Mike García

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: November 17, 1923 in San Gabriel, CA us

Died: January 13, 1986 in Fairview Park, OH

Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA

High School: Visalia HS (Visalia, CA)

Debut: October 3, 1948 (Age 24-321d, 10,573rd in major league history)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 2, 1961 (Age 37-289d)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Edward Miguel Garcia

Nicknames: The Big Bear

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

142

ERA

3.27

428

281

2174.2

1117

WHIP

1.318

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	2 (1)	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,11-8	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
3	10 (3)	Apr 28	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (4)	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
5	18 (2)	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS	39	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	P
6	22 (3)	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	GS	26	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	23	May 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	13	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	26 (2)	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	30 (3)	May 24 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	GS	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	34 (3)	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	38 (3)	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	42 (3)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	46 (3)	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	51 (4)	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	52	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	55 (2)	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	60 (4)	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS	23	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
18	65 (4)	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	69 (3)	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	75 (5)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	80 (4)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-16	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	84 (3)	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	P
23	90 (5)	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	92 (1)	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	95 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	98 (2)	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	23	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	103 (4)	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	108 (4)	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	111 (2)	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	115 (3)	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
31	120 (4)	Aug 22	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
32	125 (4)	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
33	130 (4)	Aug 31	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	134 (3)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
35	140 (5)	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	144 (3)	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
37	148 (3)	Sep 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS	23	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	150 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
							38gm		271.2	14	39	0	53	4