Karim García

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 210lb (183cm, 95kg)

Born: October 29, 1975 in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico mx

High School: Preparatoria Abierta (Mexico, Mexico)

Debut: September 2, 1995 (Age 19-308d, 16,761st in major league history)
vs. MON 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 24, 2004 (Age 28-300d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Full Name: Gustavo Karim García

Pronunciation: \ka-reem GARCIA\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.2

1463

352

.241

180

RBI

212

OBP

.279

SLG

.424

OPS

.703

OPS+

Summary of 66 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 14 go ahead

7 Tms
CLE	26
DET	14
ARI	9
NYM	7
NYY	6
BAL	3
LAD	1

Platoon
vs RHP	56
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Away	42
Home	24

Outs
1	22
0	22
2	22

21 Opps
CHW	12
KCR	7
COL	5
BAL	5
TBD	4
BOS	4
TOR	4
MIN	3
SFG	3
SEA	3
OAK	2
ANA	2
DET	2
CLE	2
FLA	2
CHC	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
MON	1

56 Pitchers
Rolando Arrojo	2
Bill Pulsipher	2
Joe Mays	2
Billy Koch	2
Jamey Wright	2
Jason Schmidt	2
Sidney Ponson	2
Tanyon Sturtze	2
Jon Garland	2
Tomo Ohka	2
Eric Milton	1
Paul Abbott	1
Dennys Reyes	1
Jeff Suppan	1
Dave Bush	1
Josh Beckett	1
Rocky Biddle	1
Rick Reed	1
Rodrigo López	1
Aaron Myette	1
Pat Hentgen	1
Mark Mulder	1
Shawn Sedlacek	1
Sean Lowe	1
Jason Dickson	1
Mike Porzio	1
Doug Creek	1
Curt Leskanic	1
Chris Carpenter	1
Kevin Appier	1
Brian Powell	1
Tim Belcher	1
Jason Davis	1
Matt Clement	1
Rick Bauer	1
Willie Banks	1
Héctor Carrasco	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Dwight Gooden	1
Jaime Navarro	1
Andy Larkin	1
John Smoltz	1
Osvaldo Fernández	1
Omar Olivares	1
Carlos Castillo	1
Zack Greinke	1
Jerry Dipoto	1
Jeff Weaver	1
Mark Buehrle	1
Russ Ortiz	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Derek Lowe	1
Travis Harper	1
Jamie Walker	1
Jason Grimsley	1
Brett Hinchliffe	1

22 Parks
Progressive (CLE)	10
Guaranteed (CHI)	10
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
Chase Field (PHO)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
TropicanaFld (STP)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	35
89	11
7	9
8	7
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	17
2	17
3	14
5	9
4	6
6	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	54
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	16
-2-	7
12-	5
123	3
1-3	2
--3	1
-23	1

115 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	31
1 on	24
2 on	8
3 on	3
Any on	35

Inning
1	2
2	5
3	8
4	7
5	8
6	14
7	6
8	9
9	7

1-3	15
4-6	29
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	6
+1	8
Tied	13
-1	6
-2	1
-3	9
-4..	11

Ahead	26
Tied	13
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	17
0-1	11
1-1	10
1-2	6
1-0	6
2-2	5
0-2	4
3-1	3
3-2	2
2-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	53
LF	8
CF	5

