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Joe Garagiola

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Full Name: Joseph Henry Garagiola Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190 First Game: May 26, 1946
Birthdate: February 12, 1926 Final Game: September 26, 1954
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Joe Garagiola (Joseph Henry Garagiola) was born on February 12, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on May 26, 1946 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1946, his rookie year, he hit .237 with 3 home runs and 22 RBI. Garagiola played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and New York Giants over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Joe Garagiola's best season was 1952, when he knocked in 54 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1946 STL N 74 211 21 50 3 22 .237 .312 .308 4 1 23 25 0 1 0 0 4
1947 STL N 77 183 20 47 5 25 .257 .398 .415 10 2 40 14 3 2 0 0 5
1948 STL N 24 56 9 6 2 7 .107 .275 .232 1 0 12 9 1 0 0 0 0
1949 STL N 81 241 25 63 3 26 .261 .348 .357 14 0 31 19 1 2 0 0 6
1950 STL N 34 88 8 28 2 20 .318 .388 .477 6 1 10 7 0 0 0 0 5
1951 STL N 27 72 9 14 2 9 .194 .284 .375 3 2 9 7 0 1 0 0 3
1951 PIT N 72 212 24 54 9 35 .255 .358 .439 8 2 32 20 2 3 4 0 4
1951 TOT N 99 284 33 68 11 44 .239 .339 .423 11 4 41 27 2 4 4 0 7
1952 PIT N 118 344 35 94 8 54 .273 .369 .410 15 4 50 24 2 0 0 0 7
1953 PIT N 27 73 9 17 2 14 .233 .341 .384 5 0 10 11 2 1 1 0 2
1953 CHI N 74 228 21 62 1 21 .272 .336 .360 9 4 21 23 1 1 0 0 8
1953 TOT N 101 301 30 79 3 35 .262 .337 .365 14 4 31 34 3 2 1 0 10
1954 NY N 5 11 1 3 0 1 .273 .308 .455 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
1954 CHI N 63 153 16 43 5 21 .281 .403 .412 5 0 28 12 4 1 0 4 4
1954 TOT N 68 164 17 46 5 22 .280 .397 .415 7 0 29 14 4 1 0 5 4
Total 676 1872 198 481 42 255 .257 .354 .385 82 16 267 173 16 12 5 5 48

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1946 STL N C 70 0 0 260 25 3 6 0 4 0 0 0 .990
1947 STL N C 74 0 0 281 23 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 .987
1948 STL N C 23 0 0 83 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1949 STL N C 80 0 0 332 35 6 1 0 6 0 0 0 .984
1950 STL N C 30 0 0 99 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 STL N C 23 0 0 81 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1951 PIT N C 61 0 0 255 30 4 4 0 7 0 0 0 .986
1951 TOT N C 84 0 0 336 36 4 6 0 9 0 0 0 .989
1952 PIT N C 105 0 0 418 63 11 9 0 2 0 0 0 .978
1953 PIT N C 22 0 0 82 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1953 CHI N C 68 0 0 296 34 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 .988
1953 TOT N C 90 0 0 378 44 5 2 0 6 0 0 0 .988
1954 NY N C 3 2 23 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1954 CHI N C 55 48 409 191 23 4 0 0 6 15 7 0 .982
1954 TOT N C 58 50 432 208 23 4 0 0 6 16 7 0 .983
Total C 614 50 432 2395 271 38 29 0 35 16 7 0 .986

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1942).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Bill Howerton, Howie Pollet, Ted Wilks and Dick Cole to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Cliff Chambers and Wally Westlake (June 15, 1951).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ralph Kiner, Howie Pollet and George Metkovich to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Toby Atwell, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, George Freese, Bob Addis, Gene Hermanski and $150000 (June 4, 1953).
  • Claimed on waivers by New York Giants from Chicago Cubs (September 8, 1954).

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