whom the paying fans held in so much respect", Bill Foley, the Florida Times-Union's sports editor, wrote upon Geraghty's death. He is interred in Jacksonville's Evergreen Cemetery. In his 18-year managing career, Geraghty won 1,432 games and lost 1,154 (.554). He won five pennants in seven years (1953–59) while piloting Braves affiliates. In the ten seasons of 1953 through 1962, a Geraghty-managed team never finished lower than second place. Personal life Geraghty married Livingston, New Jersey, resident Mary Dowd on November 17, 1938. They had five children: Patrick, Elizabeth, Barry, Thomas, and Benjamin Jr. (or "Benjie"). He was very superstitious, once having a lucky rabbit's foot flown to a visiting city on a Trans World Airlines flight when he forgot to bring it with him on the team's road trip. The 1946 bus crash left him in a state of constant anxiety whenever he rode buses. Jordan recalled that he would wear a lucky shirt, drink an entire case of beer, and chatter incessantly with the bus driver. "He had an amazing capacity for beer...the unusual thing about him, though, was that he never seemed to show the effects of it at all," Aaron recalled. References Jordan, Pat, A False Spring. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1975. . External links Obituary 1912 births 1963 deaths Allentown Brooks players Baseball players from Jersey City, New Jersey Boston Braves players Brooklyn Dodgers players Hartford Bees players Indianapolis Indians players Louisville Colonels (minor league) managers Major League Baseball infielders Meridian Peps players Sacramento Solons players Spokane Indians managers Spokane Indians players Sportspeople from Jersey City, New Jersey Springfield Nationals players Trenton Senators players Villanova University alumni Villanova Wildcats baseball players Williamsport Grays players