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	24-44 / in Starts: 22-28
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 200 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	136 (63-46-27) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 200 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	129 (67-41-20)

Most Driven In
Self	5
R Jackson	4
H Sauer	4
D Fondy	3
E Banks	2
R Kiner	2
G Baker	1
D Williams	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
H Jeffcoat	2
B Rush	1
B Talbot	1
J Klippstein	1
B Gardner	1
F Baumholtz	0
D Cole	0

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 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	609	3 (2)	Apr 17	CHC		STL	W,23-13	GS-5	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	8	.80	0.181	1.98	0.27%	2.56	C
2	610	4	Apr 18	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.714	1.286	8	.95	-0.047	2.59	-0.08%	-0.33	C
3	611	7 (2)	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.625	.667	.750	1.417	8	.68	0.048	1.78	0.08%	0.52	C
4	612	9 (1)	Apr 25 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.545	.615	.636	1.252	8	1.18	0.013	3.10	0.02%	0.26	C
5	613	10	Apr 30	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	12-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	.583	1.155	9	3.84	-0.109	9.30	-0.16%	-0.33	PH 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
6	614	13 (2)	May 2 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,10-18	CG(8)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.467	.556	.533	1.089	8	.16	0.018	.39	0.03%	2.01	C
7	615	14	May 5	CHC		BRO	L,0-7	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.500	.471	.971	8	.04	-0.002	.10	0.00%	-0.40	PH C
8	616	15	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.389	.476	.444	.921	8	4.29	-0.210	9.33	-0.27%	-0.93	PH C
9	617	17 (1)	May 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.476	.444	.921	8						C
10	618	19 (1)	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.500	.444	.944	3	4.02	-0.003	10.79	0.00%	0.17	PH
11	619	21 (1)	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.478	.421	.899	9	1.21	-0.019	2.64	-0.03%	-0.21	PH
12	620	22	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-9	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.500	.421	.921	9	.55	0.026	1.10	0.03%	0.26	PH
13	621	23	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.500	.435	.935	8	2.01	0.227	3.63	0.25%	1.55	C
14	622	24	May 16 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG	5	5	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.500	.576	.571	1.147	8						C
15	623	25	May 16 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.500	.583	.600	1.183	8						C
16	624	26	May 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.457	.537	.543	1.079	8	.99	-0.010	1.78	-0.01%	-0.62	C
17	625	27	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.421	.511	.500	1.011	8	.52	-0.015	1.25	-0.02%	-0.65	C
18	626	28	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.405	.490	.476	.966	8	1.22	-0.111	3.33	-0.18%	0.04	C
19	627	29	May 21	CHC		MLN	L,4-6	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.386	.491	.455	.945	7	1.86	0.072	5.03	0.12%	0.35	C
20	628	30	May 22 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.362	.464	.426	.890	7	.98	-0.075	2.47	-0.11%	-0.52	C
21	629	32 (1)	May 23 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.433	.392	.825	7	1.04	-0.107	2.08	-0.13%	-0.62	C
22	630	34 (1)	May 24	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352	.453	.463	.916	7	.69	0.130	1.01	0.11%	2.07	C
23	631	36 (1)	May 26	CHC	@	STL	W,15-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.449	.500	.949	8	.43	0.076	.62	0.07%	0.26	C
24	632	37	May 27	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.473	.492	.964	8	.49	0.029	.80	0.03%	0.65	C
25	633	38	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.462	.476	.938	8	.77	-0.035	1.35	-0.04%	-0.81	C
26	634	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.463	.462	.925	8	.46	-0.030	.80	-0.03%	0.16	C
27	635	41	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.459	.448	.907	8	1.59	-0.021	2.95	-0.02%	-0.34	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
28	636	43 (1)	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.443	.429	.872	8	3.17	-0.159	6.28	-0.19%	-1.10	C
29	637	44	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.288	.429	.411	.840	8	.81	-0.081	1.40	-0.08%	-1.03	C
30	638	46 (1)	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.421	.395	.816	8	1.70	-0.031	2.12	-0.02%	-0.48	C
31	639	49 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,6-14	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.427	.442	.869	9	.09	0.014	.07	0.01%	1.00	PH
32	640	50	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.420	.432	.852	7	1.04	-0.049	.68	-0.02%	-0.85	C
33	641	52 (1)	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.416	.427	.843	9	1.09	-0.032	.68	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
34	642	53	Jun 13 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,3-9	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.412	.422	.833	9	.09	-0.002	.04	0.00%	-0.30	PH
