Bob Geren
Robert Peter Geren
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 221 lb.

Born: September 22, 1961 in San Diego, CA
High School: Clairemont (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1988
Final Game: July 26, 1993
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Standard Batting

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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
1988 26 NYY AL 10 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .100 .250 .100 .350 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
1989 27 NYY AL 65 225 205 26 59 5 1 9 27 0 0 12 44 .288 .329 .454 .782 120 93 10 1 6 1 0 2/D
1990 28 NYY AL 110 303 277 21 59 7 0 8 31 0 0 13 73 .213 .259 .325 .584 63 90 7 5 6 2 1 2/D
1991 29 NYY AL 64 140 128 7 28 3 0 2 12 0 1 9 31 .219 .270 .289 .559 55 37 5 0 3 0 0 2
1993 31 SDP NL 58 162 145 8 31 6 0 3 6 0 0 13 28 .214 .278 .317 .596 58 46 4 0 4 0 4 2/35
5 Seasons 307 842 765 62 178 21 1 22 76 0 1 49 179 .233 .283 .349 .632 75 267 26 6 19 3 5
162 Game Avg. 162 444 404 33 94 11 1 12 40 0 1 26 94 .233 .283 .349 .632 75 141 14 3 10 2 3
NYY (4 yrs) 249 680 620 54 147 15 1 19 70 0 1 36 151 .237 .284 .356 .641 79 221 22 6 15 3 1
SDP (1 yr) 58 162 145 8 31 6 0 3 6 0 0 13 28 .214 .278 .317 .596 58 46 4 0 4 0 4
AL (4 yrs) 249 680 620 54 147 15 1 19 70 0 1 36 151 .237 .284 .356 .641 79 221 22 6 15 3 1
NL (1 yr) 58 162 145 8 31 6 0 3 6 0 0 13 28 .214 .278 .317 .596 58 46 4 0 4 0 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1988 26 NYY AL 12 9 0 0.0 94 .143 .100 .258 .250 .323 .100 .389 .350 .712 3 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .333 .200 .000
1989 27 NYY AL 225 163 28 4.6 92 .327 .288 .260 .329 .324 .454 .382 .782 .706 120 .527 4.3 0.4 .679 .224 .166 .0
1990 28 NYY AL 303 233 23 2.6 95 .258 .213 .259 .259 .327 .325 .388 .584 .715 63 .284 -14.9 -1.5 .480 .159 .112 .0
1991 29 NYY AL 140 109 9 2.2 97 .274 .219 .260 .270 .329 .289 .395 .559 .724 55 .213 -8.2 -0.8 .425 .133 .070 .0
1993 31 SDP NL 162 122 12 2.6 105 .246 .214 .273 .278 .339 .317 .416 .596 .755 58 .263 -9.0 -0.9 .500 .193 .103 .0
5 Seasons 842 636 72 3.0 96 .275 .233 .262 .283 .329 .349 .393 .632 .722 75 .331 -29.1 -2.9 .523 .179 .116 .0
162 Game Avg. 444 336 38 3.0 96 .275 .233 .262 .283 .329 .349 .393 .632 .722 75 .331 -29.1 -2.9 .523 .179 .116
NYY (4 yrs) 680 514 60 3.1 94 .283 .237 .259 .284 .327 .356 .387 .641 .714 79 .348 -20.1 -2.0 .528 .176 .119 .0
SDP (1 yr) 162 122 12 2.6 105 .246 .214 .273 .278 .339 .317 .416 .596 .755 58 .262 -9.0 -0.9 .500 .193 .103 .0
AL (4 yrs) 680 514 60 3.1 94 .283 .237 .259 .284 .327 .356 .387 .641 .714 79 .348 -20.1 -2.0 .528 .176 .119 .0
NL (1 yr) 162 122 12 2.6 105 .246 .214 .273 .278 .339 .317 .416 .596 .755 58 .262 -9.0 -0.9 .500 .193 .103 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1988 26 NYY AL 12 0.0% 25.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.50 3.3 2.50 2.00 58% 14% 0.0% 50%
1989 27 NYY AL 225 4.0% 19.6% 5.3% 6.7% 25% 3.67 4.7 22.8 7.6 0.70 1.07 68% 24% 12.5% 21%
1990 28 NYY AL 303 2.6% 24.1% 4.3% 5.0% 25% 5.62 3.8 34.6 8.9 0.81 0.94 65% 19% 9.2% 23%
1991 29 NYY AL 140 1.4% 22.1% 6.4% 3.6% 18% 3.44 4.1 64.0 10.7 0.85 1.11 68% 15% 4.9% 21%
1993 31 SDP NL 162 1.9% 17.3% 8.0% 5.6% 29% 2.15 5.2 48.3 24.2 0.85 0.90 70% 13% 7.1% 32%
