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: 19-16 / in Starts: 17-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 0

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	290	4	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,6-7	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.0	4	5	5	5	2	0	0	22.50	7.87	15	1	3	0	1	4	25			1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.301	2.59	-0.39%	-3.43	1t start tie	3t -23 0 out d2
2	291	9	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-8		5	8.0	5	2	2	2	2	2	1	6.30	6.57	31	11	10	3	1	5	64			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.161	2.96	0.24%	2.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
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
3	292	13	May 3	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	6	1	0	1	7	0	0	3.32	4.00	34	14	6	0	0	6	79			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.322	3.05	0.57%	3.28	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
4	293	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	5.0	11	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.13	4.20	28	8	4	0	0	11	30			0	0	0	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.107	3.36	-0.21%	-1.08	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
5	294	20	May 11	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG(5)	W(2-2)	3	5.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.72	3.85	21	6	6	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.179	3.58	0.36%	1.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
6	295	25	May 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	GS-5	L(2-3)	4	4.1	7	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.78	4.05	21	5	5	1	1	6	42			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.024	5.11	-0.07%	0.05	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out tie
7	296	29	May 20(2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.19	3.53	33	15	8	2	0	4	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.396	4.10	0.90%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	297	32	May 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	5.2	6	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.19	3.77	25	11	3	1	0	6	48			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.30	-0.047	5.01	-0.11%	0.38	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d1
9	298	37	May 30(2)	CLE		CHW	L,8-9	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	4.1	8	5	5	0	1	1	0	3.78	3.86	20	3	8	1	0	8	28			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.125	2.67	-0.25%	-1.28	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
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
10	299	42	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-0	SHO	W(4-5)	4	9.0	7	0	0	4	12	0	0	3.23	3.45	37	6	9	4	1	6	81			2	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.465	2.94	0.77%	4.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
11	300	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,15-8	GS-2		4	2.0	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	3.41	3.46	11	4	3	0	1	3	37			1	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.263	4.42	-0.82%	-2.99	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
12	301	50	Jun 11(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-5	L(4-6)	1	4.1	7	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.86	3.67	25	6	5	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.236	3.96	-0.59%	-3.34	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d4
13	302	54	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	GS-5	L(4-7)	3	5.0	9	6	6	2	3	1	1	4.33	3.80	27	3	9	1	0	9	26			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.227	3.85	-0.61%	-3.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
14	303	60	Jun 22	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-7)	6	9.0	5	0	0	5	3	0	0	3.86	3.75	34	18	4	0	0	4	75			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.81	0.318	1.62	0.38%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	304	64	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	W,12-11	GS-2		4	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	2	4.09	3.77	11	1	3	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.206	3.86	-0.36%	-1.94	1t start tie	2t 3 out d2
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
16	305	68	Jul 1(1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	8-8		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.15	3.91	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.050	1.16	-0.10%	-0.47	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
17	306	70	Jul 3	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	GS-5		1	4.2	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.23	3.91	22	5	4	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.026	2.84	-0.05%	-0.79	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a2
18	307	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-7)	2	7.1	11	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.10	3.75	33	6	11	0	1	11	51			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.095	3.64	0.18%	0.97	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a2
19	308	81	Jul 15(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-8)	8	7.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.08	3.61	33	11	6	0	0	9	50			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.003	1.77	0.00%	1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
20	309	85	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-8		3	8.0	9	4	2	2	5	1	0	3.95	3.61	34	13	5	1	0	9	55			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.21	-0.113	2.27	-0.13%	0.01	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
21	310	87	Jul 21(2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	9-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.94	3.66	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.87	-0.072	4.47	-0.07%	-0.41	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
22	311	89	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	SHO	W(7-8)	2	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.64	3.57	33	10	13	3	3	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.71	0.382	1.50	0.48%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
23	312	93	Jul 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	GS-5	L(7-9)	3	5.0	6	6	5	1	5	1	0	3.86	3.57	23	6	5	0	0	6	37			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.233	2.44	-0.33%	-3.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
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
24	313	100	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	GS-5	L(7-10)	5	4.2	5	6	6	5	1	0	0	4.13	3.63	24	4	9	1	0	5	26			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.165	3.77	-0.30%	-1.13	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d2
25	314	101	Aug 4	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	L(7-11)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.17	3.60	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.289	6.55	-0.52%	-0.47	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
26	315	104	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(8-11)	2	9.0	12	2	0	4	5	1	0	3.90	3.63	42	6	15	4	4	12	60			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.25	0.424	2.47	0.50%	2.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
27	316	108	Aug 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-5	GS-5		3	5.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	4.08	3.69	23	9	4	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.297	1.30	-0.24%	-2.39	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
28	317	116	Aug 19(2)	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GS-9	W(9-11)	7	8.1	8	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.92	3.60	39	13	9	1	0	8	66			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.75	0.300	1.49	0.15%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
29	318	120	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-7	W(10-11)	4	6.0	8	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.94	3.67	29	6	8	0	0	8	43			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.058	1.86	0.05%	0.11	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
30	319	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.1	8	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.84	3.59	29	6	10	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.016	1.74	0.02%	0.67	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
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
31	320	130	Sep 3(1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	GS-6	L(10-12)	4	5.1	4	4	4	4	6	2	1	3.93	3.72	25	6	4	1	0	4	46			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	2	.88	-0.219	1.53	-0.23%	-1.47	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d1
32	321	136	Sep 9(2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	4-7		5	4.0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	3.84	3.67	13	5	3	2	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.038	.08	0.00%	1.13	4t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
33	322	141	Sep 14(2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.1	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.82	3.61	33	13	9	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.215	.02	0.00%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
34	323	146	Sep 18(2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-12)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.64	3.49	29	12	5	0	3	3	88			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.405	.00	0.00%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
35	324	150	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	3-7		4	4.2	11	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.78	3.55	25	6	5	0	0	11		0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.012	.00	0.00%	-2.61	3b --- 1 out d6	7b 3 out d11
							19-16		W-L:11-12	3.6	197.2	213	93	83	74	119	18	5	3.78	3.55	874	1.19		6%	3%	210	51	0	---%	10	4	0	783	26	6	3	16	1	15	1.04	0.789	2.50	-0.77%	12.24

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