Ben Geraghty Baseball player

Benjamin Raymond Geraghty (July 19, 1912 – June 18, 1963) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and one of the most successful and respected minor league managers of the 1950s.A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Geraghty was a graduate of Villanova University, where he received a degree in journalism. He appeared in only 70 Major League games with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1936) and Boston Braves (1943–1944), compiling a batting average of .199 in 146 at bats. Geraghty threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 19, 1912
Date of deathJune 18, 1963

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Baseball player

Career startApril 17, 1936
Career endSeptember 14, 1944
batting sideRight
former teams
Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers
position
Infielder
teams
Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers
throwing sideRight

Ben Geraghty on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061999/mom_1a2MilMo.html
  2. http://research.sabr.org/journals/too-good-in-minors-to-manage-in-majors
  3. http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/63b3c90a
  4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/ben_geraghty_obituary.shtml