Jacob Bowman "Rube" Geyer (March 26, 1884 – October 12, 1962) was a

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who played for the

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from 1910 to 1913."Rube Geyer Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-05. His key pitch was the drop ball.James, Bill and Neyer, Rob.
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers
' (Simon & Schuster, 2004), p. 217.

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