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: 16-22 / in Starts: 13-14

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: 4

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	325	4	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-6		99	5.1	8	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.38	4.14	24	9	4	0	0	8	41			0	1	0	20	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.34	-0.051	3.16	-0.07%	0.38	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out tie
2	326	11	Apr 28(2)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS-10		6	9.1	7	2	2	1	4	1	1	2.45	3.82	35	11	11	3	0	7	69			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.288	2.61	0.35%	2.18	1t start tie	10t 1-- 1 out tie
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
3	327	16	May 5(2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	6	6.1	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.43	4.17	30	4	12	1	3	8	41			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.118	2.19	-0.20%	-2.09	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d4
4	328	19	May 10	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	GS-9	W(1-1)	4	8.1	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.76	3.68	31	13	8	0	2	5	70			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.253	1.98	0.45%	2.33	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a3
5	329	23	May 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	14-14	BS(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.59	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	-0.057	13.73	-0.11%	0.12	14b 1-3 1 out a1	14b 3 out tie
6	330	26	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-1	GS-3		2	2.2	4	1	1	2	3	0	1	2.76	3.59	15	2	3	0	1	4	47			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.045	4.41	-0.09%	-0.36	1b start a 1	3b 123 2 out a3
7	331	34	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,5-11	GS-5		8	4.2	5	5	5	5	1	1	0	3.62	4.14	24	7	6	0	3	5	30			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.334	3.28	-0.69%	-2.81	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d3
8	332	38	May 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-6	L(1-2)	2	6.0	4	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.32	3.89	24	9	8	0	1	4	59			1	0	0	22	1	0	1	1	1	2	1.17	0.008	5.39	0.02%	0.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
9	333	41	Jun 2	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-8	GS-7		2	7.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.22	3.89	30	9	8	0	2	9	53			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.009	4.10	0.02%	1.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
10	334	44	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,5-14	GS-2	L(1-3)	3	1.2	7	6	6	1	0	1	0	4.15	4.15	12	6	1	0	1	4	16			0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.257	2.48	-0.39%	-2.81	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d3
11	335	45	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	L,7-11	4-5		0	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.00	4.14	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.033	.61	0.03%	0.94	4t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d4
12	336	48	Jun 9(2)	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	GS-7		1	6.2	9	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.15	4.07	31	8	10	5	0	9	38			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.115	2.81	-0.14%	-0.94	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
13	337	52	Jun 14	CLE		BAL	W,7-2	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	8	1	0	3.88	3.91	37	9	10	1	0	8	69			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.332	1.94	0.44%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	338	57	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	GS-6	L(2-4)	4	6.0	8	5	5	0	5	1	0	4.16	3.83	24	5	6	0	0	8	41			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	.82	-0.204	2.04	-0.31%	-2.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
15	339	62	Jun 23(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS-7	W(3-4)	3	6.0	5	2	2	4	2	1	1	4.08	4.02	29	8	9	1	1	5	52			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.147	2.01	-0.18%	-0.22	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a1
16	340	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-6	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	5.2	7	5	3	2	3	0	0	4.12	3.92	25	9	5	0	0	6	40			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	1	.95	-0.134	2.78	-0.23%	-2.59	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d5
17	341	69	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-12	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.18	4.03	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.57	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 9
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
18	342	70	Jul 1	CLE		KCA	L,3-10	7-GF		0	3.0	5	4	2	1	2	0	0	4.24	3.97	15	4	3	0	2	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.17	-0.046	.28	-0.05%	-2.60	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 7
19	343	73	Jul 4(2)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	8-GF		2	1.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.16	4.00	7	2	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.084	1.53	0.08%	0.96	8t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
20	344	76	Jul 7(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-9	4-7		2	3.2	6	4	3	2	2	0	0	4.28	3.97	20	4	6	0	1	6		1	1	4	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.99	-0.379	2.34	-0.27%	-1.98	4b -2- 0 out a3	7b 1-3 2 out d1
21	345	80	Jul 12	CLE		BAL	W,8-6	9-GF	W(4-5)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.24	3.98	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	0.131	.56	0.02%	0.47	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
22	346	85	Jul 17	CLE		WSH	L,6-11	4-7		4	3.1	9	7	7	1	2	1	0	4.72	4.05	20	4	6	1	1	7		0	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	1	0	1	0	.50	-0.264	.26	-0.08%	-6.28	4t --- 0 out d1	7t 1-3 1 out d7
23	347	87	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	L,1-9	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.68	4.01	3	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
24	348	93	Jul 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-10	L(4-6)	5	9.1	9	3	3	4	8	1	0	4.53	3.96	41	9	12	1	1	8	62			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.330	.23	0.03%	1.72	1b start a 1	10b 12- 1 out tie
25	349	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(4-7)	3	8.0	12	6	6	2	6	1	0	4.68	3.92	37	7	10	1	3	12	38			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	1	0	0	.89	-0.287	.07	-0.01%	-2.04	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
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
26	350	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(5-7)	6	9.0	9	2	2	6	4	0	0	4.49	3.90	40	12	10	2	3	8	59			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.316	.00	0.00%	2.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
27	351	109	Aug 10	CLE		KCA	L,5-8	GS-7		4	6.1	9	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.61	3.95	32	10	7	0	2	9	35			1	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.36	-0.463	.01	0.00%	-2.60	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
28	352	111	Aug 11(2)	CLE		KCA	L,8-9	6-8		0	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.51	3.92	10	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.151	.00	0.00%	1.40	6t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
29	353	115	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	1	4.36	3.81	36	8	12	2	2	7	69			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.46	0.333	.00	0.00%	2.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
30	354	120	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-8)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.28	3.79	27	10	5	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
31	355	122	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	9-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.27	3.77	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	0.110	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t 12- 2 out tie	9t 3 out tie
32	356	124	Aug 25(1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(7-8)	1	9.0	5	2	1	4	7	0	0	4.09	3.69	35	14	5	0	2	5	74			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.15	0.314	.00	0.00%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	357	128	Aug 29	CLE		BAL	W,13-4	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	9	4	4	3	9	0	0	4.08	3.57	39	9	9	2	0	9	59			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	1	1	.32	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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
34	358	132	Sep 2(1)	CLE		KCA	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.88	3.49	30	9	14	1	4	5	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.22	0.125	.00	0.00%	4.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
35	359	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-8	W(10-8)	4	7.1	9	4	3	2	2	0	0	3.87	3.46	32	13	8	0	3	7	46			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	3	0	1	.96	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.19	1b start a 2	8b -2- 1 out a2
36	360	139	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,16-3	CG	W(11-8)	5	9.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.83	3.43	34	13	11	0	4	6	63			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.031	.00	0.00%	1.46	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a13
37	361	144	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	W(12-8)	4	9.0	10	3	2	4	2	0	0	3.75	3.43	40	12	13	0	0	9	55			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.006	.00	0.00%	1.13	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
38	362	147	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	L,5-9	GS-5		3	5.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	1	3.75	3.40	22	6	3	0	3	5	52			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
							16-22		W-L:12-8,BSv:1	3.2	211.1	221	97	88	73	110	14	6	3.75	3.40	912	1.06		4%	9%	210	53	6	33%	10	5	0	818	31	4	6	25	6	13	1.02	0.127	1.31	-1.37%	1.24

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