35	643	54	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.408	.417	.824	9	.34	-0.009	.13	0.00%	-0.24	PH
36	644	55	Jun 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.411	.407	.818	7	.73	0.018	.16	0.00%	0.14	C
37	645	56	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.405	.393	.799	7	1.05	-0.038	.30	-0.01%	-0.34	C
38	646	57	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.261	.404	.391	.795	8	.59	0.029	.15	0.00%	0.23	C
39	647	58	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.414	.391	.805	8	.95	0.058	.15	0.01%	0.73	C
40	648	62 (3)	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.410	.387	.797	1	6.88	-0.173	.30	-0.01%	-0.78	PH C
41	649	63	Jun 25	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	7-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.412	.383	.795	9	1.06	-0.013	.04	0.00%	0.19	PH C
42	650	67 (3)	Jun 30	CHC	@	MLN	W,9-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.407	.378	.784	8	.69	-0.019	.01	0.00%	-0.84	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
43	651	70 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-2	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.403	.374	.777	8	1.05	-0.030	.01	0.00%	-0.33	C
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
44	652	110 (39)	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.398	.363	.761	8	2.43	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-1.18	C
45	653	111	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.389	.352	.742	8	.78	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.99	C
46	654	112	Aug 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.238	.386	.352	.739	8	3.37	-0.048	.00	0.00%	0.03	C
47	655	113	Aug 13	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.393	.349	.742	8	.96	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.27	C
48	656	115 (1)	Aug 15	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.388	.345	.734	8	1.41	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.34	C
49	657	116	Aug 17 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.390	.348	.738	8	.77	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
50	658	118 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.389	.348	.737	8	.43	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.04	C
51	659	120 (1)	Aug 20	CHC		MLN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.388	.347	.735	8	1.21	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
52	660	122 (1)	Aug 22	CHC		MLN	L,6-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.384	.339	.723	8	1.65	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-1.48	C
53	661	123	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.383	.347	.730	8	.93	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.22	C
54	662	126 (2)	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.371	.333	.704	8	1.28	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-1.29	C
55	663	127	Aug 28	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.370	.328	.699	8	1.24	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.52	C
56	664	129 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.376	.358	.734	8	.74	0.176	.00	0.00%	1.81	C
57	665	131 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.241	.375	.365	.740	8	.60	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.65	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
58	666	133 (1)	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.384	.397	.781	8	.15	0.009	.00	0.00%	2.37	C
59	667	134	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.262	.386	.400	.786	8						C
60	668	135	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.391	.401	.792	8	.87	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.05	C
61	669	136	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.401	.409	.810	8	1.13	0.140	.00	0.00%	1.26	C
62	670	137	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-13	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.400	.408	.808	8	.32	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.17	C
63	671	138	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.403	.412	.815	1	.18	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to New York Giants
64	672	138	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.400	.408	.808	7	1.14	-0.100	5.08	-0.27%	-0.67	C
65	673	139	Sep 10	NYG		CIN	L,1-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.398	.405	.803	8	.08	-0.002	.46	-0.01%	-0.37	PH
66	674	146 (6)	Sep 17	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.396	.403	.798	9	4.72	-0.113	15.94	-0.23%	-0.30	PH
67	675	151 (4)	Sep 24 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.393	.395	.788	8	1.16	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-1.08	C
68	676	154 (2)	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	7-GF(11)	3	2	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.280	.397	.415	.812	9	2.23	0.207	.00	0.00%	0.68	PH C
							24-44		200	164	17	46	7	0	5	22	29	6	14	4	1	2	2	3	0	0	.280	.397	.415	.812		1.12	-1.062	1.35	-0.93%	-0.23

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