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Bob Geren

Robert Peter Geren

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 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
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Padres 1988-1993

Final Game: July 26, 1993
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
1979	17	SDP-min	A-	54	151	151		26	5	0	0						.172	.172	.205	.377		31						WWA · NORW
1980	18	SDP-min	A-,A	99	393	334	43	90	15	2	6	51	1	1	48	74	.269	.363	.380	.743		127		2	7	2		WWA,REN · NORW,CALL
1981	19	STL-min	A	64	183	167	15	37	9	1	0	13	0	2	13	32	.222	.276	.287	.564		48		0	2	1	0	SPT · FLOR
1982	20	STL-min	A	110	392	352	38	86	24	1	1	45	3	1	29	68	.244	.308	.327	.635		115		5	3	3	5	SPT · FLOR
1983	21	STL-min	A	124	484	434	67	115	21	3	24	73	0	0	40	127	.265	.328	.493	.822		214		3	3	4	1	SPR · MIDW
1984	22	STL-min	AA,AAA	101	376	332	42	79	13	0	15	43	1	0	39	77	.238	.319	.413	.732		137		1	3	1	1	ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1985	23	STL-min	AA,AAA	108	373	329	40	76	20	1	6	43	3	1	31	75	.231	.295	.353	.648		116		1	7	5	2	ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1986	24	NYY-min	AAA,AA	79	262	232	27	56	16	3	7	25	1	2	27	72	.241	.326	.427	.752		99		2	1	0	0	CLB,ALC · IL,EL
1987	25	NYY-min	AA,AAA	83	266	233	34	50	7	2	12	34	1	1	21	51	.215	.280	.416	.696		97		2	5	5	2	ALC,CLB · EL,IL
1988	26	NYY-min	AAA	95	363	321	37	87	13	2	8	35	0	1	33	69	.271	.337	.399	.736		128		1	4	4	0	CLB · IL
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-min	AAA	27	104	95	11	24	4	1	2	13	1	0	5	25	.253	.294	.379	.673		36		1	2	1	0	CLB · IL
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
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
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1988	26	NYY	AL	12	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	2
1989	27	NYY	AL	225	5	-1	1	-2	3	3	7	16	1.6	13	1.3	0.3	$70,000	2
1990	28	NYY	AL	303	-15	-2	2	-1	3	5	10	2	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$180,000	2
1991	29	NYY	AL	140	-8	-2	0	-1	-1	3	5	-4	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$230,000	2

1993	31	SDP	NL	162	-9	-1	0	0	-1	3	5	-3	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$125,000	2/35
5 Seasons				842	-28	-6	3	-4	3	14	27	9	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$605,000

NYY (4 yrs)				680	-19	-5	3	-4	4	11	22	12	1.0	8	0.8	0.2	$480,000
SDP (1 yr)				162	-9	-1	0	0	-1	3	5	-3	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$125,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1988	NYY	AL	26	C	10	2	2	34.1	21	18	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-35	5.50	2.10	.989	6.21	6.16	0	3	2	0	0%	0
1989	NYY	AL	27	C	60	56	45	487.2	335	308	24	3	4	.991	3	7	6.13	5.53	.989	6.24	6.17	3	17	20	14	41%	1
1990	NYY	AL	28	C	107	81	66	750.2	546	487	55	4	5	.993	3	5	6.50	5.07	.991	6.42	6.35	10	43	55	42	43%	1
1991	NYY	AL	29	C	63	42	26	375.2	276	255	18	3	2	.989	-1	-3	6.54	4.33	.990	6.49	6.48	1	16	31	14	31%	0
1993	SDP	NL	31	C	49	41	34	361.0	279	251	26	2	6	.993	-1	-3	6.91	5.65	.989	6.74	6.69	4	21	39	19	33%	0
1993	SDP	NL	31	1B	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	1.00	.990	9.90	9.60
1993	SDP	NL	31	3B	1	0	0	5.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	5.40	3.00	.947	2.70	2.70
	5 Seasons			C	289	222	173	2009.1	1457	1319	126	12	17	.992	3	2	6.47	5.00	.990	6.44	6.39	18	100	147	89	38%	2
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	1.00	.990	9.90	9.60
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	5.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	5.40	3.00	.947	2.70	2.70
	5 Seasons			TOT	291	222	173	2015.1	1461	1320	129	12	17	.992	3	2	6.47	4.98	.990	6.44	6.39	18	100	147	89	38%	2

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

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as C s c a p y 1990 AL 55 (4th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1990 AL 10 (5th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1990 AL 42 (4th)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1989 AL 41.2 (4th) 1990 AL 43.3 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1990 AL 55 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1990 AL 10 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1990 AL 42 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1989 AL 41.2 (4th)
1990 AL 43.3 (3rd)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.
December 10, 1980: the San Diego Padres sent Bob Geren to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal made on December 8, 1980. December 8, 1980: The San Diego Padres sent a player to be named later, Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley and Gene Tenace to the St. Louis Cardinals for Terry Kennedy, John Littlefield, Al Olmsted, Mike Phillips, Kim Seaman, Steve Swisher and John Urrea.
October 15, 1985: Granted Free Agency.
November 7, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
December 2, 1991: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees.
March 17, 1992: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
April 16, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
December 2, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1989	27	New York Yankees	$70,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	28	New York Yankees	$180,000*
1991	29	New York Yankees	$230,000	USA Today survey

1993	31	San Diego Padres	$125,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$605,000

Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $170,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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