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After coming up through the Indians' system and playing in Cleveland in 1958, Geiger was traded to the Red Sox with the fading Vic Wertz in return for Jimmy Piersall. In 1959 Geiger played centerfield between the previous year's MVP, Jackie Jensen, and batting champ, Ted Williams. A lefthanded hitter playing in Fenway Park, Geiger was batting .302 in 1960 when he went down with a collapsed lung, missing the rest of the season. He hit 50 HR over the next three seasons, but never hit near .300 again. He did hit .385 in 1964, but in only five games; he missed most of the season due to illness that extended into 1965, when he also suffered a fractured skull. The Red Sox gave up on him, and comebacks with the Braves and Astros as a reserve outfielder and pinch hitter proved disappointing. (SH)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 2, 1958: The Red Sox box up Jimmy Piersall to Cleveland for 1B Vic Wertz and OF Gary Geiger. » July 28, 1960: Boston OF Gary Geiger (.302), who homered yesterday against Chicago, suffers a collapsed lung and is out for the rest of the season. » August 8, 1961: At Fenway, the Twins Camilo Pascual gives up an inside-the-park grand slam to Gary Geiger in the 3rd and a solo shot to Buddin in the 7th to win, 6–5. Pascual drives in his first three runs of the year to snap the Twins 8-game losing streak. » May 12, 1964: Gary Geiger's recurring ulcer problems force his retirement from the Red Sox for this year.