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Gary
Geiger		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 168
 
Born: April 4, 1937 in Usa, IL, SAND RIDGE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
All-Star Selections 1963    1964    1965    1969   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 21 MON NL     4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1959 22 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5
1960 23 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5
1961 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 7 4 5 5
1962 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1963 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 5 6 5
1964 27 CLE AL $ 3,664,286   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1965 28 CLE AL $ 3,664,286   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1966 29 KCR AL $ 3,785,714   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1967 30 NYG NL $ 12,540,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1968 31 NYG NL $ 12,540,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7
1969 32 NYG NL $ 12,540,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1970 33 PIT NL $ 12,540,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1971 34 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1972 35 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
1973 36 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,540,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 6 7 8 7 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
1958 21 AA   137 523 107 135 20 2 41 102 21 8 96 88 .258 .373 .539 .912 108.1  
1959 22 AAA   83 316 50 85 10 2 20 52 15 10 40 70 .269 .351 .503 .854 55.5  
    AA   54 198 41 58 5 1 21 37 9 5 36 35 .293 .402 .646 1.048 49.2  
1960 23 TAM AL 22 54 11 14 3 2 3 8 2 2 4 21 .259 .310 .556 .866 8.9 2.1
    AAA   135 502 105 141 29 8 31 89 18 9 82 122 .281 .382 .556 .938 103.9  
1961 24 TAM AL 122 328 27 55 11 1 5 34 8 2 28 96 .168 .229 .253 .482 20.5 0.0
1962 25 CLE AL 150 485 63 123 16 4 19 62 13 7 43 113 .254 .315 .421 .736 61.7 10.2
1963 26 CLE AL 156 591 102 172 21 7 28 84 30 15 64 125 .291 .363 .492 .855 104.0 23.9
1964 27 CLE AL 156 503 75 127 12 3 15 82 30 15 61 90 .252 .326 .378 .704 70.0 12.6
1965 28 CLE AL 159 556 99 155 19 8 20 79 34 20 66 91 .279 .355 .450 .805 88.7 20.2
1966 29 CLE AL 38 143 22 45 12 2 7 30 9 3 14 21 .315 .369 .573 .942 28.3 5.7
  KCR AL 102 361 60 97 16 2 17 73 21 7 49 62 .269 .353 .465 .818 61.2 11.7
  TOT   140 504 82 142 28 4 24 103 30 10 63 83 .282 .357 .496 .853 89.5 17.5
1967 30 NYG NL 156 552 82 133 22 2 27 79 14 8 53 76 .241 .313 .435 .748 74.7 13.2
1968 31 NYG NL 146 425 77 129 19 5 16 70 10 6 59 44 .304 .388 .485 .872 75.2 18.1
1969 32 NYG NL 159 571 89 149 32 6 20 72 8 6 59 85 .261 .331 .443 .774 82.1 12.8
1970 33 PIT NL 157 566 83 150 16 2 24 82 13 8 47 77 .265 .323 .428 .751 75.8 13.5
1971 34 TAM AL 148 536 69 139 21 2 12 64 41 6 47 88 .259 .319 .373 .692 68.3 10.8
1972 35 TAM AL 141 478 85 134 9 1 14 56 38 20 52 76 .280 .349 .391 .741 68.5 10.7
1973 36 TAM AL 119 352 41 69 11 2 7 28 17 10 20 74 .196 .237 .298 .536 23.0 0.0
14 Years Sim 1931 6501 985 1691 240 49 234 903 288 135 666 1139 .260 .328 .420 .749 910.8 165.7
2 Years AAA 218 818 155 226 39 10 51 141 33 19 122 192 .276 .371 .535 .907 159.4  
2 Years AA 191 721 148 193 25 3 62 139 30 13 132 123 .268 .381 .569 .950 157.3  
4 Years Minors 409 1539 303 419 64 13 113 280 63 32 254 315 .272 .376 .551 .927 316.8  
162 Game Average 545 82 141 20 4 19 75 24 11 55 95 .260 .328 .420 .749 76.4  
Career Highs 159 591 102 172 32 8 28 103 41 20 66 125 .304 .388 .556 .872 104.0  
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   4629 732 1264 164 34 178 661 228 106 516 722 .273 .345 .439 .784 713.3
vs LH   1872 253 427 76 15 56 242 60 29 150 417 .228 .286 .374 .660 204.8
Home 960 3194 505 865 125 18 133 481 135 72 323 544 .271 .338 .446 .784 482.2
Away 971 3307 480 826 115 31 101 422 153 63 343 595 .250 .319 .395 .714 435.8
RISP   1640 0 423 53 17 60 646 0 0 213 316 .258 .334 .421 .754 244.3
Pinch Hitting   124 22 45 2 0 8 27 1 3 13 18 .363 .421 .573 .994 26.5
Close/Late   819 136 215 29 7 37 112 0 1 105 140 .263 .346 .451 .797 129.8
Mar/Apr 309 1053 182 285 38 15 40 154 46 23 105 184 .271 .338 .449 .787 159.5
May 302 1023 157 262 43 6 28 126 48 19 115 180 .256 .331 .392 .723 138.6
June 315 1051 152 299 41 7 43 172 52 17 111 171 .284 .351 .460 .811 172.2
July 321 1100 152 273 40 7 39 147 38 18 111 206 .248 .315 .404 .719 145.2
August 341 1108 155 281 40 5 39 156 47 29 117 190 .254 .326 .404 .730 148.2
Sep/Oct 343 1166 187 291 38 9 45 148 57 29 107 208 .250 .312 .413 .725 154.4
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
1960 23 TAM AL 2B 8 4 51.0 9 16 1 2 .962 4.41   0.0
    CF 3 3 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 3 3 25.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
    1B 4 1 12.3 11 4 0 1 1.000 10.95   0.0
    3B 1 1 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1961 24 TAM AL CF 73 68 592.7 149 2 1 2 .993 2.29   1.5
    3B 9 8 73.0 6 19 0 5 1.000 3.08   0.4
    2B 21 3 61.0 9 24 0 7 1.000 4.87   0.3
    RF 8 7 56.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.77    
    1B 6 0 14.0 20 2 0 4 1.000 14.14   0.0
    LF 2 1 10.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 25 CLE AL 1B 118 117 1019.0 1216 105 17 116 .987 11.67   1.7
    CF 11 4 59.7 19 1 0 0 1.000 3.02   0.4
    LF 8 4 46.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    2B 7 0 19.0 4 8 0 2 1.000 5.68   0.1
    3B 3 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 .667 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 26 CLE AL RF 74 73 673.0 131 3 2 0 .985 1.79   2.4
    3B 48 48 440.3 24 96 4 7 .968 2.45   1.0
    2B 26 26 236.0 44 94 6 25 .958 5.26   1.0
    CF 1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 2 1.000 15.00   0.0
1964 27 CLE AL 1B 123 119 1059.3 1266 102 26 104 .981 11.62   1.9
    LF 10 2 35.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.04   0.2
    3B 6 2 28.0 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.89   0.1
    2B 4 2 23.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 3.13   0.1
    CF 3 2 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 5 1 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1965 28 CLE AL 1B 149 145 1301.7 1594 124 12 138 .993 11.88   2.4
    3B 6 0 16.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.1
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 29 CLE AL RF 25 25 231.3 49 0 1 0 .980 1.91   0.7
    1B 10 10 88.4 110 10 1 11 .992 12.22   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
    2B 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  KCR AL RF 68 67 602.7 128 1 1 0 .992 1.93   2.2
    1B 26 26 230.3 285 26 2 28 .994 12.15   0.5
    SS 3 0 7.2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.50   0.0
    LF 2 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.0
  TOT   RF 93 92 834.0 177 1 2 0 .989 1.92   2.9
      1B 36 36 318.7 395 36 3 39 .993 12.17   0.6
      SS 4 0 10.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.70   0.0
      LF 3 0 9.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
      2B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1967 30 NYG NL RF 86 85 744.0 146 6 0 0 1.000 1.84   1.9
    1B 62 62 535.0 700 36 5 48 .993 12.38   1.5
    CF 3 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    LF 2 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
    2B 3 0 6.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 31 NYG NL RF 94 93 819.0 175 5 0 1 1.000 1.98   1.8
    CF 6 6 56.0 16 0 1 0 .941 2.57    
    2B 14 1 33.3 6 18 0 4 1.000 6.48   0.1
    1B 9 0 22.7 31 2 0 7 1.000 13.11   0.1
    SS 8 0 16.3 6 10 0 3 1.000 8.82   0.3
    LF 5 0 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1969 32 NYG NL 1B 68 66 579.0 737 48 6 68 .992 12.20   1.4
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1970 33 PIT NL 3B 97 95 855.0 70 183 8 16 .969 2.66   3.2
    1B 55 52 459.7 475 39 6 35 .988 10.06   0.9
    RF 2 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1971 34 TAM AL 3B 113 109 967.0 62 202 12 16 .957 2.46   2.9
    2B 15 12 118.0 29 60 3 13 .967 6.79   0.8
    LF 5 2 25.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.1
    SS 4 1 19.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.32   0.1
    1B 4 1 14.0 23 2 0 1 1.000 16.07   0.0
    CF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1972 35 TAM AL 2B 117 114 993.0 191 357 7 74 .987 4.97   4.0
    SS 11 3 41.3 7 14 0 3 1.000 4.57   0.2
    3B 4 3 30.0 1 8 2 1 .818 2.70   0.1
    CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1973 36 TAM AL 2B 103 101 840.7 190 336 8 58 .985 5.63   4.0
    3B 4 3 27.0 1 5 1 0 .857 2.00   0.1
