Joe Garagiola

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 12, 1926 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: March 23, 2016 in Scottsdale, AZ

Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

High School: St. Mary's HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: May 26, 1946 (Age 20-103d, 10,153rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 28-226d)
vs. PHI 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Joseph Henry Garagiola

Pronunciation: \GAR-uh-jee-O-luh\

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1946 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

1872

481

.257

198

RBI

255

OBP

.354

SLG

.385

OPS

.739

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 42 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 7 go ahead

3 Tms
PIT	19
STL	17
CHC	6

Platoon
vs RHP	39
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Away	24
Home	18

Outs
0	16
1	14
2	12

8 Opps
CIN	10
NYG	8
BRO	7
BSN	4
PHI	4
STL	4
PIT	3
CHC	2

35 Pitchers
Bucky Walters	3
Herm Wehmeier	2
Russ Meyer	2
Johnny Sain	2
Harry Gumbert	2
Carl Erskine	2
Vic Lombardi	1
Johnny Schmitz	1
Murry Dickson	1
Bill Werle	1
Eddie Erautt	1
George Spencer	1
Johnny Hetki	1
Alex Konikowski	1
Bubba Church	1
Dan Bankhead	1
Bill Connelly	1
Max Surkont	1
Bob Miller	1
Carl Scheib	1
Ewell Blackwell	1
Ray Poat	1
Tom Poholsky	1
Sal Maglie	1
Kirby Higbe	1
Charley Schanz	1
Al Corwin	1
Bob Rush	1
Robin Roberts	1
Jim Hearn	1
Clyde King	1
Gerry Staley	1
Jim Wilson	1
Larry Jansen	1
Ed Chandler	1

8 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	10
Forbes Fld (PIT)	9
Polo Grounds (NYC)	6
Crosley Fld (CIN)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	4
Braves Fld (BOS)	2
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1

Where Hit
9	33
7	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	6
-23	4
12-	3
123	2
1-3	2
-2-	1

73 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	24
1 on	7
2 on	9
3 on	2
Any on	18

Inning
1	4
2	7
3	1
4	5
5	1
6	6
7	6
8	9
9	3

1-3	12
4-6	12
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	4
-1	4
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	11

