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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	7	Apr 14	HOU		LAD	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
3	8	Apr 15	HOU		ATL	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	27 (18)	May 3	HOU		SFG	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
5	28	May 4	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	30 (1)	May 7	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	33 (2)	May 11 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	34	May 11 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,7-11	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
9	43 (8)	May 23	HOU		NYM	W,7-0	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	49 (5)	May 30 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,9-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	54 (4)	Jun 5	HOU		STL	W,11-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	56 (1)	Jun 7	HOU		STL	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	58 (1)	Jun 10	HOU		PIT	W,7-4	GF	27	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	59	Jun 11	HOU		PIT	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
15	60	Jun 12	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	62	Jun 15	HOU	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	63	Jun 16 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
19	64	Jun 16 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	65	Jun 17	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	66	Jun 18	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
22	67	Jun 19	HOU		SDP	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
23	68	Jun 20 (1)	HOU		SDP	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
24	69	Jun 20 (2)	HOU		SDP	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	70	Jun 21	HOU		SDP	W,4-0	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
26	71	Jun 22	HOU		SDP	W,2-0	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
27	72	Jun 23	HOU		SFG	W,9-3	GF	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
28	73	Jun 24	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	74	Jun 25	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	75	Jun 27	HOU		ATL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	77 (1)	Jun 29	HOU		ATL	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	79 (1)	Jul 1	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	80	Jul 2	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	81	Jul 4	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	82	Jul 5	HOU	@	SDP	L,8-9	CG	60	11.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
36	83	Jul 6 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	85 (1)	Jul 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	86	Jul 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-7	GF	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	87	Jul 9	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
40	88	Jul 10	HOU		CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	89	Jul 11	HOU		CIN	W,13-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	90	Jul 12	HOU		CIN	W,10-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	91	Jul 13	HOU		CIN	W,9-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	92	Jul 14	HOU		LAD	L,1-4		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	93	Jul 15	HOU		LAD	W,10-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	95 (1)	Jul 18	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
47	99 (3)	Jul 26	HOU		PHI	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
48	101 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,16-3	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	102	Jul 30 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,11-5	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
50	103	Jul 31	HOU	@	NYM	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	104	Aug 1	HOU	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	105	Aug 2	HOU	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	106	Aug 3 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,7-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	107	Aug 3 (2)	HOU	@	MON	L,0-1	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	111 (3)	Aug 8	HOU		MON	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	116 (4)	Aug 13	HOU		NYM	W,8-2	GF	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
57	124 (7)	Aug 24 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,9-10	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	127 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	128	Aug 27	HOU	@	STL	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	129	Aug 28	HOU	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	11	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
61	131 (1)	Aug 30	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	132	Aug 31	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	136 (3)	Sep 6	HOU		SFG	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	143 (6)	Sep 13	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-3	GF	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	147 (3)	Sep 17	HOU	@	SFG	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							67gm		301.1	51	3	2	56	0