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George
Case		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 203
 
Born: November 11, 1915 in Usa, NJ, TRENTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 21 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1938 22 MIN AL     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1939 23 MIN AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1940 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1941 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 2 3 7 7 7
1942 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 2 2 7 7 7
1943 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 2 2 7 7 7
1944 28 MIN AL $ 571,429   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 3 2 2 7 6 6
1945 29 MIN AL $ 571,429   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 7 3 2 2 7 6 6
1946 30 MIN AL $ 571,429   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1947 31 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1948 32 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 3 2 2 6 6 6
1949 33 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 2 2 6 6 6
1950 34 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 2 5 5 5
1951 35 CIN NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 3 2 2 5 5 5
1952 36 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 2 2 5 5 5
1953 37 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 2 2 5 4 4
1954 38 NYA AL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
1955 39 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
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
1937 21 AAA   41 173 31 44 3 4 1 15 11 6 22 7 .254 .338 .335 .674 20.9  
1938 22 AAA   120 483 65 132 12 5 4 33 33 7 31 61 .273 .317 .344 .661 55.6  
1939 23 AAA   136 602 96 187 23 8 10 59 43 10 38 77 .311 .352 .425 .777 89.9  
1940 24 MIN AL 61 83 20 22 3 2 1 9 12 3 1 24 .265 .274 .386 .659 9.5 1.6
    AAA   26 117 15 40 8 1 1 10 6 1 8 13 .342 .384 .453 .837 19.3  
1941 25 MIN AL 17 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.4 0.0
    AAA   48 192 26 52 10 1 2 13 10 1 17 19 .271 .330 .365 .695 24.4  
1942 26 MIN AL 113 201 40 59 10 1 1 13 12 6 17 32 .294 .354 .368 .722 26.9 3.5
1943 27 MIN AL 115 187 31 54 13 1 2 26 5 2 5 20 .289 .309 .401 .710 22.5 2.8
1944 28 MIN AL 157 614 83 163 22 8 7 54 1 1 36 88 .265 .306 .362 .667 66.0 6.8
1945 29 MIN AL 152 623 64 155 22 4 5 54 0 4 32 93 .249 .286 .321 .607 51.3 2.5
1946 30 MIN AL 159 629 71 179 33 12 6 57 1 1 37 81 .285 .325 .404 .729 73.1 6.7
1947 31 MIN AL 136 390 49 104 20 1 8 42 5 4 29 59 .267 .316 .385 .701 46.4 4.4
1948 32 MIN AL 114 216 29 51 5 1 2 21 8 8 21 34 .236 .303 .296 .599 17.3 0.0
1949 33 MIN AL 131 346 50 98 13 3 3 34 12 6 22 59 .283 .327 .364 .691 39.0 3.5
1950 34 MIN AL 86 286 45 92 22 5 6 35 11 6 15 43 .322 .356 .497 .853 44.7 7.0
  TAM AL 53 223 37 62 12 2 3 24 9 5 18 40 .278 .332 .390 .722 26.7 3.2
  TOT   139 509 82 154 34 7 9 59 20 11 33 83 .303 .346 .450 .795 71.5 10.2
1951 35 CIN NL 120 344 45 89 8 1 9 37 5 4 18 61 .259 .296 .366 .662 36.0 2.6
1952 36 NYG NL 134 322 48 87 11 4 12 44 15 7 26 70 .270 .323 .441 .764 44.3 5.9
1953 37 NYG NL 125 245 32 68 12 6 5 22 13 3 9 61 .278 .303 .437 .740 30.7 3.9
1954 38 NYA AL 91 158 26 37 4 2 3 19 9 8 9 43 .234 .275 .342 .617 13.5 0.9
1955 39 A   137 523 40 84 21 1 5 38 9 2 40 102 .161 .220 .233 .454 24.3  
15 Years Sim 1764 4877 673 1321 210 53 73 491 120 68 296 810 .271 .313 .381 .693 548.2 55.3
5 Years AAA 371 1567 233 455 56 19 18 130 103 25 116 177 .290 .340 .385 .725 210.2  
1 Years A 137 523 40 84 21 1 5 38 9 2 40 102 .161 .221 .233 .455 24.3  
6 Years Minors 508 2090 273 539 77 20 23 168 112 27 156 279 .258 .310 .347 .657 234.5  
162 Game Average 447 61 121 19 4 6 45 11 6 27 74 .271 .313 .381 .693 50.3  
Career Highs 159 629 83 179 34 12 12 59 20 11 37 93 .303 .354 .450 .795 73.1  
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   2867 391 762 122 31 42 289 58 38 166 468 .266 .306 .374 .680 316.7
vs LH   2010 282 559 88 22 31 202 62 30 130 342 .278 .323 .390 .713 246.3
Home 887 2470 321 652 100 21 39 250 48 35 141 420 .264 .304 .369 .673 266.9
Away 877 2407 352 669 110 32 34 241 72 33 155 390 .278 .322 .393 .714 296.2
RISP   1090 0 277 37 9 18 374 0 0 80 187 .254 .301 .354 .655 117.6
Pinch Hitting   451 48 113 18 3 3 40 12 7 26 86 .251 .294 .324 .617 41.2
Close/Late   618 121 160 19 4 6 50 0 1 43 95 .259 .310 .332 .642 62.3
Mar/Apr 292 810 95 208 32 5 11 82 9 9 44 133 .257 .294 .349 .643 80.0
May 302 825 111 226 43 9 9 82 23 7 41 128 .274 .310 .381 .690 94.1
June 283 827 118 229 35 7 12 74 23 10 52 137 .277 .319 .380 .699 98.5
July 290 749 99 215 24 12 17 79 15 16 46 121 .287 .330 .419 .749 97.2
August 314 860 125 230 33 6 13 84 25 14 59 145 .267 .316 .365 .681 97.3
Sep/Oct 283 806 125 213 43 14 11 90 25 12 54 146 .264 .310 .393 .703 96.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1940 24 MIN AL LF 15 13 103.0 18 0 2 0 .900 1.57   0.2
    CF 10 4 36.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1941 25 MIN AL RF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1942 26 MIN AL RF 37 27 250.0 70 3 2 0 .973 2.63   1.1
