Karim Garcia #24

Karim Gustavo Garcia...Married, wife's name is Terri; one son, Diego (1/9/02)...Attended Preparatoria Abierta School...Is the son of Mexican baseball legend Francisco "Pancho" Garcia,who played from 1959-74.

2003

Hit .262 (64-for-244) with 11 HR and 35 RBI in 76 games (48 starts in right field, eight starts in center field and 12 in left field)...In 52 games with the Yankees, hit .305 (46-for-151) with 6HR and 21RBI (32 starts in right field, 12 starts in left field and two in center field)...Hit .194 (18-for-93) with 5HR and 14RBI in 24 games (16 starts in right field, 6 starts in center field, and one at DH) with Cleveland before being traded to the Yankees on 6/25...Had season-high nine-game hitting streak from 4/8-22, batting .308 (12-for-39) with 4HR and 9RBI...On 4/21 (w/ Cleveland) at Chicago, hit two home runs for the fifth time in his career and first time since 9/2/02 (w/ Cleveland at Detroit)...also drove in a season-high four runs...Was placed on the 15-day disabled list from 5/8-6/23 with strained left wrist...Was acquired from the Cleveland Indians with RHP Danny Miceli for a player to be named later on 6/25...Homered in a career-high three straight games twice this season with the Yankees (8/17 at Baltimore and 8/18-19 vs. Kansas City, and 6/30, 7/1 at Baltimore, and 7/4 vs. Boston)...Hit in first eight games with the Yankees, batting .433 (13-for-30) with 3 HR and 5RBI...Was excused from ball club on 8/31 to travel to Mexico for funeral of his aunt (missed two games)...Was acquired from the Cleveland Indians with RHP Danny Miceli for an player to be named later on June 25, 2003. Contract extends through the 2003 season.

2002

It was a whirlwind year for Garcia after being released by the Indians at the end of spring training after hitting .323 (10-31) in 14 spring games...Was released by the Indians on March 27 and signed a free agent minor league deal with the New York Yankees on April 1 and began the season at AAA Columbus of the International League...Started the season hot in Columbus, hitting .330 (33-100) in April with 2HR & 13 RBI before hitting .168 (17-101) in May...Was hitting .322 (28-87) in 23 June games w/6 HR and 19 RBI before being promoted to New York on June 28...Appeared in 2 games with the Yankees (1PH, 1 start in LF), going 1 for 5 before being designated for assignment on July 3 when Raul Mondesi was acquired from Toronto by the Yankees...Signed a minor league deal with the Indians on July 13 after his release from New York and appeared in 23 games with the Bisons, hitting safely in his last 19 straight contests from July 16 to August 4 before being promoted to Cleveland on August 6...Was red-hot at Buffalo, hitting .396 (36-91) with 7 2B, 2 3B, 3HR and 22 RBI in 23 games (20G in CF, 5G @DH)...Made 1 start in left field on August 6 and switched positions with Matt Lawton the next day and was the clubbs regular right fielder thru the remainder of the season...Was very productive with the Tribe, collecting a major league best 52 RBI in his tenure from August 6th thru the end of the season...Had some big games, collecting a career-high 6RBI on 9/2 at Detroit (2-5, 2HR) and hitting 2 grand slams on August 13 at Tampa Bay (off Sturtze) and on Sept. 5 at Chicago (Porzio)...Now has 3 career grand slams...His 2-homer game on Sept. 2 at Detroit was the fourth of his career...Hit a walk-off game-winning homer on August 24 vs. Seattle in the 9th inning off lefty Doug Creek...Overall he made 46 starts in RF (49G), 2 starts in CF (3G) and 1 start/appearance in leftfield...Cooled off at the end of the year, hitting. 212 (11-52) over the season's final 14 games (3HR, 5RBI)...On the year between AAA Columbus, Buffalo and Cleveland he drove in 123 runs (31 HR)...At AAA w/Buffalo & Columbus he hit a combined .367 (40-109) with RISP and .315 (94-298) off RHP...Between Columbus, Buffalo & Cleveland he drove in 123 runs on the year...Played winter ball in Mexico starting in November...Most RBI from August 6 to end of the season.

