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	45-29 / in Starts: 38-19
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 235 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	147 (71-51-25) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 235 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	152 (78-49-24)

Most Driven In
W Kurowski	6
E Slaughter	4
M Marion	3
Self	3
E Dusak	2
H Walker	1
T Moore	1
S Musial	1

Most Driven In By
R Schoendienst	6
H Pollet	3
Self	3
H Brecheen	3
R Munger	2
M Marion	2
H Walker	1
B Endicott	1

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 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	1	31 (30)	May 26 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.95	-0.044	4.20	-0.12%	-0.29	C
2	2	34 (2)	May 28	STL	@	CHC	W,12-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	7	.55	-0.093	2.16	-0.22%	-0.80	C
3	3	37 (2)	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,12-11	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9	1.34	0.115	5.33	0.27%	1.64	PH
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
4	4	38	Jun 2 (1)	STL		NYG	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	7	1.94	-0.149	8.90	-0.41%	-0.86	C
5	5	39	Jun 2 (2)	STL		NYG	L,6-7	6-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	9	2.62	-0.121	11.37	-0.32%	-0.76	PH C
6	6	40	Jun 3	STL		NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	9	2.50	-0.060	9.73	-0.14%	-0.15	PH
7	7	42 (1)	Jun 5	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.222	.472	7	2.66	0.079	9.90	0.18%	0.39	C
8	8	43	Jun 6	STL		BSN	L,5-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.238	.530	7	.69	-0.007	2.55	-0.02%	-0.68	C
9	9	47 (3)	Jun 9 (2)	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.259	.208	.468	7	1.53	-0.123	5.62	-0.27%	-0.53	C
10	10	50 (2)	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,7-10	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.241	.192	.434	7	.97	-0.051	5.67	-0.18%	-0.85	PH C
11	11	53 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.233	.185	.419	7	.02	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-0.14	PH C
12	12	55 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.233	.506	8	1.05	0.040	4.69	0.11%	0.53	C
13	13	56	Jun 19	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.324	.273	.597	8	.63	0.106	2.91	0.30%	1.13	C
14	14	57	Jun 20	STL	@	BSN	W,9-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.250	.550	8	2.01	-0.121	9.46	-0.34%	-0.90	C
15	15	58	Jun 21	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.250	.550	8						C
16	16	59	Jun 22	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.211	.318	.237	.555	8	1.40	-0.038	9.15	-0.15%	-0.25	C
17	17	60	Jun 23	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.318	.237	.555	8						C
18	18	61	Jun 25	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.318	.237	.555	8						C
19	19	65 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.298	.220	.517	7	1.57	-0.152	6.18	-0.36%	-1.00	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
20	20	66	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.222	.516	7	2.11	0.109	8.16	0.25%	0.00	C
21	21	67	Jul 2	STL		CIN	L,5-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.239	.547	9	1.56	0.046	5.07	0.09%	1.00	PH
22	22	68	Jul 3	STL		CIN	W,16-0	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.316	.224	.540	8	.43	-0.008	1.28	-0.01%	-0.04	C
23	23	69	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.310	.220	.530	9	1.09	-0.027	3.97	-0.06%	-0.15	PH
24	24	70	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.323	.226	.549	8	.43	0.050	1.35	0.09%	0.25	C
25	25	71	Jul 5	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.323	.232	.555	8	1.31	0.109	4.53	0.23%	0.34	C
26	26	72	Jul 6	STL		PIT	W,12-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.319	.233	.552	8	.41	0.021	1.39	0.04%	-0.54	C
27	27	73	Jul 7 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.329	.246	.574	8	6.38	0.346	21.88	0.71%	1.00	C
28	28	76 (2)	Jul 12 (1)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.311	.231	.542	7	1.30	-0.131	4.93	-0.30%	-1.45	C
29	29	77	Jul 12 (2)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.311	.231	.542	7						C
30	30	78	Jul 13	STL		NYG	L,6-7	GS-9	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.329	.246	.575	7	1.05	0.168	4.45	0.43%	0.80	C
31	31	79	Jul 14 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.329	.239	.569	7	.82	0.007	5.47	0.03%	-0.12	C
32	32	81 (1)	Jul 15	STL		BRO	W,10-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.337	.243	.580	7	.37	0.026	2.92	0.13%	0.55	C
33	33	85 (3)	Jul 20	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.337	.247	.584	7	.79	-0.050	4.56	-0.17%	-0.12	C
34	34	86	Jul 21 (1)	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.326	.238	.564	7	.74	-0.053	4.42	-0.19%	-0.55	C
35	35	89 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.229	.326	.241	.567	7	.90	-0.076	4.88	-0.25%	-0.82	C
