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Mike
Garbark		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 3, 1916 in Usa, TX, HOUSTON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 28 PIT NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 29 PIT NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 30 PIT NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 31 PIT NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 32 BRK NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 33 BRK NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 34 BRK NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 35 BRK NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 28 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
1945 29 PIT NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1946 30 PIT NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1947 31 PIT NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1948 32 BRK NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1949 33 BRK NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1950 34 BRK NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 6 9 8 9
1951 35 BRK NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 6 9 8 9
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
1950 34 BRK NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.4
1 Years Sim 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.4
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   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
vs LH   0 0 0 0 1   .000 .000 .000 .000
Home 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
August 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
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
1944 28 A   134 452 57 130 23 5 5 53 6 8 91 24 .288 .407 .394 .801 76.0  
1945 29 AA   131 416 47 122 17 3 5 50 3 7 69 36 .293 .394 .385 .778 64.6  
1946 30 AA   121 395 47 118 25 2 5 71 3 5 55 20 .299 .384 .410 .795 61.3  
1947 31 AA   131 416 54 114 15 2 9 52 4 7 75 30 .274 .385 .385 .770 64.8  
1948 32 BRK NL 39 114 16 30 6 0 1 14 0 1 17 8 .263 .353 .342 .695 14.4 1.7
1949 33 BRK NL 86 290 24 62 9 1 3 28 0 2 26 24 .214 .280 .283 .562 23.3 0.0
1950 34 BRK NL 34 94 7 25 4 0 1 11 0 0 6 4 .266 .310 .340 .650 8.6 0.6
1951 35 BRK NL 26 45 6 12 4 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 .267 .365 .400 .765 6.5 1.1
4 Years Sim 185 543 53 129 23 2 5 54 0 3 56 37 .238 .308 .315 .623 52.9 3.4
3 Years AA 383 1227 148 354 57 7 19 173 10 19 199 86 .289 .386 .393 .779 190.8  
1 Years A 134 452 57 130 23 5 5 53 6 8 91 24 .288 .404 .394 .798 76.0  
4 Years Minors 517 1679 205 484 80 12 24 226 16 27 290 110 .288 .391 .393 .784 266.8  
162 Game Average 475 46 112 20 1 4 47 0 2 49 32 .238 .308 .315 .623 46.3  
Career Highs 86 290 24 62 9 1 3 28 0 2 26 24 .267 .365 .400 .765 23.3  
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   173 22 35 5 0 0 15 0 2 24 11 .202 .296 .231 .528 12.9
vs LH   370 31 94 18 2 5 39 0 1 32 26 .254 .314 .354 .668 40.8
Home 96 291 33 71 16 1 3 35 0 1 33 19 .244 .318 .337 .655 32.2
Away 89 252 20 58 7 1 2 19 0 2 23 18 .230 .296 .290 .586 21.5
RISP   110 0 24 6 0 1 45 0 0 17 4 .218 .313 .300 .613 11.8
Pinch Hitting   31 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 .129 .289 .161 .451 2.0
Close/Late   58 8 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 7 5 .207 .288 .241 .529 4.4
Mar/Apr 35 101 13 30 5 0 2 18 0 0 12 5 .297 .368 .406 .774 15.2
May 39 130 9 35 5 0 3 21 0 1 8 8 .269 .310 .377 .687 14.7
June 21 73 8 16 3 0 0 4 0 1 7 6 .219 .293 .260 .553 5.2
July 35 70 8 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 5 .157 .280 .171 .452 4.1
August 27 66 7 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 7 6 .197 .270 .273 .543 5.0
Sep/Oct 28 103 8 24 6 1 0 5 0 1 10 7 .233 .301 .311 .612 9.4
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 32 BRK NL C 35 30 274.0 132 7 1 0 .993 4.57 10 1 .100 2 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 33 BRK NL C 75 75 649.0 235 42 5 2 .982 3.84 48 18 .375 4 3.2
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 34 BRK NL C 27 27 223.0 107 11 1 0 .992 4.76 11 9 .818 1 1.3
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1951 35 BRK NL C 8 7 64.0 27 6 0 0 1.000 4.64 8 2 .250 1 0.3
  C 145 139 1210.0 501 66 7 2 .988 4.22 77 30 .390 8 4.8
  LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   148 139 1217.0 502 66 7 2 .988 4.20 77 30 .390 8 4.8
Career Highs   76 75 654.0 236 42 5 2 1.000 4.74 48 18 .818 4  
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Toby Atwell (995)
  2. Val Picinich (993)
  3. Jerry Grote (990)
  4. Ferrell Anderson (990)
  5. Joe Girardi (989)
  6. Ray Fosse (989)
  7. Billy Shantz (987)
  8. George Susce (985)
  9. Merritt Ranew (985)
  10. Gus Mancuso (985)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 40th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1944
Traded from Pittsburgh to Brooklyn on 3/3/1948 (Going to PIT: P Steve Nagy. Going to BRK: RF Luke Easter, C Mike Garbark)
Had first career hit on 4/8/1948, off Joe Page (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1948, off Ken Heintzelman (NYG)
Earned first career win on 8/2/1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Brooklyn on 10/12/1951
 
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