Joe Garagiola vs. Jim Lefebvre — Career Comparison

Joe Garagiola
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueCatcher
Jim Lefebvre
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueSecond BasemanRookie of the YearAll-Star

Joe Garagiola and Jim Lefebvre are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 102 for Joe Garagiola, 102 for Jim Lefebvre), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 98 vs 100). The overall lean goes to Jim Lefebvre, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Joe Garagiola and Jim Lefebvre

Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
676
187
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
922
161.9
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
2169
600
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3417
600
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
1872
517.84
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3014
529.24
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.757
0.757
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
0.72
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
481
133.06
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
756
132.75
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
341
94.33
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
538
94.47
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
22.68
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
22.12
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.43
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
3.16
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
42
11.62
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
12.99
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
140
38.73
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
38.28
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264.25
73.1
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380.66
66.84
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
721
199.45
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1140
200.18
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
764
211.34
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1091
191.57
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.739
0.739
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.701
0.701
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.635
0.635
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
198
54.77
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
313
54.96
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
255
70.54
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
404
70.94
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
411
113.69
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
643
112.91
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
280.16
77.5
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
390.29
68.53
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.43
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
13
2.28
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
267
73.86
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
56.54
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
9.13
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
47.86
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
447
78.49
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.54
12.54
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
7.64
7.64
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
1.54
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
0.72
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.32
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
6.85
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.55
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.09
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
13.28
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
11.24
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.38
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.4
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.55
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
2.63
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1.94
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.04
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
34.78
34.78

Fielding Stats for Joe Garagiola and Jim Lefebvre

Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
12.79
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
1.08
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.04
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
799
1
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1296
27
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21517
27
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
9
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7172.1
9
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2395
49.9
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1608
2.02
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
5.65
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2070
2.6
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.79
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.11
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2704
56.33
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3769
4.73
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2666
55.54
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3678
4.62
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.59
98.59
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.59
97.59
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.342
4.342
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.257
4.257
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.14
8.14
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.48
92.48
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.6
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
0.49
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.73
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Garagiola
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.33
Jim Lefebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Garagiola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Jim Lefebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0