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Billy Geer
William Henry Harrison Geer
born George Harrison Geer

Bats Unknown, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 160 lb.

Debut October 15, 1874
Final Game May 10, 1885
Born August 13, 1859 in New York, NY

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1874 14 NYU NA   2    8    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   58    2                    
 1875 15 NHV NA  37  164   20   40   4  1   0    9   2  2   1   4  .244  .248  .280   94   46                    
 1878 18 CIN NL  61  237   31   52  13  2   0   20         10  18  .219  .251  .291   85   69                    
 1880 20 WOR NL   2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0          0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1884 24 TOT    116  427   75   91  17  8   0    0   0     42      .213  .285  .290   89  124               1    
         PHK UA   9   36    7    9   2  1   0        0      4      .250  .325  .361  140   13                    
         BRO AA 107  391   68   82  15  7   0    0   0     38      .210  .281  .284   85  111               1    
 1885 25 LOU AA  14   51    2    6   2  0   0    3   0      2      .118  .167  .157    3    8               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      232  893  128  191  36 11   0   33   2  2  55  22  .214  .261  .279   82  249   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        624   89  133  25  8   0   23   1  1  38  15  .214  .261  .279   82  174   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High    116  427   75   91  17  8   0   20   2  2  42  18  .244  .285  .291   94  124   0   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1874 14 NYU NA    8    6    1   4.5    73| .250  .282| .250  .291| .250  .346| .500  .637|  58  .547  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1875 15 NHV NA  165  126   11   2.4    49| .244  .243| .248  .249| .280  .297| .528  .546|  94  .348  -0.7  -0.1  50%
 1878 18 CIN NL  247  185   17   2.5    60| .219  .255| .251  .273| .291  .314| .542  .587|  85  .356  -2.8  -0.3     
 1880 20 WOR NL    6    6    0   0.0    67| .000  .255| .000  .278| .000  .336| .000  .614|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.2     
 1884 24 TOT     470  336   35   2.7    67| .213  .244| .285  .281| .290  .331| .575  .612|  89  .422  -2.9  -0.4     
         PHK UA   40   27    4   3.8    56| .250  .238| .325  .264| .361  .308| .686  .572| 140  .574   2.0   0.2     
         BRO AA  430  309   31   2.6    68| .210  .244| .281  .283| .284  .333| .565  .616|  85  .405  -5.0  -0.6     
 1885 25 LOU AA   54   45    1   0.6    73| .118  .251| .167  .297| .157  .337| .324  .634|   3  .038  -5.5  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       950  704   65   2.4    62| .214  .247| .261  .275| .279  .321| .540  .595|  82  .364 -13.6  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 24 BRO AA   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    5.0   14   12    7   0    3    1   0   0    26       0 12.60  3.31   26 3.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    5.0   14   12    7   0    3    1   0   0    26       0 12.60  3.31   26 3.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  170.0  476  408  238   0  102   34   0   0   884   0   0 12.60  3.31   26 3.400

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1874 14 NYU NA OF 2 6 2 1 1 .889 .800 4.00 1.90 1 1 0 1875 15 NHV NA OF 17 20 6 8 3 .765 .818 1.53 1.77 4 11 3 2B 13 48 47 26 2 .785 .837 7.31 5.56 SS 6 14 18 12 0 .727 .816 5.33 4.43 1B 1 8 2 2 0 .833 .935 10.00 10.30 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .769 2.00 3.50 1878 18 CIN NL SS 60 58 177 36 15 .867 .877 3.92 4.26 2B 2 4 5 2 0 .818 .874 4.50 6.30 1880 20 WOR NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 0 1 SS 1 0 4 1 0 .800 .889 4.00 4.30 1884 24 TOT SS 116 187 398 94 35 .862 .858 5.04 4.20 PHK UA SS 9 10 34 13 1 .772 .816 4.89 3.90 BRO AA SS 107 177 364 81 34 .870 .862 5.06 4.23 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.90 P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.34 0 5.0 1885 25 LOU AA SS 14 26 49 11 2 .872 .879 5.36 4.67
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1875 15 NHV NA 1B 1 8 2 2 0 .833 .935 10.00 10.30 1875 15 NHV NA 2B 13 48 47 26 2 .785 .837 7.31 5.56 1878 18 CIN NL 2B 2 4 5 2 0 .818 .874 4.50 6.30 1884 24 BRO AA 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.90 1875 15 NHV NA 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .769 2.00 3.50 1874 14 NYU NA OF 2 6 2 1 1 .889 .800 4.00 1.90 1 1 0 1875 15 NHV NA OF 17 20 6 8 3 .765 .818 1.53 1.77 4 11 3 1880 20 WOR NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 0 1 1884 24 BRO AA P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.34 0 5.0 1875 15 NHV NA SS 6 14 18 12 0 .727 .816 5.33 4.43 1878 18 CIN NL SS 60 58 177 36 15 .867 .877 3.92 4.26 1880 20 WOR NL SS 1 0 4 1 0 .800 .889 4.00 4.30 1884 24 TOT SS 116 187 398 94 35 .862 .858 5.04 4.20 PHK UA SS 9 10 34 13 1 .772 .816 4.89 3.90 BRO AA SS 107 177 364 81 34 .870 .862 5.06 4.23 1885 25 LOU AA SS 14 26 49 11 2 .872 .879 5.36 4.67
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 197 285 646 154 52 .858 .863 4.73 4.26 OF 20 27 8 9 4 .795 .814 1.75 1.79 5 12 4 2B 17 52 52 28 2 .788 .840 6.12 5.69 P* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0 5.0 1B 1 8 2 2 0 .833 .935 10.00 10.30 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .769 2.00 3.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 238 373 709 194 58 .848 .860 4.55 4.16
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Doubles
1878 NL-13-6

Bases on Balls
1878 NL-10-8
1884 AA-38-2

Games Finished
1884 AA-2-5

Youngest Player
1874 NA-14-1
1875 NA-15-1
1878 NL-18-3
1880 NL-20-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1642) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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