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Ben
Geraghty		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 19, 1912 in Usa, NJ, JERSEY CITY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 23 MIN AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
1937 24 MIN AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
1938 25 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
1939 26 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 7 7 7
1940 27 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 7 7 7
1941 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 7 7 7
1942 29 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 7 6 6
1943 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 6 6 6
1944 31 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 6 6 6
1945 32 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 6 5 6
1946 33 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 23 A   137 526 44 131 17 2 3 53 8 6 68 40 .249 .335 .306 .641 57.9  
1937 24 A   137 540 50 130 14 1 5 53 4 6 63 46 .241 .320 .298 .618 54.2  
1938 25 AA   25 98 7 29 3 0 1 5 0 2 7 5 .296 .343 .357 .700 11.2  
    A   112 415 30 106 16 1 3 21 7 2 59 37 .255 .348 .320 .669 50.9  
1939 26 AA   136 504 36 108 15 0 3 34 7 6 56 69 .214 .293 .262 .555 40.5  
1940 27 AAA   137 581 51 156 14 2 3 32 5 8 28 64 .269 .302 .315 .617 52.0  
1941 28 BOS AL 69 195 21 46 4 0 0 12 0 0 11 30 .236 .279 .256 .535 12.6 0.0
    AAA   31 129 10 33 9 0 1 12 0 1 6 18 .256 .289 .349 .638 11.9  
1942 29 AAA   137 568 62 149 13 1 5 33 3 6 32 82 .262 .302 .315 .617 51.9  
1943 30 BOS AL 70 132 7 27 6 0 1 5 0 0 1 27 .205 .211 .273 .483 5.0 0.0
1944 31 AAA   137 519 40 123 15 0 2 36 1 1 26 87 .237 .273 .277 .551 37.4  
1945 32 AAA   137 549 51 143 19 3 3 54 0 1 33 91 .260 .302 .322 .625 52.0  
1946 33 AAA   37 26 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .192 .346 0.1  
2 Years Sim 139 327 28 73 10 0 1 17 0 0 12 57 .223 .252 .263 .515 17.5 0.0
6 Years AAA 616 2372 214 608 71 6 14 167 9 17 125 347 .256 .292 .309 .601 205.4  
2 Years AA 161 602 43 137 18 0 4 39 7 8 63 74 .228 .299 .277 .577 51.7  
3 Years A 386 1481 124 367 47 4 11 127 19 14 190 123 .248 .333 .307 .640 162.9  
11 Years Minors 1163 4455 381 1112 136 10 29 333 35 39 378 544 .250 .307 .304 .611 420.0  
162 Game Average 381 32 85 11 0 1 19 0 0 13 66 .223 .252 .263 .515 20.4  
Career Highs 70 195 21 46 6 0 1 12 0 0 11 30 .236 .279 .273 .535 12.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   274 24 58 9 0 1 15 0 0 10 49 .212 .239 .255 .494 14.6
vs LH   53 4 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .283 .321 .302 .623 4.8
Home 58 147 10 38 6 0 1 14 0 0 2 23 .259 .268 .320 .588 11.5
Away 81 180 18 35 4 0 0 3 0 0 10 34 .194 .240 .217 .456 7.9
RISP   66 0 12 2 0 0 16 0 0 1 14 .182 .191 .212 .403 1.6
Pinch Hitting   3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.5
Close/Late   34 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .353 .371 .412 .783 4.7
Mar/Apr 27 55 5 15 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 7 .273 .333 .327 .661 6.0
May 35 77 8 14 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 20 .182 .222 .260 .482 3.6
June 28 83 8 19 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .229 .244 .229 .473 4.0
July 27 75 5 18 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .240 .260 .253 .513 4.4
August 7 16 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .188 .188 .313 .500 0.7
Sep/Oct 15 21 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .190 .190 .238 .429 0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 28 BOS AL 2B 62 61 482.7 124 232 3 53 .992 6.64   1.8
    SS 4 2 22.0 1 12 1 1 .929 5.32   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 30 BOS AL SS 39 21 206.7 49 97 6 18 .961 6.36   0.6
    2B 27 11 117.7 28 65 1 9 .989 7.11   0.5
    3B 2 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  2B 89 72 600.3 152 297 4 62 .991 6.73   2.2
  SS 43 23 228.7 50 109 7 19 .958 6.26   0.7
  3B 4 1 12.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
Career Totals   136 96 841.0 202 408 11 81 .982 6.53   3.0
Career Highs   68 63 507.7 125 244 7 54 .989 6.54    
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 65th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1936
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 2/7/1938 (Going to DET: SS Ben Geraghty. Going to MIN: 3B Pie Traynor)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 7/31/1938 (Going to DET: C Jack Cummings. Going to BOS: 2B Ben Geraghty)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1941, off Bucky Jacobs (TAM)
Injured on 5/24/1941 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/10/1942 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Hit first career homerun on 5/22/1943, off Cy Blanton (DET)
Injured on 8/2/1944 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/18/1945 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 5 days
 
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