Ben Geraghty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1912
Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 18-Jun-1963
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Ben Geraghty
- 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 went right from the Villanova campus to the 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers, but would appear in only 70 Major League games, 51 with the Dodgers in his rookie season and 19 more with the Boston Braves (1943–44).
- He compiled a batting average of .199 in 146 at bats, with his 29 hits including four doubles.
- He also played ten seasons in the minor leagues.
- Geraghty threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).
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