#72 Buford "Geetchie" Meredith, Second Base, 28 yrs, New York (A) Yankees

#72 Buford "Geetchie" Meredith, Second Base, 28 yrs, New York (A) Yankees
Monday, 7/17/1933

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Buford Meredith
Geetchie
9/13/1904
28
USA
6"4
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Second Base
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,500,000
1937
7 Year(s), 41 Days (1189 total Days)
106 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 41 Days (1189 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	73	49	47	36	56
Versus LHP	73	49	47	36	56
Versus RHP	73	49	47	36	56
Talent	7	5	5	4	5

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1
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Fielding Ratings
1B : 9 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
2B : 8 (Range), .961 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 6 (Range), .962 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 8
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
6/30	@DET	L 0-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
7/1	@CLE	@	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
7/2	@CLE	@	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
7/3	@CLE	@	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
7/4	@PHA	@	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	#8
7/7	@SLB	@	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	#8
7/8	@SLB	L 0-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
7/11	@CHA	L 3-4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	#1
7/12	@CHA	W 2-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
7/16	@CHA	L 1-16	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	#4

Batting Stats 1933

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	69	233	57	9	3	2	24	23	15	26	.245	.289	.335	.624	.518	.090
Projected	144	485	119	19	6	4	50	48	31	54	.245	.289	.335	.624	.518	.090

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	58	252	0	0	0	9	3	1	78	14	6	6	50.0	23.4	3.2

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	54	13	2	1	0	8	8	5	8	1	1	0	.241	.295	.315	.610
vs. RHP	179	44	7	2	2	16	15	10	18	0	2	0	.246	.286	.341	.626
Close/Late	23	7	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	.304	.320	.348	.668
Scoring Position	61	18	3	2	0	22	0	4	10	1	1	0	.295	.328	.410	.738
Pinch Hitting	7	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.571	.571	1.000	1.571

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	30	113	29	3	0	1	12	16	6	13	.257	.292	.310	.601
Road	39	120	28	6	3	1	12	7	9	13	.233	.280	.358	.639
Last Week	3	7	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	.286	.375	.857	1.232
March/April	12	52	14	4	0	1	4	8	3	3	.269	.304	.404	.707
May	27	99	22	2	1	0	11	8	6	12	.222	.264	.263	.527
June	21	66	18	2	2	0	6	6	3	10	.273	.300	.364	.664
July	9	16	3	1	0	1	3	1	3	1	.188	.300	.438	.738

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1926	70	238	73	7	2	1	26	26	9	0	0	23	22	5	.307	.332	.366	.698	SLB NYY
1927	129	416	121	17	3	1	62	45	29	2	7	34	12	7	.291	.335	.353	.688	NYY
1928	137	467	143	15	8	1	56	56	29	3	4	33	25	13	.306	.348	.379	.727	NYY
1929	147	524	138	18	9	4	44	64	47	3	8	50	28	8	.263	.323	.355	.678	NYY
1930	112	437	121	15	6	5	63	54	32	1	5	34	15	11	.277	.324	.373	.697	NYY
1931	142	572	159	16	5	2	41	67	31	1	5	52	20	9	.278	.314	.334	.648	NYY
1932	107	399	107	15	3	2	34	56	29	0	0	31	14	2	.268	.318	.336	.654	NYY
1933	69	233	57	9	3	2	24	23	15	0	1	26	6	6	.245	.289	.335	.624	NYY
Total	913	3286	919	112	39	18	350	391	221	10	30	283	142	61	.280	.324	.354	.678

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1923, AA	131	539	136	19	1	10	50	77	59	51	21	6	.252	.322	.347	.669
1924, AA	26	107	33	6	2	1	14	16	14	10	3	0	.308	.385	.430	.815
1924, AAA	102	399	104	17	5	7	39	63	54	48	12	1	.261	.347	.381	.728
1925, AAA	132	527	183	24	3	14	58	97	89	60	24	13	.347	.440	.484	.924
1926, AAA	71	269	95	22	3	5	55	49	50	35	10	1	.353	.448	.513	.961

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1927	5	15	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.467	.867
Total	5	15	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.467	.867

Fielding Stats 1933

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
First Base	3	3	32	2	2	34	0	1.000	27.0	11.33
Second Base	34	34	65	120	27	191	6	.969	295.2	5.81
Third Base	5	0	1	3	0	5	1	.800	8.1	5.40
Shortstop	21	21	33	67	11	106	6	.943	183.0	5.21
Leftfield	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.1	6.75

Player History

Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1923...
Injured on 6/24/1923 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks...
Traded from St. Louis (A) to New York (A) on 2/14/1926 (Going to NYY: SS Buford Meredith. Going to SLB: P Roy Meeker)...
Had first career hit on 7/2/1926, off Frank Wickware (BOS)...
Hit first career homerun on 8/13/1926, off Gunboat Thompson (BOS)...
Injured on 9/11/1927 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week...
Won World Series with New York (A) in 1927...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/26/1929...
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1929...
2/14/1930: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 4/27/1930 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
2/14/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration...
2/14/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 6/10/1932 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week...
7/31/1932: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,500,000 per year, for 5 years.

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
1928 - .306 - 4th

Hits
1931 - 159 - 10th

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