Edward Miguel Garcia
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[edit] Biography
Born on November 17, 1923 in San Gabriel, California, Mike Garcia (Edward Miguel Garcia) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators over the course of his 14 year career. Garcia broke into the bigs on October 3, 1948 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.36 ERA in 175.2 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Mike Garcia's best season was 1952, when he posted a 2.37 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 143 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | CLE | A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CLE | A | 41 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2.36 | 94 | 51 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 175.2 | 154 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1950 | CLE | A | 33 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 3.86 | 76 | 88 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 191 | 15 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1951 | CLE | A | 47 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 3.15 | 118 | 101 | 89 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 254 | 239 | 10 | 82 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 1952 | CLE | A | 46 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 2.37 | 143 | 93 | 77 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 292.1 | 284 | 9 | 87 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | 38 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 3.25 | 134 | 106 | 98 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 271.2 | 260 | 18 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | 45 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 2.64 | 129 | 85 | 76 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 258.2 | 220 | 6 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | 38 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 4.02 | 120 | 101 | 94 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 210.2 | 230 | 17 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | 35 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 3.78 | 119 | 93 | 83 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 197.2 | 213 | 18 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | 38 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 3.75 | 110 | 98 | 88 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 211.1 | 221 | 14 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 1958 | CLE | A | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1959 | CLE | A | 29 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4.00 | 49 | 39 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 72 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | CHI | A | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.58 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.2 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1961 | WAS | A | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.74 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 428 | 281 | 142 | 97 | 3.27 | 1117 | 888 | 789 | 111 | 27 | 23 | 2174.2 | 2148 | 122 | 719 | 23 | 30 | 33 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | CLE | A | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1949 | CLE | A | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1950 | CLE | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1951 | CLE | A | P | 47 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
| 1952 | CLE | A | P | 46 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .962 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | P | 45 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .984 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | P | 38 | 27 | 211.1 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .971 |
| 1958 | CLE | A | P | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1959 | CLE | A | P | 29 | 8 | 72 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .944 |
| 1960 | CHI | A | P | 15 | 0 | 17.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1961 | WAS | A | P | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Total | P | 428 | 36 | 328 | 134 | 359 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 1 | .972 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | CLE | A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CLE | A | 41 | 51 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 7 | .235 | .278 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | CLE | A | 33 | 65 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .224 | .231 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CLE | A | 47 | 85 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 9 | .212 | .239 | .318 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1952 | CLE | A | 46 | 95 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 10 | .137 | .180 | .168 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | 38 | 96 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .273 | .302 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | 45 | 81 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | .136 | .193 | .136 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | 38 | 69 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 7 | .217 | .253 | .275 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | 35 | 61 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .115 | .164 | .131 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | 38 | 75 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | .160 | .192 | .187 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1958 | CLE | A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CLE | A | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .071 | .071 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CHI | A | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | WAS | A | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 428 | 696 | 41 | 127 | 2 | 62 | .182 | .218 | .227 | 23 | 1 | 31 | 151 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1942).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (May 29, 1958).
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1959).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (October 23, 1959).
- Signed by Chicago White Sox (November 27, 1959).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (May 23, 1960).
- Signed by Chicago White Sox (September 1, 1960).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (November 11, 1960).
- Signed by Washington Senators (July 19, 1961).
- Released by Washington Senators (September 5, 1961).
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