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Ben Geraghty
Benjamin Raymond Geraghty

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
School Villanova University

Debut April 17, 1936
Final Game September 14, 1944
Born July 19, 1912 in Jersey City, NJ
Died June 18, 1963 in Jacksonville, FL

Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1936. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 23 BRO NL  51  129   11   25   4  0   0    9   4      8  16  .194  .241  .225   25   29   1           0   5
 1943 30 BSN NL   8    1    2    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1944 31 BSN NL  11   16    3    4   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .250  .294  .250   52    4   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       70  146   16   29   4  0   0    9   4  0   9  18  .199  .245  .226   28   33   1   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        338   37   67   9  0   0   21   9  0  21  42  .199  .245  .226   28   76   2   0   0   0  12
 Career High     51  129   11   25   4  0   0    9   4  0   8  16                          29   1   0   0   0   5
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 23 BRO NL  138  110    7   1.7   104| .194  .287| .241  .346| .225  .402| .466  .748|  25  .136 -13.7  -1.4     
 1943 30 BSN NL    1    1    0   0.0    88| .000  .262| .000  .331| .000  .356| .000  .687|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1944 31 BSN NL   17   12    1   2.2    97| .250  .273| .294  .340| .250  .383| .544  .723|  52  .240  -1.1  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       156  123    8   1.8   103| .199  .285| .245  .346| .226  .399| .471  .745|  28  .144 -15.0  -1.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1936 23 BRO NL SS 31 60 70 11 10 .922 .945 4.19 5.10 2B 9 15 19 0 0 1.000 .963 3.78 5.30 3B 5 3 0 1 1 .750 .938 0.60 2.50 1943 30 BSN NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.40 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1944 31 BSN NL 2B 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .968 2.25 5.05 3B 3 6 2 2 0 .800 .952 2.67 3.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1936 23 BRO NL 2B 9 15 19 0 0 1.000 .963 3.78 5.30 1943 30 BSN NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.40 1944 31 BSN NL 2B 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .968 2.25 5.05 1936 23 BRO NL 3B 5 3 0 1 1 .750 .938 0.60 2.50 1943 30 BSN NL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 1944 31 BSN NL 3B 3 6 2 2 0 .800 .952 2.67 3.00 1936 23 BRO NL SS 31 60 70 11 10 .922 .945 4.19 5.10 1943 30 BSN NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 32 60 70 11 10 .922 .945 4.06 5.10 2B 14 20 25 0 0 1.000 .964 3.21 5.24 3B 9 10 3 3 1 .813 .949 1.44 2.72 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 55 90 98 14 11 .931 .949 3.42 4.74
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1936 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

September 10, 1937: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Jack Radtke to the Washington Senators for Fred Chapman.

Before 1940 Season: Released by the Washington Senators. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

March 22, 1943: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

May 8, 1945: Traded by the Boston Braves with two players on option to the Indianapolis (American Association) for Bob Logan.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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