2002

Began the year in Detroit with the Tigers, going 3 for 17 (.176) over his first 8 games before being outrighted... to AAA Toledo on April 25...Was suspended 3 games for his part in a benches-clearing brawl with the White...Sox on April 22 and served the suspension from September 1-3 with the Orioles...Was with the Toledo Mudhens from April 25 to June 12, when he was acquired by the Baltimore Orioles for...future considerations and assigned to the AAA Rochester roster...Was with Rochester for the remainder of the...Triple A season before having his contract purchased by the Orioles on September 1...Combined between the two triple A stops he hit .285 (121-425) with 28 HR & 92 RBI...Finished 3rd in the...International League with 92 RBI, 4th with a .551 slugging % and tied for 5th with 28 homers...Was named...to the International League All-Star Team in July...With the Orioles he was 0 for 16 with 6 strikeouts...On the year with Detroit and Baltimore he was a combined 3 for 33 (.111) with 0 extra base hits and 0 RBI (0BB, 10SO)...Made 5 starts in RF and 3 starts at DH on the season and was 0-3 as a pinch-hitter...Appeared in 7 games in RF and 2 games in LF.

2001

Began the year in Detroit with the Tigers, going 3 for 17 (.176) over his first 8 games before being outrighted...to AAA Toledo on April 25...Was suspended 3 games for his part in a benches-clearing brawl with the White...Sox on April 22 and served the suspension from September 1-3 with the Orioles...Was with the Toledo Mudhens from April 25 to June 12, when he was acquired by the Baltimore Orioles for future considerations and assigned to the AAA Rochester roster...Was with Rochester for the remainder of the Triple A season before having his contract purchased by the Orioles on September 1...Combined between the two triple A stops he hit .285 (121-425) with 28 HR and 92 RBI...Finished 3rd in the International League with 92 RBI, 4th with a .551 slugging percentage and tied for 5th with 28 homers...Was named to the International League All-Star Team in July...With the Orioles he was 0 for 16 with 6 strikeouts...On the year with Detroit and Baltimore he was a combined 3 for 33 (.111) with 0 extra base hits and 0 RBI (0BB, 10SO)...Made 5 starts in RF and 3 starts at DH on the season and was 0-3 as a pinch-hitter...Appeared in 7 games in RF and 2 games in LF.

2000

Began the year in Detroit with the Tigers, going 3 for 17 (.176) over his first 8 games before being outrighted to AAA Toledo on 4/25...Was suspended 3 games for his part in a benches-clearing brawl with the White Sox on 4/22 and served the suspension from 9/1-3 with the Orioles...Was with the Toledo Mudhens from 4/25-6/12, when he was acquired by the Baltimore Orioles for future considerations and assigned to the AAA Rochester roster...Was with Rochester for the remainder of the Triple A season before having his contract purchased by the Orioles on 9/1...Combined between the two triple A stops he hit .285 (121-425) with 28 HR & 92 RBI...Finished 3rd in the International League with 92 RBI, 4th with a .551 slugging % and tied for 5th with 28 homers...Was named to the International League All-Star Team in July...With the Orioles he was 0 for 16 with 6 strikeouts...On the year with Detroit and Baltimore he was a combined 3 for 33 (.111) with 0 extra base hits and 0 RBI (0BB, 10SO)...Made 5 starts in RF and 3 starts at DH on the season and was 0-3 as a pinch-hitter.