36	36	92 (2)	Jul 28	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.313	.230	.543	7	.57	-0.055	2.88	-0.17%	-0.90	C
37	37	93	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.211	.304	.222	.526	7	1.17	-0.114	6.49	-0.38%	-0.83	C
38	38	94	Jul 30	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.302	.223	.525	7	2.98	-0.028	26.79	-0.15%	0.07	C
39	39	95	Jul 31	STL	@	BRO	W,10-3	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.306	.229	.535	6	.11	0.005	.93	0.03%	-0.10	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
40	40	100 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.220	.304	.230	.534	7	1.25	-0.105	7.52	-0.38%	-0.43	C
41	41	102 (1)	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.308	.267	.574	7	.64	0.023	3.67	0.08%	0.26	C
42	42	104 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.298	.257	.554	7	.25	-0.026	1.44	-0.09%	-0.72	C
43	43	105	Aug 12	STL	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.288	.248	.536	7	.25	-0.025	1.70	-0.10%	-0.52	C
44	44	107 (1)	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.287	.241	.528	7	.58	0.004	3.74	0.02%	-0.41	C
45	45	109 (1)	Aug 17	STL		CIN	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.301	.283	.584	7	.43	0.058	2.55	0.21%	1.37	C
46	46	111 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.294	.276	.571	7	.80	-0.083	4.85	-0.30%	-1.02	C
47	47	112	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.300	.291	.591	7	.28	0.010	1.69	0.04%	1.27	C
48	48	113	Aug 20	STL		BSN	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.306	.287	.592	7	.79	-0.021	4.95	-0.08%	-0.12	C
49	49	114	Aug 21	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.309	.301	.609	7	1.64	0.008	11.09	0.03%	0.48	C
50	50	115	Aug 22 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-6	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.307	.299	.605	8	2.22	-0.055	14.40	-0.21%	-0.22	C
51	51	116	Aug 22 (2)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.305	.296	.601	8						C
52	52	118 (1)	Aug 24	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.303	.290	.593	7	.64	-0.037	4.34	-0.15%	-0.65	C
53	53	119	Aug 25 (1)	STL		BRO	L,2-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.299	.286	.585	7	.72	-0.038	10.20	-0.33%	-0.31	C
54	54	121 (1)	Aug 26	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.294	.280	.573	7	.87	-0.064	12.44	-0.55%	-0.91	C
55	55	122	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.288	.274	.562	7	.72	-0.052	10.59	-0.46%	-0.52	C
56	56	124 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.287	.273	.561	7	1.15	-0.067	8.79	-0.31%	-0.14	C
57	57	126 (1)	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.287	.273	.559	7	.40	-0.014	2.86	-0.06%	-0.34	C
Sep/Oct		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	58	130 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.215	.291	.278	.570	7	.49	0.015	3.92	0.07%	-0.66	C
59	59	131	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.294	.282	.577	7	.93	0.047	7.68	0.23%	-0.15	C
60	60	132	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,10-1	3-GF	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.295	.289	.584	8	.18	-0.010	1.49	-0.05%	1.10	PH C
61	61	135 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.293	.287	.579	7	1.59	-0.097	13.72	-0.50%	-0.88	C
62	62	137 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.297	.287	.584	7	.63	0.037	5.43	0.19%	0.76	C
63	63	139 (1)	Sep 12	STL	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.299	.303	.603	7	.45	0.165	8.33	1.85%	2.23	C
64	64	140	Sep 13	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.298	.302	.600	9	.99	-0.025	17.28	-0.26%	-0.09	PH C
65	65	141	Sep 14	STL	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.303	.304	.607	7	.59	0.045	12.06	0.55%	0.27	C
66	66	143 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.300	.301	.601	7	1.22	-0.047	13.04	-0.30%	-0.39	C
67	67	145 (1)	Sep 18	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.219	.295	.294	.589	7	1.88	-0.157	18.86	-0.94%	-0.80	C
68	68	146	Sep 19	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.299	.298	.597	7	.65	0.063	7.10	0.42%	1.00	C
69	69	148 (1)	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.293	.292	.585	7	.88	-0.086	11.27	-0.66%	-0.83	C
70	70	149	Sep 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.298	.298	.596	7	.74	0.034	10.75	0.30%	0.27	C
71	71	151 (1)	Sep 25	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.302	.303	.605	7	.52	-0.007	7.68	-0.06%	0.23	C
72	72	152	Sep 27	STL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.301	.302	.603	7	.40	-0.011	6.81	-0.11%	-0.46	C
73	73	153	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.227	.304	.300	.604	6	.79	-0.068	14.48	-0.74%	-0.73	C
74	74	155 (1)	Oct 1	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.312	.308	.620	6	1.19	0.200	49.67	4.99%	1.89	C
							45-29		235	211	21	50	4	1	3	22	23	6	25	0	1		1	4	0	2	.237	.312	.308	.620		.98	-0.661	7.65	1.01%	-5.27

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