Mike García

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: November 17, 1923 in San Gabriel, CA us

Died: January 13, 1986 in Fairview Park, OH

Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA

High School: Visalia HS (Visalia, CA)

Debut: October 3, 1948 (Age 24-321d, 10,573rd in major league history)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 2, 1961 (Age 37-289d)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Edward Miguel Garcia

Nicknames: The Big Bear

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

142

ERA

3.27

428

281

2174.2

1117

WHIP

1.318

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-15 / in Starts: 20-11
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	50 (25-16-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (26-15-7)

Most Driven In
G Strickland	3
D Philley	1
L Doby	1
H Foiles	1
H Naragon	1

Most Driven In By
A Smith	2
V Wertz	1
G Woodling	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 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	252	2 (1)	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.75	0.046	2.03	0.07%	0.30	P
2	253	7 (4)	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	9	1.03	0.043	3.05	0.08%	0.38	P
3	254	8	Apr 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	9						P
4	255	10 (1)	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9	1.30	-0.108	4.13	-0.21%	-1.04	P
5	256	14 (3)	Apr 29	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	9	1.15	0.003	3.48	0.01%	-0.17	P
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
6	257	19 (4)	May 3	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9	.70	-0.036	2.81	-0.09%	-0.49	P
7	258	24 (4)	May 8 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.250	.607	9	1.02	-0.027	4.25	-0.07%	-0.12	P
8	259	29 (4)	May 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.389	.375	.764	9	.28	0.031	1.18	0.08%	0.72	P
9	260	33 (3)	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.294	.350	.353	.703	9	1.97	-0.057	9.49	-0.17%	-0.60	P
10	261	37 (3)	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	GS-8	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.391	.500	.891	9	.69	0.120	3.05	0.32%	0.64	P
11	262	41 (3)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.346	.435	.781	9	1.06	-0.085	5.14	-0.25%	-0.71	P
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
12	263	46 (4)	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-14	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.333	.417	.750	9	.74	-0.019	2.77	-0.04%	-0.17	P
13	264	48 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.321	.400	.721	7	.11	-0.003	.36	-0.01%	-0.24	P
14	265	52 (3)	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.333	.407	.741	9	.94	-0.051	4.00	-0.13%	-0.40	P
15	266	55 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.333	.407	.741	9						P
16	267	56	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.313	.379	.692	9	1.67	-0.102	5.44	-0.20%	-1.05	P
17	268	59 (2)	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.313	.379	.692	9						P
18	269	62 (2)	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.314	.375	.689	9	2.10	0.023	7.90	0.05%	0.25	P
19	270	67 (4)	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.282	.333	.615	9	1.71	-0.115	8.79	-0.35%	-0.90	P
20	271	71 (3)	Jun 28	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.268	.316	.584	9	.65	-0.031	1.61	-0.05%	-0.41	P
Jul		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
21	272	77 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.268	.316	.584	9						P
22	273	80 (2)	Jul 7	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-1	GS-8	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.302	.333	.636	9	2.15	0.207	7.85	0.45%	1.21	P
23	274	84 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.302	.333	.636	9						P
24	275	86 (1)	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.302	.333	.636	9						P
25	276	89 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.311	.341	.653	9	1.17	0.066	4.98	0.17%	0.57	P
26	277	91 (1)	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.311	.341	.653	8						P
27	278	94 (2)	Jul 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.304	.333	.638	9	.99	-0.025	4.12	-0.06%	-0.24	P
28	279	100 (5)	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.261	.294	.348	.642	9	.33	0.020	1.64	0.06%	-0.07	P
Aug		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
29	280	105 (4)	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.291	.340	.631	9	.99	-0.054	6.90	-0.23%	-0.41	P
30	281	111 (5)	Aug 10	CLE		DET	W,6-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.281	.327	.608	9	.93	-0.047	6.13	-0.19%	-0.41	P
31	282	116 (4)	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.276	.321	.597	9	.42	-0.011	3.20	-0.05%	-0.10	P
32	283	120 (3)	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.279	.321	.600	9	1.27	-0.058	9.18	-0.25%	-0.23	P
33	284	124 (3)	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.254	.281	.322	.603	9	.75	-0.029	6.01	-0.14%	-0.56	P
34	285	129 (4)	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.273	.311	.584	9	1.23	-0.059	10.22	-0.29%	-0.53	P
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
35	286	135 (5)	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.265	.302	.566	9	1.34	-0.095	18.72	-0.80%	-1.25	P
36	287	141 (5)	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.257	.292	.549	9	1.21	-0.064	16.23	-0.51%	-0.57	P
37	288	144 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.260	.284	.544	9	.56	0.005	7.61	0.04%	-0.07	P
38	289	149 (4)	Sep 18	CLE		DET	L,3-10	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.253	.275	.529	9	1.22	-0.062	18.81	-0.58%	-0.49	P
							23-15		78	69	4	15	4	0	0	7	4	0	14	0	3	2	1	2	0	1	.217	.253	.275	.529		1.05	-0.574	6.04	-3.33%	-7.16

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