Robert
Garza
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 9, 1978 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
James Yim Award 2010    2011   
All-Star Selections 2008    2009    2010    2011    2012    2013   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 21 MN GE     0 1 0 0 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
2001 22 MN GE     0 3 1 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
2002 23 MN GE     1 4 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6 4 4 4
2003 24 IL GE     3 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
2004 25 IL GE $ 300,000   6 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2005 26 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 8 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
2006 27 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 8 9 6 6 6 8 9 9
2007 28 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 6 8 9 8
2008 29 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 6 8 9 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 1 0 0 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 6 8 9 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 30 IL GE $ 300,000 7 10 9 9 8 7 8 10 10 10
2010 31 IL GE $ 300,000 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 9 9
2011 32 IL GE $ 300,000 7 10 9 9 8 7 8 10 9 9
2012 33 IL GE $ 300,000 7 10 9 9 8 7 8 10 9 9
2013 34 IL GE $ 300,000 7 10 9 9 8 7 7 10 10 10
2014 35 IL GE $ 300,000 7 9 8 9 7 7 7 8 7 7
2015 36 IL GE $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
2016 37 IL GE $ 300,000 5 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 21 MN GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2001 22 MN GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 23 MN GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 24 IL GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 25 IL GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 26 IL GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 27 IL GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 28 IL GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 29 IL GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 30 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2010 31 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2011 32 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2012 33 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2013 34 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2014 35 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2015 36 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 37 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2000 21 A   5 16 .238 29 29 3 0 0 205.0 203 83 22 40 122 3.64 .254 .290 .385 .675  
2001 22 AA   13 5 .722 22 22 4 1 0 165.7 162 56 19 26 93 3.04 .252 .281 .374 .655  
    A   0 1 .000 2 2 1 0 0 17.0 13 6 2 4 11 3.18 .217 .266 .383 .649  
2002 23 AA   13 8 .619 24 24 3 0 0 187.0 172 60 21 31 125 2.89 .244 .276 .389 .665  
2003 24 AAA   6 4 .600 14 14 1 1 0 95.0 109 36 7 20 52 3.41 .285 .321 .385 .706  
    AA   4 2 .667 10 10 0 0 0 74.7 64 25 3 16 50 3.01 .235 .278 .342 .620  
2004 25 IL GE 6 14 .300 29 29 6 1 0 210.7 201 84 16 59 105 3.59 .251 .305 .344 .650 8.9
    AAA   2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 33.0 41 16 4 11 19 4.36 .306 .359 .470 .829  
2005 26 IL GE 5 12 .294 44 20 1 0 0 161.3 182 83 19 57 116 4.63 .282 .343 .424 .767 3.9
2006 27 IL GE 14 12 .538 33 33 5 2 0 231.7 190 60 6 72 187 2.33 .223 .285 .279 .564 19.0
2007 28 IL GE 12 12 .500 32 32 2 1 0 221.0 204 98 10 85 190 3.99 .243 .324 .331 .654 9.1
2008 29 IL GE 17 7 .708 33 33 0 0 0 211.0 162 45 8 61 182 1.92 .208 .276 .268 .543 19.6
2009 30 IL GE 20 7 .741 32 32 7 3 0 240.3 171 60 7 61 154 2.25 .199 .255 .276 .531 20.7
2010 31 IL GE 21 1 .955 33 33 2 2 0 238.7 154 44 4 59 154 1.66 .184 .247 .252 .499 25.3
2011 32 IL GE 18 5 .783 35 35 1 0 0 218.7 133 43 8 39 147 1.77 .173 .223 .252 .474 20.3
2012 33 IL GE 19 3 .864 32 32 0 0 0 206.7 133 40 4 53 139 1.74 .183 .251 .234 .485 20.6
2013 34 IL GE 16 6 .727 31 31 1 0 0 199.0 138 56 5 40 125 2.53 .194 .246 .266 .512 16.6
2014 35 IL GE 14 4 .778 32 32 0 0 0 199.3 130 44 9 54 145 1.99 .184 .253 .259 .511 18.7
2015 36 IL GE 6 11 .353 23 23 0 0 0 120.3 118 62 23 39 91 4.64 .253 .324 .458 .782 0.7
    AAA   0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 13.3 12 6 3 3 7 4.05 .240 .283 .500 .783  
2016 37 AAA   0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 20.7 28 14 5 11 15 6.10 .333 .411 .619 1.030  