    LF 17 15 122.7 29 0 2 0 .935 2.13    
    CF 6 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 27 MIN AL RF 31 19 186.0 34 1 3 0 .921 1.69   0.6
    CF 26 17 136.0 36 2 0 2 1.000 2.51    
    LF 8 0 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    SS 3 0 5.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
1944 28 MIN AL LF 153 147 1213.3 279 2 10 0 .966 2.08   2.5
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1945 29 MIN AL LF 130 127 1116.3 272 6 7 1 .975 2.24   2.7
    RF 18 16 150.3 35 0 1 0 .972 2.10    
    CF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1946 30 MIN AL LF 75 73 645.3 147 4 9 1 .944 2.11   3.3
    RF 77 72 643.0 155 6 0 1 1.000 2.25    
    CF 5 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1947 31 MIN AL RF 80 50 504.0 98 2 4 0 .962 1.79   1.9
    LF 16 16 145.3 29 4 0 1 1.000 2.04    
    CF 17 15 135.3 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1948 32 MIN AL RF 26 17 153.3 26 0 2 0 .929 1.53   1.3
    CF 17 16 134.0 37 1 2 0 .950 2.55    
    LF 16 15 127.0 22 0 4 0 .846 1.56    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1949 33 MIN AL RF 51 47 391.0 70 3 4 1 .948 1.68   1.4
    CF 18 13 134.0 37 0 1 0 .974 2.49    
    LF 16 14 120.3 23 0 2 0 .920 1.72    
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 16.92   0.0
1950 34 MIN AL LF 34 34 275.3 60 0 2 0 .968 1.96   1.6
    RF 37 37 267.9 58 1 2 0 .967 1.98   0.0
    CF 4 3 24.7 6 1 1 1 .875 2.55   0.0
    1B 1 0 0.6 0 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
  TAM AL LF 21 21 219.3 48 0 2 0 .960 1.97   0.6
    RF 23 22 213.4 47 0 1 0 .979 1.98   0.0
    CF 3 2 19.7 4 0 1 0 .800 1.83   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 55 55 494.6 108 0 4 0 .964 1.97   2.2
      RF 60 59 481.3 105 1 3 0 .972 1.98   0.0
      CF 7 5 44.4 10 1 2 1 .846 2.23   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1951 35 CIN NL CF 85 77 688.0 194 3 7 0 .966 2.58   2.1
    RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 36 NYG NL LF 68 51 475.7 95 4 2 3 .980 1.87   2.5
    RF 22 7 90.0 20 0 3 0 .870 2.00    
    CF 27 2 71.7 18 1 2 0 .905 2.39    
1953 37 NYG NL CF 45 24 266.7 72 0 1 0 .986 2.43   1.0
    LF 31 2 78.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.12    
    RF 6 6 55.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
1954 38 NYA AL LF 34 27 252.7 50 0 1 0 .980 1.78   0.8
    CF 10 6 70.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.93    
    RF 9 3 39.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 636 555 4911.2 1103 20 43 6 .963 2.06   14.3
  RF 425 324 2963.3 641 16 22 2 .968 2.00   6.4
  CF 279 179 1740.4 466 8 15 3 .969 2.45   3.0
  SS 6 0 10.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
  3B 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
  1B 2 0 3.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 14.75   0.0
Career Totals   1351 1058 9634.6 2215 54 80 11 .966 2.12   23.8
Career Highs   159 147 1293.0 309 10 10 3 1.000 2.58    
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
1948 32 MIN AL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1944-3-157
1946-2-159
 At-Bats
1944-2-614
1945-3-623
1946-2-629
 Hits
1946-9-179
 Singles
1944-8-126
1945-8-124
1946-9-128
 Triples
1944-5-8
1946-2-12
1950-4-7
1953-4-6
 Stolen Bases
1940-8-12
1942-8-12
1949-10-12
1950-4-20
1952-10-15
1953-8-13
Caught Stealing
1942-10-6
1948-8-8
1949-9-6
1950-4-11
1952-8-7
1954-9-8
 Strikeouts
1944-9-88
1945-3-93
1946-8-81
1950-7-83
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1937
Injured on 5/16/1937 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Had first career hit on 5/7/1940, off Bill Swift (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 8/2/1940, off Jack Salveson (CLE)
Injured on 5/5/1941 with a Spasms Back, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 7/10/1941 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $571,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $571,429 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 7/14/1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $571,429 through salary arbitration
9/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
7/31/1949: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Minnesota to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1950 (Going to MIN: LF Jeff Heath. Going to TAM: P Alex Kellner, 2B Creepy Crespi, RF George Case)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Detroit on 8/2/1950
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati on 2/1/1951 (Going to CIN: C Del Crandall, 2B Creepy Crespi, 3B Dario Lodigiani, RF George Case. Going to TAM: 1B Ray Sanders)
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1952 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1953 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/2/1954 to a 1-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1955 to a minor league deal
 
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