Rube Geyer Stats

Rube Geyer was born on Wednesday, March 26, 1884, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Geyer was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1910, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rube Geyer baseball stats page.

"He (Rube Geyer) possesses a peculiar drop ball and is a splendid fielding pitcher." - Alfred H. Spink in The National Game (1911)

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Rube Geyer
 
 
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Birth Name:   Jacob Bowman Geyer
Nickname:   Rube
Born On:   03-26-1884  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-12-1962 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Ford Township, Minnesota
Cemetery:   Oakwood Cemetery, Mora, Minnesota
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-24-1910 (Age 26)
Last Game:   09-04-1913
Draft:   Not Applicable
Rube Geyer

Rube Geyer Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1910 26 Cardinals 4 0 2 0 1 .000 4.50 0 0 0 4.0 20 5 2 3 0 3 - 5 1 0 0 -
1911 27 Cardinals 29 11 12 9 6 .600 3.27 7 1 0 148.2 606 141 54 80 7 56 - 46 4 6 0 -
1912 28 Cardinals 41 18 18 7 14 .333 3.28 5 0 0 181.0 783 191 66 110 4 84 - 61 0 4 0 -
1913 29 Cardinals 30 4 20 1 5 .167 5.26 2 0 1 78.2 349 83 46 57 6 38 - 21 3 2 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
4 Years 104 33 52 17 26 .395 3.67 14 1 1 412.1 1,758 420 168 250 17 181 - 133 8 12 0 -
Rube Geyer

Rube Geyer Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1910 26 Cardinals 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1911 27 Cardinals 29 57 3 13 2 1 0 0 2 0 - 7 2 - 0 - .228 .228 .298
1912 28 Cardinals 41 53 5 11 1 0 0 0 3 3 - 10 1 - 0 - .208 .250 .226
1913 29 Cardinals 30 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 1 - 0 - .091 .091 .091
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
4 Years 104 133 9 26 3 1 0 0 6 3 - 21 4 - 0 - .195 .213 .233
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Rube Geyer Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1910 Cardinals P 4 0 12 1 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1911 Cardinals P 29 11 446 44 1.5 40 5 35 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .909 2.42
1912 Cardinals P 41 18 543 61 1.5 56 7 49 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .918 2.78
1913 Cardinals P 30 4 236 25 0.8 21 2 19 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .840 2.40
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 104 33 1,237 131 1.3 117 14 103 14 6 n/a n/a n/a .893 2.55
4 Years 104 33 1,237 131 1.3 117 14 103 14 6 n/a n/a n/a .893 2.55
Rube Geyer

Rube Geyer Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1910 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.67 11.25 6.75
1911 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.1 28.5 0.82 2.78 3.39
1912 Cardinals 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 17.7 0.73 3.03 4.18
1913 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.3 22.0 0.55 2.40 4.35
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
4 Years 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.3 22.2 0.73 2.90 3.95
Rube Geyer

Rube Geyer Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1910 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1911 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -


Did you know that Rube Geyer gave up seventeen home runs to sixteen batters and the only one who went deep off the Cardinals righty was future Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel?

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