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Joe
Garagiola		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 12, 1926 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 20 OAK AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9
1947 21 OAK AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1948 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1949 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1950 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1951 25 OAK AL $ 790,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1952 26 DET AL $ 1,070,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1953 27 DET AL $ 1,240,714   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7
1954 28 DET AL $ 1,614,286   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7
1955 29 DET AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1956 30 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1957 31 TAM AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1958 32 TAM AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1959 33 NYG NL $ 2,540,054   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1960 34 TAM AL $ 2,540,054   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1961 35 TAM AL $ 2,540,054   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,540,054   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
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
1946 20 AAA   56 213 33 53 6 1 9 29 5 8 32 12 .249 .347 .413 .760 30.7  
    AA   81 292 44 74 15 0 14 40 7 8 73 25 .253 .403 .449 .851 56.1  
1947 21 AAA   137 480 71 126 23 3 18 81 7 11 88 32 .263 .377 .435 .812 80.3  
1948 22 OAK AL 96 214 38 73 15 1 3 30 0 0 36 15 .341 .434 .463 .897 40.9 7.7
1949 23 OAK AL 116 332 39 88 12 3 8 47 0 1 30 34 .265 .326 .392 .718 39.4 4.1
1950 24 OAK AL 111 246 44 77 14 2 7 44 1 1 42 28 .313 .414 .472 .886 47.6 8.9
1951 25 OAK AL 114 251 41 71 11 3 3 37 0 0 28 31 .283 .358 .386 .745 35.6 5.9
1952 26 OAK AL 85 286 32 68 11 2 7 52 0 0 36 40 .238 .327 .364 .691 33.6 3.3
  DET AL 19 47 8 12 0 0 3 9 0 0 2 4 .255 .286 .447 .733 5.6 0.7
  TOT   104 333 40 80 11 2 10 61 0 0 38 44 .240 .322 .375 .697 39.1 4.0
1953 27 DET AL 117 389 49 106 16 7 5 43 0 1 53 58 .272 .360 .388 .749 54.0 7.9
    AAA   2 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .200 .600 .200 .800 1.8  
1954 28 DET AL 152 521 75 150 26 4 13 84 1 0 74 73 .288 .376 .428 .804 79.5 14.7
1955 29 DET AL 146 512 83 160 36 4 12 86 0 1 63 78 .313 .386 .469 .854 89.1 16.5
1956 30 PIT NL 130 414 76 110 18 3 12 56 0 0 63 69 .266 .364 .411 .774 59.4 10.8
1957 31 PIT NL 91 282 36 78 20 2 9 45 0 0 37 30 .277 .365 .457 .823 43.3 8.2
  TAM AL 25 53 7 15 5 0 0 11 0 0 2 6 .283 .309 .377 .686 4.7 0.5
  TOT   116 335 43 93 25 2 9 56 0 0 39 36 .278 .357 .445 .802 48.0 8.7
1958 32 TAM AL 107 247 42 68 14 1 6 39 0 1 32 47 .275 .355 .413 .768 35.1 6.2
1959 33 NYG NL 130 406 56 117 25 0 13 55 0 0 48 69 .288 .365 .446 .810 64.3 11.9
1960 34 NYG NL 71 198 28 37 6 1 6 23 0 0 26 50 .187 .281 .318 .599 18.2 1.2
  TAM AL 28 91 12 23 5 1 2 16 0 0 11 23 .253 .333 .396 .729 11.4 2.3
  TOT   99 289 40 60 11 2 8 39 0 0 37 73 .208 .298 .343 .640 29.6 3.5
    AAA   2 7 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .571 .571 1.143 1.714 2.9  
1961 35 AAA   134 394 54 112 18 1 14 57 6 1 52 89 .284 .368 .442 .809 65.0  
13 Years Sim 1538 4489 666 1253 234 34 109 677 2 5 583 655 .279 .363 .419 .782 661.6 110.8
5 Years AAA 331 1099 161 296 48 5 42 170 18 20 177 136 .269 .370 .437 .807 180.7  
1 Years AA 81 292 44 74 15 0 14 40 7 8 73 25 .253 .408 .449 .856 56.1  
6 Years Minors 412 1391 205 370 63 5 56 210 25 28 250 161 .266 .379 .439 .818 236.7  
162 Game Average 472 70 131 24 3 11 71 0 0 61 68 .279 .363 .419 .782 69.7  
Career Highs 152 521 83 160 36 7 13 86 1 1 74 78 .341 .434 .472 .897 89.1  
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   3365 522 983 182 27 85 527 1 5 444 439 .292 .375 .438 .813 546.9
