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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Team Record in Appearances: 31-15 / in Starts: 26-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 41, Entered with runners on base: 6

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	123	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	3	1	2	6	0	0	1.00	1.72	37	14	8	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.44	0.312	4.36	0.56%	1.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
2	124	5	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-5	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.82	1.66	8	0	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.128	5.42	0.25%	0.86	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
3	125	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	GS-5	L(1-1)	2	5.0	6	3	1	1	3	0	0	1.13	1.70	21	8	4	0	0	5	49			0	1	1	18	0	0	0	1	0	2	.77	-0.140	3.21	-0.35%	-0.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
4	126	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	10	1	0	4	3	0	0	0.75	2.18	35	13	5	1	0	10	59			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	.83	0.221	2.73	0.44%	2.71	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	127	16	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	1	1.09	2.06	35	11	9	3	1	7	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.132	3.44	0.24%	2.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
6	128	18	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	2.11	14	2	6	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.145	6.55	0.32%	1.49	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
7	129	21	May 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(3-2)	2	9.0	12	2	2	1	2	0	0	1.20	2.15	39	13	12	3	1	11	56			1	0	0	37	2	0	0	2	0	2	.96	0.224	3.89	0.54%	1.93	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
8	130	25	May 11(2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	8	1	1	4	5	0	1	1.17	2.28	40	14	8	0	0	8	68			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	0.397	7.10	1.09%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	131	31	May 18(2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-2)	6	9.0	9	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.00	2.15	37	14	7	0	0	9	74			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	.74	0.352	3.22	0.92%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
10	132	32	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	8-GF	S(3)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	2.16	5	2	3	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.094	2.59	0.27%	1.67	8t 123 0 out a5	9t end a 4
11	133	34	May 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS-8	W(6-2)	1	7.1	4	3	3	3	4	0	0	1.24	2.20	29	13	5	0	0	4	59			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.253	3.66	0.72%	0.25	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a4
12	134	39	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-7	L(6-3)	4	7.0	10	5	3	2	4	0	0	1.47	2.19	33	10	7	0	0	10	43			0	2	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	2	.57	-0.232	2.52	-0.62%	-1.75	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	135	44	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-3)	5	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.32	2.10	34	9	13	2	0	7	78			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.242	2.08	0.73%	4.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
14	136	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,14-0	GS-7	W(8-3)	3	7.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.23	2.07	29	11	7	1	0	6	68			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.10	0.032	.47	0.10%	3.45	1b start a 7	7b 3 out a12
15	137	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	S(4)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	2.07	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.04	0.189	33.76	0.54%	0.47	9b 1-3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
16	138	54	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(9-3)	2	9.0	4	1	1	2	10	1	0	1.20	2.09	32	8	8	0	4	4	83			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.397	5.23	1.37%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	139	59	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-4)	4	7.0	11	3	3	3	1	1	0	1.37	2.28	34	9	10	0	2	11	41			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	1	.67	-0.125	2.68	-0.30%	0.02	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
18	140	64	Jun 22(2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	8	4	4	1	11	0	0	1.57	2.13	34	11	4	0	0	7	65			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.072	5.20	0.16%	-0.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	141	66	Jun 25	CLE		PHA	L,9-11	8-8	BL(10-5)	2	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	1.79	2.16	5	1	0	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	-0.774	10.51	-1.70%	-4.81	8t 123 1 out a4	8t -2- 2 out d2
20	142	68	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(11-5)	2	9.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.73	2.19	33	14	8	1	0	7	67			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	4	0	1	1.17	0.369	4.20	0.79%	3.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	143	72	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.1	10	2	2	4	0	0	0	1.76	2.29	40	15	11	0	0	10	51			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.003	5.80	0.01%	0.77	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out tie
22	144	76	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG(13)	L(11-6)	3	13.0	7	3	3	4	8	1	1	1.78	2.38	49	12	17	2	0	7	85			1	2	0	44	0	1	1	1	0	1	1.69	0.231	8.83	0.73%	2.62	1t start tie	13t 3 out d1
23	145	78	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-7	8-GF	W(12-6)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	2.36	7	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.19	0.228	7.30	0.45%	0.98	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
