St. Louis Cardinals Jaime Garcia Autographed Baseball & Case

Item Number: 265
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Description
Jaime Omar García (born July 8, 1986) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. Garcia has played his entire professional career, since 2008 with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was born on July 8, 1986 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico as the second of three children to civil engineer Jaime García, Sr. and Gloria Rodríguez Flores. García was raised between the border of Reynosa, Mexico and McAllen, Texas. He attended Sharyland High School in Mission, Texas.
During the 2011 season, García went 13–7, second in the NL in complete games (2), shutouts (2), and wild pitches (12), and his .650win-loss percentage was 9th-best in the National League.
The St. Louis Cardinals advanced to play the Texas Rangers in the 2011 World Series after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers in the playoffs. When García started Game 2, he became the second Mexican-born pitcher (Fernando Valenzuela was the first in 1981) to ever start a World Series. Garcia pitched 10 innings, including seven scoreless innings, and posted a 1.80 era with 10 strikeouts in the series. On October 28, 2011 the Cardinals defeated the Rangers 4-3 in the best-of-seven series after being down 3-2 to claim the franchise's 11th World Series title.
For his Career, Garcia has a win-loss record of 34-23 and an ERA of 3.43 with 394 strikeouts.
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