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Bob Garbark

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 178lb (180cm, 80kg)

Born: November 13, 1909 in Houston, TX us

Died: August 15, 1990 in Meadville, PA

Buried: St. Brigids Cemetery, Meadville, PA

High School: Edgewood HS (Pittsburgh, PA)

School: Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)

Debut: September 3, 1934 (Age 24-294d, 7,764th in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 19, 1945 (Age 35-279d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Robert Michael Garbark

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Relatives: Brother of Mike Garbark

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

327

.248

RBI

OBP

.307

SLG

.275

OPS

.582

OPS+

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

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	8	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
3	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	10	Apr 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12 (1)	May 1	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	14 (1)	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
7	15	May 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	16	May 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	18 (1)	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
10	19	May 13 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
11	21 (1)	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	22	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	23	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
14	25 (1)	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	26	May 24	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
16	27	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	28	May 26	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	GS	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	29	May 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	31 (1)	May 28	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	GS	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	32	May 29	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
21	33	May 30 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	34	May 30 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	35	May 31	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	36	Jun 1	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	37	Jun 2	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	38	Jun 3 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	40 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	41	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
29	42	Jun 7	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
30	44 (1)	Jun 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	45	Jun 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
32	46	Jun 12	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
33	47	Jun 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
34	48	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	55	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	49	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	T,4-4	GF	14	4.1	3	0	0	3	0
36	51 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	53 (1)	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	GS	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
38	59 (5)	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	GS	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG	25	6.1	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	62	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	63	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	64	Jul 2 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
44	66 (1)	Jul 3	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	67	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	69 (1)	Jul 5	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	3	1	1	5	0
47	70	Jul 6 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	72 (1)	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
49	73	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	74	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
51	75	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	76	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	77	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
54	78	Jul 15	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	0	5.2	3	0	0	3	0
55	79	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	80	Jul 17	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
57	81	Jul 18	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	82	Jul 19	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	83	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
60	84	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	91 (5)	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	92	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	GF	12	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	95 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	97 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,15-4	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	98	Aug 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	100 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
							67gm		517.0	249	31	2	282	9