#98 Joe Garagiola, Catcher, 31 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Joe Garagiola
2/12/1926 31 USA,MO,ST. LOUIS 6"0 190
Catcher L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 10,000,000 1957 12 Year(s), 15 Days (2079 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 136 Days (2200 total Days) 13 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
Talent | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 3 4 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings C : 4 (Range), .986 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 6 Infield Arm : 6 Outfield Arm : 3
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/14 | PIT | W 10-4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/15 | MIL | L 5-6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/16 | MIL | W 6-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/17 | MIL | W 7-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/19 | @PHI | L 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/20 | @PHI | L 8-9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/21 | @PHI | L 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/22 | @CIN | W 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/23 | @CIN | L 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/24 | @CIN | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 139 | 468 | 143 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 82 | 73 | 70 | 43 | .306 | .395 | .496 | .891 | .886 | .190 |
Projected | 146 | 492 | 150 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 86 | 77 | 74 | 45 | .306 | .395 | .496 | .891 | .886 | .190 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 121 | 542 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 232 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 92.9 | 7.2 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 164 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .311 | .400 | .543 | .943 |
vs. RHP | 304 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 46 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .392 | .470 | .862 |
Close/Late | 65 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .466 | .677 | 1.143 |
Scoring Position | 135 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .369 | .511 | .880 |
Pinch Hitting | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .526 | .667 | 1.193 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 68 | 242 | 72 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 33 | 26 | .298 | .379 | .471 | .850 |
Road | 71 | 226 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 36 | 37 | 17 | .314 | .411 | .522 | .933 |
March/April | 21 | 74 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 6 | .257 | .368 | .351 | .719 |
May | 24 | 88 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7 | .307 | .367 | .523 | .890 |
June | 24 | 83 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 5 | .349 | .426 | .566 | .992 |
July | 26 | 76 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 8 | .250 | .396 | .408 | .804 |
August | 25 | 82 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | .305 | .396 | .500 | .896 |
Sept/Oct | 19 | 65 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 7 | .369 | .423 | .631 | 1.053 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1946 | 162 | 500 | 113 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 48 | 62 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 1 | .226 | .314 | .340 | .654 | SLN |
1947 | 162 | 500 | 133 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 57 | 73 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 1 | .266 | .361 | .392 | .753 | SLN |
1948 | 162 | 500 | 133 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 57 | 73 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 1 | .266 | .361 | .392 | .753 | SLN |
1949 | 162 | 500 | 133 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 57 | 73 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 1 | .266 | .361 | .392 | .753 | SLN |
1950 | 138 | 451 | 130 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 64 | 77 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .288 | .395 | .430 | .825 | SLN |
1951 | 125 | 451 | 127 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 56 | 63 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .282 | .372 | .377 | .749 | SLN |
1952 | 110 | 386 | 103 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 73 | 63 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .267 | .351 | .446 | .797 | SLN,NL |
1953 | 137 | 465 | 133 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 79 | 79 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .286 | .376 | .471 | .847 | SLN |
1954 | 128 | 415 | 110 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 85 | 57 | 67 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 2 | .265 | .368 | .451 | .819 | SLN |
1955 | 132 | 473 | 126 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 87 | 91 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 1 | .266 | .364 | .450 | .814 | SLN |
1956 | 137 | 484 | 140 | 40 | 1 | 16 | 91 | 73 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 2 | .289 | .376 | .475 | .852 | SLN,NL |
1957 | 139 | 468 | 143 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 82 | 73 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 2 | .306 | .395 | .496 | .891 | SLN,NL |
Total | 1694 | 5593 | 1524 | 280 | 35 | 167 | 892 | 788 | 806 | 43 | 38 | 473 | 20 | 21 | .272 | .366 | .425 | .791 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Catcher | 131 | 121 | 641 | 58 | 1 | 703 | 4 | .994 | 1099.1 | 5.76 | 1 | 48 | 21 | 43.8 |
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Transactions Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 2/11/1951 to a 3-year deal worth $8,500,000 per year... All Star Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game... Awards Won Platinum Glove Award at Catcher in 1951... Injuries Injured on 7/20/1952 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks... Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 6/12/1953... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1953, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1953... Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 2/17/1954 to a 4-year deal worth $10,000,000 per year... Injured on 7/13/1954 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week... Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1955, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 9 RBI... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 9/23/1955... Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1956, hitting .409 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1956... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1957, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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OBP 1950 - .395 - 7th
| Doubles 1956 - 40 - 5th
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