Gary Geiger
1958–1970 · bats L / throws R · Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Houston Astros
954G
.246AVG
.337OBP
.394SLG
More career statistics
633H
77HR
283RBI
62SB
2.0IP
2K
9.00ERA
0GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,569 | 2,570 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 466 | 469 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,968 | 2,970 |
| Batting · Walks | 341 | 342 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 954 | 2,968 | 2,569 | 388 | 633 | 91 | 29 | 77 | 283 | 341 | 466 | 62 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 1,013 | .246 | .337 | .394 | .731 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.500 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1960-07-16 to 1961-04-17
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1961-07-16 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1959-05-06 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1961-06-08 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 487 | 1498 | 316 | 38 | 158 | 180 | 225 | .246 | .331 | .398 |
| Away | 467 | 1472 | 317 | 39 | 125 | 162 | 244 | .247 | .325 | .390 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 105 | 287 | 50 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 48 | .207 | .303 | .293 |
| May | 190 | 562 | 118 | 15 | 55 | 65 | 92 | .242 | .326 | .380 |
| June | 203 | 651 | 149 | 17 | 71 | 68 | 99 | .263 | .333 | .436 |
| July | 172 | 563 | 131 | 21 | 64 | 60 | 90 | .267 | .339 | .444 |
| August | 170 | 534 | 114 | 17 | 56 | 68 | 88 | .249 | .341 | .424 |
| September | 113 | 369 | 71 | 4 | 22 | 44 | 51 | .221 | .312 | .305 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-athletics | 93 | 319 | 68 | 7 | 37 | 38 | 52 | .248 | .332 | .387 |
| new-york-yankees | 89 | 336 | 74 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 62 | .243 | .298 | .395 |
| chicago-white-sox | 88 | 314 | 74 | 6 | 34 | 39 | 54 | .275 | .360 | .401 |
| baltimore-orioles | 83 | 284 | 67 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 32 | .268 | .349 | .448 |
| cleveland-guardians | 82 | 330 | 75 | 13 | 41 | 32 | 32 | .253 | .324 | .443 |
| detroit-tigers | 79 | 255 | 64 | 15 | 27 | 23 | 31 | .279 | .341 | .524 |
| los-angeles-angels-1961-64 | 47 | 185 | 35 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 26 | .236 | .346 | .358 |
| minnesota-twins | 47 | 159 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 27 | .185 | .296 | .356 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Cleveland Guardians | 91 | 195 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .231 | 2 | 2 |
| 1959 |  Boston Red Sox | 120 | 335 | 82 | 11 | 48 | 9 | .245 | – | – |
| 1960 | Boston Red Sox | 77 | 246 | 74 | 9 | 33 | 2 | .301 | – | – |
| 1961 | Boston Red Sox | 140 | 499 | 116 | 18 | 64 | 16 | .232 | – | – |
| 1962 | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 466 | 116 | 16 | 54 | 18 | .249 | – | – |
| 1963 | Boston Red Sox | 121 | 399 | 105 | 16 | 44 | 9 | .263 | – | – |
| 1964 | Boston Red Sox | 5 | 13 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .385 | – | – |
| 1965 | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .200 | – | – |
| 1966 |  Atlanta Braves | 78 | 126 | 33 | 4 | 10 | – | .262 | – | – |
| 1967 | Atlanta Braves | 69 | 117 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .162 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Houston Astros | 93 | 125 | 28 | – | 16 | 2 | .224 | – | – |
| 1970 | Houston Astros | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |