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George Case
George Washington Case

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 183 lb.

Debut September 8, 1937
Final Game August 3, 1947
Born November 11, 1915 in Trenton, NJ
Died January 23, 1989 in Trenton, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 21 WSH AL  22   90   14   26   6  2   0   11   2  1   3   5  .289  .312  .400   81   36   0           0    
 1938 22 WSH AL 107  433   69  132  27  3   2   40  11  6  39  28  .305  .362  .395   95  171   7           0    
 1939 23 WSH AL 128  530  103  160  20  7   2   35  51 17  56  36  .302  .369  .377   97  200   7           0   6 MVP-31,AS
 1940 24 WSH AL 154  656  109  192  29  5   5   56  35 10  52  39  .293  .349  .375   93  246   7           5   5
 1941 25 WSH AL 153  649   95  176  32  8   2   53  33  9  51  37  .271  .325  .354   84  230   7           1   5
 1942 26 WSH AL 125  513  101  164  26  2   5   43  44  6  44  30  .320  .377  .407  121  209   3           3   8 MVP-13
 1943 27 WSH AL 141  613  102  180  36  5   1   52  61 14  41  27  .294  .341  .374  113  229   3           3   3 MVP-12,AS
 1944 28 WSH AL 119  464   63  116  14  2   2   32  49 18  49  22  .250  .326  .302   83  140   5           3   8 AS
 1945 29 WSH AL 123  504   72  148  19  5   1   31  30 16  49  27  .294  .360  .357  116  180   5           3   7 MVP-9,AS
 1946 30 CLE AL 118  484   46  109  23  4   1   22  28 11  34  38  .225  .280  .295   65  143   7           3   6
 1947 31 WSH AL  36   80   11   12   1  0   0    2   5  1   8   8  .150  .227  .163   11   13   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons         5016      1415     43      377    109     297  .282  .341  .358   94       52   0   0  21  48
               1226       785      233     21      349    426                            1797
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        663  104  187  31  6   3   50  46 14  56  39  .282  .341  .358   94  237   7   0   0   3   6
 Career High    154  656  109  192  36  8   5   56  61 18  56  39  .320  .377  .407  121  246   7   0   0   5   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 21 WSH AL   93   65   11   4.5   113| .289  .285| .312  .359| .400  .424| .712  .784|  81  .427  -2.9  -0.3  66%
 1938 22 WSH AL  479  314   62   5.2   112| .305  .281| .362  .359| .395  .419| .757  .778|  95  .493  -1.6  -0.1  64%
 1939 23 WSH AL  593  400   77   5.1   107| .302  .277| .369  .351| .377  .410| .746  .762|  97  .504  -0.5   0.0  75%
 1940 24 WSH AL  720  486   88   4.8   106| .293  .272| .349  .344| .375  .412| .724  .756|  93  .486  -5.6  -0.5  77%
 1941 25 WSH AL  708  494   77   4.2   102| .271  .269| .325  .345| .354  .397| .679  .742|  84  .443 -15.3  -1.5  78%
 1942 26 WSH AL  563  366   85   6.2    94| .320  .264| .377  .339| .407  .370| .784  .709| 121  .681  15.1   1.6  88%
 1943 27 WSH AL  660  453   83   5.0    84| .294  .252| .341  .325| .374  .347| .715  .672| 113  .623   8.9   1.0  81%
 1944 28 WSH AL  521  379   48   3.4    88| .250  .263| .326  .329| .302  .360| .628  .689|  83  .426  -8.9  -0.9  73%
 1945 29 WSH AL  561  384   64   4.5    82| .294  .252| .360  .323| .357  .343| .717  .665| 116  .566  11.1   1.2  65%
 1946 30 CLE AL  528  399   40   2.7    91| .225  .256| .280  .330| .295  .369| .575  .699|  65  .309 -22.4  -2.3  71%
 1947 31 WSH AL   89   70    3   1.1    94| .150  .259| .227  .338| .163  .372| .390  .711|  11  .085  -9.6  -1.0  83%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5515 3810  638   4.5    97| .282  .265| .341  .339| .358  .382| .699  .720|  94  .502 -31.7  -2.8  76%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 21 WSH AL OF 22 51 1 3 0 .945 .968 2.36 2.28 8 1 14 1938 22 WSH AL OF 101 207 7 8 2 .964 .972 2.12 2.28 0 19 82 1939 23 WSH AL OF 123 332 7 16 2 .955 .969 2.76 2.35 7 79 38 AS 1940 24 WSH AL OF 154 384 10 12 0 .970 .970 2.56 2.32 0 118 36 1941 25 WSH AL OF 151 362 21 10 3 .975 .973 2.54 2.33 115 0 36 1942 26 WSH AL OF 120 270 4 14 1 .951 .976 2.28 2.31 86 0 34 1943 27 WSH AL OF 140 318 8 5 2 .985 .977 2.33 2.39 18 0 122 AS 1944 28 WSH AL OF 114 288 7 9 2 .970 .974 2.59 2.35 83 7 28 AS 1945 29 WSH AL OF 123 316 17 7 3 .979 .978 2.71 2.27 87 15 27 AS 1946 30 CLE AL OF 118 226 5 4 0 .983 .977 1.96 2.24 118 0 0 1947 31 WSH AL OF 21 51 1 2 0 .963 .979 2.48 2.35 12 4 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 21 WSH AL OF 22 51 1 3 0 .945 .968 2.36 2.28 8 1 14 1938 22 WSH AL OF 101 207 7 8 2 .964 .972 2.12 2.28 0 19 82 1939 23 WSH AL OF 123 332 7 16 2 .955 .969 2.76 2.35 7 79 38 1940 24 WSH AL OF 154 384 10 12 0 .970 .970 2.56 2.32 0 118 36 1941 25 WSH AL OF 151 362 21 10 3 .975 .973 2.54 2.33 115 0 36 1942 26 WSH AL OF 120 270 4 14 1 .951 .976 2.28 2.31 86 0 34 1943 27 WSH AL OF 140 318 8 5 2 .985 .977 2.33 2.39 18 0 122 1944 28 WSH AL OF 114 288 7 9 2 .970 .974 2.59 2.35 83 7 28 1945 29 WSH AL OF 123 316 17 7 3 .979 .978 2.71 2.27 87 15 27 1946 30 CLE AL OF 118 226 5 4 0 .983 .977 1.96 2.24 118 0 0 1947 31 WSH AL OF 21 51 1 2 0 .963 .979 2.48 2.35 12 4 5
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1187 2805 88 90 15 .970 .974 2.44 2.32 534 243 422 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1187 2805 88 90 15 .970 .974 2.44 2.32
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1939   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1943   WSH AL   *   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   1 Starting RF 
 1944   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/4      1   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   1  .000  .500  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1939
1943 (RF)
1944
1945

