Joe Garagiola Stats & Facts

Joe Garagiola Stats & Facts

 

VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA

Vintage Baseball Memorabilia

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 (10,164th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 26, 1954
vs. PHI 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: Joseph Henry Garagiola
Pronunciation: \GAR-uh-jee-O-luh\
View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

 

Nine Other Players Who Debuted in 1946

Yogi Berra
Ralph Kiner
Alvin Dark
Carl Furillo
Bobby Thomson
Joe Garagiola
Ellis Kinder
Vic Raschi
Sherm Lollar

 

 

 

Notable Events and Chronology for Joe Garagiola Career

Biography

Joe Garagiola, catcher for the 1951-53 Pirates. He had played for the Cardinals since 1946 when the Pirates acquired him on June 15, 1951 in a seven-player deal that saw star outfielder Wally Westlake and pitcher Cliff Chambers (who had just thrown a no-hitter) both go to the Cardinals. Garagiola hit .255 with nine homers and 35 RBIs in the last 72 games of the 1951 season. In 1952 he hit .273 with 54 RBIs in 118 games for the last place Pirates. He began the 1953 season with the Pirates, but he would be included in the Ralph Kiner trade to the Chicago Cubs in early June. That was a ten-player deal that also saw the Cubs send $150k to the Pirates. Garagiola finished his nine-season Major League career in 1954 with the Giants. He was a .257 career hitter in 676 games. He remained active in baseball, mainly broadcasting, until his passing in 2016.

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