24	146	80	Jul 13(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-6)	1	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	1.66	2.41	31	14	11	1	2	2	82			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.795	7.06	2.21%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	147	84	Jul 16(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	10-GF(10)		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	2.41	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	-0.303	32.64	-1.38%	-1.28	10b 12- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
26	148	87	Jul 17(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-8		0	8.0	10	4	3	2	4	0	1	1.74	2.41	35	10	10	2	1	8	50			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	0	.92	-0.146	6.49	-0.62%	-0.51	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	149	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	9-GF(12)	BL(13-7)	2	3.2	7	3	1	2	2	0	0	1.76	2.43	21	4	6	2	0	7		1	1	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.44	-0.846	15.47	-2.29%	-2.40	9b 1-- 0 out a2	12b end d 1
28	150	94	Jul 24	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(14-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	1.77	2.46	35	12	10	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	0.322	5.21	0.80%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	151	98	Jul 27(2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	GS-7		2	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	1.80	2.43	28	6	10	3	0	7	58			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.023	4.40	0.07%	1.02	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	152	102	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	GS-9		4	9.0	12	5	5	5	2	1	0	1.94	2.55	41	11	11	1	0	12	40			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	.86	-0.047	4.78	-0.16%	-1.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
31	153	107	Aug 5(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-5	L(14-8)	3	5.0	8	6	6	3	2	2	0	2.16	2.69	27	5	9	0	0	8	26			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	.52	-0.335	2.82	-1.09%	-3.66	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
32	154	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-7		3	6.2	12	5	5	3	5	0	0	2.31	2.68	34	5	10	1	3	11	32			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.023	10.51	-0.08%	-0.27	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out a2
33	155	114	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	GS-1		5	0.2	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.43	2.71	8	1	1	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	-0.302	8.04	-1.03%	-3.29	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d3
34	156	117	Aug 17(2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(15-8)	1	9.0	8	1	1	5	4	0	1	2.37	2.74	41	14	9	0	0	8	66			1	0	0	33	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.91	0.516	13.83	2.24%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	157	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	2.74	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	-0.064	30.79	-0.29%	-0.24	9b 123 0 out tie	9b end d 1
36	158	121	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-6	W(16-8)	2	5.0	6	3	2	2	2	0	0	2.39	2.74	22	4	9	1	4	5	45			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.24	0.081	17.62	0.69%	-0.15	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 0 out a4
37	159	123	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9	12-14		1	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.36	2.75	13	4	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	0.381	25.03	2.00%	1.35	12b --- 0 out tie	14b 3 out tie
38	160	126	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-5	L(16-9)	2	4.2	7	6	5	2	2	1	0	2.51	2.80	23	5	7	3	0	7	28			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.421	10.27	-2.32%	-2.86	1b start a 4	5b -2- 2 out d1
39	161	131	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(17-9)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	1	2.53	2.86	39	13	11	0	0	7	62			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.174	10.79	1.00%	1.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
40	162	135	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-9)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.44	2.84	31	17	7	0	0	4	78			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.561	8.14	2.64%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
41	163	138	Sep 7(1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	SHO	W(19-9)	2	9.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.35	2.78	35	10	11	1	0	6	81			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.58	0.299	5.64	1.76%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
42	164	142	Sep 11	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(20-9)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.27	2.77	30	12	12	0	0	1	84			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.40	0.691	16.64	4.92%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
43	165	145	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	GS-3	L(20-10)	2	3.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.38	2.77	16	7	3	0	2	4	33			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.272	30.04	-4.08%	-2.70	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
44	166	146	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(21-10)	1	10.0	10	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.39	2.76	43	11	15	0	0	10	61			1	0	0	40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.417	14.51	2.40%	1.32	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
45	167	149	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,11-3	GS-7	W(22-10)	3	7.0	7	2	0	4	2	0	0	2.33	2.77	31	9	9	0	0	7	57			1	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.15	0.109	16.10	0.91%	1.02	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
46	168	152	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	GS-3	L(22-11)	2	3.0	6	5	3	2	2	0	0	2.40	2.78	17	4	4	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.363	13.61	-3.99%	-3.70	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
							31-15		W-L:22-11,Sv:4,BSv:2	2.5	292.1	284	94	78	87	143	9	7	2.40	2.78	1235	1.15		4%	3%	272	58	14	50%	9	9	1	1123	39	2	12	24	0	30	1.20	3.997	7.63	11.53%	34.76

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