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Gary Geiger
Gary Merle Geiger
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: April 4, 1937 in Sand Ridge, IL
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: July 10, 1970
Died: April 24, 1996 in Murphysboro, IL
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1958 21 CLE AL 91 229 195 28 45 3 1 1 6 2 2 27 43 .231 .330 .272 .602 69 53 1 3 2 2 0 8/9571
1959 22 BOS AL 120 360 335 45 82 10 4 11 48 9 3 21 55 .245 .289 .397 .686 84 133 5 0 3 1 0 87/9
1960 23 BOS AL 77 273 245 32 74 13 3 9 33 2 2 23 38 .302 .369 .490 .859 128 120 7 3 2 0 0 9/87
1961 24 BOS AL 140 599 499 82 116 21 6 18 64 16 4 87 91 .232 .349 .407 .756 100 203 7 4 6 3 4 *8
1962 25 BOS AL 131 543 466 67 116 18 4 16 54 18 11 67 66 .249 .344 .408 .752 100 190 5 2 5 3 3 *8
1963 26 BOS AL 121 440 399 67 105 13 5 16 44 9 4 36 63 .263 .327 .441 .768 111 176 5 3 0 2 2 8/397
1964 27 BOS AL 5 15 13 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .385 .467 .538 1.005 174 7 0 0 0 0 0 /98
1965 28 BOS AL 24 58 45 5 9 3 0 1 2 3 0 13 10 .200 .379 .333 .713 100 15 0 0 0 0 1 8/7
1966 29 ATL NL 78 151 126 23 33 5 3 4 10 0 1 21 29 .262 .367 .444 .811 122 56 1 1 1 2 1 89/7
1967 30 ATL NL 69 140 117 17 19 1 1 1 5 1 1 20 35 .162 .285 .214 .498 46 25 2 0 3 0 0 8/79
1969 32 HOU NL 93 156 125 19 28 4 1 0 16 2 1 24 34 .224 .351 .272 .623 79 34 1 1 5 1 2 79/8
1970 33 HOU NL 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
12 Seasons 954 2968 2569 388 633 91 29 77 283 62 29 341 466 .246 .337 .394 .731 98 1013 34 17 27 14 13
162 Game Avg. 162 504 436 66 107 15 5 13 48 11 5 58 79 .246 .337 .394 .731 98 172 6 3 5 2 2
BOS (7 yrs) 618 2288 2002 301 507 78 23 71 246 57 24 249 325 .253 .338 .422 .760 104 844 29 12 16 9 10
ATL (2 yrs) 147 291 243 40 52 6 4 5 15 1 2 41 64 .214 .328 .333 .661 87 81 3 1 4 2 1
HOU (2 yrs) 98 160 129 19 29 4 1 0 16 2 1 24 34 .225 .348 .271 .620 78 35 1 1 5 1 2
CLE (1 yr) 91 229 195 28 45 3 1 1 6 2 2 27 43 .231 .330 .272 .602 69 53 1 3 2 2 0
AL (8 yrs) 709 2517 2197 329 552 81 24 72 252 59 26 276 368 .251 .337 .408 .746 101 897 30 15 18 11 10
NL (4 yrs) 245 451 372 59 81 10 5 5 31 3 3 65 98 .218 .335 .312 .647 84 116 4 2 9 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1958 21 CLE AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 9 41 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1 Season 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 9 41 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 9.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 136 136 136 136 0 68 0 136 0 0 68 612 41 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 CLE AL 21 OF 53 40 395.0 138 133 3 2 2 .986 10.2 31.0 9.2 1.0 8.2 1 3.10 2.57 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 CLE AL 21 CF 45 35 345.2 126 122 3 1 2 .992 10.5 36.5 9.5 1.1 8.4 1 3.25 2.78 .985 2.68 2.29
1958 CLE AL 21 RF 7 5 46.1 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -0.8 -20.7 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 0 1.55 1.14 .978 1.98 1.69
1958 CLE AL 21 3B 2 2 8.0 5 0 3 2 0 .600 -2.4 -360.0 -2.4 -2.4 0.0 0 3.38 1.50 .960 3.15 2.60
1958 CLE AL 21 LF 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 .967 2.10 1.60
