Mike Garcia
1948–1961 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1961-71)
428G
.182AVG
.218OBP
.227SLG
More career statistics
127H
2HR
62RBI
0SB
142–97W–L
2,174.2IP
1,117K
3.27ERA
281GS
23SV
2Rare feats
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 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 792 | 791 |
| Batting · Walks | 31 | 30 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,237 | 9,233 |
| Pitching · p er | 789 | 790 |
| Pitching · p hr | 122 | 121 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,117 | 1,119 |
| Pitching · p r | 888 | 887 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 428 | 792 | 696 | 41 | 127 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 31 | 151 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 158 | .182 | .218 | .227 | .445 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,174.7 | 428 | 281 | 111 | 142 | 97 | 23 | 2,148 | 888 | 789 | 122 | 719 | 1,117 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 1.318 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1953-06-10 to 1953-06-27
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1951-07-20 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1954-05-16 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1950-06-03 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 213 | 369 | 67 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 66 | .202 | .217 | .256 |
| Away | 215 | 422 | 60 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 85 | .165 | .182 | .201 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | .224 | .264 | .245 |
| May | 77 | 148 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 34 | .142 | .155 | .179 |
| June | 80 | 155 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 29 | .205 | .226 | .235 |
| July | 86 | 131 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 18 | .200 | .198 | .261 |
| August | 86 | 165 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 36 | .162 | .188 | .243 |
| September | 66 | 135 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 23 | .191 | .200 | .209 |
| October | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .250 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 66 | 122 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 24 | .207 | .213 | .243 |
| detroit-tigers | 64 | 106 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 21 | .172 | .198 | .204 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 59 | 120 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | .131 | .125 | .159 |
| new-york-yankees | 53 | 89 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | .184 | .213 | .237 |
| chicago-white-sox | 49 | 98 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 22 | .193 | .204 | .250 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 41 | 90 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | .250 | .267 | .300 |
| st-louis-browns | 29 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | .107 | .136 | .196 |
| baltimore-orioles | 29 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .208 | .214 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| 1949 | Cleveland Guardians | 41 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 7 | – | .235 | 175 | 95 |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 33 | 65 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .200 | 184 | 76 |
| 1951 | Cleveland Guardians | 47 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 9 | – | .212 | 254 | 118 |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians | 46 | 95 | 13 | – | 10 | – | .137 | 292 | 143 |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians | 38 | 96 | 24 | – | 5 | – | .250 | 271 | 134 |
| 1954 | Cleveland Guardians | 45 | 81 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .136 | 258 | 130 |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 38 | 69 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .217 | 210 | 120 |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians | 35 | 61 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .115 | 197 | 119 |
| 1957 | Cleveland Guardians | 38 | 75 | 12 | – | 8 | – | .160 | 211 | 110 |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 8 | 2 |
| 1959 | Cleveland Guardians | 29 | 14 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .071 | 72 | 49 |
| 1960 |  Chicago White Sox | 15 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 17 | 8 |
| 1961 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 14 |