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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
2	5 (1)	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (2)	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	GS	21	5.0	0	4	1	5	0	P
4	12 (3)	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (3)	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
6	18 (1)	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
7	21 (2)	May 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	25 (3)	May 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
9	31 (5)	May 18 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
10	32	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	GF	5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	34 (1)	May 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS	29	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
12	39 (4)	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	44 (4)	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	48 (3)	Jun 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,14-0	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	51 (2)	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	54 (2)	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	59 (4)	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
18	64 (4)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	66 (1)	Jun 25	CLE		PHA	L,9-11		5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	68 (1)	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	72 (3)	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS	40	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
22	76 (3)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	49	13.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
23	78 (1)	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	80 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	84 (3)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	87 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
27	90 (2)	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	21	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	94 (3)	Jul 24	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
29	98 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	102 (3)	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
31	107 (4)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	110 (2)	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS	34	6.2	1	0	0	1	0
33	114 (3)	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	GS	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	117 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
35	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	121 (2)	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	123 (1)	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9		13	3.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
38	126 (2)	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	23	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	131 (4)	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	135 (3)	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
41	138 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	142 (3)	Sep 11	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	P
43	145 (2)	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	GS	16	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
44	146	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	149 (2)	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,11-3	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
46	152 (2)	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							46gm		292.1	17	59	3	79	4