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Mike
Garcia		  
Nickname: The Big Bear
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: November 17, 1923 in Usa, CA, SAN GABRIEL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1950    1957   
All-Star Selections 1954   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 24 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 5 6 5 7 8 8 8 9 8
1949 25 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 5 6 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
1950 26 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1951 27 BOS AL $ 2,750,000 9 5 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
1952 28 BRK NL $ 2,957,143 9 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 7
1953 29 BRK NL $ 3,478,571 9 5 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
1954 30 BRK NL $ 5,000,000 9 5 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
1955 31 PIT NL $ 5,000,000 9 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1956 32 PIT NL $ 5,000,000 9 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1957 33 PIT NL $ 5,000,000 9 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1958 34 TAM AL $ 1,700,000 9 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1959 35 TAM AL $ 1,700,000 9 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1960 36 BSN NL $ 1,700,000 9 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1961 37 BSN NL $ 1,700,000 9 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
1962 38 BSN NL $ 700,000 9 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 9 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 9 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1949 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1950 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 27 BOS AL $ 2,750,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 28 BRK NL $ 2,957,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 29 BRK NL $ 3,478,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1954 30 BRK NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1955 31 PIT NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1956 32 PIT NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1957 33 PIT NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1958 34 TAM AL $ 1,700,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1959 35 TAM AL $ 1,700,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 36 BSN NL $ 1,700,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1961 37 BSN NL $ 1,700,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1962 38 BSN NL $ 700,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1948 24 BOS AL 18 8 .692 31 31 14 0 0 243.7 225 97 12 93 103 3.58 .246 .316 .364 .679 20.2
1949 25 BOS AL 21 14 .600 41 41 19 1 0 317.0 344 157 25 120 111 4.46 .281 .343 .419 .762 21.2
1950 26 BOS AL 20 16 .556 40 40 20 2 0 306.0 310 163 31 120 114 4.79 .263 .331 .411 .742 16.7
1951 27 BOS AL 11 14 .440 31 31 11 1 0 234.3 249 125 28 96 94 4.80 .273 .342 .441 .783 12.0
1952 28 BRK NL 17 17 .500 41 41 19 2 0 331.3 334 151 24 117 168 4.10 .261 .323 .369 .692 19.8
1953 29 BRK NL 18 12 .600 37 37 13 3 0 297.7 307 129 34 83 154 3.90 .266 .318 .412 .730 21.3
1954 30 BRK NL 19 15 .559 41 41 18 4 0 311.7 274 116 23 107 164 3.35 .237 .303 .348 .650 27.6
1955 31 BRK NL 5 9 .357 14 14 6 0 0 114.7 104 47 10 41 53 3.69 .243 .311 .362 .673 6.6
  PIT NL 13 7 .650 27 27 11 1 0 217.7 204 87 20 82 135 3.60 .250 .319 .372 .691 16.6
