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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-28 / in Starts: 34-23
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	62 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 225 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	115 (60-39-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 225 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	149 (77-47-23)

Most Driven In
S Newsome	2
E Lake	2
D Camilli	2
G Metkovich	1
J Tobin	1
P Fox	1
L Culberson	0

Most Driven In By
D Ferriss	4
S Newsome	3
G Metkovich	3
E Lake	3
B Steiner	2
E O'Neill	1
J Tobin	1
T McBride	1

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	78	7 (6)	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	8	.91	0.009	1.19	0.01%	0.08	C
2	79	8	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	8						C
3	80	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.455	.955	8	.39	-0.003	.41	0.00%	-0.06	C
4	81	10	Apr 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.333	.708	8	.55	-0.057	.67	-0.04%	-0.72	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
5	82	12 (1)	May 1	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.294	.663	8	1.08	-0.062	1.72	-0.06%	-0.63	C
6	83	14 (1)	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.238	.542	8	.47	-0.045	.89	-0.05%	-0.85	C
7	84	15	May 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.259	.200	.459	8	.76	-0.082	1.26	-0.08%	-1.82	C
8	85	16	May 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.259	.200	.459	8						C
9	86	18 (1)	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	8						C
10	87	19	May 13 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.206	.456	8	.68	-0.002	1.21	0.00%	-0.34	C
11	88	21 (1)	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.231	.189	.420	8	1.21	-0.091	2.05	-0.09%	-0.60	C
12	89	22	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.231	.189	.420	8						C
13	90	23	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	8	.67	-0.051	1.32	-0.06%	-0.51	C
14	91	25 (1)	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	8	.48	0.075	.63	0.06%	1.47	C
15	92	26	May 24	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	8	.61	-0.071	.90	-0.06%	-0.38	C
16	93	27	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	8	1.08	-0.085	1.72	-0.08%	-0.72	C
17	94	28	May 26	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.268	.226	.494	8	1.61	-0.016	2.26	-0.01%	-0.14	C
18	95	29	May 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.228	.267	.228	.495	8	.38	-0.009	.44	-0.01%	0.64	C
19	96	31 (1)	May 28	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.270	.233	.503	8	.73	-0.023	1.05	-0.02%	-0.27	C
20	97	32	May 29	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.234	.269	.234	.503	8						C
21	98	33	May 30 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.231	.265	.231	.495	8	1.25	-0.049	1.67	-0.04%	-0.80	C
22	99	34	May 30 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.265	.231	.495	8						C
23	100	35	May 31	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	8	1.16	0.063	1.64	0.05%	0.23	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
24	101	36	Jun 1	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.250	.539	8	1.39	-0.047	2.33	-0.05%	-0.42	C
25	102	37	Jun 2	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.291	.253	.544	8	1.04	0.076	1.91	0.08%	0.29	C
26	103	38	Jun 3 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.244	.280	.244	.524	8	.80	-0.061	1.69	-0.08%	-0.69	C
27	104	40 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.247	.291	.247	.538	8	.33	-0.013	.61	-0.01%	-0.20	C
28	105	41	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.291	.247	.538	8						C
29	106	42	Jun 7	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	1	0			0	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	8						C
30	107	44 (1)	Jun 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-13	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.313	.250	.563	8	.69	-0.042	2.21	-0.08%	-1.07	C
31	108	45	Jun 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.313	.253	.566	8	1.01	-0.003	3.04	-0.01%	0.01	C
32	109	46	Jun 12	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.253	.311	.253	.563	8						C
33	110	47	Jun 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.245	.302	.245	.547	8						C
34	111	48	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG(14)	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.313	.252	.565	8	1.64	-0.052	3.81	-0.07%	-0.42	C
35	112	49	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	T,4-4	9-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.310	.250	.560	8	1.14	-0.027	3.03	-0.04%	-0.08	C
36	113	51 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.243	.308	.243	.551	8	1.31	-0.064	3.30	-0.10%	-0.75	C
37	114	53 (1)	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.308	.243	.551	8						C
38	115	59 (5)	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.314	.245	.560	8	.64	0.006	1.54	0.01%	0.02	C
39	116	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.320	.272	.592	8	1.61	0.105	4.44	0.17%	0.06	C
40	117	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.320	.274	.594	8	1.44	0.060	4.10	0.10%	0.13	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
41	118	62	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.252	.315	.269	.584	8						C
42	119	63	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.321	.283	.604	8	.22	0.018	.60	0.03%	1.16	C
43	120	64	Jul 2 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.321	.285	.605	8	.43	-0.022	1.22	-0.04%	-0.25	C
44	121	66 (1)	Jul 3	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.264	.333	.296	.629	8						C
45	122	67	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.258	.326	.289	.615	8	.78	-0.066	2.99	-0.15%	-1.25	C
46	123	69 (1)	Jul 5	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.336	.308	.644	8	.91	0.135	3.50	0.31%	1.03	C
47	124	70	Jul 6 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.336	.304	.639	8	1.56	-0.024	3.80	-0.04%	-0.21	C
48	125	72 (1)	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.325	.293	.618	8	.85	-0.034	1.79	-0.04%	-0.66	C
49	126	73	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.323	.292	.614	8	.38	-0.001	.88	0.00%	-0.76	C
50	127	74	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.323	.292	.614	8						C
51	128	75	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.321	.291	.612	8	.83	-0.037	2.56	-0.07%	-0.35	C
52	129	76	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.319	.285	.604	8	.23	-0.013	.84	-0.03%	-0.46	C
53	130	77	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.329	.288	.617	8	.25	0.008	1.05	0.02%	0.72	C
54	131	78	Jul 15	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.329	.288	.618	8						C
55	132	79	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.335	.291	.626	8	.87	0.045	3.44	0.11%	0.42	C
56	133	80	Jul 17	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.261	.335	.298	.633	8	.94	-0.104	3.36	-0.22%	-0.85	C
57	134	81	Jul 18	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.261	.333	.297	.630	8	.15	0.000	.51	0.00%	-0.70	C
58	135	82	Jul 19	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.260	.335	.296	.631	8						C
59	136	83	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.260	.333	.295	.628	7						C
60	137	84	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.332	.294	.625	8	.64	-0.038	1.99	-0.07%	-0.39	C
61	138	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.332	.294	.626	8	1.22	0.036	3.04	0.05%	0.11	C
62	139	91 (5)	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.325	.288	.613	8	1.24	-0.122	3.92	-0.23%	-0.92	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
63	140	92	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.328	.292	.620	8	2.77	0.124	7.31	0.20%	0.79	C
64	141	95 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.324	.287	.611	8	1.13	-0.082	2.07	-0.09%	-0.57	C
65	142	97 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,15-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.260	.327	.292	.619	8	.55	-0.027	.66	-0.02%	1.41	C
66	143	98	Aug 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	6-GF(14)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.327	.289	.616	8	1.94	-0.083	2.96	-0.08%	-0.16	C
67	144	100 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.330	.298	.628	8	1.18	0.089	1.46	0.07%	0.81	C
68	145	115 (14)	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.261	.329	.296	.625	9						PH
							38-28		225	199	21	52	7	0	0	16	18	3	10	2	6		1	6	0	1	.261	.329	.296	.625		.87	-0.759	1.94	-0.86%	-9.59

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