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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	31 (30)	May 26 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
2	34 (2)	May 28	STL	@	CHC	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	38 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	STL		NYG	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	39	Jun 2 (2)	STL		NYG	L,6-7		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	42 (2)	Jun 5	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	43	Jun 6	STL		BSN	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	47 (3)	Jun 9 (2)	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	50 (2)	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,7-10	GF	16	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	53 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	55 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
11	56	Jun 19	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	57	Jun 20	STL	@	BSN	W,9-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	58	Jun 21	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	59	Jun 22	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	60	Jun 23	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	61	Jun 25	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	65 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	66	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
19	68 (1)	Jul 3	STL		CIN	W,16-0	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	71	Jul 5	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	72	Jul 6	STL		PIT	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
23	73	Jul 7 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	76 (2)	Jul 12 (1)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	77	Jul 12 (2)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	78	Jul 13	STL		NYG	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	79	Jul 14 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	81 (1)	Jul 15	STL		BRO	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
29	85 (3)	Jul 20	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	86	Jul 21 (1)	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	89 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	92 (2)	Jul 28	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	93	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	94	Jul 30	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	95	Jul 31	STL	@	BRO	W,10-3	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	100 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
37	102 (1)	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
38	104 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
39	105	Aug 12	STL	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	107 (1)	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
41	109 (1)	Aug 17	STL		CIN	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
42	111 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
43	112	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	113	Aug 20	STL		BSN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	114	Aug 21	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	115	Aug 22 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-6	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	116	Aug 22 (2)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
48	118 (1)	Aug 24	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	119	Aug 25 (1)	STL		BRO	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	121 (1)	Aug 26	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	122	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	124 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	126 (1)	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	130 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	131	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
56	132	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,10-1	GF	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	135 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	7	0	1	8	0
58	137 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
59	139 (1)	Sep 12	STL	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	140	Sep 13	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	141	Sep 14	STL	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
62	143 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	GS	19	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	145 (1)	Sep 18	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	146	Sep 19	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	148 (1)	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	149	Sep 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
67	151 (1)	Sep 25	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
68	152	Sep 27	STL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	153	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
70	155 (1)	Oct 1	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							70gm		542.0	260	25	3	288	6