  TOT   18 16 .529 41 41 17 1 0 332.3 308 134 30 123 188 3.63 .247 .316 .369 .685 23.2
1956 32 PIT NL 19 20 .487 44 44 17 2 0 352.3 320 151 25 115 204 3.86 .244 .304 .354 .659 22.2
1957 33 PIT NL 11 19 .367 40 40 7 0 0 293.0 306 169 31 128 151 5.19 .270 .344 .414 .758 5.6
1958 34 TAM AL 4 2 .667 49 2 1 0 5 72.0 80 39 10 36 38 4.88 .286 .367 .432 .799 2.3
1959 35 TAM AL 10 6 .625 80 0 0 0 10 91.7 85 29 9 23 55 2.85 .246 .290 .358 .648 14.9
1960 36 BSN NL 14 21 .400 43 43 14 1 0 329.0 360 187 48 119 235 5.12 .278 .338 .444 .783 4.5
1961 37 BSN NL 9 23 .281 42 42 14 0 0 327.0 343 188 56 126 206 5.17 .271 .337 .458 .796 6.7
1962 38 BSN NL 4 8 .333 15 15 2 0 0 105.3 121 58 17 33 59 4.96 .285 .338 .450 .788 1.0
15 Years Sim 213 211 .502 616 489 186 17 15 3944.3 3966 1893 403 1439 2044 4.32 .262 .326 .401 .728 219.4
Season Average 14 14 .500 41 32 12 1 1 263.0 264 126 26 95 136 4.32 .262 .326 .401 .728  
Career Highs 21 23 .692 80 44 20 4 10 352.3 360 188 56 128 235 5.19 .286 .367 .458 .799  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1922 896 191 621 1201   .247 .303 .377 .680
vs LH   2044 997 212 818 843   .278 .351 .427 .778
Home 111 105 .514 318 251 97 12 6 2053.3 2035 938 201 717 1064 4.11 .260 .322 .396 .718
Away 102 106 .490 298 238 89 5 9 1891.0 1931 955 202 722 980 4.55 .265 .331 .406 .738
Mar/Apr 34 39 .466 104 84 28 4 1 702.6 710 343 79 264 393 4.39 .263 .329 .411 .740
May 31 44 .413 99 87 37 3 2 688.6 707 340 68 255 356 4.44 .266 .331 .402 .733
June 35 29 .547 105 81 28 3 2 632.6 626 283 46 231 296 4.03 .258 .322 .367 .689
July 36 37 .493 99 76 27 0 0 614.6 627 331 79 240 336 4.85 .265 .333 .427 .759
August 37 32 .536 100 84 34 2 4 675.0 667 316 66 232 353 4.21 .260 .321 .397 .718
Sep/Oct 40 30 .571 109 77 32 5 6 630.6 629 280 65 217 310 4.00 .262 .323 .403 .726
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1948 24 BOS AL 31 85 7 15 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 22 .176 .193 .200 .393 3.1 0.0
1949 25 BOS AL 41 115 9 23 1 2 1 10 0 0 1 26 .200 .203 .270 .473 6.9 0.0
1950 26 BOS AL 40 100 9 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 21 .170 .176 .190 .366 2.3 0.0
1951 27 BOS AL 31 78 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 .103 .114 .103 .216 -2.2 0.0
1952 28 BRK NL 41 113 12 19 2 2 0 4 0 0 7 24 .168 .215 .221 .436 5.6 0.0
1953 29 BRK NL 37 102 6 17 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 20 .167 .175 .196 .371 2.1 0.0
1954 30 BRK NL 41 101 3 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 24 .168 .200 .188 .388 2.7 0.0
1955 31 BRK NL 14 39 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .077 .075 .103 .178 -1.0 0.0
  PIT NL 27 73 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 17 .164 .173 .192 .365 2.0 0.0
  TOT   41 112 3 15 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 30 .134 .139 .161 .300 1.0 0.0
1956 32 PIT NL 44 118 11 21 1 1 0 8 0 0 5 34 .178 .216 .203 .419 4.9 0.0
1957 33 PIT NL 40 95 5 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 .168 .177 .168 .346 1.7 0.0
1958 34 TAM AL 49 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.2 0.0
1959 35 TAM AL 80 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1960 36 BSN NL 43 105 5 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 .152 .168 .171 .340 1.0 0.0
1961 37 BSN NL 42 95 4 15 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 24 .158 .167 .189 .356 1.2 0.0
1962 38 BSN NL 15 36 4 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .278 .278 .333 .611 3.2 0.5
15 Years Sim 616 1268 79 211 18 6 2 71 0 0 24 309 .166 .183 .195 .378 33.6 0.5
