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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	7 (4)	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9	GS	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8	Apr 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,7-8	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (1)	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
5	14 (3)	Apr 29	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	19 (4)	May 3	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	24 (4)	May 8 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
8	29 (4)	May 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
9	33 (3)	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	28	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
10	37 (3)	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	GS	37	7.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
11	41 (3)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	46 (4)	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-14	GS	17	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	48 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	52 (3)	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	55 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	56	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	28	6.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
17	59 (2)	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	62 (2)	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
19	67 (4)	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	71 (3)	Jun 28	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	77 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	80 (2)	Jul 7	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
23	84 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	86 (1)	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	89 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	91 (1)	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	94 (2)	Jul 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	100 (5)	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	105 (4)	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	111 (5)	Aug 10	CLE		DET	W,6-4	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	116 (4)	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	120 (3)	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GS	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
33	124 (3)	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	129 (4)	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-13	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	135 (5)	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GS	27	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	141 (5)	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	144 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	149 (4)	Sep 18	CLE		DET	L,3-10	GS	26	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							38gm		210.2	12	29	1	42	0