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1939-AL-31-0.01
1942-AL-13-0.05
1943-AL-12-0.11
1945-AL-9-0.18
Car-537-0.35 shares

Batting Average
1942 AL-.320-5
1943 AL-.294-5
1945 AL-.294-7

Games
1940 AL-154-6
1941 AL-153-6

At Bats
1940 AL-656-2
1941 AL-649-2
1943 AL-613-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1940 AL-720-1
1941 AL-708-1
1943 AL-660-9

Runs
1940 AL-109-6
1942 AL-101-7
1943 AL-102-1

Hits
1940 AL-192-8
1941 AL-176-8
1943 AL-180-4

Total Bases
1943 AL-229-10

Doubles
1943 AL-36-2

Stolen Bases
1939 AL-51-1
1940 AL-35-1
1941 AL-33-1
1942 AL-44-1
1943 AL-61-1
1944 AL-49-2
1945 AL-30-2
1946 AL-28-1

Singles
1939 AL-131-7
1940 AL-153-3
1941 AL-134-4
1942 AL-131-5
1943 AL-138-4
1945 AL-123-3

Runs Created
1943 AL-83-8

Offensive Win%
1942 AL-.681-8

Hit By Pitch
1940 AL-5-2
1945 AL-3-10

Caught Stealing
1939 AL-17-1
1940 AL-10-1
1941 AL-9-3
1943 AL-14-3
1944 AL-18-1
1945 AL-16-2
1946 AL-11-1
Car-109-78

Power/Speed Number
1942 AL-9.0-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1943 AL-22.7-5
1944 AL-21.1-10
1945 AL-18.7-8

Outs
1940 AL-486-2
1941 AL-494-2
1943 AL-453-10

         

Black Ink: Batting - 15 (150) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 53 (472) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1084) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 47.5 (387) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 14, 1945: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Jeff Heath.

March 4, 1947: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Washington Senators for Roger Wolff.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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