Billy Geer

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Billy Geer

|position=Shortstop

|image=Billy Geer.jpg

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Right

|birth_date=

|birth_place=New York

|death_date={{death date|1928|9|30}}

|death_place=Chicago, Illinois

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=October 15

|debutyear=1874

|debutteam=New York Mutuals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 10

|finalyear=1885

|finalteam=Louisville Colonels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.214

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=33

|teams=

• New York Mutuals ({{baseball year|1874}})
• New Haven Elm Citys ({{baseball year|1875}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1878}})
• Worcester Ruby Legs ({{mlby|1880}})
• Philadelphia Keystones ({{mlby|1884}})
• Brooklyn Atlantics ({{mlby|1884}})
• Louisville Colonels ({{mlby|1885}})

}}

William H. Geer{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/geerbi01.shtml|title=Billy Geer's career statistics|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-11-14}} (died September 30, 1928), was an American Major League Baseball player who played most of his career as a shortstop for five seasons and a total of seven teams. He is most notable for his status as possibly the youngest player in Major League history.