1958 CLE AL 21 P 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 0.80
1959 BOS AL 22 OF 95 76 695.1 180 173 5 2 1 .989 4.8 8.3 1.8 -2.6 4.5 3 2.30 1.87 .980 2.22 1.96
1959 BOS AL 22 CF 61 58 474.0 134 128 4 2 1 .985 0.3 0.8 -1.7 -4.2 2.5 2 2.51 2.16 .983 2.72 2.44
1959 BOS AL 22 LF 47 18 219.1 52 51 1 0 0 1.000 4.7 25.7 3.7 1.6 2.2 1 2.13 1.11 .979 2.06 1.68
1959 BOS AL 22 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1960 BOS AL 23 OF 66 63 553.0 130 121 9 0 1 1.000 -3.1 -6.7 -6.1 -3.9 -2.2 3 2.12 1.97 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 BOS AL 23 RF 59 57 488.0 105 99 6 0 1 1.000 -3.2 -7.9 -5.2 -2.8 -2.4 2 1.94 1.78 .973 1.95 1.68
1960 BOS AL 23 CF 7 6 55.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 1 2.13 1.86 .985 2.67 2.30
1960 BOS AL 23 LF 5 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 12.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 0.90 0.20 1.000 2.16 1.68
1961 BOS AL 24 CF 137 130 1152.2 330 314 12 4 1 .988 -4.1 -4.3 -4.1 -7.0 3.0 0 2.55 2.38 .982 2.59 2.24
1961 BOS AL 24 OF 137 130 1152.2 340 324 12 4 1 .988 -4.1 -4.3 -4.1 -7.0 3.0 0 2.62 2.45 .977 2.25 1.98
1962 BOS AL 25 CF 129 120 1078.0 300 288 8 4 1 .987 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 2.2 -2.4 0 2.47 2.29 .986 2.57 2.18
1962 BOS AL 25 OF 129 120 1078.0 299 287 8 4 1 .987 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 2.2 -2.4 0 2.46 2.29 .980 2.19 1.92
1963 BOS AL 26 OF 95 89 796.2 249 234 11 4 1 .984 1.7 2.6 -0.3 2.1 -2.5 2 2.77 2.58 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 BOS AL 26 CF 89 86 767.1 241 229 9 3 1 .988 1.7 2.7 -0.3 1.9 -2.3 2 2.79 2.67 .986 2.58 2.19
1963 BOS AL 26 1B 6 1 16.1 15 12 2 1 1 .933 0.4 29.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 7.71 2.33 .993 9.48 8.58
1963 BOS AL 26 RF 4 3 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 14.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.44 1.00 .975 2.02 1.72
1963 BOS AL 26 LF 2 0 4.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -83.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 2.08 0.50 1.000 1.87 1.55
1964 BOS AL 27 OF 4 3 27.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -13.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.00 1.50 .983 2.03 1.80
1964 BOS AL 27 RF 3 3 20.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -18.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.35 1.00 1.000 1.89 1.60
1964 BOS AL 27 CF 1 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.86 3.00 .967 2.44 2.10
1965 BOS AL 28 OF 16 10 117.2 33 32 0 1 0 .970 0.5 5.1 1.5 1.7 -0.3 -1 2.45 2.00 .979 2.04 1.78
1965 BOS AL 28 CF 11 9 95.2 30 29 0 1 0 .967 0.4 5.0 1.4 1.7 -0.4 -1 2.73 2.64 .980 2.40 2.03
1965 BOS AL 28 LF 5 1 22.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.64 0.80 .975 1.88 1.48
1966 ATL NL 29 OF 49 24 277.1 55 49 5 1 1 .982 -4.6 -19.9 -6.6 -1.9 -4.7 2 1.75 1.10 .975 2.03 1.78
1966 ATL NL 29 CF 33 18 196.2 40 35 4 1 0 .975 -3.6 -22.0 -5.6 -1.9 -3.7 2 1.78 1.18 .980 2.38 2.11
1966 ATL NL 29 RF 14 3 58.2 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -4.1 -0.2 0.4 -0.7 0 1.84 0.86 .975 1.96 1.68
