Gary Geiger

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 168lb (183cm, 76kg)

Born: April 4, 1937 in Sand Ridge, IL us

Died: April 24, 1996 in Murphysboro, IL

Buried: Pleasant Grove Memorial Park, Murphysboro, IL

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 21-011d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. KCA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 10, 1970 (Age 33-097d)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Gary Merle Geiger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

2569

633

.246

388

RBI

283

OBP

.337

SLG

.394

OPS

.731

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 77 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 11 tying, 23 go ahead

3 Tms
BOS	71
ATL	5
CLE	1

Platoon
vs RHP	70
vs LHP	7

Home/Road
Away	39
Home	38

Outs
1	33
2	25
0	19

13 Opps
DET	15
CLE	13
NYY	10
MIN/WSH	8
BAL	8
KCA	7
CHW	6
WSA	3
PHI	2
LAA	2
NYM	1
SFG	1
CHC	1

53 Pitchers
Mudcat Grant	5
Jim Bunning	4
Hoyt Wilhelm	3
Gary Bell	3
Jim Perry	2
Jim Bouton	2
Bill Fischer	2
Pete Burnside	2
Phil Regan	2
Camilo Pascual	2
Ron Kline	2
Bill Stafford	2
Early Wynn	2
Gerry Staley	2
Barry Latman	2
Steve Barber	2
Ralph Terry	2
Ned Garver	1
Don Lee	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Lew Krausse	1
Jim Kaat	1
Tom Morgan	1
Georges Maranda	1
Ken Johnson	1
Ryne Duren	1
Dick Egan	1
Milt Pappas	1
Barney Schultz	1
Murry Dickson	1
Ray Culp	1
Moe Drabowsky	1
Dennis Ribant	1
John Briggs	1
Cal McLish	1
Marty Kutyna	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Fred Newman	1
Rollie Sheldon	1
Duke Maas	1
Jack Jenkins	1
Tex Clevenger	1
Ed Hobaugh	1
Don Mossi	1
Ed Rakow	1
Jerry Walker	1
Jack Fisher	1
Bill Faul	1
Rubén Gómez	1
George Susce	1
Gordon Jones	1
Bob Shaw	1
Pedro Ramos	1

10 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	32
Tiger Stad (DET)	10
ClevelandStd (CLE)	9
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	5
Munic. Stad (KAN)	4
Memor. Stad (BAL)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
GriffithStad (WAS)	1

Where Hit
9	59
8	3
7	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	47
1--	15
-2-	6
12-	3
--3	2
-23	2
123	1
1-3	1

115 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	47
1 on	23
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	30

Inning
1	11
2	4
3	8
4	3
5	7
6	8
7	11
8	18
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	23
4-6	18
7-end	36

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	2
+2	1
+1	12
Tied	21
-1	10
-2	7
-3	4
-4..	13

