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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

142

ERA

3.27

428

281

2174.2

1117

WHIP

1.318

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 10-19 / in Starts: 5-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 6

1959 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1959 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	369	18	May 3(2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	4	3	0	2	6	0	0	0.00	1.88	34	13	9	1	2	4	77			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.28	0.074	5.93	0.20%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
2	370	24	May 10(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	6	7.0	11	3	3	2	4	1	0	1.69	2.86	30	11	3	0	0	10	45			4	2	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.026	3.21	-0.07%	0.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
3	371	36	May 24(2)	CLE		DET	L,3-6	GS-5	L(0-3)	13	5.0	6	5	3	1	5	0	0	2.57	2.45	22	6	4	0	0	6	43			2	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.333	4.53	-0.94%	-2.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
4	372	39	May 28	CLE		KCA	L,2-7	6-6		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	2.36	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.035	3.98	0.11%	0.47	6t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
5	373	42	May 31	CLE	@	DET	L,4-7	7-9	L(0-4)	2	2.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.59	2.50	9	4	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.138	7.80	0.40%	0.86	7b --- 0 out tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
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
6	374	46	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-11	9-GF		4	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.49	2.35	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
7	375	49	Jun 7(2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.30	2.43	8	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.024	.66	0.06%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
8	376	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.2	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.40	2.24	12	3	4	0	2	2		3	3	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.050	2.10	0.11%	-1.51	7b 123 1 out a6	9b end a 3
9	377	53	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS-5		2	5.0	7	5	3	1	5	1	0	2.83	2.46	22	6	4	0	1	6	41			0	1	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.331	3.55	-0.71%	-2.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
10	378	58	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	6-8	BL(0-5)	4	1.2	1	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.19	2.60	9	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.061	9.55	-0.18%	-0.07	6b 12- 2 out a1	8b 1-- 1 out tie
11	379	63	Jun 23	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	7-8		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.03	2.57	7	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.009	.51	0.03%	0.95	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
12	380	65	Jun 25	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	8-GF	BW(1-5)	1	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.90	2.59	8	0	4	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	-0.037	17.80	-0.13%	-0.65	8t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 1
13	381	67	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.76	2.68	7	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.041	1.86	0.12%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
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
14	382	72	Jul 2	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-6	6-7		4	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.84	2.77	9	1	3	1	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.005	1.51	-0.02%	0.00	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
15	383	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-7		2	6.2	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.18	2.80	29	5	11	1	1	7	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.080	8.58	-0.31%	0.25	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out tie
16	384	79	Jul 11	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GS-3		5	2.2	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.35	2.99	12	5	2	0	0	4	41			0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.124	5.57	-0.50%	-1.06	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out a1
17	385	84	Jul 16(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	2.98	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.19	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
18	386	86	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	10-12	W(2-5)	1	2.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.16	3.03	9	2	4	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.84	0.390	16.56	1.36%	1.46	10b 12- 2 out tie	12b 3 out tie
19	387	90	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	L,5-8	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.12	3.08	4	2	1	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.82	-0.058	5.66	-0.24%	-0.63	9t -23 1 out d1	9t end d 3
20	388	96	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.02	3.03	10	1	1	0	1	2		0	0	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.18	0.010	1.09	0.04%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
21	389	98	Jul 28(2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	6-7		0	1.1	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.39	3.00	8	2	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.193	7.04	-0.73%	-2.55	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 1-- 1 out d4
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
22	390	102	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	2.99	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.59	0.03%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
23	391	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	8-8		8	0.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.61	3.01	5	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.208	7.37	-0.68%	-2.41	8b --- 0 out a4	8b 12- 1 out a2
24	392	118	Aug 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-11	8-GF		7	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	2.97	5	1	2	0	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.02	0.00%	1.22	8t 123 2 out d8	9t end d 8
25	393	124	Aug 23(2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	GS-4		4	4.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.46	2.91	15	7	3	0	1	4	51			0	2	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.100	7.27	0.38%	0.89	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
26	394	130	Aug 30(2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-9	6-7		6	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	2.90	7	0	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.041	2.59	0.20%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
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
27	395	135	Sep 7(1)	CLE		DET	W,15-14	GS-2		7	1.0	3	5	5	2	0	1	0	3.95	3.17	8	0	3	0	1	3	25			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.344	4.79	-0.79%	-3.36	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out tie
28	396	136	Sep 7(2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	9-GF	W(3-5)	-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	3.16	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.99	0.04%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
29	397	140	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	8-8	L(3-6)	3	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.00	3.20	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.046	8.30	-0.10%	-0.18	8b --- 0 out tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
							10-19		W-L:3-6,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.3	72.0	72	39	32	31	49	4	0	4.00	3.20	310	0.91		5%	10%	64	46	14	50%	11	8	1	272	10	2	3	3	0	5	1.01	-0.908	5.24	-2.30%	-4.22

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Garcia Pages

Mike García Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Mike García Pages at Baseball Reference