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

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-15 / in Starts: 20-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	252	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	1	3.00	2.03	36	10	11	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	33	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.399	3.63	0.65%	1.39	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
2	253	7	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9	GS-3		3	2.1	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.56	3.34	12	1	4	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.234	3.03	-0.42%	-2.77	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d4
3	254	8	Apr 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,7-8	9-GF	BL(1-1)	0	0.2	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	6.75	3.20	7	0	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.32	-0.786	13.39	-1.46%	-2.79	9b -23 0 out a3	9b end d 1
4	255	10	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS-8	L(1-2)	3	8.0	11	3	3	3	4	1	0	5.40	3.57	35	11	8	0	0	9	49			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.78	-0.038	2.49	-0.07%	1.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
5	256	14	Apr 29	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GS-9	L(1-3)	5	8.0	6	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.82	3.19	32	5	13	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.067	4.76	0.12%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	257	19	May 3	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	GS-7	W(2-3)	3	7.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.89	3.34	29	6	10	3	0	7	49			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.126	3.95	-0.30%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	258	24	May 8(2)	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	9	1	1	0	6	1	0	4.19	3.18	31	8	8	0	4	9	66			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.307	4.06	0.77%	3.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	259	29	May 15(2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-3)	6	9.0	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.46	2.81	33	6	14	1	0	7	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.376	3.42	0.97%	4.12	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
9	260	33	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-6	L(3-4)	5	6.0	7	3	1	3	1	0	0	3.26	2.88	28	12	5	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.078	4.93	-0.23%	-0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
10	261	37	May 26(2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	GS-8		4	7.2	13	8	5	1	4	2	0	3.56	3.14	37	11	8	0	0	13	30			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.06	-0.251	4.67	-0.66%	-2.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
11	262	41	May 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-7	L(3-5)	3	6.0	9	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.64	3.05	28	4	9	1	0	9	44			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.013	4.62	0.04%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	263	46	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-14	GS-4	L(3-6)	4	3.1	6	5	3	1	1	0	0	3.84	3.03	17	5	4	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	1	1	.92	-0.268	3.46	-0.60%	-2.86	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d3
13	264	48	Jun 5(2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	2.99	7	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.079	2.07	0.16%	1.04	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
14	265	52	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-7)	4	7.0	7	3	3	5	7	0	0	3.75	2.95	32	5	8	0	0	7	53			1	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	-0.043	6.02	-0.11%	0.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	266	55	Jun 12(2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	2.92	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.086	8.46	0.24%	1.59	9t 123 1 out a4	9t end a 4
16	267	56	Jun 14(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-7		1	6.2	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.84	2.91	28	7	7	1	0	8	42			0	0	1	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.62	-0.360	5.30	-0.71%	-1.14	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d1
17	268	59	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.80	2.89	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.038	3.05	0.08%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
18	269	62	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-8)	1	7.0	6	3	3	0	1	2	0	3.81	3.09	26	9	10	2	1	6	54			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.88	0.008	3.31	0.02%	0.80	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	270	67	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(3-9)	5	9.1	5	2	2	1	5	2	0	3.64	3.20	33	6	16	1	0	5	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.126	6.78	0.39%	2.67	1b start a 1	10b --- 1 out d1
20	271	71	Jun 28	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	GS-6	W(4-9)	3	5.0	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.88	3.27	27	5	10	2	2	9	28			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.272	1.85	-0.41%	-3.41	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	272	77	Jul 4(2)	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GS-3		5	2.1	4	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.19	3.30	13	1	3	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.290	3.84	-0.51%	-2.87	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d2
22	273	80	Jul 7	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-1	GS-7	W(5-9)	2	7.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	0	4.02	3.12	25	2	9	0	0	4	73			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.248	3.58	0.54%	2.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
23	274	84	Jul 10(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.14	3.13	7	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.099	4.01	-0.28%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
24	275	86	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(5-10)	4	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.18	3.21	4	0	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.294	9.25	-1.11%	-0.48	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
25	276	89	Jul 17(2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS-6	W(6-10)	1	6.0	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.12	3.27	22	7	9	0	1	1	61			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.176	2.79	0.45%	1.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
26	277	91	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.06	3.22	6	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.049	1.14	0.11%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
27	278	94	Jul 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS-4		2	3.1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.03	3.17	14	5	2	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.068	4.93	-0.17%	-0.52	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out tie
28	279	100	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	W(7-10)	5	9.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.84	3.14	35	11	11	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.231	4.34	0.68%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	280	105	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-9	W(8-10)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.70	3.08	30	10	10	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	0.343	10.43	1.43%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
30	281	111	Aug 10	CLE		DET	W,6-4	GS-7		6	7.0	12	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.76	3.12	33	8	11	0	0	10	39			0	0	0	31	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.37	-0.201	9.04	-0.79%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
31	282	116	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS-3	L(8-11)	3	2.0	9	6	6	0	2	1	0	4.05	3.16	14	1	2	0	0	9	16			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.419	9.00	-1.91%	-5.00	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d4
32	283	120	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GS-10		4	9.0	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.89	3.07	39	8	15	1	0	12	63			0	0	0	39	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.58	0.258	11.41	1.12%	2.31	1t start tie	10t 1-3 0 out tie
33	284	124	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-11)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.69	3.03	35	6	16	1	0	7	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.598	10.61	2.88%	4.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	285	129	Aug 28(2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-13	GS-7	L(9-12)	3	6.0	7	6	6	0	3	0	1	3.86	2.99	26	9	6	1	0	7	37			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.232	8.91	-1.16%	-1.74	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	286	135	Sep 4(2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GS-6	W(10-12)	6	5.2	8	3	3	1	2	1	1	3.89	3.05	27	3	12	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.016	14.88	-0.13%	-0.34	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
36	287	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS-5		5	4.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.04	3.05	21	4	4	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	-0.335	19.75	-2.70%	-2.18	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out a1
37	288	144	Sep 13(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(11-12)	2	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.91	2.99	32	12	6	2	0	6	75			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.480	17.40	3.89%	3.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
38	289	149	Sep 18	CLE		DET	L,3-10	GS-6	L(11-13)	4	5.2	3	4	4	6	0	1	0	3.97	3.12	26	9	8	0	0	3	41			1	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	.99	0.128	15.32	1.19%	1.32	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d1
							23-15		W-L:11-13,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.2	210.2	230	100	93	56	120	17	3	3.97	3.12	894	0.78		4%	2%	223	51	5	40%	4	2	1	826	24	8	6	25	2	6	1.16	-0.400	6.87	1.96%	10.03

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