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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	7 (5)	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	9 (1)	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (3)	May 7	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	15 (1)	May 8 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	16	May 10	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	17	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	1
8	18	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-11		12	2.1	0	2	0	2	0
9	26 (7)	May 22 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	29 (2)	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5		13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
11	35 (5)	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	41 (5)	Jun 5 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	42	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,11-5		12	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	43	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	W,13-11		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	48 (4)	Jun 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	51 (2)	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	29	6.1	1	1	0	2	0
17	55 (3)	Jun 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS	20	3.1	1	1	0	2	0
18	63 (7)	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	65 (1)	Jun 30	CLE		DET	L,6-12		21	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	67 (1)	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	71 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	73 (1)	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9		10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	75 (1)	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	79 (3)	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,7-3		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	82 (2)	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
26	86 (3)	Jul 22	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	0	4	0	4	1
27	92 (5)	Jul 29 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	100 (7)	Aug 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS	36	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
29	106 (5)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	109 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	112 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-10	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	115 (2)	Aug 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	GS	30	7.1	1	3	0	4	0
33	119 (3)	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	125 (5)	Aug 29 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	127 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	GF	1	0.2	0	1	0	1	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	130 (2)	Sep 4	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	135 (4)	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	140 (4)	Sep 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	28	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	145 (4)	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9	GS	19	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
40	149 (3)	Sep 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	1	2	1	4	0
41	153 (3)	Oct 1	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							41gm		175.2	11	34	1	46	4