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	24-13 / in Starts: 24-10
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	62 (39-20-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (35-21-10)

Most Driven In
G Strickland	2
J Tipton	1
B Glynn	1
H Simpson	1

Most Driven In By
D Mitchell	3
A Rosen	2
B Ãvila	2
B Kennedy	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 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	169	2 (1)	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,11-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.66	-0.034	1.76	-0.06%	-0.46	P
2	170	6 (3)	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.60	0.056	1.50	0.08%	0.42	P
3	171	10 (3)	Apr 28	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.12	-0.008	3.86	-0.02%	0.00	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
4	172	15 (4)	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.455	.818	9	1.01	0.068	3.00	0.12%	0.89	P
5	173	18 (2)	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.429	.786	9	1.41	-0.096	4.74	-0.19%	-0.77	P
6	174	22 (3)	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.353	.647	9	.60	-0.048	2.38	-0.11%	-0.60	P
7	175	23	May 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.333	.611	9	2.34	-0.060	7.23	-0.11%	-0.24	P
8	176	26 (2)	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	.304	.304	.391	.696	9	1.60	0.089	4.53	0.15%	-0.06	P
9	177	30 (3)	May 24 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.304	.391	.696	9						P
10	178	34 (3)	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.269	.269	.346	.615	9	1.66	-0.168	5.45	-0.33%	-1.68	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
11	179	38 (3)	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.367	.667	9	.51	-0.007	1.60	-0.01%	0.32	P
12	180	42 (3)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.303	.344	.647	9	.72	-0.033	2.17	-0.06%	-0.33	P
13	181	46 (3)	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.294	.314	.353	.667	9	.71	-0.020	2.23	-0.04%	-0.17	P
14	182	51 (4)	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	GS-9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.324	.389	.713	9	.87	0.020	2.26	0.03%	0.18	P
15	183	52	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.324	.389	.713	9						P
16	184	55 (2)	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.350	.410	.760	9	.66	0.120	.74	0.08%	0.96	P
17	185	60 (4)	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.357	.415	.772	9	.96	0.033	1.55	0.03%	0.15	P
18	186	65 (4)	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.341	.356	.409	.765	9	.57	-0.018	2.12	-0.04%	-0.14	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
19	187	69 (3)	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.340	.391	.732	9	1.04	-0.052	3.50	-0.11%	-0.39	P
20	188	75 (5)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.314	.360	.674	9	.97	-0.105	3.19	-0.21%	-1.58	P
21	189	80 (4)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-16	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.308	.353	.661	9	1.15	-0.032	4.79	-0.08%	-0.36	P
22	190	84 (3)	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.309	.370	.679	9	.52	0.055	.86	0.05%	0.24	P
23	191	90 (5)	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.305	.351	.656	9	.98	-0.079	1.42	-0.07%	-1.26	P
24	192	92 (1)	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.305	.351	.656	8						P
25	193	95 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.305	.351	.656	9						P
26	194	98 (2)	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.295	.339	.634	9	.35	-0.018	.40	-0.01%	-0.31	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
27	195	103 (4)	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.277	.317	.594	9	.95	-0.099	1.55	-0.10%	-0.91	P
28	196	108 (4)	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.271	.309	.580	9	.46	0.053	.14	0.01%	0.60	P
29	197	111 (2)	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.274	.310	.584	9	.77	-0.016	.35	0.00%	-0.25	P
30	198	115 (3)	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.267	.301	.568	9	.70	-0.035	.03	0.00%	-0.39	P
31	199	120 (4)	Aug 22	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.240	.260	.293	.553	9	.68	-0.039	.01	0.00%	-0.58	P
32	200	125 (4)	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.272	.316	.588	9	1.87	0.108	.03	0.00%	1.68	P
33	201	130 (4)	Aug 31	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.265	.309	.574	9	1.53	-0.082	.17	-0.01%	-0.73	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
34	202	134 (3)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.279	.321	.600	9	.70	0.046	.03	0.00%	0.41	P
35	203	140 (5)	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.278	.318	.596	9	.90	-0.024	.05	0.00%	-0.44	P
36	204	144 (3)	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.269	.308	.577	9	1.50	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
37	205	148 (3)	Sep 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.271	.301	.572	9	.64	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
38	206	150 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.302	.575	9	.35	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
							24-13		105	96	8	24	5	0	0	5	3	0	15	0	6		2	2	0	0	.250	.273	.302	.575		.92	-0.579	1.73	-0.99%	-7.36

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