5 Seasons 842 2.6% 21.3% 5.8% 5.2% 25% 3.65 4.3 34.8 10.1 0.80 1.00 67% 18% 9.1% 24%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1988 26 NYY AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 27 NYY AL 3 0 27% 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 24% 10 8 1 3 3 0 8 4 4
1990 28 NYY AL 6 0 19% 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 24% 18 17 1 1 1 0 10 3 6
1991 29 NYY AL 1 0 14% 41 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13% 9 9 0 5 3 1 1 0 1
1993 31 SDP NL 1 0 12% 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
5 Seasons 11 0 19% 309 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 13 21% 43 39 2 9 7 1 21 7 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1988 26 NYY AL 12 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1989 27 NYY AL 225 33% 59 10 5 5 1 0 1 1.75 9 0 4 7 2 4 5 0 7 6 86% 56 10 18% 24 8 33% 143 18 13% 5 1 20% 8 4 50% 0
1990 28 NYY AL 303 42% 59 7 1 6 1 0 0 3.71 8 0 10 4 4 4 4 0 8 6 75% 49 7 14% 23 10 43% 191 23 12% 14 4 29% 16 8 50% 0
1991 29 NYY AL 140 82% 28 8 1 1 0 0 0 0.01 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 100% 25 5 20% 18 4 22% 83 10 12% 5 1 20% 6 2 33% 0
1993 31 SDP NL 162 51% 31 6 1 8 2 0 0 1.32 3 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 5 4 80% 26 4 15% 15 7 47% 113 5 4% 6 2 33% 9 2 22% 0
5 Seasons 842 48% 178 32 8 20 4 0 1 2.08 22 0 22 11 11 10 12 0 23 19 83% 158 26 16% 80 29 36% 536 56 10% 30 8 27% 40 16 40% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 NYY AL 12 48 4.00 28 58% 39% 21% 14% 25% 61% 0% 35% 65% 33% 17% 2 0 17% 2 0 25% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 27 NYY AL 223 780 3.50 503 64% 17% 21% 28% 33% 82% 0% 53% 74% 44% 5% 12 0 15% 34 21 7% 15 10 9% 2 0 2
1990 28 NYY AL 295 1092 3.70 703 64% 28% 19% 23% 30% 72% 1% 46% 74% 28% 4% 13 0 15% 43 20 7% 22 15 17% 8 0 1
1991 29 NYY AL 140 542 3.87 338 62% 27% 18% 25% 30% 73% 0% 45% 76% 21% 4% 6 0 16% 22 10 11% 15 8 23% 0 0 0
1993 31 SDP NL 162 572 3.53 353 62% 22% 17% 26% 34% 77% 7% 48% 77% 30% 4% 7 0 15% 25 16 8% 13 8 14% 0 0 1
5 Seasons 832 3034 3.65 1925 63% 24% 19% 25% 31% 76% 2% 48% 75% 32% 5% 40 0 15% 126 67 8% 68 41 15% 10 0 4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 26 10 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .100 .250 .100 .350 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 27 75 237 215 26 60 5 1 9 27 0 0 14 47 .279 .325 .437 .762 114 94 10 1 6 1 0
1990 28 185 540 492 47 119 12 1 17 58 0 0 27 120 .242 .288 .374 .662 85 184 17 6 12 3 1
1991 29 249 680 620 54 147 15 1 19 70 0 1 36 151 .237 .284 .356 .641 79 221 22 6 15 3 1
1992 30 249 680 620 54 147 15 1 19 70 0 1 36 151 .237 .284 .356 .641 79 221 22 6 15 3 1
1993 31 307 842 765 62 178 21 1 22 76 0 1 49 179 .233 .283 .349 .632 75 267 26 6 19 3 5

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1988 26 10 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 10
1989 27 65 220 206 29 60 5 1 9 30 0 12 44 .291 .332 .456 .788 31 65
1990 28 110 302 281 23 63 7 0 9 34 0 14 73 .224 .272 .345 .617 25 110
1991 29 64 137 128 8 28 3 0 2 13 0 9 31 .219 .270 .289 .559 10 64
1993 31 58 157 144 8 30 6 0 3 6 0 13 28 .208 .274 .313 .586 12 58
5 Seasons 307 828 769 68 181 21 1 23 83 0 50 179 .235 .286 .355 .641 78 307
162 Game Avg. 162 437 406 36 96 11 1 12 44 0 26 94 .235 .286 .355 .641 41 307

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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