1999

The former overall Minor League Player of the Year played his first full major league campaign after being acquired from Arizona during the off-season...Started 24 of the Tigers' last 25 games and 26 of the last 29 in right field...Posted his second career two-homer game, tied his career-best with four hits (4-4) and finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle on 9/14 at Chicago...Also had four hits (4-4) on 10/1 at Kansas City...Collected 11 total bases in the 9/14 contest, a season-high for a Tiger...His fourth-inning home run on 5/28 off Chicagobs Jaime Navarro cleared the rightfield roof at Tiger Stadium, marking the 34th homer all-time to do so...Ranked third in the AL in percentage of ground-ball double plays hit into in ground-ball double play situations (2/53, 3.8%)...Ap-peared in 14 games as a pinch-hitter, third-most for a Tiger...Went 1-14 (.071)...Compiled a career-high nine-game hit streak, 8/16-9/2 (12-31, .387).

1998

1998 Spent most of the 1998 season with the major league Diamondbacks at just 22 years old...Tied for fifth in the NL with eight triples...Was the youngest player to appear in a game for Arizona in the club's inaugural year...Broke camp with the major league club but opened the year in a 9 for 63 skid that led to an option to Triple A Tucson on 4/26...Homered in the D-backsb inaugural game on 3/31 off the Rockies' Jerry DiPoto...Returned to the majors on 5/31 and marked his promotion with a 4-12 effort with a homer and two RBI in the final three games of a series at Colorado, 6/2-4...Posted his first career two-homer game on 9/22 at Colorado...Followed with his first career grand slam the next night and had a career-high five RBI...Enjoyed his best success against left-handed pitching, batting .302 (13-43)...All nine of his homers, however, came off righthanders...Made 84 starts, 83 in right field and one in center... Played just over a month at Triple A Tucson in 1998 after struggling out of the gate with the major league Diamondbacks.

1997

1997 Spent a month of the season with the Dodgers after beginning the year at Triple A...Was recalled by Los Angeles on 6/12...Belted his first career homer on 6/20 at San Francisco off Osvaldo Fernandez...Missed the majority of the seasonbs second half with a left shoulder injury... Homered 21 times in just 71 games at Triple A Albuquerque in a season cut short by injury...Homered eight times in his first 17 games, including a three-homer contest on 4/18 versus Vancouver...Had a pair of homers in the fifth inning, one a grand slam...Was taken by Arizona with their fifth pick in the expansion draft.

1996

1996 Finished the season with the Dodgers after stints at Double A San Antonio and Triple A Albuquerque and pinch hit in one game following a 9/7 recall...Was named the seventh-best major league prospect by Baseball America in 1996...At age 20, he was the youngest player on the Triple A level...Hit .370 in his first 47 at-bats... Earned PCL Player of the Week honors for 4/4-13...Had a 14-game hitting streak from 5/30-6/12, batting .356 (21-59)...Was disabled on 7/1 with a pulled hamstring and was sent to Double A San Antonio after recovering.

1995

1995 Earned Minor League Player of the Year honors from The Sporting News, the seventh Dodger to capture the honor in franchise history...At age 19, he was the youngest player to appear in a major league game in 1995...Had his contract purchased by the Dodgers on 8/31 and made his debut in left field versus Montreal on 9/2...Made his first major league start on 9/8 in Pittsburgh, collecting his first two hits (the first being an infield single off Esteban Loaiza)...At age 19 in Triple A action, he hit .319 in 124 games with 20 homers and tied for the league lead with 91 RBI...Was named by Baseball America to the overall Triple A All-Star team and was ranked by the publication as the second-best prospect at Triple A...Was also selected to the Topps/NAPBL Triple A All-Star team and was a starting outfielder on the PCL All-Star team...Led all Triple A players with 257 total bases.

1994

1994 Was named by Baseball America as having the Best Outfield Arm in the Florida State League in 1994 and was selected the circuitbs ninth-best prospect by league managers...Led the FSL with 21 homers, a Vero Beach franchise record...Was the youngest player in the league on Opening Day (18)...Earned mid- and post-season All-Star honors...Was FSL Player of the Week for 4/25-5/1.

1993

1993 At age 17 in 1993, he was the youngest player in the Class A California League.