Geren was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the first round with the 24th pick of the 1979 draft. After spending 10 years in the minor leagues, he made his major league debut for the New York Yankees in 1988, playing with New York through 1991.\n', '

He spent the first two seasons backing up Don Slaught. In 1990, he had his statistically best season as the starting Yankees\' catcher. In 110 games, he had a .213 batting average with 8 home runs and 31 runs batted in.\n', '

On July 1 of that year, he was the catcher when Andy Hawkins no-hit the Chicago White Sox but lost 4–0, the White Sox scoring all four runs in the runs in the eighth courtesy of three Yankee errors. (With the change of the definition of a no-hitter the following year, this no-hitter would be taken off the record books.)\n', '

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