vs LH   1124 144 270 52 7 24 150 1 0 139 216 .240 .326 .363 .689 138.2
Home 765 2158 319 605 113 18 49 328 1 1 301 298 .280 .369 .418 .786 336.3
Away 773 2331 347 648 121 16 60 349 1 4 282 357 .278 .357 .421 .778 348.9
RISP   1202 0 356 69 9 35 540 0 0 171 177 .296 .379 .456 .835 207.9
Pinch Hitting   361 63 115 23 4 12 81 1 0 48 59 .319 .399 .504 .903 68.9
Close/Late   653 90 189 25 6 16 98 0 0 76 93 .289 .363 .420 .783 99.6
Mar/Apr 262 811 120 217 30 4 19 109 1 0 97 106 .268 .346 .385 .731 111.3
May 273 828 124 230 40 7 22 127 0 1 110 117 .278 .362 .423 .785 127.9
June 273 775 107 211 39 2 19 113 1 1 92 123 .272 .349 .401 .750 110.0
July 254 727 101 223 44 6 21 131 0 0 109 101 .307 .400 .470 .870 132.8
August 264 763 117 200 46 10 13 114 0 3 101 132 .262 .350 .400 .750 107.1
Sep/Oct 212 585 97 172 35 5 15 83 0 0 74 76 .294 .373 .448 .821 96.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1948 22 OAK AL C 27 27 226.0 111 11 1 0 .992 4.86 13 3 .231 1 1.3
    3B 48 17 203.3 15 52 2 3 .971 2.97 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 6 5 42.0 52 1 1 5 .981 11.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 23 OAK AL 3B 79 62 575.7 38 143 6 17 .968 2.83 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 20 15 138.3 78 10 0 0 1.000 5.73 8 3 .375 1 1.5
    1B 6 0 11.7 8 2 1 1 .909 7.72 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 24 OAK AL C 31 30 260.0 156 10 1 0 .994 5.75 15 6 .400 2 2.1
    3B 45 22 213.0 18 49 1 3 .985 2.83 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 4 3 18.0 22 2 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1951 25 OAK AL C 50 33 324.7 190 15 1 0 .995 5.68 16 4 .250 1 2.3
    3B 20 5 82.0 8 24 1 0 .970 3.51 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 9 9 72.0 98 7 0 10 1.000 13.13 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1952 26 OAK AL C 63 59 554.5 311 20 0 0 1.000 5.37 25 8 .320 1 3.5
    3B 11 3 42.6 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 3 31.3 36 6 0 4 1.000 12.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  DET AL C 14 13 83.9 47 3 0 0 1.000 5.36 4 1 .250 0 0.2
    3B 2 1 6.4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 1 4.7 5 1 0 1 1.000 11.49 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 77 72 638.4 358 23 0 0 1.000 5.37 29 9 .310 1 3.8
      3B 13 4 49.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.39   0.1
      1B 4 4 36.0 41 7 0 5 1.000 12.00   0.1
1953 27 DET AL C 58 55 494.3 308 14 3 1 .991 5.86 28 5 .179 2 0.1
    3B 26 23 209.0 20 53 1 4 .986 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 21 21 190.3 248 13 2 24 .992 12.34 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1954 28 DET AL C 137 132 1188.0 688 44 7 4 .991 5.55 44 10 .227 5 3.6
    3B 8 1 20.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1955 29 DET AL C 121 114 1047.7 547 41 0 3 1.000 5.05 38 11 .289 3 5.9
    1B 7 7 64.0 70 5 1 5 .987 10.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 6 0 11.7 0 1 1 0 .500 0.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 30 PIT NL 3B 94 78 721.7 39 213 8 24 .969 3.14 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    C 32 32 276.0 136 10 1 1 .993 4.76 17 3 .176 0 0.4
    1B 1 0 3.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 21.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 31 PIT NL 3B 66 50 514.7 27 134 3 8 .982 2.82 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    C 12 11 99.1 56 4 0 0 1.000 5.45 2 2 1.000 0 0.5
    1B 4 1 15.9 16 1 0 2 1.000 9.62 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL 3B 18 14 87.6 5 23 1 1 .966 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 3 3 16.9 9 1 0 0 1.000 5.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 84 64 602.3 32 157 4 9 .979 2.82   1.9
      C 15 14 116.0 65 5 0 0 1.000 5.43 2 2 1.000 0 0.5
      1B 5 1 18.6 19 1 0 2 1.000 9.68   0.0