OrderPos
5th	16
7th	14
6th	12
9th	10
4th	5
8th	5
3rd	3
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1997-06-20	LAD	@	SFG	Osvaldo Fernández	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	6	7	0.186	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); E. Karros Scores; R. Mondesí Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1998-03-31	ARI		COL	Jerry Dipoto	behind 1-9	b 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1998-04-18	ARI		FLA	Andy Larkin	behind 2-5	b 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	8	9	0.188	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Stinnett Scores
4	4	3	1	1998-06-02	ARI	@	COL	Jamey Wright	ahead 4-3	t 4	0	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	7	9	0.098	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	4	1	1998-06-11	ARI		ANA	Jason Dickson	behind 0-9	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	5	1	1998-07-20	ARI	@	SFG	Russ Ortiz	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	9	0.171	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
7	7	6	1	1998-08-14	ARI		NYM	Rick Reed	behind 1-2	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	9	0.136	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	7	1	1998-09-22	ARI	@	COL	Jamey Wright	tied 2-2	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	0.092	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	8	2	1998-09-22	ARI	@	COL	Curt Leskanic	ahead 6-5	t 8	2	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	7	9	0.211	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); T. Batista Scores
10	10	9	1	1998-09-23	ARI	@	COL	Pedro Astacio	tied 2-2	t 3	1	123	3,(1-1) SBX	4	5	9	0.223	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Fox Scores; T. Lee Scores; M. Williams Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1999-04-26	DET	@	SEA	Jamie Moyer	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	---	6,(3-2) FBBFBX	1	6	7	0.064	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	2	1	1999-04-27	DET	@	SEA	Brett Hinchliffe	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	7	0.225	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Clark Scores; D. Palmer Scores
13	13	3	1	1999-05-28	DET		CHW	Jaime Navarro	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	6	7	0.126	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
14	14	4	1	1999-06-07	DET		PIT	Jason Schmidt	tied 3-3	b 6	2	-2-	5,(1-2) FFBFX	2	7	7	0.253	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Easley Scores
15	15	5	1	1999-07-23	DET		BOS	Tomo Ohka	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	9	0.055	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	6	1	1999-07-28	DET	@	CLE	Dwight Gooden	behind 0-5	t 4	2	1--	6,(2-2) BCSBFX	2	6	9	0.088	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Clark Scores
17	17	7	1	1999-08-01	DET	@	TOR	Pat Hentgen	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.096	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
18	18	8	1	1999-08-23	DET	@	ANA	Tim Belcher	behind 1-4	t 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	8	9	0.160	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Easley Scores
19	19	9	1	1999-09-06	DET	@	OAK	Omar Olivares	tied 5-5	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	9	9	0.183	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	10	1	1999-09-09	DET	@	TBD	Rolando Arrojo	behind 2-5	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	9	0.085	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
21	21	11	1	1999-09-14	DET	@	CHW	Aaron Myette	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	9	0.132	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Kapler Scores
22	22	12	2	1999-09-14	DET	@	CHW	Carlos Castillo	ahead 6-0	t 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBFX	1	9	9	0.006	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
23	23	13	1	1999-09-27	DET		KCR	Jeff Suppan	tied 2-2	b 6	1	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	6	9	0.212	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. Palmer Scores
24	24	14	1	1999-09-29	DET	@	MIN	Joe Mays	behind 1-3	t 4	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	8	9	0.250	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Easley Scores; G. Kapler Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2001-09-02	CLE	@	CHW	Sean Lowe	behind 6-13	t 6	0	-2-	4,(1-2) SBFX	2	7	9	0.026	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Burks Scores
26	26	2	2	2001-09-02	CLE	@	CHW	Bill Pulsipher	behind 9-19	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	3	1	2001-09-07	CLE		CHW	Bill Pulsipher	behind 5-10	b 8	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	9	0.049	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Cordova Scores
28	28	4	1	2001-10-05 (2)	CLE	@	TOR	Billy Koch	behind 2-3	t 9	1	---	5,(2-2) FBFBX	1	7	9	0.340	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	5	1	2001-10-06	CLE	@	TOR	Chris Carpenter	behind 1-4	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	9	0.043	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2002-08-07	CLE		TBD	Tanyon Sturtze	tied 1-1	b 2	1	1--	4,(0-2) SSFX	2	7	9	0.175	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Gutiérrez Scores/unER
31	31	2	1	2002-08-13	CLE	@	TBD	Tanyon Sturtze	ahead 4-2	t 5	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	6	8	0.191	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); E. Burks Scores; J. Thome Scores; L. Stevens Scores
32	32	3	1	2002-08-15	CLE	@	TBD	Travis Harper	tied 1-1	t 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	9	0.341	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Lawton Scores
33	33	4	1	2002-08-22	CLE		OAK	Mark Mulder	behind 2-5	b 8	1	---	5,(1-2) CSFBX	1	7	9	0.064	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	5	1	2002-08-24	CLE		SEA	Doug Creek	tied 3-3	b 9	0	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	7	9	0.284	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lawton Scores