Ahead	22
Tied	21
Behind	34

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	60
RF	8
LF	6
PH	3

OrderPos
2nd	44
1st	12
6th	6
7th	5
3rd	4
9th	4
5th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1958-07-23	CLE		WSH	Pedro Ramos	behind 2-3	b 7	1	---	1	2	8	0.249	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1959-05-06	BOS	@	DET	George Susce	ahead 9-4	t 7	2	1--	2	7	7	0.026	99%		Home Run; D. Gernert Scores
3	3	2	2	1959-05-06	BOS	@	DET	Pete Burnside	ahead 14-4	t 8	2	-2-	2	7	7	0.000	100%		Home Run; D. Gernert Scores
4	4	3	1	1959-06-04	BOS	@	KCA	Murry Dickson	ahead 4-1	t 6	2	---	1	8	8	0.062	91%		Home Run
5	5	4	1	1959-06-10	BOS		DET	Barney Schultz	behind 6-10	b 8	0	-2-	2	7	8	0.085	16%		Home Run; F. Malzone Scores
6	6	5	1	1959-07-19 (1)	BOS		CLE	Gary Bell	behind 0-4	b 6	1	-23	3	9	PH	0.185	35%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Williams Scores; F. Malzone Scores
7	7	6	1	1959-07-28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	Gary Bell	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	7	0.114	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	7	1	1959-08-05	BOS		KCA	Ned Garver	ahead 9-5	b 5	2	12-	3	3	8	0.056	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Green Scores; P. Runnels Scores
9	9	8	1	1959-08-08	BOS		DET	Pete Burnside	tied 3-3	b 10	0	---	1	3	8	0.361	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	9	1	1959-08-12	BOS	@	BAL	Hoyt Wilhelm	tied 4-4	t 9	0	---	1	1	8	0.344	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	10	1	1959-08-14	BOS	@	NYY	Ryne Duren	tied 6-6	t 8	2	---	1	1	8	0.299	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	11	1	1959-09-22	BOS		BAL	Hoyt Wilhelm	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	8	0.096	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1960-05-30 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	Gordon Jones	ahead 9-1	t 8	2	1-3	3	3	9	0.002	100%		Home Run; T. Bowsfield Scores; P. Runnels Scores
14	14	2	1	1960-06-19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	John Briggs	ahead 6-1	t 8	1	---	1	7	7	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	3	1	1960-06-23	BOS	@	KCA	Ken Johnson	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	3	6	9	0.261	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Malzone Scores; R. Nixon Scores
16	16	4	1	1960-06-26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	Early Wynn	behind 4-20	t 8	0	---	1	6	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	5	1	1960-07-04 (1)	BOS		BAL	Hoyt Wilhelm	ahead 8-7	b 8	2	1--	2	7	9	0.116	97%		Home Run; R. Boone Scores
18	18	6	1	1960-07-09	BOS		NYY	Duke Maas	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	0.106	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	7	1	1960-07-24 (1)	BOS		CLE	Gary Bell	behind 0-3	b 1	0	1--	2	2	9	0.147	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Tasby Scores
20	20	8	1	1960-07-26	BOS		CHW	Early Wynn	behind 2-4	b 4	1	---	1	2	9	0.117	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	9	1	1960-07-27	BOS		CHW	Bob Shaw	behind 0-2	b 5	1	1--	2	2	9	0.247	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Tasby Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1961-04-17	BOS		LAA	Tom Morgan	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	---	1	2	8	0.107	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	1961-04-22	BOS	@	CHW	Gerry Staley	tied 4-4	t 9	1	1--	2	2	8	0.419	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Brewer Scores
24	24	3	1	1961-05-21 (2)	BOS		CHW	Gerry Staley	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	1--	2	2	8	0.103	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Schilling Scores
25	25	4	1	1961-05-24	BOS	@	NYY	Ralph Terry	behind 1-2	t 8	2	---	1	2	8	0.265	42%		Home Run (Deep RF Line)
26	26	5	1	1961-06-23	BOS	@	KCA	Lew Krausse	behind 0-1	t 7	0	-23	3	2	8	0.240	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Runnels Scores; C. Schilling Scores/unER
27	27	6	1	1961-06-28	BOS	@	MIN	Camilo Pascual	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	---	1	2	8	0.095	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	7	1	1961-07-01	BOS		CLE	Barry Latman	behind 2-7	b 9	1	---	1	2	8	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	8	1	1961-07-02	BOS		CLE	Mudcat Grant	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.102	53%		Home Run (Deep CF)
30	30	9	1	1961-07-03	BOS	@	WSA	Ed Hobaugh	behind 2-6	t 5	0	---	1	2	8	0.059	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	10	1	1961-07-05 (2)	BOS		DET	Bill Fischer	ahead 6-3	b 8	2	1--	2	2	8	0.025	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Schilling Scores
32	32	11	1	1961-07-16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	Cal McLish	tied 0-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	2	8	0.177	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); I. Delock Scores
33	33	12	1	1961-07-18	BOS	@	CLE	Mudcat Grant	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	8	0.155	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Schilling Scores
34	34	13	2	1961-07-18	BOS	@	CLE	Mudcat Grant	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	1--	2	2	8	0.170	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Schilling Scores
35	35	14	1	1961-07-19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	Jim Perry	ahead 4-3	t 6	2	12-	3	2	8	0.254	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Buddin Scores; D. Hillman Scores
36	36	15	1	1961-07-22	BOS		NYY	Tex Clevenger	behind 5-8	b 6	0	1--	2	2	8	0.187	40%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); C. Schilling Scores
37	37	16	1	1961-08-08	BOS		MIN	Camilo Pascual	tied 0-0	b 3	1	123	4	2	8	0.226	89%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Deep RF); D. Buddin Scores; B. Monbouquette Scores; P. Runnels Scores
