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	43-32 / in Starts: 32-18
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	18 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 228 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	149 (75-51-23) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 228 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	149 (77-47-23)

Most Driven In
W Kurowski	9
R Northey	4
Self	4
E Slaughter	3
D Sisler	1
M Marion	1
T Moore	1
B Creger	1

Most Driven In By
R Schoendienst	4
Self	4
E Dusak	2
A Brazle	1
S Musial	1
W Kurowski	1
T Moore	0
K Burkhart	0

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 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	75	1	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.95	-0.080	2.30	-0.12%	-0.64	C
2	76	2	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.18	-0.162	5.22	-0.23%	-1.26	C
3	77	6 (3)	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,4-7	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	8	.94	-0.027	2.17	-0.04%	0.12	C
4	78	11 (4)	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	8	.85	-0.083	1.09	-0.06%	-0.89	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
5	79	12	May 1	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	.071	9	1.59	-0.040	1.79	-0.03%	-0.17	PH C
6	80	13	May 4 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.071	.000	.071	8						C
7	81	14	May 4 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-0	CG(8)	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.063	.167	.125	.292	8						C
8	82	15	May 6	STL	@	BRO	L,6-7	4-GF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.238	.118	.356	8	1.45	0.006	1.63	0.00%	-0.20	PH C
9	83	17 (1)	May 8	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.143	.280	.190	.470	8	.60	-0.011	.72	-0.01%	0.07	C
10	84	19 (1)	May 11 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,10-6	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.259	.174	.433	9	.96	-0.050	1.01	-0.03%	-0.22	PH C
11	85	20	May 11 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG(7)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.300	.200	.500	8	1.05	0.053	1.37	0.04%	0.50	C
12	86	22 (1)	May 14	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.294	.241	.535	8	.88	-0.031	.94	-0.02%	0.03	C
13	87	23	May 15	STL		BSN	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.289	.219	.508	8	.54	-0.039	.52	-0.02%	0.04	C
14	88	24	May 16	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.286	.200	.486	8						C
15	89	29 (4)	May 21	STL		BRO	L,3-4	8-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.279	.194	.474	8	2.29	-0.060	1.73	-0.03%	-0.25	C
16	90	30	May 22	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.298	.205	.503	8	1.11	0.040	.78	0.02%	0.01	C
17	91	32 (1)	May 25 (1)	STL		PIT	W,10-5	CG	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.333	.310	.643	8	.64	-0.022	.64	-0.01%	1.59	C
18	92	36 (3)	May 28	STL		CIN	W,4-2	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.352	.302	.654	8	.93	0.004	.78	0.00%	0.13	C
19	93	37	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	L,8-12	6-GF	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.375	.386	.761	8	.05	0.004	.05	0.00%	2.62	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
20	94	39 (1)	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.367	.362	.728	8	.69	-0.067	.69	-0.04%	-0.57	C
21	95	46 (6)	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(15)	7	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.388	.404	.792	8	1.88	0.056	1.78	0.03%	0.54	C
22	96	48 (1)	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	1-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.408	.407	.816	8	1.54	0.109	1.65	0.07%	0.67	C
23	97	50 (1)	Jun 13	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.419	.400	.819	8	.51	0.027	.45	0.02%	0.17	C
24	98	51	Jun 14 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.423	.397	.820	8	.69	-0.024	.71	-0.01%	-0.09	C
25	99	52	Jun 14 (2)	STL		BRO	W,12-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.427	.452	.878	8	.16	0.009	.19	0.01%	0.58	C
26	100	54 (1)	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.427	.452	.878	6						C
27	101	55	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,7-6	GS-0	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.246	.430	.492	.923	8						C
28	102	58 (2)	Jun 21	STL		NYG	W,11-5	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.444	.515	.959	8	1.32	0.172	3.27	0.26%	0.73	C
29	103	59	Jun 22	STL		NYG	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.441	.521	.962	7	.68	-0.056	1.79	-0.09%	-0.66	C
30	104	60	Jun 23	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.433	.500	.933	8	.40	-0.026	.92	-0.04%	-0.65	C
31	105	62 (1)	Jun 26	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.446	.506	.952	8	.93	0.061	1.71	0.07%	0.68	C
32	106	63	Jun 27	STL		CIN	W,6-5	8-GF(11)	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.447	.500	.947	8	3.72	-0.024	6.18	-0.02%	-0.37	PH C
33	107	64	Jun 28	STL		CIN	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.447	.500	.947	8						C
34	108	65	Jun 29 (1)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.447	.500	.947	7						C
35	109	66	Jun 29 (2)	STL		CIN	W,17-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.444	.488	.932	8	.25	-0.027	.44	-0.03%	0.99	C
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
36	110	67	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.438	.477	.914	8	1.45	-0.080	2.52	-0.08%	-0.65	C
37	111	68	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.426	.461	.887	8	.95	-0.078	2.24	-0.11%	-0.69	C
38	112	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.426	.461	.887	7						C