12 Years Sim 168 94 .641 389 365 25 9 0 2458.6 1916 719 119 679 1735 2.63 .213 .276 .297 .573 183.3
4 Years AAA 8 6 .571 38 19 1 1 0 162.0 190 72 19 45 93 4.00 .292 .338 .442 .780  
3 Years AA 30 15 .667 56 56 7 1 0 427.3 398 141 43 73 268 2.97 .246 .279 .375 .654  
2 Years A 5 17 .227 31 31 4 0 0 222.0 216 89 24 44 133 3.61 .251 .288 .385 .673  
9 Years Minors 43 38 .531 125 106 12 2 0 811.3 804 302 86 162 494 3.35 .257 .294 .392 .685  
Season Average 14 7 .667 32 30 2 0 0 204.9 159 59 9 56 144 2.63 .213 .276 .297 .573  
Career Highs 21 14 .955 44 35 7 3 0 240.3 204 98 23 85 190 4.64 .282 .343 .458 .782  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1629 618 103 573 1391   .220 .276 .306 .582
vs LH   287 101 16 106 344   .179 .230 .257 .488
Home 77 47 .621 200 185 10 6 0 1265.3 982 369 59 341 902 2.62 .212 .267 .294 .560
Away 91 47 .659 189 180 15 3 0 1193.3 934 350 60 338 833 2.64 .214 .270 .300 .570
Mar/Apr 29 11 .725 55 55 3 0 0 371.3 268 87 14 98 279 2.11 .201 .256 .270 .526
May 23 16 .590 71 63 2 2 0 432.3 346 130 18 117 287 2.71 .221 .275 .309 .583
June 32 16 .667 72 63 7 4 0 435.3 315 125 25 111 269 2.58 .199 .251 .285 .536
July 26 17 .605 63 56 3 1 0 352.3 287 127 19 111 254 3.24 .219 .280 .303 .583
August 28 16 .636 61 61 1 0 0 402.3 318 106 19 121 286 2.37 .215 .274 .293 .567
Sep/Oct 30 18 .625 67 67 10 3 0 465.0 382 144 24 121 360 2.79 .222 .274 .317 .590
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 25 IL GE 29 65 5 9 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 26 .138 .152 .262 .413 1.5 0.0
2005 26 IL GE 44 40 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 .125 .186 .150 .336 0.3 0.0
2006 27 IL GE 33 64 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 22 .094 .134 .125 .259 -0.6 0.0
2007 28 IL GE 32 73 5 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 27 .137 .149 .178 .327 0.3 0.0
2008 29 IL GE 33 76 5 9 3 0 1 9 0 1 2 31 .118 .141 .197 .338 0.0 0.0
2009 30 IL GE 32 80 2 11 4 0 0 9 0 0 3 17 .138 .167 .188 .354 1.3 0.0
2010 31 IL GE 33 70 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .043 .042 .057 .099 -5.0 0.0
2011 32 IL GE 35 61 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 .016 .063 .016 .079 -4.2 0.0
2012 33 IL GE 32 61 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .082 .097 .115 .212 -2.0 0.0
2013 34 IL GE 31 62 3 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 26 .129 .129 .177 .306 -0.6 0.0
2014 35 IL GE 32 55 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .055 .088 .073 .160 -2.2 0.0
2015 36 IL GE 23 34 0 4 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 8 .118 .139 .176 .315 0.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 389 741 30 74 24 0 3 40 0 1 20 245 .100 .123 .144 .267 -10.7 0.0
162 Game Average 308 12 30 9 0 1 16 0 0 8 102 .100 .123 .144 .267 -4.5  
Career Highs 44 80 5 11 4 0 2 9 0 1 3 31 .138 .186 .262 .413 1.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   563 22 51 16 0 3 29 0 1 18 189 .091 .118 .135 .253 -11.5
vs LH   178 8 23 8 0 0 11 0 0 2 56 .129 .139 .174 .313 -0.9
Home 200 351 14 26 12 0 1 14 0 1 6 121 .074 .089 .117 .206 -12.9
Away 189 390 16 48 12 0 2 26 0 0 14 124 .123 .153 .169 .322 0.4
RISP   166 0 17 7 0 0 31 0 0 5 67 .102 .126 .145 .271 -2.6
Close/Late   24 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .083 .148 .208 .356 0.5
Mar/Apr 55 114 1 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 33 .140 .161 .158 .319 0.1
May 71 128 7 15 8 0 1 12 0 1 4 42 .117 .143 .203 .346 0.4
June 63 129 3 12 3 0 1 6 0 0 4 43 .093 .120 .140 .260 -2.3
July 63 109 6 10 4 0 1 9 0 0 1 34 .092 .099 .156 .255 -2.3
August 61 121 6 13 6 0 0 5 0 0 2 45 .107 .122 .157 .279 -1.9
Sep/Oct 67 140 7 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 48 .057 .096 .064 .160 -6.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 25 IL GE P 29 29 210.7 13 23 1 2 .973 1.54    
2005 26 IL GE P 44 20 161.3 7 19 3 1 .897 1.45    
2006 27 IL GE P 33 33 231.7 9 29 2 3 .950 1.48    
2007 28 IL GE P 32 32 221.0 9 33 0 2 1.000 1.71    
2008 29 IL GE P 33 33 211.0 12 24 2 2 .947 1.54    
2009 30 IL GE P 32 32 240.3 9 25 1 2 .971 1.27    
2010 31 IL GE P 33 33 238.7 7 29 0 1 1.000 1.36    
2011 32 IL GE P 35 35 218.7 11 42 1 4 .981 2.18    
2012 33 IL GE P 32 32 206.7 16 32 2 3 .960 2.09    
2013 34 IL GE P 31 31 199.0 9 27 0 2 1.000 1.63    
2014 35 IL GE P 32 32 199.3 7 23 0 0 1.000 1.35    
2015 36 IL GE P 23 23 120.3 7 10 0 3 1.000 1.27    
Career Totals   389 365 2458.6 116 316 12 25 .973 1.58    
