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Gerónimo Gil

Geronimo Gil (The Chief)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: August 7, 1975 in Estacion Lagunas, Oaxaca, Mexico
High School: Oaxaca (Mexico, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 2001
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Rockies 2001-2007
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

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

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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
1996	20	LAD-min	A	79	293	276	29	67	13	1	7	38	0	2	8	69	.243	.274	.373	.647		103	4	5	1	3	3	SAV · SALL
1997	21	LAD-min	A+	66	233	213	30	53	13	1	6	24	3	0	15	41	.249	.310	.404	.714		86	5	4	1	0	0	VRO · FLOR
1998	22	LAD-min	AA	75	260	241	27	70	17	3	6	29	2	1	15	43	.290	.329	.461	.790		111	8	0	2	2	0	SAN · TL
1999	23	LAD-min	AA	106	398	343	47	97	26	1	15	59	2	0	49	58	.283	.372	.496	.867		170	15	2	0	4	1	SAN · TL
2000	24	LAD-min	AA,AAA	115	454	402	51	119	24	1	13	80	3	3	38	73	.296	.360	.458	.818		184	9	6	1	7	3	SAN,ABQ · TL,PCL
2001	25	LAD-BAL-min	AAA	105	387	363	47	105	21	1	11	54	0	1	16	79	.289	.320	.444	.764		161	10	3	0	5	1	LVG,ROC · PCL,IL
2001	25	BAL	AL	17	66	58	3	17	2	0	0	6	0	0	5	7	.293	.369	.328	.697	91	19	1	2	1	0	0	2
2002	26	BAL	AL	125	450	422	33	98	19	0	12	45	2	2	21	88	.232	.270	.363	.632	70	153	17	1	5	1	1	*2
2003	27	BAL-min	AAA	36	148	134	15	47	10	0	1	17	0	3	7	28	.351	.386	.448	.834		60	2	2	3	2	0	OTT · IL
2003	27	BAL	AL	54	186	169	22	40	4	0	3	16	0	0	12	34	.237	.299	.314	.613	64	53	2	3	2	0	0	2
2004	28	BAL-min	AAA	106	418	375	55	97	24	0	6	34	2	1	32	67	.259	.327	.371	.698		139	12	6	5	0	1	OTT · IL
2004	28	BAL	AL	12	35	32	1	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	5	.281	.343	.344	.687	82	11	0	0	0	0	1	2
2005	29	BAL-min	AA	3	9	7	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.429	.556	.429	.984		3	0	1	0	0	0	BOW · EL
2005	29	BAL	AL	64	134	125	7	24	3	0	4	17	0	0	5	23	.192	.220	.312	.532	40	39	10	0	2	2	0	2

2007	31	-min	AAA	75	303	265	60	105	21	0	12	44	1	2	28	34	.396	.469	.611	1.080		162	8	9	0	1	1	MCD · MEX
2007	31	COL	NL	5	16	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.071	.133	.071	.205	-46	1	1	0	1	0	0	/2
2008	32	-min	AAA	92	368	326	53	97	13	2	11	51	1	0	29	35	.298	.371	.451	.822		147	9	9	4	0	3	OAX,MCD · MEX
2009	33	-min	AAA	77	305	259	45	78	14	1	9	48	1	5	30	26	.301	.393	.467	.861		121	15	10	5	1	0	MCD · MEX
2010	34	-min	AAA	60	238	209	31	69	19	2	2	26	0	0	21	23	.330	.401	.469	.870		98	9	5	1	2	1	MCD · MEX
2011	35	-min	AAA	74	309	260	56	78	20	0	13	46	0	1	43	36	.300	.401	.527	.928		137	12	2	2	2	2	MCD · MEX
6 Seasons				277	887	820	67	189	30	0	19	88	2	2	47	162	.230	.276	.337	.613	64	276	31	6	11	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	519	480	39	111	18	0	11	51	1	1	27	95	.230	.276	.337	.613	64	161	18	4	6	2	1

BAL (5 yrs)				272	871	806	66	188	30	0	19	88	2	2	46	157	.233	.279	.341	.620	66	275	30	6	10	3	2
COL (1 yr)				5	16	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.071	.133	.071	.205	-46	1	1	0	1	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				272	871	806	66	188	30	0	19	88	2	2	46	157	.233	.279	.341	.620	66	275	30	6	10	3	2
NL (1 yr)				5	16	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.071	.133	.071	.205	-46	1	1	0	1	0	0

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
2001	25	BAL	AL	66	0	0	-1	0	-2	1	2	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$	2
2002	26	BAL	AL	450	-19	0	-1	-3	3	8	16	4	0.4	1	0.1	0.3	$200,000	*2
2003	27	BAL	AL	186	-9	-1	0	0	-2	3	6	-3	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$330,000	2
2004	28	BAL	AL	35	-1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	2
2005	29	BAL	AL	134	-11	-1	0	-1	-2	3	5	-7	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$342,500	2

2007	31	COL	NL	16	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/2
6 Seasons				887	-43	-2	-2	-4	-2	16	30	-7	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$872,500

BAL (5 yrs)				871	-40	-2	-2	-4	-2	16	30	-4	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$872,500
COL (1 yr)				16	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	PB	SB	CS	CS%
2001	BAL	AL	25	C	17	133	121	10	2	1	.985	-2		7.71	.990	7.11	5	13	5	28%
2002	BAL	AL	26	C	125	804	740	60	4	14	.995	3		6.40	.993	6.89	19	61	35	36%
2003	BAL	AL	27	C	53	366	326	34	6	3	.984	-2	0	6.79	.991	6.72	3	38	10	21%
2004	BAL	AL	28	C	11	68	64	4	0	1	1.000	1	1	6.18	.992	7.07	0	4	4	50%
2005	BAL	AL	29	C	62	292	265	25	2	5	.993	-2	4	4.68	.992	6.72	3	23	10	30%
2007	COL	NL	31	C	4	24	21	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	6.00	.991	7.35	1	2	0	0%
	6 Seasons			C	272	1687	1537	136	14	24	.992	-2	5	6.15	.992	6.85	31	141	64	31%
	6 Seasons			TOT	272	1687	1537	136	14	24	.992	-2	5	6.15	.992	6.85	31	141	64	31%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2002 AL 17 (8th)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 2002 AL 125 (4th)	Putouts as C s c a p y 2002 AL 740 (5th)	Assists as C s c a p y 2002 AL 60 (3rd)
Passed Balls s c a p y 2002 AL 19 (1st) Active 31 (24th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 2002 AL 61 (4th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 2002 AL 35 (2nd)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y Active 31.2 (14th)

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Bob Geren (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

February 15, 1996: Purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
July 31, 2001: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Kris Foster to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Trombley.
March 29, 2006: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
December 14, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
August 31, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2002	26	Baltimore Orioles	$200,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	27	Baltimore Orioles	$330,000	4/3/03 AP

2005	29	Baltimore Orioles	$342,500

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$872,500

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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