39	113	72 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.415	.446	.861	8	.37	-0.030	.66	-0.03%	-0.72	C
40	114	74 (1)	Jul 10	STL	@	NYG	W,11-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.410	.432	.841	8	.41	0.003	1.03	0.00%	-0.52	C
41	115	75	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.415	.432	.846	8	.37	0.009	1.05	0.02%	0.13	C
42	116	76	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,9-17	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.419	.432	.851	8	.58	0.004	1.87	0.01%	0.12	PH C
43	117	81 (4)	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.245	.422	.439	.861	8						C
44	118	82	Jul 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.245	.417	.431	.848	8						C
45	119	84 (1)	Jul 17	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.245	.416	.425	.841	8	.82	0.070	2.78	0.14%	0.28	C
46	120	85	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.407	.413	.820	8	.35	-0.027	1.58	-0.07%	-0.80	C
47	121	87 (1)	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	T,3-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.399	.402	.800	8	.69	-0.054	3.25	-0.15%	-0.72	C
48	122	91 (3)	Jul 25	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.388	.388	.776	8	.38	-0.039	1.56	-0.10%	-1.28	C
49	123	92	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,9-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.391	.387	.777	8	.56	0.020	2.36	0.05%	-0.04	C
50	124	93	Jul 27	STL		BSN	L,3-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.383	.377	.760	8	.32	-0.025	1.32	-0.06%	-0.75	C
51	125	94	Jul 28	STL		BSN	W,8-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.387	.382	.769	9	6.39	0.338	19.02	0.60%	1.00	PH
52	126	96 (1)	Jul 30	STL		BRO	L,10-11	9-10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.382	.376	.758	9	2.44	-0.144	8.88	-0.31%	-1.00	PH
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
53	127	99 (2)	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.380	.373	.753	8	4.12	-0.054	5.51	-0.04%	-0.32	PH
54	128	100	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,10-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.383	.372	.755	8	.34	-0.013	.61	-0.01%	0.01	C
55	129	108 (7)	Aug 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-5	GS-9	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.398	.386	.784	8	.50	0.062	2.38	0.18%	1.21	C
56	130	109	Aug 11	STL		CHC	W,3-1	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.237	.391	.378	.768	8						C
57	131	113 (3)	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.387	.388	.776	8	.52	-0.034	2.16	-0.08%	0.60	C
58	132	116 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-12	3-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.383	.383	.766	8	.42	-0.020	2.34	-0.07%	-0.54	C
59	133	120 (3)	Aug 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-3	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.381	.380	.761	8	2.17	-0.049	7.52	-0.10%	-0.47	C
60	134	123 (2)	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,9-5	4-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.380	.379	.759	8	.52	-0.009	1.51	-0.02%	-0.22	C
61	135	125 (1)	Aug 26	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.376	.374	.750	8	.75	-0.039	2.19	-0.07%	-0.34	C
62	136	126	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.384	.400	.784	8	1.22	0.042	3.37	0.07%	1.33	C
63	137	127	Aug 28	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.385	.397	.782	8	2.63	-0.035	7.50	-0.06%	0.08	C
64	138	128	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.393	.422	.815	8	1.05	0.267	1.62	0.25%	1.61	C
65	139	129	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,15-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.391	.419	.810	8	.82	-0.021	1.27	-0.02%	-0.24	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
66	140	134 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,12-2	CG	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.401	.430	.831	8	.38	0.058	.86	0.08%	2.08	C
67	141	137 (2)	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.253	.398	.426	.824	8						C
68	142	138	Sep 11	STL		BRO	L,3-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.255	.397	.424	.821	8	1.58	0.005	11.67	0.02%	-1.01	C
69	143	139	Sep 12	STL		BRO	W,8-7	7-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.259	.400	.428	.828	8	1.19	-0.018	4.36	-0.04%	0.18	C
70	144	140	Sep 13	STL		BRO	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.398	.425	.823	8	5.08	-0.110	27.67	-0.36%	-0.82	C
71	145	141	Sep 14	STL		NYG	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.392	.418	.810	8	.59	-0.049	.68	-0.03%	-0.53	C
72	146	142	Sep 15	STL		NYG	L,5-10	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.390	.415	.806	8	.09	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.11	C
73	147	148 (5)	Sep 22 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.251	.390	.415	.806	8						C
74	148	149	Sep 22 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-6	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.251	.393	.415	.809	8						C
75	149	152 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,15-3	CG	6	6	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.260	.396	.424	.820	8	.31	0.061	.00	0.00%	1.95	C
76	150	154 (1)	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.401	.422	.823	6	.39	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.45	C
77	151	155	Sep 27	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.257	.398	.415	.814	6						C
							43-32		228	183	20	47	10	2	5	25	40	7	14	3	2		1	5	0	0	.257	.398	.415	.814		.93	-0.246	2.12	-0.73%	2.74

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