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

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Team Record in Appearances: 29-15 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 41, Entered with runners on base: 5

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	207	3	Apr 15	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.00	2.51	36	12	8	0	1	9	58			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	-0.142	4.86	-0.25%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
2	208	7	Apr 22	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-1	L(0-2)	6	0.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.00	2.51	4	0	0	0	0	4	30			1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.360	3.95	-0.53%	-3.61	1b start a 1	1b -2- 0 out d2
3	209	9	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	5-6		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.23	2.30	4	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.033	.72	0.04%	0.56	5b --- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
4	210	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,10-9	7-9	BS(1)	0	2.1	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	5.68	2.24	13	2	3	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.30	-0.211	6.96	-0.27%	-0.50	7b 1-3 1 out a1	9b -23 2 out tie
5	211	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	8	0	0	4.57	1.98	36	13	6	0	1	6	68			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	1	.80	0.247	1.77	0.33%	1.68	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	212	16	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(1-3)	4	8.0	8	3	2	3	7	0	0	3.94	1.93	32	10	5	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.61	-0.115	5.22	-0.22%	0.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	213	19	May 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(2-3)	3	5.2	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.08	2.51	26	8	7	0	1	6	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.006	2.34	0.01%	-0.81	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a2
8	214	21	May 10	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.89	2.59	7	0	5	0	3	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.16	0.367	14.58	0.77%	1.36	8t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
9	215	23	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	L(2-4)	1	6.2	6	3	3	5	2	0	0	3.92	2.81	31	7	11	0	2	6	47			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.056	3.84	-0.12%	-0.14	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d3
10	216	28	May 16(2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-4)	3	9.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.25	2.66	29	11	10	2	1	1	88			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.258	1.79	0.57%	4.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
11	217	32	May 22	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(4-4)	5	10.0	10	3	3	3	3	0	1	3.16	2.72	43	11	15	1	3	10	60			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	0.449	7.63	1.18%	1.78	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
12	218	36	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-4		3	3.1	6	3	2	1	1	0	0	3.27	2.72	17	6	3	0	0	6	38			5	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.213	6.08	-0.76%	-1.56	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d1
13	219	39	May 30	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	2.88	2.61	32	12	11	1	3	4	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.419	5.51	1.20%	3.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	220	42	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-7	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.81	2.62	8	5	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.87	0.082	5.20	0.29%	0.91	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
15	221	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG(11)	W(6-4)	2	11.0	2	1	1	6	7	0	0	2.56	2.64	40	10	15	2	6	2	90			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.27	0.643	5.35	1.63%	4.20	1b start tie	11b 3 out a3
16	222	49	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.32	2.62	33	14	9	1	2	3	78			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.81	0.755	7.94	1.98%	4.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	223	54	Jun 13(2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	GS-6	W(8-4)	3	6.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.27	2.54	24	6	7	0	1	5	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	0.232	5.19	0.65%	2.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
18	224	59	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.09	2.46	32	11	8	0	1	4	84			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.572	5.11	1.69%	4.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	225	63	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.07	2.44	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.44	0.02%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
20	226	66	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	L,0-11	GS-3	L(9-5)	2	2.1	5	6	4	2	2	0	0	2.34	2.46	14	3	3	0	2	4	27			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.300	8.43	-1.23%	-3.73	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d4
21	227	67	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	8-GF		0	2.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2.38	2.51	10	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.070	7.02	-0.29%	-1.05	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
22	228	68	Jun 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	2.51	3	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.157	15.16	0.68%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
23	229	70	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-5)	2	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.19	2.45	32	11	14	1	3	4	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.25	0.590	6.54	1.86%	3.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	230	74	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	GS-2		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	2.45	4	2	2	0	1	0	54			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.070	5.16	0.31%	0.70	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out tie
25	231	78	Jul 7	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	GS-8	W(11-5)	2	8.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.11	2.48	31	8	14	1	2	6	65			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	.52	0.166	2.87	0.55%	2.82	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
26	232	85	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-3	GS-6	W(12-5)	8	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.21	2.47	26	8	7	1	1	8	45			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	1	1	.93	0.039	5.11	0.13%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
27	233	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	T,5-5	GS-8		3	8.0	6	5	3	2	5	1	0	2.27	2.52	33	7	13	0	4	6	57			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	1	2	1.24	-0.229	7.13	-0.79%	-0.84	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
28	234	96	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.1	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.35	2.56	26	9	9	0	0	4	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	-0.018	11.18	-0.10%	0.66	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	235	103	Aug 1(2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GS-6		6	5.2	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.49	2.55	27	10	3	0	0	8	39			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.115	8.14	-0.38%	-0.62	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out tie
30	236	105	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	8-GF	S(3)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.46	2.53	6	1	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.071	6.93	0.49%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
31	237	107	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	W(13-5)	1	9.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.49	2.52	38	11	11	0	7	8	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.045	5.80	0.19%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
32	238	112	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.36	2.51	32	11	9	0	5	4	81			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.586	6.91	2.20%	4.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
33	239	117	Aug 15(2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	GS-8	W(15-5)	3	8.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.31	2.53	31	7	12	0	3	6	70			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.418	7.01	1.59%	2.82	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
34	240	121	Aug 19(2)	CLE		DET	L,2-8	GS-5	L(15-6)	3	4.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	0	2.45	2.50	21	3	3	0	1	9	32			1	1	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.343	7.42	-1.24%	-2.71	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d2
35	241	125	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS-4	L(15-7)	4	4.0	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	2.54	2.52	19	6	5	1	3	6	34			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.263	3.31	-0.64%	-2.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
36	242	126	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	S(4)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	2.52	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.76	0.138	29.73	0.43%	0.31	10b -2- 2 out a1	10b end a 1
37	243	129	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS-7	W(16-7)	2	7.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.53	2.51	29	11	8	2	1	7	56			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.013	7.65	-0.05%	1.12	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
38	244	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	8-GF	S(5)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	2.50	5	4	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.357	13.41	1.04%	1.06	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	245	134	Sep 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-6	L(16-8)	1	6.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	0	2.61	2.55	25	8	7	0	2	6	46			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.197	5.10	-0.59%	-1.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
40	246	136	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	7-GF	S(6)	1	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.58	2.54	9	4	3	1	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.02	0.645	15.41	1.97%	2.53	7b 123 1 out a1	9b end a 1
41	247	140	Sep 6(2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-7		2	6.2	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.58	2.53	27	10	6	1	1	8	51			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.010	2.77	0.01%	0.46	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d2
42	248	143	Sep 10	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(17-8)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.56	2.51	38	13	9	0	3	7	66			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.355	1.79	0.30%	2.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
43	249	147	Sep 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	GS-8	W(18-8)	3	7.2	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.55	2.51	29	8	11	1	1	5	62			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.214	.01	0.00%	1.40	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
44	250	150	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-7	W(19-8)	4	7.0	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.55	2.49	31	12	7	0	1	10	51			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	0.211	.00	0.00%	1.25	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a2
45	251	156	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,7-8	GS-12		6	12.0	16	6	6	1	7	2	0	2.64	2.54	53	9	20	1	10	16	52			1	0	0	51	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-0.27	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
							29-15		W-L:19-8,Sv:6,BSv:1	2.7	258.2	220	85	76	71	130	6	2	2.64	2.54	1051	1.03		3%	13%	215	58	9	0%	12	5	0	958	31	4	3	16	7	13	1.22	5.347	5.11	14.65%	39.93

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