Ahead	16
Tied	4
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	40
PH	2

OrderPos
6th	13
7th	12
8th	12
5th	3
9th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1946-08-09	STL	@	CIN	Bucky Walters	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	7	2	0.081	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1946-08-17	STL		CIN	Bucky Walters	behind 1-6	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.031	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1946-09-12	STL	@	BRO	Kirby Higbe	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	7	2	0.182	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Kurowski Scores; D. Sisler Scores
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1947-05-30 (1)	STL		CIN	Harry Gumbert	behind 5-12	b 9	2	-23	3	8	2	0.001	0%		Home Run; T. Moore Scores; B. Creger Scores
5	5	2	1	1947-06-14 (2)	STL		BRO	Ed Chandler	ahead 7-0	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	3	1	1947-06-17	STL		PHI	Charley Schanz	tied 2-2	b 2	0	---	1	8	2
7	7	4	1	1947-08-27	STL	@	NYG	Ray Poat	behind 3-6	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.022	4%		Home Run
8	8	5	1	1947-08-30	STL	@	CIN	Bucky Walters	behind 1-2	t 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.244	50%		Home Run
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1948-04-30	STL	@	CIN	Harry Gumbert	tied 5-5	t 7	1	123	4	7	2	0.282	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Musial Scores; E. Slaughter Scores; D. Lang Scores
10	10	2	1	1948-06-18	STL	@	NYG	Alex Konikowski	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	12-	3	8	2	0.146	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Kurowski Scores; N. Jones Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1949-07-03	STL		CIN	Herm Wehmeier	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.116	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	2	1	1949-07-08	STL	@	CIN	Eddie Erautt	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	1--	2	8	2	0.059	98%		Home Run; E. Kazak Scores/unER; J. Garagiola Scores/unER
13	13	3	1	1949-08-12	STL		PIT	Vic Lombardi	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	-23	3	7	2
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1950-05-28 (2)	STL	@	CIN	Ewell Blackwell	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	123	4	6	2	0.187	87%		Home Run; R. Schoendienst Scores/unER; E. Slaughter Scores; B. Howerton Scores
15	15	2	1	1950-05-30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	Murry Dickson	behind 3-4	t 8	2	12-	3	8	2
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1951-04-20	STL		CHC	Johnny Schmitz	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	2
17	17	2	1	1951-05-04	STL	@	PHI	Russ Meyer	behind 2-4	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.106	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	3	1	1951-07-15 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	Sal Maglie	behind 2-6	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.047	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	4	1	1951-07-16	PIT	@	NYG	Larry Jansen	behind 2-6	t 6	1	1--	2	6	2	0.105	19%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Kiner Scores
20	20	5	1	1951-07-18	PIT	@	BRO	Dan Bankhead	ahead 7-2	t 4	2	---	1	6	2	0.033	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	6	1	1951-07-22 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	Max Surkont	behind 2-3	t 8	1	---	1	6	2	0.266	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	7	1	1951-07-23	PIT		BSN	Johnny Sain	behind 2-7	b 1	1	-23	3	6	2	0.132	33%		Home Run; P. Reiser Scores; R. Kiner Scores
23	23	8	1	1951-07-25	PIT		NYG	Al Corwin	behind 0-4	b 7	0	12-	3	6	2	0.203	36%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Kiner Scores; G. Bell Scores
24	24	9	1	1951-07-29 (1)	PIT		BSN	Johnny Sain	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.074	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	10	1	1951-08-02	PIT		BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 3-10	b 8	1	1--	2	6	2	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Bell Scores
26	26	11	1	1951-08-21	PIT	@	BSN	Jim Wilson	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.100	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1952-05-30 (2)	PIT		STL	Gerry Staley	behind 1-3	b 9	2	-23	3	6	PH			Walk-Off
28	28	2	1	1952-06-07	PIT		NYG	Jim Hearn	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	5	2
29	29	3	1	1952-06-19	PIT	@	NYG	George Spencer	ahead 6-1	t 8	1	---	1	5	2	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	4	1	1952-07-06 (2)	PIT	@	STL	Bill Werle	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	---	1	7	2	0.111	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	5	1	1952-07-29	PIT	@	BRO	Clyde King	ahead 5-1	t 8	2	1--	2	7	2	0.027	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Merson Scores
32	32	6	1	1952-08-19	PIT		PHI	Robin Roberts	behind 1-9	b 8	2	1-3	3	7	2
33	33	7	1	1952-09-19	PIT		CIN	Herm Wehmeier	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.090	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	8	1	1952-09-27	PIT	@	CIN	Bubba Church	behind 4-6	t 7	2	---	1	3	2	0.105	22%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1953-05-09 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	Bill Connelly	behind 0-5	t 4	1	-2-	2	7	2	0.078	17%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. O'Connell Scores
36	36	2	1	1953-05-16	PIT	@	CHC	Bob Rush	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	---	1	5	2
37	37	3	1	1953-08-25 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	Carl Erskine	ahead 3-1	t 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.080	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1954-05-24	CHC	@	STL	Carl Scheib	ahead 4-2	t 6	0	---	1	7	2	0.084	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	2	1	1954-05-26	CHC	@	STL	Tom Poholsky	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.107	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	3	1	1954-06-09 (2)	CHC		PHI	Bob Miller	behind 3-9	b 7	1	---	1	9	PH	0.014	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	4	1	1954-08-29 (2)	CHC		PIT	Johnny Hetki	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.208	62%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Fondy Scores
42	42	5	1	1954-09-02	CHC		BRO	Russ Meyer	behind 0-9	b 5	0	1--	2	8	2	0.014	3%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Fondy Scores

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