Bats: Right
Throws: Right
DOB: 14 Oct 1964
Joe Girardi is a veteran
catcher in
Major League Baseball. His
major league career began in
1989 when he began playing with the
Chicago Cubs. Girardi has had something of a
journeyman's career, not spectactular, but with its moments. After playing four years for the Cubs, he was traded to the
Colorado Rockies in 1993 for a short
stint, before ending up on the
New York Yankees in
1996. This was perhaps the best season in terms of statistics, for Girardi, who batted a respectable .294 for the season; furthermore, his third
inning triple in Game 4 of the 1996
World Series sealed the fate of the
Atlanta Braves, who ended up being
swept in the series.
Girardi stayed with the Yankees through
1999, whereupon he became a
free agent, and was reunited with the
Cubs for the
2000-
2002 seasons. A free agent once again at the end of 2002, he signed on with the
St. Louis Cardinals for the
2003 season.
Statistical assistance for this writeup from ESPN.com and BaseballLibrary.com