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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	2	Apr 20	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 22	STL		CHC	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 24	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	8 (2)	Apr 28	STL	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	10 (1)	May 1	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	12 (1)	May 3	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	13	May 4	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	14	May 5	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
10	15	May 6	STL	@	BRO	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	17 (1)	May 8	STL	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
12	18	May 9	STL	@	NYG	L,3-17	GS	30	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	21 (2)	May 12 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	22	May 13 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	23	May 13 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	24	May 15	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
17	28 (3)	May 19	STL		BRO	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
18	32 (3)	May 23	STL		BSN	W,6-5	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	34 (1)	May 25	STL		CIN	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	36 (1)	May 27	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	39 (2)	May 30 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	45 (5)	Jun 5	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	53 (7)	Jun 14	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates
24	55	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
25	57 (1)	Jun 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
26	58	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	60 (1)	Jun 22	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
28	61	Jun 23	PIT		BRO	L,1-13	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	62	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	63	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	64	Jun 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	65	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	68 (2)	Jul 1	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	11.2	2	0	0	2	0
34	69	Jul 2	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
35	70	Jul 3	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	71	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	73 (1)	Jul 5	PIT		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	74	Jul 6	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	76 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	78 (1)	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	GS	32	6.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
41	79	Jul 13	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	81 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	47	12.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
43	83 (1)	Jul 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	84	Jul 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
45	85	Jul 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,13-12	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	87 (1)	Jul 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	88	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
48	90 (1)	Jul 23	PIT		BSN	L,14-15	CG	52	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	91	Jul 24	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	92	Jul 25	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
51	93	Jul 27	PIT		BSN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	94	Jul 28	PIT		BSN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
53	95	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
54	97 (1)	Jul 31	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	98	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
56	99	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
57	100	Aug 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	102 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
59	104 (1)	Aug 7	PIT	@	STL	L,7-16	GS	25	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	105	Aug 8	PIT	@	STL	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
61	106	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
62	109 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
63	111 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	112	Aug 13 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	113	Aug 13 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	114	Aug 15	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	115	Aug 16	PIT		STL	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	117 (1)	Aug 18	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
69	119 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
71	123 (2)	Aug 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
72	124	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,12-11	GS	34	6.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
73	126 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	128 (1)	Aug 28	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	132 (3)	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
76	134 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	136 (1)	Sep 6	PIT		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
78	137	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,4-11	GF	0	3.0	3	0	1	4	0
79	140 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
80	142 (1)	Sep 12	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	144 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		BRO	W,11-4	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
82	145	Sep 16 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
83	151 (5)	Sep 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	155 (3)	Sep 30	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	CG	42	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
							84gm		665.0	336	36	4	376	6