Joe Garagiola stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1946
Bio
- Debut
- 1946
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 676
- AB
- 1,872
- R
- 198
- H
- 481
- HR
- 42
- RBI
- 255
- SB
- 5
- AVG
- .257
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | STL | 74 | 211 | 21 | 50 | 3 | 22 | 0 | .237 |
| 1947 | STL | 77 | 183 | 20 | 47 | 5 | 25 | 0 | .257 |
| 1948 | STL | 24 | 56 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .107 |
| 1949 | STL | 81 | 241 | 25 | 63 | 3 | 26 | 0 | .261 |
| 1950 | STL | 34 | 88 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 0 | .318 |
| 1951 |  STL/PIT | 99 | 284 | 33 | 68 | 11 | 44 | 4 | .239 |
| 1952 | PIT | 118 | 344 | 35 | 94 | 8 | 54 | 0 | .273 |
| 1953 |  PIT/CHC | 101 | 301 | 30 | 79 | 3 | 35 | 1 | .262 |
| 1954 |  CHC/SF | 68 | 164 | 17 | 46 | 5 | 22 | 0 | .280 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- AB
- 19
- R
- 2
- H
- 6
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 4
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .316
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,169
- TB
- 721
- XBH
- 140
- HBP
- 16
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | STL | 235 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | STL | 228 | 76 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | 69 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 275 | 86 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 98 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL/PIT | 331 | 120 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 396 | 141 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT/CHC | 337 | 110 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHC/SF | 200 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 8.3
- RC
- 281.7
- RC/27
- 5.40
- ISOP
- .128
- SECA
- .272
- BB/K
- 1.54
- AB/HR
- 44.6
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | STL | 0.4 | 22.1 | 3.7 | .071 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 70.3 | 0 |
| 1947 | STL | 1.7 | 34.5 | 6.7 | .158 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 36.6 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | -0.2 | 4.2 | 2.3 | .125 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 28 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 0.5 | 33.1 | 5 | .095 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 80.3 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 0.8 | 16.6 | 7.5 | .159 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 44 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL/PIT | 1.6 | 44.6 | 5.4 | .183 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 25.8 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 2.4 | 56 | 6 | .137 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 43 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT/CHC | 0.0 | 40.3 | 4.9 | .103 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 100.3 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHC/SF | 1.1 | 30.5 | 6.8 | .134 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 32.8 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Joe Garagiola's career stats?
Joe Garagiola played 9 seasons for the Cardinals and the Pirates. He was a career .257 hitter with 481 hits, 42 home runs and 255 RBI. His best season was 1950: a .318 batting average, 2 home runs and 20 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1 postseason, 1946 to 1954
Championships ×2
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1954 World Series with the San Francisco Giants