35	35	6	1	2002-08-30	CLE		BOS	Willie Banks	behind 2-14	b 8	1	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	5	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Burks Scores
36	36	7	1	2002-09-02	CLE	@	DET	Brian Powell	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	2,(0-1) SX	3	5	9	0.244	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); M. Bradley Scores; J. Thome Scores
37	37	8	2	2002-09-02	CLE	@	DET	Jamie Walker	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	12-	3,(0-2) FSX	3	5	9	0.170	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Vizquel Scores; L. Stevens Scores
38	38	9	1	2002-09-05	CLE	@	CHW	Mike Porzio	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	123	3,(1-1) SBX	4	5	9	0.195	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Vizquel Scores; E. Burks Scores; J. Thome Scores/unER
39	39	10	1	2002-09-07	CLE	@	CHW	Jon Garland	tied 2-2	t 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	9	0.219	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Thome Scores
40	40	11	1	2002-09-08	CLE	@	CHW	Rocky Biddle	behind 1-2	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	0.120	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
41	41	12	1	2002-09-12	CLE		MIN	Joe Mays	behind 0-3	b 6	2	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	5	9	0.084	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	13	1	2002-09-13	CLE		MIN	Eric Milton	ahead 6-0	b 2	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	5	9	0.039	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); C. Crisp Scores; J. Thome Scores
43	43	14	1	2002-09-18	CLE	@	BOS	Rolando Arrojo	ahead 5-4	t 9	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	8	0.103	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	15	1	2002-09-22	CLE	@	KCR	Jason Grimsley	tied 3-3	t 8	1	1--	5,(2-2) CSBBX	2	4	9	0.329	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); E. Burks Scores
45	45	16	1	2002-09-27	CLE		KCR	Shawn Sedlacek	ahead 7-1	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	5	9	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	2003-03-31	CLE	@	BAL	Rodrigo López	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	9	0.084	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47	47	2	1	2003-04-17	CLE		BAL	Sidney Ponson	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	0.105	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
48	48	3	1	2003-04-20	CLE	@	CHW	Mark Buehrle	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	0.081	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
49	49	4	1	2003-04-21	CLE	@	CHW	Jon Garland	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	5,(3-1) BFB1BX	2	3	9	0.158	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Vizquel Scores
50	50	5	2	2003-04-21	CLE	@	CHW	Billy Koch	ahead 7-2	t 9	2	--3	5,(3-1) B.BCBX	2	3	9	0.006	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Phillips Scores
51	51	6	1	2003-06-30	NYY	@	BAL	Sidney Ponson	behind 1-4	t 5	0	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	9	7	0.138	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Mondesí Scores
52	52	7	1	2003-07-01	NYY	@	BAL	Héctor Carrasco	behind 1-7	t 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	7	0.012	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Mondesí Scores
53	53	8	1	2003-07-04	NYY		BOS	Derek Lowe	behind 2-6	b 4	2	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	9	7	0.063	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
54	54	9	1	2003-08-17	NYY	@	BAL	Rick Bauer	ahead 4-0	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	9	9	0.031	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
55	55	10	1	2003-08-18	NYY		KCR	Paul Abbott	ahead 6-2	b 5	2	12-	8,(3-2) CBBBF>F>F>X	3	9	9	0.059	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Williams Scores; H. Matsui Scores
56	56	11	1	2003-08-19	NYY		KCR	Kevin Appier	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	9	0.032	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	2004-04-07	NYM	@	ATL	John Smoltz	behind 8-18	t 9	1	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	9	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Wigginton Scores
58	58	2	1	2004-04-19	NYM		MON	Tomo Ohka	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	9	0.075	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	3	1	2004-04-25	NYM	@	CHC	Matt Clement	behind 0-3	t 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	9	0.068	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
60	60	4	1	2004-04-29	NYM	@	LAD	Jeff Weaver	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	0.188	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Piazza Scores
61	61	5	1	2004-05-06	NYM		SFG	Jason Schmidt	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	5,(2-2) BCSBX	1	4	9	0.226	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
62	62	6	1	2004-05-30	NYM	@	FLA	Josh Beckett	behind 0-3	t 3	2	1--	5,(2-2) BF1BSX	2	5	9	0.165	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); K. Matsui Scores
63	63	7	1	2004-06-15	NYM		CLE	Jason Davis	ahead 5-1	b 5	0	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	6	9	0.030	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Wigginton Scores
64	64	8	1	2004-07-20	BAL	@	KCR	Zack Greinke	ahead 6-1	t 3	0	-2-	4,(1-2) SS*BX	2	6	8	0.040	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Palmeiro Scores
65	65	9	2	2004-07-20	BAL	@	KCR	Dennys Reyes	ahead 8-3	t 6	2	-23	3,(0-2) CFX	3	6	9	0.042	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Newhan Scores; M. Mora Scores
66	66	10	1	2004-08-21	BAL		TOR	Dave Bush	behind 0-9	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	8	0.006	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)