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Hugh Casey
Hugh Thomas Casey (Fireman)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 207 lb.

Debut April 29, 1935
Final Game September 23, 1949
Born October 14, 1913 in Atlanta, GA
Died July 3, 1951 in Atlanta, GA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1935 21 CHC NL   0   0  13   0   0   0   6  0   25.7   29   13   11   2   14   10   0   1   119       0  3.86  3.94  102 1.675
 1939 25 BRO NL  15  10  40  25  15   0  11  1  227.3  228   88   74  13   54   79  11   4   962       0  2.93  4.03  138 1.240
 1940 26 BRO NL  11   8  44  10   5   2  19  2  154.0  136   63   62  13   51   53   6   4   647       1  3.62  4.00  110 1.214
 1941 27 BRO NL  14  11  45  18   4   1  25  7  162.0  155   81   70   8   57   61   1   2   682       2  3.89  3.67   94 1.309
 1942 28 BRO NL   6   3  50   2   0   0  29 13  112.0   91   32   28   3   44   54   2   1   460       0  2.25  3.25  144 1.205
 1946 32 BRO NL  11   5  46   1   0   0  27  5   99.7  101   31   22   2   33   31   2   2   428       0  1.99  3.38  170 1.344
 1947 33 BRO NL  10   4  46   0   0   0  37 18   76.7   75   36   34   7   29   40   2   0   325       1  3.99  4.15  104 1.357 MVP-12
 1948 34 BRO NL   3   0  22   0   0   0  11  4   36.0   59   36   32   6   17    7   2   1   172       0  8.00  3.99   50 2.111
 1949 35 TOT      5   1  37   0   0   0  24  5   46.3   61   34   27   4   22   14   1   0   218       0  5.24  4.18   80 1.791
         PIT NL   4   1  33   0   0   0  23  5   38.7   50   24   20   4   14    9   1   0   176       0  4.66  4.20   90 1.655
         NYY AL   1   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    7.7   11   10    7   0    8    5   0   0    42       0  8.22  4.07   50 2.478
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .641  75  42 343  56  24   3 189 55  939.7  935  414  360  58  321  349  27  15  4013       4  3.45  3.81  111 1.337
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   7  58   9   4   0  32  9  160.0  159   70   61   9   54   59   4   2   683   0   0  3.45  3.81  111 1.337
 Career High     15  11  50  25  15   2  37 18  227.3  228   88   74  13   57   79  11   4   962   0   2  1.99  4.18  170 1.205