Career Highs   44 35 240.3 16 42 3 4 1.000 2.18    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2006 27 IL GE 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 23.7 21 7 0 7 22 2.66 .236 .292 .247 .539
2007 28 IL GE 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 13 8 0 6 5 6.55 .310 .396 .381 .777
2008 29 IL GE 2 1 .667 3 3 1 1 0 22.7 17 6 1 12 16 2.38 .205 .305 .253 .558
2009 30 IL GE 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 19.0 25 8 1 3 18 3.79 .316 .341 .418 .759
2010 31 IL GE 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 14 5 0 1 8 3.29 .259 .273 .370 .643
2011 32 IL GE 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 18.0 8 2 0 5 11 1.00 .131 .197 .148 .345
2012 33 IL GE 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 21.7 10 3 0 2 19 1.25 .137 .160 .178 .338
2013 34 IL GE 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 20.3 14 4 0 7 13 1.77 .189 .259 .243 .503
2014 35 IL GE 0 2 .000 5 5 0 0 0 30.3 26 10 3 9 23 2.97 .236 .294 .418 .712
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 10 .412 27 27 1 1 0 180.3 148 53 5 52 135 2.65 .223 .279 .298 .577
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 27 IL GE 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250
2007 28 IL GE 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 29 IL GE 3 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333
2009 30 IL GE 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
2010 31 IL GE 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2011 32 IL GE 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2012 33 IL GE 3 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .333 .500
2013 34 IL GE 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
2014 35 IL GE 5 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 27 54 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 22 .074 .107 .111 .218
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2006-2-2.33
2008-1-1.92
2009-4-2.25
2010-1-1.66
2011-1-1.77
2012-2-1.74
2013-6-2.53
2014-4-1.99
CAR-18-2.63
Wins
2009-3-20
2010-2-21
2011-3-18
2012-2-19
2013-7-16
CAR-45-168
Winning Pct
2008-6-.708
2009-7-.741
2010-1-.955
2011-2-.783
2012-1-.864
2013-7-.727
2014-4-.778
CAR-27-.641
Games Started
2011-8-35
Shutouts
2006-6-2
2009-3-3
2010-5-2
Homeruns Allowed
2015-8-23
Strikeouts
2010-10-154
2011-9-147
Hits per 9IP
2008-5-6.9
2009-2-6.4
2010-2-5.8
2011-1-5.5
2012-2-5.8
2013-3-6.2
2014-4-5.9
CAR-22-7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP
2011-7-6.1
WHiP
2009-8-0.97
2010-5-0.89
2011-2-0.79
2012-4-0.90
2013-7-0.89
2014-6-0.92
CAR-34-1.06
OAVG
2006-10-.223
2008-5-.208
2009-2-.199
2010-2-.184
2011-1-.173
2012-2-.183
2013-3-.194
2014-4-.184
CAR-22-.213
OOBP
2009-8-.255
2010-9-.247
2011-2-.223
2012-9-.251
2013-9-.246
2014-8-.253
CAR-39-.276
OSLG
2004-8-.344
2006-1-.279
2007-7-.331
2008-1-.268
2009-1-.276
2010-1-.252
2011-1-.252
2012-1-.234
2013-1-.266
2014-3-.259
CAR-9-.297
OOPS
2006-2-.564
2008-2-.543
2009-1-.531
2010-1-.499
2011-1-.474
2012-1-.485
2013-2-.512
2014-4-.511
CAR-14-.573
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 20    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 101    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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History
Drafted in 32nd round, 753rd overall pick, by Minnesota Wolfpack in 2000
Injured on 5/30/2000 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Traded from Minnesota to Illinois on 3/2/2003 (Going to Min: P J. Garcia, P M. Villalobos. Going to Ill: P R. Garza)
Injured on 7/24/2003 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/13/2003 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/6/2004
Had first career hit (double) on 5/16/2004, off Joe O'Malley (Wis)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/2004, off Roger Morrison (Min)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2006, going 5-0, 1.05
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2008, going 4-0, 1.27
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2009, going 3-0, 0.30
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2009
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2010, going 4-0, 1.00
Won Johnson Award in 2010, going 21-1, 1.66 ERA
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2011
Won GEL Johnson Award in 2011
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2013, going 3-0, 0.50
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2013
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2014, going 4-0, 0.92
Named to the GEL 15th Anniversary Team
Injured on 8/23/2015 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days