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	14	May 4 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-0	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	15	May 6	STL	@	BRO	L,6-7	GF	25	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	17 (1)	May 8	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	19 (1)	May 11 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,10-6	GF	14	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	20	May 11 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	22 (1)	May 14	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	23	May 15	STL		BSN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	24	May 16	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
15	29 (4)	May 21	STL		BRO	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	30	May 22	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	32 (1)	May 25 (1)	STL		PIT	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	36 (3)	May 28	STL		CIN	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	37	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	L,8-12	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	39 (1)	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	1	8	2
21	46 (6)	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	57	14.2	8	0	0	8	0
22	48 (1)	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5		24	6.1	3	0	0	3	0
23	50 (1)	Jun 13	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
24	51	Jun 14 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
25	52	Jun 14 (2)	STL		BRO	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	54 (1)	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	55	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
28	58 (2)	Jun 21	STL		NYG	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
29	59	Jun 22	STL		NYG	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	60	Jun 23	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
31	62 (1)	Jun 26	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
32	63	Jun 27	STL		CIN	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	64	Jun 28	STL		CIN	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	65	Jun 29 (1)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	66	Jun 29 (2)	STL		CIN	W,17-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	67	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	68	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
38	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	72 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	GF	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	74 (1)	Jul 10	STL	@	NYG	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	75	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	76	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,9-17	GS	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	81 (4)	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	82	Jul 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	84 (1)	Jul 17	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	85	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	87 (1)	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	T,3-3	CG	36	8.2	3	0	1	4	0
48	91 (3)	Jul 25	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	92	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
50	93	Jul 27	STL		BSN	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	100 (6)	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	108 (7)	Aug 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-5	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	109	Aug 11	STL		CHC	W,3-1	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
54	113 (3)	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	116 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-12	GF	26	5.1	3	0	0	3	0
56	120 (3)	Aug 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-3	GS	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
57	123 (2)	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,9-5	GF	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	125 (1)	Aug 26	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	126	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
60	127	Aug 28	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	128	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	129	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,15-8	GS	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	134 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	137 (2)	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
65	138	Sep 11	STL		BRO	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	139	Sep 12	STL		BRO	W,8-7	GF	15	2.1	2	0	0	2	0
67	140	Sep 13	STL		BRO	L,7-8	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	141	Sep 14	STL		NYG	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	142	Sep 15	STL		NYG	L,5-10	GF	13	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	148 (5)	Sep 22 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	149	Sep 22 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-6	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
72	152 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,15-3	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
73	154 (1)	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	155	Sep 27	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
							74gm		508.0	281	23	4	308	2