#82 Mike Garcia, Starting Pitcher, 34 yrs, Boston Red Sox Friday, 10/6/1958 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Mike Garcia
11/17/1923 34 USA,CA,SAN GABRIEL 6"1 205
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Very inconsistent Normal Prone 2.5 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 $ 12,560,000 1959 11 Year(s), 0 Days (1892 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 17 Days (2081 total Days) 13 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 8 | 5 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 8 | 5 | |
Talent | 5 | 8 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 55 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 3 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 48 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4.09 | 127.2 | 140 | 63 | 58 | 31 | 63 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 4 | 57.1 |
Projected | 50 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4.09 | 134.0 | 147 | 66 | 61 | 33 | 66 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 13 | 4 | .0 | 41 | 6 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 4.28 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 221 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .352 | .484 | .836 |
vs. RHB | 265 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .260 | .293 | .396 | .689 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.29 | 56.2 | 63 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 24 |
Road | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3.93 | 71.0 | 77 | 31 | 31 | 17 | 39 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 6.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
May | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 | 23.1 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
June | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 15.1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
July | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.97 | 20.2 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 9 |
August | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.31 | 35.0 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
Sept./Oct. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 27.0 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1948 | 50 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.43 | 250.0 | 308 | 123 | 123 | 19 | 83 | 177 | 13 | 3 | 1.56 | .000 | CLE |
1949 | 50 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3.85 | 250.0 | 268 | 107 | 107 | 17 | 72 | 208 | 13 | 3 | 1.36 | .000 | CLE |
1950 | 38 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4.07 | 291.2 | 277 | 139 | 132 | 15 | 106 | 163 | 16 | 5 | 1.31 | .286 | CLE,AL |
1951 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3.38 | 221.1 | 186 | 88 | 83 | 15 | 78 | 118 | 13 | 3 | 1.19 | .250 | CLE |
1952 | 41 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3.43 | 331.0 | 316 | 139 | 126 | 17 | 119 | 171 | 21 | 2 | 1.31 | .284 | CLE,AL |
1953 | 41 | 41 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4.04 | 325.1 | 327 | 158 | 146 | 24 | 119 | 153 | 17 | 1 | 1.37 | .283 | CLE,AL |
1954 | 34 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3.79 | 273.1 | 285 | 134 | 115 | 21 | 90 | 142 | 22 | 2 | 1.37 | .296 | CLE |
1955 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4.44 | 255.2 | 257 | 142 | 126 | 34 | 76 | 132 | 21 | 1 | 1.30 | .272 | CLE SLN |
1956 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4.60 | 260.1 | 275 | 148 | 133 | 33 | 61 | 129 | 23 | 1 | 1.29 | .282 | SLN,NL |
1957 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5.81 | 167.1 | 205 | 111 | 108 | 39 | 39 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 1.46 | .304 | SLN |
1958 | 48 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4.09 | 127.2 | 140 | 63 | 58 | 17 | 31 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1.34 | .303 | SLN BOS |
Total | 416 | 338 | 173 | 89 | 6 | 4.11 | 2753.2 | 2844 | 1352 | 1257 | 251 | 874 | 1556 | 174 | 21 | 1.35 | .380 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1948 | 1 | 250 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 54 | 0 | 1 | .192 | .229 | .236 | .465 | CLE |
1949 | 41 | 250 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 54 | 0 | 1 | .192 | .229 | .236 | .465 | CLE |
1950 | 38 | 104 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .194 | .212 | .406 | CLE,AL |
1951 | 28 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .175 | .156 | .331 | CLE |
1952 | 41 | 121 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .153 | .165 | .319 | CLE,AL |
1953 | 41 | 119 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .282 | .294 | .576 | CLE,AL |
1954 | 34 | 108 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .193 | .213 | .406 | CLE |
1955 | 31 | 92 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .245 | .250 | .495 | CLE SLN |
1956 | 32 | 92 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .213 | .239 | .452 | SLN,NL |
1957 | 23 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .179 | .167 | .345 | SLN |
1958 | 48 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .344 | .467 | .810 | SLN BOS |
Total | 358 | 1297 | 251 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 109 | 96 | 40 | 280 | 0 | 2 | .194 | .219 | .230 | .449 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 48 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 1.000 | 127.2 | 2.11 | | | | |
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All Star Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game... Awards Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1951, winning 2 games with a 3.18 ERA... Won Cy Young Award in 1952, going 26-10, 3.43 ERA... Injuries Injured on 7/4/1951 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks... Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... Injured on 6/13/1954 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks... 9/25/1954: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $12,560,000 per year, for 5 years. Traded from Cleveland to St. Louis (N) on 4/12/1955 (Going to SLN: P Mike Garcia. Going to CLE: LF Chuck Tanner)... Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1955, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1956, going 6-1, 3.14... Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game... Injured on 8/18/1956 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks... Injured on 8/27/1957 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week... Traded from St. Louis (N) to Boston on 7/30/1958 (Going to STL: RF Dick Kokos. Going to BOS: 3B Ray Boone, P Mike Garcia)...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1950 - 4.07 - 10th 1951 - 3.38 - 2nd 1952 - 3.43 - 3rd 1953 - 4.04 - 10th 1954 - 3.79 - 4th 1955 - 4.44 - 10th
| WHIP 1950 - 1.31 - 3rd 1951 - 1.19 - 1st 1952 - 1.31 - 5th 1953 - 1.37 - 9th 1954 - 1.37 - 9th 1955 - 1.30 - 5th 1956 - 1.29 - 6th
| Wins 1950 - 20 - 6th 1951 - 18 - 9th 1952 - 26 - 2nd 1953 - 22 - 2nd 1954 - 19 - 9th 1955 - 19 - 7th
| IP 1952 - 331.0 - 3rd 1953 - 325.1 - 1st
| K's 1950 - 163 - 7th 1952 - 171 - 5th 1953 - 153 - 9th
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CG 1950 - 16 - 7th 1952 - 21 - 3rd 1953 - 17 - 7th 1954 - 22 - 3rd 1955 - 21 - 6th 1956 - 23 - 6th
| SHO 1950 - 5 - 1st 1951 - 3 - 4th 1952 - 2 - 6th 1954 - 2 - 9th 1955 - 1 - 7th 1956 - 1 - 8th
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