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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	7 (3)	Apr 26	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	8	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
6	9	Apr 28	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	GS	43	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
7	10	Apr 29 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
8	11	Apr 29 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 2	NYY		PHA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
10	13	May 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	14	May 6 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
12	16 (1)	May 9	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
13	19 (2)	May 13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
14	22 (2)	May 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	31 (8)	May 27 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
16	34 (2)	May 30 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	36 (1)	Jun 1	NYY		CLE	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
18	37	Jun 2	NYY		CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	39 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
20	41 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	43 (1)	Jun 8	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	47 (3)	Jun 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
23	48	Jun 16	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	51 (2)	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	52	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	53	Jun 22	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	54	Jun 23	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
28	55	Jun 24 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,13-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
29	57 (1)	Jun 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
30	58	Jun 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
31	59	Jun 28	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
32	60	Jun 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	61	Jul 1 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS	30	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	62	Jul 1 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
35	63	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	4	2	2	8	0
36	65 (1)	Jul 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	67 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
38	69 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
39	70	Jul 7	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
40	72 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	73	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	74	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	L,4-16	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
43	77 (2)	Jul 16	NYY		DET	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	79 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	81 (1)	Jul 22	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
46	86 (4)	Jul 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	94 (7)	Aug 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	95	Aug 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	97 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	98	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,6-9	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
51	99	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
52	100	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,4-15	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	105 (4)	Aug 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	109 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	111 (1)	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	6	3	0	9	1
56	114 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
57	117 (2)	Aug 29	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
58	119 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	121 (1)	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
							59gm		462.0	202	41	7	250	10