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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 16	PIT		PHI	W,14-12	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	4	Apr 19	PIT		BRO	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	5	Apr 21	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	6	Apr 22	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
6	8 (1)	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
7	10 (1)	Apr 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
8	12 (1)	Apr 28	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
9	13	Apr 29	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	16 (2)	May 2	PIT		CIN	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
11	20 (3)	May 9 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	21	May 10 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	24 (2)	May 15	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	25	May 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	27 (1)	May 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	29	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	29 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	30	May 21	PIT		PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	31	May 23	PIT		NYG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
19	32	May 24	PIT		NYG	L,3-11	GF	17	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
20	34 (1)	May 27 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-14	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	35	May 27 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	36	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,8-9	GS	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs
23	40	Jun 5	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-11	CG	47	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	41	Jun 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	42	Jun 7 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	44 (1)	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	45	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,9-10	CG	40	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	46	Jun 10 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
29	47	Jun 10 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	GF	8	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
30	48	Jun 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	49	Jun 14 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	50	Jun 14 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	T,6-6		12	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	51	Jun 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
34	53 (1)	Jun 17	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	67	16.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
35	54	Jun 18	CHC		PIT	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	55	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,11-8	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
37	57 (1)	Jun 20	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	58	Jun 21	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
39	59	Jun 22	CHC		BRO	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	60	Jun 23	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	GS	33	6.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
41	62 (1)	Jun 25	CHC		PHI	L,2-13	CG	53	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	63	Jun 26	CHC		NYG	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	64	Jun 27	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	65	Jun 28	CHC		NYG	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	68 (2)	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	L,5-10	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	69	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,10-3	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
47	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	73 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	74	Jul 6	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	GS	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	81 (6)	Jul 12 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	82	Jul 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	84 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	86 (1)	Jul 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	87	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-15	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	89 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	90	Jul 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	91	Jul 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	92	Jul 26 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	6	2	0	8	0
59	93	Jul 26 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	94	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,2-13	CG	47	9.0	5	0	2	7	0	C
61	95	Jul 29	CHC		BRO	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	96	Jul 30	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
63	97	Jul 31	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	99 (1)	Aug 2	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	7	2	0	9	1
65	102 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	105 (2)	Aug 8	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	106	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	107	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	110 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
70	112 (1)	Aug 14	CHC		MLN	W,11-4	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	115 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-6	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	116	Aug 18	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	122 (5)	Aug 23 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	124 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
75	126 (1)	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
76	130 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	131	Aug 31	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	133 (1)	Sep 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
79	136 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
80	137	Sep 7 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	138	Sep 7 (2)	CHC		MLN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
82	141 (2)	Sep 12	CHC		NYG	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
83	143 (1)	Sep 14	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	GF	18	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	144	Sep 15	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	145	Sep 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
86	148 (2)	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
87	149	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
88	151 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	154 (2)	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
90	155	Sep 27	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							90gm		693.1	378	44	5	427	2