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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	CHC		STL	W,23-13	GS	32	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	4	Apr 18	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
3	7 (2)	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	25	5.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	9 (1)	Apr 25 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	10	Apr 30	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (2)	May 2 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,10-18	CG	48	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
7	14	May 5	CHC		BRO	L,0-7	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
8	15	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
9	17 (1)	May 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
10	23 (5)	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	24	May 16 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	25	May 16 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	26	May 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	27	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	28	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	29	May 21	CHC		MLN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	30	May 22 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	32 (1)	May 23 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
19	34 (1)	May 24	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	36 (1)	May 26	CHC	@	STL	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	37	May 27	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	38	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
24	41	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	43 (1)	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
26	44	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	CG	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
27	46 (1)	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	50 (3)	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	55 (4)	Jun 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	56	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	57	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	58	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
33	62 (3)	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	9	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
34	63	Jun 25	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
35	67 (3)	Jun 30	CHC	@	MLN	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	70 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-2	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	110 (39)	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	111	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	112	Aug 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	113	Aug 13	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	115 (1)	Aug 15	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	116	Aug 17 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	GS	21	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	118 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	120 (1)	Aug 20	CHC		MLN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	122 (1)	Aug 22	CHC		MLN	L,6-12	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
46	123	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	126 (2)	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	127	Aug 28	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	129 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
50	131 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	133 (1)	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	134	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	135	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
54	136	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	137	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-13	CG	43	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to New York Giants
56	138	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
57	151 (12)	Sep 24 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
58	154 (2)	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
							58gm		432.0	208	23	4	235	0