- Billy Geer
Infobox MLB retired
name=Billy Geer
position=Shortstop
bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Unknown
throws=Right
birthdate=August 13 ,1859
debutdate=October 15
debutyear= 1874
debutteam=New York Mutuals
finaldate=May 10
finalyear=1885
finalteam=Louisville Colonels
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.214
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=0
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=33
teams=
*New York Mutuals (1874)
*New Haven Elm Citys (1875)
*Cincinnati Reds (1878)
*Worcester Ruby Legs (1880)
*Philadelphia Keystones (1884)
* Brooklyn Atlantics (1884)
*Louisville Colonels (1884)
highlights=William Henry Harrison Geer (born
August 13 ,1859 inNew York, New York ) was ashortstop inMajor League Baseball in the 19th century. He made his debut in the National Association at age 15, the second youngest player to ever appear in a Major League Baseball game. (Fred Chapman was a few months younger). There is controversy about his age, or the fact that the National Association has not been officially credited as a "Major League". If you accept his birthday, then he didn't actually make his Major league debut until the age of 18 years, 3 months, when he played for theCincinnati Reds of theNational League in by|1878. If you take the National Association as a Major League then, taking his birthday, he would be 15 years 63 days.ee also
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Los Angeles Dodgers all-time roster ources
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* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=geerbi01 Baseball Almanac]
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