Mike Garbark

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: February 2, 1916 in Houston, TX us

Died: August 31, 1994 in Charlotte, NC

Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Charlotte, NC

School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)

Debut: April 18, 1944 (Age 28-076d, 9,643rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 1, 1945 (Age 29-211d)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Nathaniel Michael Garbark

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Relatives: Brother of Bob Garbark

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

475

116

.244

RBI

OBP

.316

SLG

.316

OPS

.632

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-36 / in Starts: 23-29
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 8 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 201 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	132 (56-47-29) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 201 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	133 (69-42-21)

Most Driven In
O Grimes	5
J Buzas	2
T Stainback	2
N Etten	2
B Metheny	2
H Martin	2
R Derry	1
F Crosetti	1

Most Driven In By
S Stirnweiss	9
F Crosetti	3
M Milosevich	1
H Martin	1
R Derry	1
H Borowy	1
T Stainback	1
M Dubiel	0

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 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	90	1	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	1.51	0.182	3.82	0.28%	0.92	C
2	91	2	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	8	.48	-0.043	1.28	-0.07%	-1.10	C
3	92	3	Apr 19	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	8	1.34	-0.176	3.83	-0.30%	-1.26	C
4	93	7 (3)	Apr 26	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.133	.000	.133	8	.66	-0.049	2.30	-0.10%	-0.54	C
5	94	8	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.150	.000	.150	8	2.85	-0.338	8.99	-0.64%	-1.99	C
6	95	9	Apr 28	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	GS-11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.160	.000	.160	8	1.63	-0.126	4.74	-0.22%	-0.73	C
7	96	10	Apr 29 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,13-4	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.038	.167	.077	.244	8	.64	-0.055	2.08	-0.11%	-0.32	C
8	97	11	Apr 29 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.038	.167	.077	.244	8						C
May		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
9	98	12	May 2	NYY		PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.033	.147	.067	.214	8	.34	-0.025	1.06	-0.05%	-0.94	C
10	99	13	May 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.030	.158	.061	.219	8	.37	-0.017	1.28	-0.03%	-1.20	C
11	100	14	May 6 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.029	.171	.057	.228	8	1.43	-0.037	5.18	-0.08%	-0.26	C
12	101	16 (1)	May 9	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.026	.159	.053	.212	8	1.73	-0.141	6.66	-0.32%	-1.31	C
13	102	19 (2)	May 13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.024	.167	.049	.215	8						C
14	103	22 (2)	May 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.023	.157	.045	.202	8	1.84	-0.231	7.41	-0.56%	-2.26	C
15	104	31 (8)	May 27 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG(8)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.021	.148	.043	.191	8	.63	-0.046	3.00	-0.13%	-0.65	C
16	105	34 (2)	May 30 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			1	0	0	.020	.172	.041	.213	8						C
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
17	106	36 (1)	Jun 1	NYY		CLE	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.057	.194	.075	.269	8	.62	-0.013	2.96	-0.04%	-0.90	C
18	107	37	Jun 2	NYY		CLE	L,0-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.054	.185	.071	.256	8	1.28	-0.021	6.06	-0.06%	0.01	C
19	108	39 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.051	.176	.068	.244	8	.83	-0.059	4.37	-0.19%	-0.56	C
20	109	41 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.065	.194	.081	.275	8	.32	0.024	1.62	0.07%	0.36	C
21	110	43 (1)	Jun 8	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.200	.092	.292	8	1.69	-0.088	8.07	-0.25%	-0.49	C
22	111	47 (3)	Jun 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.088	.215	.103	.318	8	1.13	0.075	4.68	0.19%	0.96	C
23	112	48	Jun 16	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.086	.210	.100	.310	8	1.64	-0.087	6.75	-0.21%	-0.81	C
24	113	51 (2)	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.086	.210	.100	.310	8						C
25	114	52	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-4	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		1	1	0			0	0	0	.110	.244	.123	.367	8						C