38	38	17	1	1961-08-23	BOS		WSA	Marty Kutyna	tied 3-3	b 7	2	--3	2	2	8	0.295	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Green Scores
39	39	18	1	1961-09-15	BOS		BAL	Milt Pappas	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.102	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1962-04-22	BOS		DET	Ron Kline	behind 5-8	b 8	2	---	1	9	PH	0.050	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	2	1	1962-05-13	BOS	@	DET	Phil Regan	behind 4-6	t 8	1	---	1	6	8	0.101	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	3	1	1962-05-23	BOS		MIN	Don Lee	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.101	63%		Home Run
43	43	4	1	1962-05-26	BOS		BAL	Steve Barber	behind 1-3	b 3	2	1--	2	2	8	0.217	51%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Schilling Scores
44	44	5	1	1962-06-07	BOS		DET	Ron Kline	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	1	2	8	0.226	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	6	1	1962-06-20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	Jim Perry	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.103	58%		Home Run
46	46	7	1	1962-06-24 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	Steve Barber	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	8	0.162	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Green Scores
47	47	8	2	1962-06-24 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	Jack Fisher	ahead 6-5	t 6	1	---	1	2	8	0.130	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	9	1	1962-06-30	BOS		KCA	Bill Fischer	ahead 11-6	b 8	1	---	1	2	8	0.003	100%		Home Run
49	49	10	1	1962-07-25 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	Rollie Sheldon	behind 2-4	t 8	1	---	1	2	8	0.099	19%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
50	50	11	1	1962-08-17 (2)	BOS	@	MIN	Georges Maranda	ahead 6-1	t 7	2	---	1	1	8	0.018	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	12	1	1962-08-19 (1)	BOS	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	tied 0-0	t 3	1	1--	2	1	8	0.192	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Schilling Scores
52	52	13	1	1962-08-22	BOS	@	KCA	Moe Drabowsky	behind 1-4	t 8	1	---	1	1	8	0.051	10%		Home Run
53	53	14	1	1962-08-31	BOS		MIN	Rubén Gómez	ahead 5-4	b 5	2	-2-	2	1	8	0.175	87%		Home Run; C. Schilling Scores
54	54	15	1	1962-09-09 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	Jim Bouton	behind 2-3	t 7	2	-2-	2	1	8	0.388	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Hardy Scores
55	55	16	1	1962-09-30 (2)	BOS		WSA	Jack Jenkins	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	1	1	8	0.122	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1963-05-19 (2)	BOS		KCA	Ed Rakow	behind 4-9	b 5	0	---	1	2	8	0.044	11%		Home Run
57	57	2	1	1963-05-25	BOS	@	DET	Bill Faul	behind 0-4	t 6	0	---	1	2	8	0.052	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
58	58	3	1	1963-05-26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 2-12	t 8	1	---	1	2	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	4	1	1963-05-26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	Dick Egan	ahead 4-3	t 8	1	1--	2	2	8	0.172	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Schilling Scores
60	60	5	1	1963-05-28	BOS		NYY	Bill Stafford	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	--3	2	2	8	0.161	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Bressoud Scores
61	61	6	1	1963-06-21	BOS		NYY	Ralph Terry	ahead 3-2	b 2	2	---	1	2	8	0.103	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	7	1	1963-06-24	BOS		CLE	Jerry Walker	tied 5-5	b 9	2	1--	2	3	8	0.439	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF); R. Mejías Scores
63	63	8	1	1963-06-30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	Bill Stafford	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.108	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	9	1	1963-07-01	BOS	@	NYY	Jim Bouton	behind 3-5	t 3	0	---	1	2	8	0.107	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	10	1	1963-07-04 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	Mudcat Grant	behind 2-6	t 7	2	---	1	2	8	0.029	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	11	1	1963-07-26	BOS		LAA	Fred Newman	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.107	63%		Home Run
67	67	12	1	1963-08-07	BOS	@	DET	Jim Bunning	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.105	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	13	2	1963-08-07	BOS	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 1-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	8	0.150	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	14	1	1963-08-08	BOS	@	DET	Phil Regan	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	1	8	0.132	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	15	2	1963-08-08	BOS	@	DET	Don Mossi	behind 3-5	t 9	2	-2-	2	1	8	0.366	40%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Nixon Scores
71	71	16	1	1963-08-25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	Barry Latman	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.106	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1965-05-25	BOS		MIN	Mudcat Grant	behind 4-17	b 7	1	---	1	9	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1966-05-03	ATL		PHI	Jim Bunning	behind 1-5	b 6	0	---	1	2	8	0.061	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	2	1	1966-06-15	ATL		NYM	Dennis Ribant	behind 2-3	b 7	1	---	1	9	PH	0.247	55%		Home Run
75	75	3	1	1966-08-13 (2)	ATL		PHI	Ray Culp	behind 2-7	b 9	2	---	1	2	8	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
76	76	4	1	1966-08-29	ATL		CHC	Fergie Jenkins	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	8	0.118	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1967-06-10	ATL		SFG	Gaylord Perry	behind 3-7	b 8	1	---	1	6	7	0.025	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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