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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 15	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	7 (3)	Apr 22	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	9 (1)	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,10-9		13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (4)	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
7	19 (2)	May 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	26	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	21 (1)	May 10	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	23 (1)	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GS	31	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	28 (4)	May 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
11	32 (3)	May 22	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
12	36 (3)	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	17	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	39 (2)	May 30	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	42 (2)	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-7		8	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
15	45 (2)	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	40	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	49 (3)	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
17	54 (4)	Jun 13 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	59 (4)	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
19	63 (3)	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	66 (2)	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	L,0-11	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	67	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	68	Jun 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	70 (1)	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	74 (3)	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	GS	4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
25	78 (3)	Jul 7	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	85 (6)	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-3	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
27	90 (4)	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	T,5-5	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	96 (5)	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	26	6.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	103 (6)	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GS	27	5.2	0	4	0	4	0	P
30	105 (1)	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
31	107 (1)	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	112 (4)	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
33	117 (4)	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	121 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-8	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	125 (3)	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
36	126	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	129 (2)	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	132 (2)	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	134 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	136 (1)	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	9	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
41	140 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	27	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
42	143 (2)	Sep 10	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
43	147 (3)	Sep 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	GS	29	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
44	150 (2)	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
45	156 (5)	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,7-8	GS	53	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
							45gm		258.2	20	41	1	62	2