    SS 5 0 10.0 0 5 1 1 .833 4.50   0.0
    CF 6 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 8.0 9 1 0 2 1.000 11.25   0.0
    RF 1 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 638 599 5346.3 6482 501 75 565 .989 11.76   10.6
  RF 368 353 3175.3 652 15 4 1 .994 1.89   9.0
  3B 291 269 2446.7 167 528 28 47 .961 2.56   7.8
  2B 322 263 2387.7 487 921 25 186 .983 5.31   10.5
  CF 114 85 805.3 205 3 2 2 .990 2.32   2.0
  LF 43 12 179.3 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.3
  SS 36 4 103.7 16 39 1 9 .982 4.78   0.7
Career Totals   1812 1585 14444.3 8042 2007 135 810 .987 6.26   41.0
Career Highs   157 149 1363.3 1594 379 26 138 .996 12.06    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1959 22 MON NL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1964 27 CLE AL 13 31 4 10 0 1 0 2 0 5 2 3 .323 .364 .387 .751
1965 28 CLE AL 4 15 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .067 .125 .267 .392
1966 29 KCR AL 11 40 4 8 2 0 1 3 3 3 9 8 .200 .347 .325 .672
1967 30 NYG NL 16 52 9 8 1 0 1 7 1 1 3 12 .154 .237 .231 .468
1968 31 NYG NL 11 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .105 .190 .105 .296
1972 35 TAM AL 5 17 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 .353 .500 .412 .912
Career Post-Season Batting 66 176 24 35 4 1 3 14 6 9 22 34 .199 .297 .284 .581
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1968-9-.292*
 On-Base Pct
1968-6-.375*
 Slugging Pct
1963-6-.492
1966-3-.496
 OPS
1963-6-.855
1966-3-.853
1968-7-.841*
 XR
1963-5-104.0
1965-8-88.7
 Games
1963-9-156
1964-6-156
1965-2-159
1969-1-159
1970-3-157
At-Bats
1963-8-591
 Runs
1963-3-102
1965-3-99
 Hits
1963-9-172
1965-10-155
 Total Bases
1963-5-291
 Triples
1963-5-7
1965-4-8
1968-7-5
1969-5-6
 Homeruns
1963-7-28
1966-7-24
RBIs
1964-7-82
1966-3-103
 Stolen Bases
1961-10-8
1963-6-30
1964-8-30
1965-6-34
1966-6-30
1971-5-41
1972-5-38
 Caught Stealing
1962-6-7
1963-4-15
1964-3-15
1965-2-20
1966-9-10
1967-9-8
1970-8-8
1972-4-20
CAR-40-135
 Strikeouts
1963-5-125
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 62    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Lou Whitaker (910)
  2. Joe Ferguson (892)
  3. Willie Jones (876)
  4. Lee Walls (864)
  5. Jorge Orta (858)
  6. Bobby Grich (857)
  7. Bobby Thomson (854)
  8. Alex Kampouris (850)
  9. Don Demeter (842)
  10. Willie Kirkland (837)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Montreal in 1958
Injured on 4/26/1959 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Injured on 6/8/1960 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to TAM: P Ralph Lumenti, P Stan Williams, CF Gary Geiger, 2B Julio Gotay, C Ozzie Virgil. Going to MON: RF Steve Bilko, C Stan Lopata, P Diomedes Olivo)
9/1/1960: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Had first career hit on 9/2/1960, off Bud Daley (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1960, off Earl Wilson (SEM)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cleveland (A) on 2/7/1962 (Going to CLE: P Jim Donohue, CF Gary Geiger. Going to TAM: P Dean Stone, P Ike Delock, CF Gino Cimoli, 1B Marv Blaylock)
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 6/4/1964
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1964, hitting .406 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Washington on 9/7/1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 5 runs on 4/3/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1966, hitting .421 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 5/4/1966 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 6/1/1966 (Going to KCR: CF Jackie Brandt, 1B Gary Geiger, LF Dave Nicholson. Going to CLE: P Dick Selma)
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/9/1967 to a 4-year deal worth $12,540,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/5/1967
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1969, hitting .417 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/18/1969
Traded from New York (N) to Pittsburgh on 2/13/1970 (Going to PIT: RF Gary Geiger. Going to NYG: P Bill Spanswick)
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/15/1971 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
7/31/1971: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/31/1971 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 9/23/1971
 
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