26	115	53	Jun 22	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.236	.118	.354	8	.64	-0.047	2.30	-0.10%	-0.52	C
27	116	54	Jun 23	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG	4	3	2	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.269	.177	.446	8	1.70	0.451	6.83	1.09%	2.97	C
28	117	55	Jun 24 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,13-5	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.148	.281	.222	.503	8						C
29	118	57 (1)	Jun 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.157	.300	.229	.529	8	1.84	0.035	8.16	0.09%	0.39	C
30	119	58	Jun 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.308	.233	.540	8	.78	0.102	3.71	0.29%	1.04	C
31	120	59	Jun 28	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.178	.315	.244	.559	8	.45	0.010	2.37	0.03%	-0.07	C
32	121	60	Jun 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.306	.237	.543	8	1.02	-0.077	5.55	-0.25%	-0.58	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
33	122	61	Jul 1 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.307	.240	.547	8	1.49	0.050	7.97	0.16%	-0.03	C
34	123	62	Jul 1 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.192	.322	.253	.575	8						C
35	124	63	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.194	.320	.252	.572	8	.32	-0.003	1.45	-0.01%	0.05	C
36	125	65 (1)	Jul 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.317	.252	.570	8	1.74	0.240	6.90	0.57%	0.78	C
37	126	67 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.308	.243	.551	8	.98	-0.099	3.55	-0.22%	-0.92	C
38	127	69 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.306	.261	.567	8	1.43	0.184	7.40	0.58%	0.65	C
39	128	70	Jul 7	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.319	.280	.599	8	2.50	0.378	14.41	1.31%	1.77	C
40	129	72 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.205	.317	.279	.596	7						C
41	130	73	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	L,4-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.313	.270	.583	8	.98	-0.083	3.70	-0.19%	-0.67	C
42	131	74	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	L,4-16	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.311	.277	.588	8	.26	0.089	.93	0.19%	0.81	C
43	132	77 (2)	Jul 16	NYY		DET	L,4-9	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.312	.278	.590	8	.28	-0.018	1.43	-0.06%	0.17	C
44	133	79 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.212	.316	.285	.601	8						C
45	134	81 (1)	Jul 22	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	0-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.212	.321	.285	.605	8						C
46	135	86 (4)	Jul 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-3	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.218	.323	.296	.619	8						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
47	136	88 (1)	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.321	.294	.615	8	.85	-0.021	4.04	-0.06%	-0.14	PH
48	137	94 (5)	Aug 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.315	.288	.603	8	1.00	-0.072	4.76	-0.20%	-0.41	C
49	138	95	Aug 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.315	.288	.603	8						C
50	139	97 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.314	.286	.599	8	.80	-0.019	4.27	-0.06%	-0.13	C
51	140	98	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,6-9	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.208	.314	.282	.596	8						C
52	141	99	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.314	.283	.597	8						C
53	142	100	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,4-15	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.314	.283	.597	6						C
54	143	105 (4)	Aug 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.309	.277	.586	7	1.53	-0.113	2.32	-0.10%	-0.79	C
55	144	109 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.208	.308	.277	.584	8	1.83	-0.130	1.93	-0.08%	-1.67	C
56	145	111 (1)	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.310	.287	.597	8	.90	-0.012	1.60	-0.01%	0.25	C
57	146	114 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.220	.314	.304	.618	8	2.98	0.310	5.73	0.36%	1.62	C
58	147	117 (2)	Aug 29	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.216	.313	.298	.611	8	2.31	0.021	6.73	0.04%	-0.21	C
59	148	119 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.312	.297	.609	8	1.22	-0.036	4.91	-0.09%	-0.80	C
Sept		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
60	149	121 (1)	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.310	.295	.605	6	.32	-0.008	2.46	-0.04%	-0.13	C
							24-36		201	176	23	38	5	3	1	26	23	2	12	1	1		5	6	0	1	.216	.310	.295	.605		1.21	-0.139	4.44	0.41%	-9.63

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