1966 ATL NL 29 LF 5 3 22.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -43.6 -0.8 -0.4 -0.3 0 0.82 0.40 .950 1.76 1.36
1967 ATL NL 30 OF 38 23 241.1 50 47 2 1 0 .980 -3.2 -15.9 -5.2 -3.6 -1.5 2 1.83 1.29 .976 2.03 1.81
1967 ATL NL 30 CF 25 12 136.2 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -6.1 -2.7 -2.3 -0.3 2 2.30 1.40 .980 2.30 2.04
1967 ATL NL 30 LF 7 7 60.2 13 11 1 1 0 .923 -0.2 -4.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 1.78 1.71 .969 1.75 1.50
1967 ATL NL 30 RF 7 4 44.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -62.7 -2.3 -1.5 -0.8 0 1.02 0.71 .980 2.05 1.76
1969 HOU NL 32 OF 65 25 301.1 62 57 3 2 0 .968 1.5 6.0 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 2 1.79 0.92 .973 2.02 1.75
1969 HOU NL 32 LF 47 14 183.1 40 36 2 2 0 .950 1.4 9.2 0.4 1.0 -0.6 1 1.87 0.81 .962 1.67 1.30
1969 HOU NL 32 RF 14 11 102.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 16.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 1 1.24 1.00 .971 1.89 1.60
1969 HOU NL 32 CF 6 0 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 -97.5 -1.3 -0.6 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.07
1970 HOU NL 33 LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1970 HOU NL 33 OF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.80
12 Seasons OF 749 603 5640.1 1543 1464 58 21 8 .986 3.0 0.6 -11.0 -12.0 1.1 14 2.43 2.03 .979 2.19 1.91
11 Seasons CF 544 474 4324.2 1252 1194 42 16 6 .987 3.0 0.8 -6.0 -10.1 4.1 9 2.57 2.27 .984 2.58 2.22
9 Seasons LF 121 43 529.2 116 109 4 3 0 .974 5.3 12.0 3.3 2.5 1.0 2 1.92 0.93 .972 1.87 1.49
8 Seasons RF 109 86 786.0 152 143 8 1 2 .993 -5.3 -8.1 -8.3 -4.4 -4.0 3 1.73 1.39 .974 1.95 1.67
1 Season 1B 6 1 16.1 15 12 2 1 1 .933 0.4 29.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 7.71 2.33 .993 9.48 8.58
1 Season 3B 2 2 8.0 5 0 3 2 0 .600 -2.4 -360.0 -2.4 -2.4 0.0 0 3.38 1.50 .960 3.15 2.60
1 Season P 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 0.80
12 Seasons TOT 758 606 5666.2 1564 1476 64 24 9 .985 1.0 0.2 -13.0 -14.0 1.1 14 0 2.45 2.03 .964 2.21 1.96
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL--87--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1959 AL--9--8th
1961 AL--16--8th
1962 AL--18--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1962 AL--11--2nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1959 AL--9.9--9th
1961 AL--16.9--5th
1962 AL--16.9--3rd
1963 AL--11.5--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 8 (1492), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2095), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1957: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1957 rule 5 draft.

December 2, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Vic Wertz to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Piersall.

November 29, 1965: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves from the Boston Red Sox in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

February 14, 1968: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 6, 1968: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 2, 1968: Drafted by the Houston Astros from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

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