Joe Garagiola
1946–1954 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
676G
.257AVG
.354OBP
.385SLG
More career statistics
481H
42HR
255RBI
5SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 5 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 173 | 172 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,169 | 2,170 |
| Batting · RBI | 255 | 253 |
| Batting · Walks | 267 | 268 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 676 | 2,169 | 1,872 | 198 | 481 | 82 | 16 | 42 | 255 | 267 | 173 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 721 | .257 | .354 | .385 | .739 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1951-07-15 to 1951-07-27
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1954-05-16 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1952-08-14 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1949-06-12 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 348 | 1106 | 253 | 18 | 147 | 137 | 75 | .266 | .353 | .395 |
| Away | 328 | 1064 | 228 | 24 | 106 | 131 | 97 | .248 | .337 | .375 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 157 | 32 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 10 | .237 | .331 | .333 |
| May | 143 | 447 | 98 | 9 | 66 | 66 | 46 | .263 | .367 | .418 |
| June | 136 | 434 | 82 | 6 | 41 | 57 | 30 | .220 | .320 | .324 |
| July | 120 | 397 | 92 | 11 | 46 | 41 | 29 | .261 | .335 | .399 |
| August | 118 | 395 | 99 | 10 | 48 | 43 | 32 | .285 | .359 | .438 |
| September | 110 | 336 | 75 | 4 | 29 | 41 | 24 | .261 | .345 | .359 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .750 | .750 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 117 | 380 | 75 | 7 | 46 | 51 | 34 | .233 | .332 | .342 |
| cincinnati-reds | 98 | 319 | 70 | 10 | 47 | 52 | 26 | .269 | .382 | .438 |
| new-york-giants | 97 | 298 | 61 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 27 | .234 | .319 | .383 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 93 | 285 | 71 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 18 | .277 | .330 | .414 |
| chicago-cubs | 74 | 230 | 44 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 22 | .221 | .309 | .312 |
| boston-braves | 70 | 237 | 47 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 22 | .223 | .308 | .346 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 60 | 214 | 64 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 10 | .340 | .411 | .468 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 48 | 150 | 37 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 9 | .296 | .407 | .432 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 74 | 211 | 50 | 3 | 22 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 77 | 183 | 47 | 5 | 25 | – | .257 | – | – |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 7 | – | .107 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 241 | 63 | 3 | 25 | – | .261 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 88 | 28 | 2 | 20 | – | .318 | – | – |
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 99 | 284 | 68 | 11 | 44 | 4 | .239 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 118 | 344 | 94 | 8 | 54 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1953 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 101 | 301 | 79 | 3 | 34 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago Cubs, New York Giants | 68 | 164 | 46 | 5 | 22 | – | .280 | – | – |