Phil Geier

Philip Louis Geier (Little Phil)

Positions: Outfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: November 3, 1876 in Washington, DC (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1896
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/Phillies/Athletics/Reds/Brewers 1896-1904

Final Game: October 8, 1904
Died: September 25, 1967 in Spokane, WA
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Trentwood, WA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1896	PHI	NL	19	OF	12				16	12	1	3	0	.813		1.08	.933		2.16	2-0-10
1896	PHI	NL	19	2B	3				17	6	10	1	3	.941		5.33	.940		5.53
1896	PHI	NL	19	C	2				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.60		0		0	0
1897	PHI	NL	20	OF	45				88	71	11	6	1	.932		1.82	.936		2.09	2-3-40
1897	PHI	NL	20	2B	37				217	87	118	12	5	.945		5.54	.936		5.61
1897	PHI	NL	20	SS	6				34	16	14	4	1	.882		5.00	.907		5.77
1897	PHI	NL	20	3B	2				4	0	4	0	1	1.000		2.00	.892		3.35
1900	CIN	NL	23	OF	27				68	59	5	4	0	.941		2.37	.940		2.17	0-9-18
1900	CIN	NL	23	3B	2				8	2	2	4	1	.500		2.00	.895		3.80
1901	TOT	AL	24	OF	58				101	88	7	6	2	.941		1.64	.931		2.03	6-22-30
1901	TOT	AL	24	3B	4				10	1	7	2	0	.800		2.00	.899		3.60
1901	PHA	AL	24	OF	50				91	80	5	6	1	.934		1.70	.931		2.03	6-14-30
1901	PHA	AL	24	SS	2				5	2	1	2	0	.600		1.50	.898		5.35
1901	PHA	AL	24	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.60
1901	MLA	AL	24	OF	8				10	8	2	0	1	1.000		1.25	.931		2.02	0-8-0
1901	MLA	AL	24	3B	3				10	1	7	2	0	.800		2.67	.899		3.60
1904	BSN	NL	27	OF	137				282	243	20	19	11	.933		1.92	.947		1.89	4-133-0
1904	BSN	NL	27	3B	7				22	5	10	7	0	.682		2.14	.899		3.24
1904	BSN	NL	27	2B	5				17	4	11	2	0	.882		3.00	.942		5.36
1904	BSN	NL	27	SS	1				7	4	3	0	0	1.000		7.00	.920		5.40
	5 Seasons			OF	279				555	473	44	38	14	.932		1.85	.941		1.99	14-167-98
	3 Seasons			2B	45				251	97	139	15	8	.940		5.24	.937		5.58
	4 Seasons			3B	15				44	8	23	13	2	.705		2.07	.898		3.43
	3 Seasons			SS	9				46	22	18	6	1	.870		4.44	.908		5.63
	1 Season			C	2				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.60		0		0	0
	5 Seasons			TOT	350				896	600	224	72	25	.920		2.35	.936		2.62	14-167-98	0		0	0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1896	PHI	NL	19	17	17	2	3	0	0	2	0	10	12
1897	PHI	NL	20	92	92	0	37	2	6	2	3	40	45
1900	CIN	NL	23	30	30	0	0	2	0	0	9	18	27
1901	PHA	AL	24	50	50	0	0	1	2	6	14	30	50
1901	MLA	AL	24	11	11	0	0	3	0	0	8	0	8
1904	BSN	NL	27	149	149	0	5	7	1	4	133	0	137
	5 Seasons			349	349	2	45	15	9	14	167	98	279

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as OF s c a p y 1904 NL 20 (5th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1904 NL 19 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1896 NL born 1876-11-03 (2nd) 1897 NL born 1876-11-03 (8th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1904 NL 20 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1904 NL 19 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1896 NL born 1876-11-03 (2nd)
1897 NL born 1876-11-03 (8th)

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