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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 23	STL		CHC	L,7-11	GS	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	5	Apr 24	STL		CHC	W,5-4	GF	0	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	7 (1)	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
4	8	Apr 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	9	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5		21	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
6	10	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	11	May 1	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	12	May 3	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	14 (1)	May 5	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
10	16 (1)	May 7	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
11	17	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	GF	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	18	May 9	STL	@	BRO	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	20 (1)	May 13	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
14	21	May 14	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
15	22	May 15	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	24 (1)	May 18	STL		PHI	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	26 (1)	May 20	STL		BRO	W,6-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	27	May 21	STL		BRO	L,6-15	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	28	May 22 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	29	May 22 (2)	STL		NYG	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	32 (2)	May 26	STL		PIT	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	33	May 27	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
23	34	May 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	35	May 29	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	36	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,8-6	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	37	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	39 (1)	Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	56	14.0	9	0	0	9	0
28	41 (1)	Jun 4	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	46 (4)	Jun 9	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	47	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	48	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	50 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
33	52 (1)	Jun 15	STL		BRO	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	54 (1)	Jun 17	STL		PHI	L,0-8	GF	0	2.0	4	2	0	6	0
35	59 (4)	Jun 22	STL		NYG	W,11-8	GF	0	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
36	60	Jun 23	STL		NYG	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	61	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,8-4	GS	19	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	62	Jun 25	STL		BSN	L,6-10	GF	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	64 (1)	Jun 27	STL		CHC	L,4-6	GF	0	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	66 (1)	Jun 29	STL		CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
41	67	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	70 (2)	Jul 3	STL		CIN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	73 (2)	Jul 5	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	9	0	1	10	0
44	74	Jul 6	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	75	Jul 7	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
46	76	Jul 8	STL	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	77	Jul 9	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	79 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
49	81 (1)	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
50	82	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	86 (3)	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
52	89 (2)	Jul 23	STL	@	BRO	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	90	Jul 24	STL	@	BRO	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
54	91	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	T,4-4	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	92	Jul 26	STL		PHI	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	93	Jul 27	STL		PHI	W,7-3	GS	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	97 (3)	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	101 (3)	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	104 (2)	Aug 7	STL		NYG	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	107 (2)	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
61	108	Aug 12	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	109	Aug 13	STL		PIT	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	112 (2)	Aug 16	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	4	1	0	5	0
64	115 (2)	Aug 20	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	117 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	120 (2)	Aug 24	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
67	122 (1)	Aug 26	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	127 (4)	Aug 29	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	128	Aug 30	STL	@	BSN	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	132 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	STL		CIN	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	133	Sep 5 (1)	STL		PIT	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
72	135 (1)	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
73	136	Sep 8	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
74	138 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	144 (5)	Sep 17	STL		BSN	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
76	145	Sep 18	STL		PHI	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
77	148 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	STL		BRO	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
78	151 (2)	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
79	154 (2)	Sep 29	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	155	Sep 30	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
							80gm		601.1	332	35	6	373	1