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Hugh
Casey		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 207
 
Born: October 14, 1913 in Usa, GA, ATLANTA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1939   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 21 BRK NL   6 4 5 4 6 7 6 7 7 7
1936 22 BRK NL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1937 23 BRK NL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1938 24 BRK NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1939 25 BRK NL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1940 26 BRK NL   6 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5
1941 27 DET AL $ 500,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1942 28 PIT NL $ 500,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1943 29 PIT NL $ 500,000 6 4 5 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
1944 30 PIT NL $ 500,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5
1945 31 PIT NL   7 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 3
1946 32 PIT NL   7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 21 BRK NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1936 22 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1937 23 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1938 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1939 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1940 26 BRK NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1941 27 DET AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1942 28 PIT NL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1943 29 PIT NL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1944 30 PIT NL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1945 31 PIT NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1946 32 PIT NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1935 21 AAA   10 12 .455 30 30 2 2 0 202.3 216 100 11 66 99 4.45 .274 .331 .384 .714  
1936 22 BRK NL 2 9 .182 23 14 0 0 1 100.7 133 66 6 31 28 5.90 .323 .368 .444 .812 1.3
    AAA   1 3 .250 6 6 0 0 0 39.0 47 24 2 18 19 5.54 .294 .365 .369 .734  
1937 23 BRK NL 7 4 .636 48 1 0 0 2 71.3 80 25 5 16 17 3.15 .284 .320 .397 .717 6.7
1938 24 BRK NL 14 7 .667 74 1 0 0 1 89.0 106 43 4 39 26 4.35 .297 .368 .426 .793 6.7
1939 25 BRK NL 6 1 .857 64 0 0 0 6 77.0 74 16 4 14 24 1.87 .250 .283 .361 .644 12.9
1940 26 BRK NL 6 5 .545 51 0 0 0 1 53.3 65 29 5 20 17 4.89 .301 .366 .412 .778 3.0
1941 27 DET AL 0 1 .000 9 1 0 0 1 18.7 17 8 3 6 3 3.86 .246 .307 .449 .756 1.4
    AAA   11 8 .579 22 22 3 1 0 157.0 144 56 12 54 105 3.21 .241 .304 .367 .671  
1942 28 DET AL 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 1 14.0 15 2 1 6 5 1.29 .278 .350 .389 .739 2.2
  PIT NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 5 0 3 3 11.25 .267 .389 .333 .722 0.0
  TOT   0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 1 18.0 19 7 1 9 8 3.50 .275 .359 .377 .736 2.2
    AAA   1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
1943 29 AAA   6 5 .545 37 6 0 0 0 104.0 101 40 8 42 62 3.46 .255 .326 .374 .700  
1944 30 AAA   7 15 .318 30 30 1 1 0 193.7 218 102 17 77 99 4.74 .284 .349 .401 .750  
1945 31 AAA   12 12 .500 29 29 2 1 0 200.3 209 85 18 92 105 3.82 .275 .353 .394 .747  
1946 32 AAA   3 0 1.000 23 0 0 0 0 41.7 43 15 3 12 16 3.24 .269 .320 .388 .707  
7 Years Sim 35 27 .565 286 17 0 0 13 428.0 494 194 28 135 123 4.08 .290 .343 .412 .754 34.2
8 Years AAA 51 55 .481 179 123 8 5 0 940.0 978 422 71 361 507 4.04 .269 .335 .385 .720  
Season Average 5 3 .625 40 2 0 0 1 61.1 70 27 4 19 17 4.08 .290 .343 .412 .754  
Career Highs 14 9 .857 74 14 0 0 6 100.7 133 66 6 39 28 5.90 .323 .368 .449 .812  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   238 97 14 68 66   .274 .326 .387 .714
vs LH   256 97 14 67 57   .308 .360 .437 .797
Home 23 13 .639 154 6 0 0 2 203.6 245 103 12 57 76 4.55 .294 .339 .416 .755
Away 12 14 .462 132 11 0 0 11 224.3 249 91 16 78 47 3.65 .287 .346 .407 .753
Mar/Apr 3 4 .429 53 0 0 0 4 60.0 75 39 9 20 15 5.85 .300 .352 .456 .808
May 6 3 .667 41 0 0 0 2 41.0 52 19 0 8 15 4.17 .301 .331 .428 .759
June 8 4 .667 49 1 0 0 2 62.3 68 24 4 22 13 3.47 .275 .335 .385 .719
July 6 2 .750 39 0 0 0 2 46.3 55 16 1 17 18 3.11 .304 .364 .414 .778
August 6 5 .545 52 8 0 0 3 112.0 114 36 8 35 26 2.89 .267 .323 .368 .690
Sep/Oct 6 9 .400 52 8 0 0 0 106.3 130 60 6 33 36 5.08 .307 .357 .437 .795
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 22 BRK NL 23 30 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.6 0.0
1937 23 BRK NL 48 6 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.3 0.5
1938 24 BRK NL 74 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1939 25 BRK NL 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1941 27 DET AL 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.1
1942 28 DET AL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  PIT NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
6 Years Sim 235 51 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 .176 .176 .176 .353 0.5 0.6
162 Game Average 35 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .176 .353 0.3  
Career Highs 74 30 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   34 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .206 .206 .206 .412 0.9
vs LH   17 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .118 .118 .118 .235 -0.4
Home 88 19 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .105 .105 .105 .211 -0.6
Away 102 32 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .219 .219 .219 .438 1.1
RISP   11 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.7
Close/Late   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Mar/Apr 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 22 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
August 24 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .130 .130 .130 .261 -0.4
Sep/Oct 20 19 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .263 .263 .263 .526 1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1936 22 BRK NL P 23 14 100.7 7 21 1 3 .966 2.50    
1937 23 BRK NL P 48 1 71.3 6 15 3 2 .875 2.65    
1938 24 BRK NL P 74 1 89.0 10 16 3 1 .897 2.63    
1939 25 BRK NL P 64 0 77.0 6 16 1 0 .957 2.57    
1940 26 BRK NL P 51 0 53.3 7 8 1 1 .938 2.53    
1941 27 DET AL P 9 1 18.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.89    
1942 28 DET AL P 14 0 14.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.29    
  PIT NL P 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   286 17 428.0 38 82 9 7 .930 2.52    
Career Highs   74 14 100.7 10 21 3 3 1.000 2.89    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1941 27 DET AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 7.3 6 4 0 4 0 4.91 .231 .333 .385 .718
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 7.3 6 4 0 4 0 4.91 .231 .333 .385 .718
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1941 27 DET AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1938-4-.667
 Games Pitched
1937-9-48
1938-2-74
1939-3-64
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Steve Ontiveros (966)
  5. Joe Kerrigan (966)
  6. Tiny Chaplin (965)
  7. Mike Schooler (962)
  8. Willard Schmidt (962)
  9. Dennis Higgins (960)
  10. Hugh McQuillan (959)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1935
Had first career hit on 8/10/1936, off Ed Baecht (MON)
Earned first career win on 8/10/1936
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,994,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/1/1940 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Released by Brooklyn on 10/3/1940
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/5/1941 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Injured on 4/10/1942 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1942 (Going to PIT: P Hugh Casey. Going to DET: CF Wally Berger)
9/22/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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