Mike McGeary
American baseball player (1850–1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Henry McGeary (November 16, 1850 – October 2, 1933) was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1871 to 1882. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball, playing principally as an infielder and catcher, for seven different major league clubs: the Troy Haymakers (1870–1871), the Philadelphia Athletics (NA) (1872–1874), the Philadelphia White Stockings (1875), the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1876–1877), the Providence Grays (1879–1880), the Cleveland Blues (1880–1881) and the Detroit Wolverines (1882). Three of those clubs, the Philadelphia White Stockings, Providence Grays and Cleveland Blues, also employed him as player-manager.
Mike McGeary | |
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Infielder | |
Born: November 16, 1850 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Died: October 2, 1933(1933-10-02) (aged 82) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 9, 1871, for the Troy Haymakers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 26, 1882, for the Detroit Wolverines | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .276 |
Runs scored | 484 |
Runs batted in | 236 |
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In 11 major league seasons, McGeary compiled a .276 career batting average with 484 runs scored in 547 major league games. Rumors that he threw games persisted throughout his career, though such rumors were never proven.