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 21 CHC NL  13    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .167  .167  .167  -11    1   0           0   0
 1939 25 BRO NL  40   74   10   15   3  0   0    6   0      3  13  .203  .234  .243   26   18  10           0   2
 1940 26 BRO NL  45   36    4    9   1  0   0    1   0      3  11  .250  .308  .278   59   10   8           0   0
 1941 27 BRO NL  45   50    4    6   1  0   0    0   0      4  15  .120  .185  .140   -9    7   5           0   0
 1942 28 BRO NL  50   27    2    4   1  0   0    4   0      2   7  .148  .207  .185   14    5   4           0   0
 1946 32 BRO NL  46   22    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      2   4  .136  .208  .136   -2    3   5           0   1
 1947 33 BRO NL  46   18    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      1   2  .056  .105  .056  -57    1   2           0   0 MVP-12
 1948 34 BRO NL  22    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
 1949 35 TOT     37    4    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .500   95    2   1           0   0
         PIT NL  33    3    1    1   1  0   0    1   0      0   0  .333  .333  .667  160    2   1           0   0
         NYY AL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      344  244   23   40   7  0   0   14   0  0  15  56  .164  .212  .193   11   47  36   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        115   11   19   3  0   0    7   0  0   7  26  .164  .212  .193   11   22  17   0   0   0   1
 Career High     50   74   10   15   3  0   0    6   0  0   4  15                          18  10   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 21 CHC NL    6    5    0   0.0   104| .167  .287| .167  .342| .167  .409| .334  .751| -11  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
 1939 25 BRO NL   87   71    4   1.5   107| .203  .285| .234  .351| .243  .407| .477  .759|  26  .116  -8.0  -0.8     
 1940 26 BRO NL   47   35    3   2.3   103| .250  .279| .308  .344| .278  .401| .586  .745|  59  .237  -2.1  -0.2     
 1941 27 BRO NL   59   49    1   0.6    97| .120  .270| .185  .341| .140  .381| .325  .723|  -9  .024  -7.5  -0.8     
 1942 28 BRO NL   33   27    1   1.0    88| .148  .258| .207  .330| .185  .359| .392  .689|  14  .080  -3.0  -0.3     
 1946 32 BRO NL   29   25    1   1.1    93| .136  .264| .208  .339| .136  .369| .344  .708|  -2  .081  -3.0  -0.3     
 1947 33 BRO NL   21   19    0   0.0   109| .056  .279| .105  .355| .056  .413| .161  .768| -57  .000  -4.2  -0.4     
 1948 34 BRO NL    8    8    0   0.0   104| .000  .273| .000  .347| .000  .403| .000  .750|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2     
 1949 35 TOT       5    4    1   6.7   106| .250  .272| .250  .351| .500  .404| .750  .755|  95  .666  -0.0   0.0   0%
         PIT NL    4    3    1   8.9   105| .333  .273| .333  .347| .667  .408|1.000  .755| 160  .772   0.3   0.0     
         NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .271| .000  .363| .000  .393| .000  .756|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       295  243   11   1.2   101| .164  .275| .212  .345| .193  .393| .405  .737|  11  .089 -30.8  -3.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 21 CHC NL P 13 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 0.62 1.18 2.80 2.31 0 25.7 1939 25 BRO NL P 40 14 53 0 5 1.000 .960 1.68 1.09 2.65 2.19 25 227.3 1940 26 BRO NL P 44 5 40 1 1 .978 .962 1.02 1.10 2.63 2.22 10 154.0 1941 27 BRO NL P 45 10 41 1 6 .981 .966 1.13 1.09 2.83 2.23 18 162.0 1942 28 BRO NL P 50 7 18 2 2 .926 .969 0.50 1.17 2.01 2.35 2 112.0 1946 32 BRO NL P 46 9 32 2 4 .953 .960 0.89 1.01 3.70 2.24 1 99.7 1947 33 BRO NL P 46 4 13 0 2 1.000 .966 0.37 0.91 1.99 2.12 0 76.7 1948 34 BRO NL P 22 1 7 0 1 1.000 .964 0.36 0.91 2.00 2.10 0 36.0 1949 35 TOT P 37 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.05 0.92 0.39 2.06 0 46.4 PIT NL P 33 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.03 0.91 0.23 2.05 0 38.7 NYY AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.00 1.17 2.10 0 7.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 21 CHC NL P 13 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 0.62 1.18 2.80 2.31 0 25.7 1939 25 BRO NL P 40 14 53 0 5 1.000 .960 1.68 1.09 2.65 2.19 25 227.3 1940 26 BRO NL P 44 5 40 1 1 .978 .962 1.02 1.10 2.63 2.22 10 154.0 1941 27 BRO NL P 45 10 41 1 6 .981 .966 1.13 1.09 2.83 2.23 18 162.0 1942 28 BRO NL P 50 7 18 2 2 .926 .969 0.50 1.17 2.01 2.35 2 112.0 1946 32 BRO NL P 46 9 32 2 4 .953 .960 0.89 1.01 3.70 2.24 1 99.7 1947 33 BRO NL P 46 4 13 0 2 1.000 .966 0.37 0.91 1.99 2.12 0 76.7 1948 34 BRO NL P 22 1 7 0 1 1.000 .964 0.36 0.91 2.00 2.10 0 36.0 1949 35 TOT P 37 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.05 0.92 0.39 2.06 0 46.4 PIT NL P 33 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.03 0.91 0.23 2.05 0 38.7 NYY AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.00 1.17 2.10 0 7.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 343 54 210 6 22 .978 .963 0.77 1.04 2.53 2.21 56 939.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 343 54 210 6 22 .978 .963 0.77 1.04 2.53 2.21 56 940
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1941   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   0   3.38  0  2  0  0   5.1   9   2   2   1 
 1947   WS    BRO NYY     L   6   0   0.87  2  0  1  0  10.1   5   1   1   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   9   0   1.72  2  2  1  0  15.2  14   3   3   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1941   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1947   WS    BRO NYY     L   6   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   9   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-NL-12-0.11
Car-864-0.11 shares

ERA
1939 NL-2.93-4

Wins
1939 NL-15-7
1941 NL-14-9

Won-Loss %
1946 NL-.688-3
1947 NL-.714-4
Car-.641-34

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1939 NL-1.240-6
1940 NL-1.214-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1940 NL-7.95-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1939 NL-2.14-8

Games
1940 NL-44-4
1941 NL-45-3
1942 NL-50-2
1946 NL-46-4
1947 NL-46-6

Saves
1941 NL-7-2
1942 NL-13-1
1946 NL-5-2
1947 NL-18-1
1948 NL-4-7
1949 NL-5-6

Innings
1939 NL-227.3-8

Comp. Games
1939 NL-15-7

SO to Walk
1939 NL-1.46-9

Hit Batsmen
1939 NL-11-1
1940 NL-6-7

Games Finished
1940 NL-19-5
1941 NL-25-3
1942 NL-29-3
1946 NL-27-1
1947 NL-37-2
1949 NL-23-6

Adjusted ERA+
1939 NL-138-4

Youngest Player
1935 NL-21-10

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (366) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 50 (499) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.0 (317) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 21.0 (576) (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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Transactions 

October 4, 1938: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Memphis (Southern Association) in the 1938 rule 5 draft.

September 29, 1948: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

August 10, 1949: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

September 4, 1949: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 13, 1949: Released by the New York Yankees.


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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