Mike Garcia Stats

Mike Garcia was born on Saturday, November 17, 1923, in San Gabriel, California. Garcia was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 3, 1948, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mike Garcia baseball stats page.

"The Big Bear (Mike Garcia), on the other hand, utilizing a rather lazy, deceptively leisurely motion, would be content to cut down American League batters four days out of the week, and twice on Sundays." - Sports Stars (August 1952)

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Mike Garcia

Mike Garcia Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#112)

Mike Garcia Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#112)
 

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Birth Name:   Edward Miguel Garcia
Nickname:   Mike or The Big Bear
Born On:   11-17-1923  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Gabriel, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-13-1986 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Fairview Park, Ohio
Cemetery:   Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, California
High School:   Visalia High School (Visalia, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   10-03-1948 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-02-1961
Draft:   Not Applicable
Mike Garcia

Mike Garcia Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1948 25 Indians 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 2.0 9 3 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 -
1949 26 Indians 41 20 10 14 5 .737 2.36 8 5 2 175.2 718 154 46 51 6 60 - 94 1 2 0 -
1950 27 Indians 33 29 0 11 11 .500 3.86 11 0 0 184.0 804 191 79 88 15 74 - 76 2 0 0 -
1951 28 Indians 47 30 14 20 13 .606 3.15 15 1 6 254.0 1,066 239 89 101 10 82 - 118 6 3 0 -
1952 29 Indians 46 36 8 22 11 .667 2.37 19 6 4 292.1 1,236 284 77 93 9 87 - 143 4 7 1 -
1953 30 Indians 38 35 3 18 9 .667 3.25 21 3 0 271.2 1,133 260 98 106 18 81 - 134 3 3 0 -
1954 31 Indians 45 34 8 19 8 .704 2.64 13 5 5 258.2 1,053 220 76 85 6 71 0 129 1 2 0 -
1955 32 Indians 38 31 7 11 13 .458 4.02 6 2 3 210.2 894 230 94 101 17 56 6 120 2 3 0 -
1956 33 Indians 35 30 1 11 12 .478 3.78 8 4 0 197.2 874 213 83 93 18 74 5 119 3 5 0 -
1957 34 Indians 38 27 5 12 8 .600 3.75 9 1 0 211.1 915 221 88 98 14 73 6 110 2 6 1 -
1958 35 Indians 6 1 0 1 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 0 8.0 46 15 8 10 2 7 0 2 0 1 0 -
1959 36 Indians 29 8 9 3 6 .333 4.00 1 0 1 72.0 310 72 32 39 4 31 3 49 3 0 0 -
1960 37 White Sox 15 0 3 0 0 .000 4.58 0 0 2 17.2 82 23 9 9 2 10 0 8 3 0 0 -
1961 38 Senators 16 0 9 0 1 .000 4.74 0 0 0 19.0 97 23 10 14 1 13 3 14 0 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
14 Years 428 281 77 142 97 .594 3.27 111 27 23 2,174.2 9,237 2,148 789 888 122 719 23 1,117 30 33 2 -
Mike Garcia

Mike Garcia Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1948 25 Indians 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1949 26 Indians 41 51 7 12 2 0 1 0 7 3 - 9 8 - 0 0 .235 .278 .333
1950 27 Indians 33 65 4 13 2 0 0 0 6 1 - 25 5 - 1 0 .200 .224 .231
1951 28 Indians 47 85 3 18 4 1 1 0 9 3 - 12 9 - 0 2 .212 .239 .318
1952 29 Indians 46 95 6 13 3 0 0 0 10 5 - 26 10 - 0 4 .137 .180 .168
1953 30 Indians 38 96 8 24 5 0 0 0 5 3 - 15 6 - 0 2 .250 .273 .302
1954 31 Indians 45 81 5 11 0 0 0 0 4 6 - 22 6 1 0 1 .136 .193 .136
1955 32 Indians 38 69 4 15 4 0 0 0 7 4 0 14 3 2 0 2 .217 .253 .275
1956 33 Indians 35 61 1 7 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 10 8 2 1 2 .115 .164 .131
1957 34 Indians 38 75 3 12 2 0 0 0 8 3 0 12 3 0 0 3 .160 .192 .187
1958 35 Indians 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1959 36 Indians 29 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071
1960 37 White Sox 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
1961 38 Senators 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 428 696 41 127 23 1 2 0 62 31 0 151 58 5 2 16 .182 .218 .227
Mike Garcia

Mike Garcia Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1948 Indians P 1 0 6 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1949 Indians P 41 20 527 46 1.1 45 11 34 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.31
1950 Indians P 33 29 552 53 1.6 52 10 42 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.54
1951 Indians P 47 30 762 66 1.4 64 18 46 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.27
1952 Indians P 46 36 877 79 1.7 76 17 59 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.34
1953 Indians P 38 35 815 53 1.4 53 14 39 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.76
1954 Indians P 45 34 776 62 1.4 61 20 41 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.12
1955 Indians P 38 31 632 42 1.1 41 12 29 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.75
1956 Indians P 35 30 593 40 1.1 40 13 27 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.82
1957 Indians P 38 27 634 35 0.9 34 12 22 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.45
1958 Indians P 6 1 24 2 0.3 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1959 Indians P 29 8 216 18 0.6 17 6 11 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.13
1960 White Sox P 15 0 53 5 0.3 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.55
1961 Senators P 16 0 57 4 0.3 1 0 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .250 0.47
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 428 281 6,524 507 1.2 493 134 359 14 27 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.04
14 Years 428 281 6,524 507 1.2 493 134 359 14 27 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.04
Mike Garcia

Mike Garcia Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1948 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 4.50 0.00
1949 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 51.0 5.7 7.3 1.57 4.82 3.07
1950 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 10.8 1.03 3.72 3.62
1951 Indians 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 85.0 7.1 9.4 1.44 4.18 2.91
1952 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 9.5 1.64 4.40 2.68
1953 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.4 19.2 1.65 4.44 2.68
1954 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 20.3 1.82 4.49 2.47
1955 Indians 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.9 9.9 2.14 5.13 2.39
1956 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.1 20.3 1.61 5.42 3.37
1957 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.3 9.4 1.51 4.68 3.11
1958 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.29 2.25 7.88
1959 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.8 7.0 1.58 6.13 3.88
1960 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.80 4.08 5.09
1961 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.08 6.63 6.16
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 0 2 .000 0 0 n/a 348.0 4.6 11.2 1.55 4.62 2.98
Mike Garcia

Mike Garcia Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1948 Cleveland Indians 22 Undetermined - -
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1954 Cleveland Indians 25 Undetermined Stats Stats
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1957 Cleveland Indians 25 Undetermined - -
1958 Cleveland Indians 25 Undetermined - -
1959 Cleveland Indians 25 Undetermined - -
1960 Chicago White Sox 25 Undetermined - -
1961 Washington Senators 19 Undetermined - -


Did you know that Mike Garcia was named one of the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players ever? As part of the club’s 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, a panel of veteran baseball writers, historians and executives selected a roster of the Top 100 Greatest Indians and Garcia was named one of the thirty-six pitchers.

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