Background
Garcia was born in El Cajon, California. He is grandson of former MLB manager Dave Garcia.
Garcia was born in El Cajon, California. He is grandson of former MLB manager Dave Garcia.
The Cardinals selected him the in the seventh round of the 2010 MLB Draft from the University of Hawaii. He made his major league debut April 28, 2014. Attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Garcia led the team in 2010 with a.358 batting average.
He also collected 40 runs batted in (Reserve Bank of India), scored 45 runs, and hit three home runs (Human Resources), five triples, 13 doubles and five stolen bases (Bachelor of Science).
He drew 31 bases on balls (BlackBerry) and struck out 30 times. After being named to the second team Western Athletic Conference (Women's Army Corps) in both of his first two seasons at UH, he drew a first team all-Women's Army Corps selection in 2010.
In 2009, Garcia played for the Newport Gulls of the NECBL.
The Cardinals selected Garcia in the seventh round of the 2010 MLB Draft from Hawaii. With the Rookie-level Johnson City Cardinals in 2010, Garcia batted.286 with a.363 on-base percentage (OBP), four Human Resources, 15 doubles and 24 Reserve Bank of India in 58 games.
He batted.283 combined with the Quad Cities River Bandits and Palm Beach Cardinals in 105 games in 2011.
He was a Midwest League All-Star selection that season. In a full season with the Associate of Arts Springfield Cardinals in 2012, he batted.284 with a.408 OBP.420 SLG, 20 doubles, three 3B, 10 Human Resources, 10 Bachelor of Science, 80 BlackBerry in 124 games and 504 plate appearances (Pennsylvania). He spent the next two seasons with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), including batting.271 in 116 games in 2013.
The franchise selected him as their player of the month for August, 2013.
The club added Garcia to the 40-man roster after the 2013 season. The Cardinals promoted him to the major leagues on April 28, 2014.
After about two weeks with the team, the Cardinals optioned him back to Memphis. In 14 Pennsylvania, he collected just two hits but had a.429 OBP. Garcia was recalled to Saint Louis on August 19, after an injury to Mark Ellis, and was optioned back to Associate of Arts on August 25.
Beginning the next season with Memphis, Garcia batted.361 in May, including 35 hits in 97 at bats, and 11 multihit games.
That month, he also amassed four doubles, 12 Reserve Bank of India and five stolen bases, and reached base in 23 of 27 games for a.421 on-base percentage. His batting average ranked 10th-best in the PCL, and Garcia was thus named the Saint Louis Cardinals organization Player of the Month. His totals for Memphis until the time of his major league call-up included a.313 average, 25 Reserve Bank of India and 31 BlackBerry. Garcia made his 2015 season debut in the major leagues on June 19 against the Philadelphia Phillies.
lieutenant was his first home run in 294 major and minor league at bats.