162 Game Average 333 20 55 4 1 0 18 0 0 6 81 .166 .183 .195 .378 8.8  
Career Highs 80 118 12 23 3 2 1 10 0 0 7 34 .278 .278 .333 .611 6.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   745 49 119 10 3 1 42 0 0 14 179 .160 .178 .185 .363 8.9
vs LH   523 30 92 8 3 1 29 0 0 10 130 .176 .191 .208 .400 12.3
Home 318 616 43 108 8 3 1 37 0 0 12 152 .175 .191 .203 .394 13.6
Away 298 652 36 103 10 3 1 34 0 0 12 157 .158 .176 .187 .363 7.6
RISP   295 0 41 4 2 0 64 0 0 5 80 .139 .158 .166 .324 -0.2
Close/Late   124 6 25 3 1 0 9 0 0 4 23 .202 .238 .242 .480 5.6
Mar/Apr 104 221 9 35 0 2 0 9 0 0 5 56 .158 .181 .176 .357 2.4
May 95 231 10 33 1 1 1 12 0 0 3 59 .143 .157 .169 .326 0.2
June 91 209 12 31 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 50 .148 .160 .163 .322 -0.2
July 76 179 13 30 3 0 0 11 0 0 4 51 .168 .185 .184 .369 2.7
August 84 217 19 38 3 2 1 13 0 0 4 49 .175 .191 .221 .412 5.9
Sep/Oct 77 211 16 44 8 1 0 16 0 0 6 44 .209 .227 .256 .483 10.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1948 24 BOS AL P 31 31 243.7 20 49 2 3 .972 2.55    
1949 25 BOS AL P 41 41 317.0 24 74 2 5 .980 2.78    
1950 26 BOS AL P 40 40 306.0 20 77 1 8 .990 2.85    
1951 27 BOS AL P 31 31 234.3 20 49 0 4 1.000 2.65    
1952 28 BRK NL P 41 41 331.3 20 73 3 7 .969 2.53    
1953 29 BRK NL P 37 37 297.7 25 69 1 3 .989 2.84    
1954 30 BRK NL P 41 41 311.7 16 69 1 4 .988 2.45    
1955 31 BRK NL P 14 14 114.7 6 29 1 3 .972 2.75    
  PIT NL P 27 27 217.7 12 56 3 5 .958 2.81    
  TOT   P 41 41 332.3 18 85 4 8 .963 2.79    
1956 32 PIT NL P 44 44 352.3 27 82 4 7 .965 2.78    
1957 33 PIT NL P 40 40 293.0 32 73 0 7 1.000 3.23    
1958 34 TAM AL P 49 2 72.0 7 17 0 1 1.000 3.00    
1959 35 TAM AL P 80 0 91.7 2 17 0 1 1.000 1.87    
1960 36 BSN NL P 43 43 329.0 16 66 2 5 .976 2.24    
1961 37 BSN NL P 42 42 327.0 19 69 2 4 .978 2.42    
1962 38 BSN NL P 15 15 105.3 9 24 0 2 1.000 2.82    
Career Totals   616 489 3944.3 275 893 22 69 .982 2.67    
Career Highs   80 44 352.3 32 85 4 8 1.000 3.23    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1948 24 BOS AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 17 12 0 6 6 9.26 .327 .397 .462 .858
1955 31 PIT NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 8 2 3 6 14.40 .348 .423 .609 1.032
1956 32 PIT NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 11 8 1 4 2 8.64 .324 .395 .500 .895
1958 34 TAM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 6.7 9 1 0 4 2 1.35 .321 .406 .393 .799
1959 35 TAM AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 1 0 3 3 2.46 .167 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 9 4 0 0 0 35.3 47 30 3 20 19 7.65 .315 .396 .470 .866
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 24 BOS AL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1955 31 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1956 32 PIT NL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1958 34 TAM AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1948-4-3.58
1954-5-3.35
 Wins
1948-7-18
1949-3-21
1950-6-20
1953-9-18
1954-4-19
1955-8-18
1956-9-19
 Losses
1950-6-16
1952-6-17
1954-10-15
1955-8-16
1956-4-20
1957-6-19
1960-2-21
1961-2-23
CAR-21-211
 Winning Pct
1948-3-.692
1949-7-.600
1959-10-.625
 Saves
1959-9-10
 Games Pitched
1959-3-80
Games Started
1952-8-41
1954-7-41
1955-7-41
1956-1-44
1960-5-43
1961-7-42
CAR-46-489
 Complete Games
1948-6-14
1949-1-19
1950-1-20
1951-5-11
1952-3-19
1953-9-13
1954-2-18
1955-5-17
1956-4-17
1960-6-14
1961-5-14
CAR-26-186
