Ford C. Frick Recipient 1991 (Broadcaster) |
Joe Garagiola Ford C. Frick Recipient 1991 (Broadcaster) |
| Full Name: Joseph Henry Garagiola Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6'0" Weight: 190 lbs. Born: Feb 12, 1926 in St.Louis, MO Major League Debut: May 26, 1946 |
| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1951 1952 1953 1953 1954 1954 |
StL StL StL StL StL StL Pit Pit Pit ChN ChN NYG |
NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
.237 .257 .107 .261 .318 .194 .255 .273 .233 .272 .281 .273 |
74 77 24 81 34 27 72 118 27 74 63 5 |
211 183 56 241 88 72 212 344 73 228 153 11 |
21 20 9 25 8 9 24 35 9 21 16 1 |
50 47 6 63 28 14 54 94 17 62 43 3 |
4 10 1 14 6 3 8 15 5 9 5 2 |
1 2 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 4 0 0 |
3 5 2 3 2 2 9 8 2 1 5 0 |
22 25 7 26 20 9 35 54 14 21 21 1 |
23 40 12 31 10 9 32 50 10 21 28 1 |
25 14 9 19 7 7 20 24 11 23 12 2 |
.312 .398 .275 .348 .388 .284 .358 .369 .341 .336 .403 .308 |
.308 .415 .232 .357 .477 .375 .439 .410 .384 .360 .412 .455 |
| Totals | AVG .257 |
G 676 |
AB 1872 |
R 198 |
H 481 |
2B 82 |
3B 16 |
HR 42 |
RBI 255 |
BB 267 |
K 173 |
OBP .354 |
SLG .385 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1951 1952 1953 1953 1954 1954 |
StL StL StL StL StL StL Pit Pit Pit ChN ChN NYG |
NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
0 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 4 0 |
4 5 0 6 5 3 4 7 2 8 4 0 |
65 76 13 86 42 27 93 141 28 82 63 5 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
1 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 |
-- -- -- -- -- 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 |
-.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- .800 .000 1.000 -.--- -.--- -.--- |
70.3 36.6 28.0 80.3 44.0 36.0 23.6 43.0 36.5 228.0 30.6 --.- |
8.4 13.1 6.2 12.7 12.6 10.3 10.6 14.3 6.6 9.9 12.8 5.5 |
| Totals | HBP 16 |
GDP 48 |
TB 721 |
IBB -- |
SH 12 |
SF 2 |
SB 5 |
CS 2 |
SB% .714 |
AB/HR 44.6 |
AB/K 10.8 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1951 1952 1953 1953 1954 1954 |
StL StL StL StL StL StL Pit Pit Pit ChN ChN NYG |
NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
C C C C C C C C C C C C |
70 74 23 80 30 23 61 105 22 68 55 3 |
288 308 98 373 107 87 289 492 93 334 218 17 |
260 281 83 332 99 81 255 418 82 296 191 17 |
25 23 14 35 8 6 30 63 10 34 23 0 |
3 4 1 6 0 0 4 11 1 4 4 0 |
6 2 1 1 2 2 4 9 0 2 0 0 |
0.990 0.987 0.990 0.984 1.000 1.000 0.986 0.978 0.989 0.988 0.982 1.000 |
| Totals | G 614 |
Ch 2704 |
PO 2395 |
A 271 |
E 38 |
DP 29 |
FPCT 0.986 |
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| WORLD SERIES BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1946 |
StL |
NL |
.316 |
5 |
19 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
.316 |
.421 |
| Totals | AVG .316 |
G 5 |
AB 19 |
R 2 |
H 6 |
2B 2 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 4 |
BB 0 |
K 3 |
OBP .316 |
SLG .421 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1946 |
StL |
NL |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-.--- |
--.- |
6.3 |
| Totals | HBP 0 |
GDP 0 |
TB 8 |
IBB 0 |
SH 0 |
SF 0 |
SB 0 |
CS 0 |
SB% -.--- |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 6.3 |
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| WORLD SERIES FIELDING |
| YEAR | TEAM | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1946 |
StL |
C |
5 |
24 |
22 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.000 |
| Totals | G 5 |
Ch 24 |
PO 22 |
A 2 |
E 0 |
DP 1 |
FPCT 1.000 |
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"The 1952 Pirates lost 12 games. One day we had a rainout and we staged a victory party." This is the type of humor that has endeared Joe Garagiola to baseball fans everywhere. In recognition of his "major contributions to Baseball," Garagiola received the 1991 Hall Of Fame Board of Director's Ford C. Frick Award.
Garagiola's credentials are impressive. A journeyman catcher for nine seasons with the Cardinals, Pirates, Cubs and Giants, his interest in broadcasting piqued in 1950 when he tuned in to his team's radio broadcasts while convalescing from a shoulder separation. Following his retirement as a player after the 1954 season, he was offered a job with the Cardinals' broadcast crew. In the booth, Garagiola possessed a marvelous, easy-to-like approach to the game and a friendly, folksy manner. His progression behind the microphone included the Game of the Week, All-Star Game and World Series with NBC-TX throughout the 1960s, New York Yankee telecasts with Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, and Jerry Coleman from 1965-66, the NBC Today Show from 1962-73, and California Angels telecasts in 1990.
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