1958 32 TAM AL 3B 25 25 227.0 15 58 0 4 1.000 2.89 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 24 22 195.3 133 6 1 0 .993 6.40 6 0 .000 1 0.4
    1B 12 6 69.0 103 4 2 10 .982 13.96 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1959 33 NYG NL 3B 97 93 823.3 36 210 7 19 .972 2.69 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    C 9 1 28.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 8.36 2 1 .500 0 0.2
    1B 3 3 26.0 24 0 0 1 1.000 8.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 34 NYG NL 3B 56 45 399.1 24 100 3 8 .976 2.80 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    C 6 4 39.2 36 1 0 0 1.000 8.49 1 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 1 0 3.4 4 0 0 1 1.000 10.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL 3B 22 18 181.9 11 45 1 4 .982 2.77 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 3 2 17.8 16 1 0 0 1.000 8.60 1 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 0 0 1.6 2 0 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 610 553 4989.7 2847 192 15 9 .995 5.48 220 57 .259 17 22.3
  3B 623 457 4318.9 260 1120 35 96 .975 2.88 0 0 .000 0 18.4
  1B 79 59 555.6 697 43 7 66 .991 11.99 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1314 1069 9866.9 3804 1355 57 171 .989 4.71 220 57 .259 17 41.7
Career Highs   145 133 1208.0 688 224 9 29 1.000 6.61 44 11 1.000 5  
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
1952 26 DET AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
1954 28 DET AL 7 30 6 10 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 3 .333 .355 .567 .922
1956 30 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1957 31 TAM AL 5 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .375 .375 .500 .875
1958 32 TAM AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1959 33 NYG NL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 23 46 8 13 2 0 2 3 0 0 4 10 .283 .340 .457 .797
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1955-6-.313
 On-Base Pct
1955-5-.386
 Doubles
1955-6-36
 Triples
1953-6-7
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Oakland in 1946
Had first career hit on 4/8/1948, off Joe Nuxhall (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1948, off Bob Rush (MIN)
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $790,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,070,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to Detroit on 7/31/1952 (Going to DET: C Joe Garagiola, P Bobby Shantz, LF Irv Noren. Going to OAK: P Gene Conley, 2B Eddie Stanky, P Marius Russo)
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,240,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 2/1/1953 (Going to STL: C Joe Garagiola, P Walt Masterson, C Butch Nieman, LF Irv Noren, LF Johnny Wyrostek. Going to DET: P Warren Spahn)
Traded from St. Louis to Detroit on 3/3/1953 (Going to STL: P Howie Pollet. Going to DET: C Joe Garagiola, P Walt Masterson, C Butch Nieman, LF Irv Noren, LF Johnny Wyrostek)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,614,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1954: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 7/4/1955
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 7/27/1955
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 3/3/1956 (Going to PIT: C Joe Garagiola, P Jack Harshman. Going to DET: P Tex Clevenger, 3B Billy Johnson)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1957 (Going to PIT: C Faye Throneberry, C Andy Seminick, P Scott Cary. Going to TAM: C Stan Lopata, 3B Joe Garagiola)
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 4/6/1958
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/8/1959 to a 3-year deal worth $2,540,054 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to NYG: P Humberto Robinson. Going to TAM: 1B Pancho Herrera, SS Wayne Causey, C Gene Oliver, 3B Joe Garagiola)
 
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