Joe Garagiola
| Joe Garagiola | |||||||||||||||
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Garagiola in 1947 | |||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: February 12, 1926 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
| Died: March 23, 2016 (aged 90) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| May 26, 1946, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| September 26, 1954, for the New York Giants | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .257 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 42 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 255 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Joseph Henry Garagiola Sr. (February 12, 1926 – March 23, 2016) was an American professional baseball catcher, and later a radio and television personality with a varied career.
He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and New York Giants. He was later well known outside baseball as one of the regular panelists on The Today Show, but he was best known for his many years as one of the lead baseball announcers on NBC, frequently amplifying, for comedic effect, remarks attributed to his old friend Yogi Berra (whether Berra had made them or not); he also made numerous appearances as a host and panelist on a range of talk and game shows.