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Gary Geiger
Gary Merle Geiger

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 168 lb.

MLB Debut April 15, 1958
Final Game July 10, 1970
Born April 4, 1937 in Sand Ridge, IL
Died April 24, 1996 (age 59)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 21 CHN NL   70  164   25   46   7   2   1   16   4   3   28   37  .280  .383  .366  .749   103    60   7   1   0   0   3  
 1959 22 BAA AL  109  404   53   94  11   4  16   40   8   2   33   61  .233  .289  .399  .688    97   161   5   2   8   0   8  
 1960 23 BAA AL   70  256   32   68  19   4   7   28   3   4   19   44  .266  .318  .453  .771   111   116   1   1   0   1   4  
 1961 24 BAA AL   97  212   26   45   9   4  10   23   5   1   34   44  .212  .321  .434  .755   100    92   3   2   0   1   5  
 1962 25 BAA AL  109  262   39   60   9   3  11   31   8   4   24   50  .229  .294  .412  .706    94   108   1   0   0   0   7  
 1963 26 BAA AL   92  345   46   94  13   5  11   33   8   8   22   54  .272  .324  .435  .758   108   150   0   2   0   5   6  
 1964           [Did not play]
 1965 28 BAA AL   40   48    6   11   2   0   0    5   3   2   10   12  .229  .356  .271  .627    89    13   0   1   0   0   1  
 1966 29 NYN NL   85  134   22   31   7   2   6   16   0   0   28   25  .231  .372  .448  .820   116    60   0   0   2   2   0  
 1967 30 NYN NL   60   97   15   12   0   2   2   14   1   1   21   37  .124  .275  .227  .502    79    22   2   2   0   0   3  
         ATN NL    4    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .500 1.000   149     1   0   0   0   0   0  
         TOT      64   99   15   13   0   2   2   14   1   1   21   37  .131  .279  .232  .511          23   2   2   0   0   3 
 1968           [Did not play]
 1969 32 KCA AL   55  145   26   28   7   2   0   16   0   1   28   38  .193  .324  .269  .593    89    39   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      791 2069  290  490  84  28  64  222  40  26  247  402  .237  .319  .397  .717         822  19  11  10   9  38
 Per 600 PA           527   74  125  21   7  16   57  10   7   63  102                                 209   5   3   3   2  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BAA      517 1527  202  372  63  20  55  160  35  21  142  265  .244  .309  .419  .729         640  10   8   8   7  31
   With NYN      145  231   37   43   7   4   8   30   1   1   49   62  .186  .331  .355  .686          82   2   2   2   2   3
   With CHN       70  164   25   46   7   2   1   16   4   3   28   37  .280  .383  .366  .749          60   7   1   0   0   3
   With KCA       55  145   26   28   7   2   0   16   0   1   28   38  .193  .324  .269  .593          39   0   0   0   0   1
   With ATN        4    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .500 1.000           1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      954 2569  388  633  91  29  77  283  62  29  341  466  .246  .337  .394  .731        1013  27  14  13  17  34
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1958 21 CHN NL  17   24   5.1  13   5   0  .385   6   26   19  .731    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e6    147   
 1959 22 BAA AL  23   46   3.8   1   1   1 1.000   1   52   39  .750    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e4      2   
 1960 23 BAA AL   8   35   4.9   6   1   0  .167   1   30   26  .867    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e3    -88   
 1961 24 BAA AL  22   31   4.7  24   4   1  .167   4   30   24  .800    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e5     -1   
 1962 25 BAA AL  33   30   3.8  35  15   3  .429   4   30   18  .600    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e6    -46   
 1963 26 BAA AL  26   46   4.7   5   0   0  .000   2   34   30  .882    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e8   -10   
 1964           [Did not play]
 1965 28 BAA AL   3    5   3.6  24   6   0  .250   0    4    4 1.000    0    0  .000  PH             -86   
 1966 29 NYN NL  14   25   6.6  34   7   2  .206   0   11    9  .818    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e7     9   
 1967 30 NYN NL  28    7   2.1   7   1   0  .143   0   22   20  .909    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e9     3   
         ATN NL   0    0  13.5   1   1   0 1.000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e9   502   
         TOT                     8   2   0  .250   1   23   20  .870    0    0  .000
 1968           [Did not play]
 1969 32 KCA AL   6   14   3.3  15   2   0  .133   3   21   14  .667    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e11  -30   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          267   4.3 165  43   7  .261  22  261  203  .778    0    0  .000                  -8   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1958 21 CHN NL  CF    18    30     3    1    0   .971    18   154.0   1.93
                 LF    22    28     0    0    0  1.000     6    79.1   3.18
                 3B    10     6    18    4    2   .857     9    79.1   2.72
                 RF     7     8     0    1    0   .889     7    56.2   1.27
 1959 22 BAA AL  CF   107   257    14    1    3   .996   106   948.1   2.57
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1960 23 BAA AL  CF    50   118     6    1    1   .992    47   428.0   2.61
                 RF    12    18     0    0    0  1.000    10    94.0   1.72
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   0.53
 1961 24 BAA AL  CF    54   126     8    4    1   .971    44   411.0   2.93
                 RF    12    30     0    0    0  1.000    12   101.1   2.66
 1962 25 BAA AL  CF    43   101     4    1    0   .991    37   323.2   2.92
                 RF    17    40     0    2    0   .952    17   158.1   2.27
                 LF     7     7     0    1    0   .875     7    61.0   1.03
 1963 26 BAA AL  CF    56   130     4    1    1   .993    56   483.0   2.50
                 RF    25    38     4    1    1   .977    25   236.1   1.60
                 1B     6    47     9    0    5  1.000     5    47.2  10.57
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1964           [Did not play]
 1965 28 BAA AL  CF     7    12     1    0    1  1.000     6    53.0   2.21
                 LF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   1.50
 1966 29 NYN NL  LF    34    45     1    0    0  1.000    20   195.2   2.12
                 CF    16    30     1    0    0  1.000    11    88.0   3.17
                 RF     7     2     0    0    0  1.000     0    11.0   1.64
 1967 30 NYN NL  CF    44    70     1    0    0  1.000    24   245.2   2.60
                 LF     8     4     0    0    0  1.000     0    18.2   1.93
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     4.2   0.00
         ATN NL  LF     3     2     0    1    0   .667     0     6.1   2.84
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1968           [Did not play]
 1969 32 KCA AL  CF    35    87     2    3    1   .967    33   282.2   2.83
                 RF     4     8     0    0    0  1.000     4    36.0   2.00
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   1.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF   430   961    44   12    8   .988   382  3417.1   2.65
                 RF    86   144     4    4    1   .974    75   698.1   1.91
                 LF    84    89     1    2    0   .978    35   392.0   2.07
                 3B    10     6    18    4    2   .857     9    79.1   2.72
                 1B     6    47     9    0    5  1.000     5    47.2  10.57
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1958 WS    CHN NYA   L    3   4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1958  CHN   88-66   Alan Boodman
 1959  BAA   52-102  Rob Tomlinson
 1960  BAA   63-91   Rob Tomlinson
 1961  BAA   76-78   Rob Tomlinson
 1962  BAA   78-84   Rob Tomlinson
 1963  BAA   83-79   Gary Dewing, Rob Tomlinson
 1965  BAA   72-90   Gary Dewing
 1966  NYN   62-100  Steve Dewing
 1967  NYN   51-111  Chris Colucci, Steve Dewing
 1967  ATN   74-88   Barry Davis, James Taglia
 1969  KCA   44-118  Mike Rodriguez

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