 Shutouts
1949-5-1
1950-3-2
1951-8-1
1952-8-2
1953-3-3
1954-1-4
1955-8-1
1956-6-2
1960-10-1
 Innings Pitched
1949-4-317.0
1950-7-306.0
1952-4-331.3
1954-5-311.7
1955-4-332.3
1956-3-352.3
1960-4-329.0
1961-3-327.0
CAR-39-3944.3
 Hits Allowed
1949-5-344
1950-8-310
1952-4-334
1953-6-307
1954-7-274
1955-5-308
1956-4-320
1957-8-306
1960-1-360
1961-3-343
CAR-35-3966
 Homeruns Allowed
1950-7-31
1960-1-48
1961-1-56
CAR-24-403
Strikeouts
1952-7-168
1955-9-188
1956-10-204
1960-10-235
 Walks Allowed
1950-8-120
1955-10-123
1956-9-115
1957-5-128
1960-3-119
1961-3-126
CAR-34-1439
 Walks per 9IP
1948-8-3.4
1953-5-2.5
1954-8-3.1
 Hits per 9IP
1948-7-8.3
1954-9-7.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1952-10-4.6
 WHiP
1948-5-1.31
1953-9-1.31
1954-5-1.22
1956-9-1.23
OAVG
1948-8-.246
1954-10-.237
 OOBP
1948-6-.316
1954-5-.303
1956-9-.304
 OSLG
1948-7-.364
1954-6-.348
1956-9-.354
 OOPS
1948-7-.679
1954-5-.650
1956-7-.659
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 138    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Bobo Newsom (930)
  2. Lefty Gomez (916)
  3. Curt Simmons (904)
  4. Walt Masterson (903)
  5. Joe Dobson (894)
  6. Johnny Rigney (888)
  7. Johnny Sain (887)
  8. Larry French (885)
  9. Ike Delock (872)
  10. Bert Blyleven (870)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ray Herbert (990)
  2. Curt Simmons (987)
  3. Bobo Newsom (987)
  4. Don Drysdale (987)
  5. Billy Hoeft (984)
  6. Claude Passeau (983)
  7. Bob Miller (983)
  8. Larry French (982)
  9. Ed Baecht (981)
  10. Stubby Overmire (980)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1948
Earned first career win on 4/2/1948
Had first career hit on 4/13/1948, off Joe Coleman (STL)
Injured on 4/13/1948 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/19/1948 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
Hit first career homerun on 8/2/1949, off Marius Russo (DET)
Injured on 9/25/1950 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,750,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/9/1951 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,957,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to Brooklyn on 2/1/1952 (Going to BRK: LF Don Lenhardt, P Mike Garcia. Going to BOS: 1B Ben Taylor)
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/12/1953 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks
9/22/1953: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1953, going 5-1, 1.65
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1954, going 5-2, 1.76
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Injured on 3/5/1955 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Traded from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1955 (Going to BRK: P Frank Sullivan. Going to PIT: P Mike Garcia)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1956, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
6/1/1957: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $1,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1957
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 2/13/1958 (Going to PIT: P Bill Henry. Going to TAM: P Mike Garcia)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to BSN: P Mike Garcia, SS Alex Grammas. Going to TAM: P Curt Barclay, P Al Cicotte)
7/31/1961: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $700,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 7/6/1962 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
 
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