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Cass Michaels
Casimir Eugene Michaels
Played In 1943 Under Real Name Of Casimir Eugene Kwietniewski

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 19, 1943
Final Game August 27, 1954
Born March 4, 1926 in Detroit, MI
Died November 12, 1982 in Grosse Pointe, MI

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 17 CHW AL   2    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
 1944 18 CHW AL  27   68    4   12   4  1   0    5   0  0   2   5  .176  .200  .265   33   18   0           0   1
 1945 19 CHW AL 129  445   47  109   8  5   2   54   8  7  37  28  .245  .307  .299   78  133  14           3  13
 1946 20 CHW AL  91  291   37   75   8  0   1   22   9  3  29  36  .258  .333  .296   80   86   6           4   5
 1947 21 CHW AL 110  355   31   97  15  4   3   34  10  5  39  28  .273  .350  .363  102  129   7           3  14
 1948 22 CHW AL 145  484   47  120  12  6   5   56   8  2  69  42  .248  .344  .329   82  159   3           2  11
 1949 23 CHW AL 154  561   73  173  27  9   6   83   5  7 101  50  .308  .417  .421  125  236   7           3  20 AS
 1950 24 TOT AL 142  526   69  140  14  7   8   66   2  3  68  47  .266  .352  .365   87  192  10           2  16 AS
         CHW AL  36  138   21   43   6  3   4   19   0  0  13   8  .312  .375  .486  122   67   6           1   5
         WSH AL 106  388   48   97   8  4   4   47   2  3  55  39  .250  .345  .322   75  125   4           1  11
 1951 25 WSH AL 138  485   59  125  20  4   4   45   1  1  61  41  .258  .342  .340   86  165   2           1  15
 1952 26 TOT AL 132  452   53  114  16  8   5   50   4  0  53  42  .252  .332  .356   89  161   5           1  13
         WSH AL  22   86   10   20   4  1   1    7   0  0   7  15  .233  .290  .337   76   29   0           0   5
         SLB AL  55  166   21   44   8  2   3   25   1  0  23  16  .265  .354  .392  105   65   1           0   3
         PHA AL  55  200   22   50   4  5   1   18   3  0  23  11  .250  .330  .335   81   67   4           1   5
 1953 27 PHA AL 117  411   53  103  10  0  12   42   7  0  51  56  .251  .335  .363   85  149   6           1   6
 1954 28 CHW AL 101  282   35   74  13  2   7   44  10  4  56  31  .262  .392  .397  115  112   2   0       4   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1288 4367  508 1142 147 46  53  501  64 32 566 406  .262  .349  .353   92 1540  63   0   0  24 116
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        549   64  144  18  6   7   63   8  4  71  51  .262  .349  .353   92  194   8   0   0   3  15
 Career High    154  561   73  173  27  9  12   83  10  7 101  56  .308  .417  .421  125  236  14   0   0   4  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 17 CHW AL    8    8    0   0.0    87| .000  .256| .000  .330| .000  .353| .000  .684|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1944 18 CHW AL   70   57    4   1.9    91| .176  .267| .200  .333| .265  .364| .465  .698|  33  .201  -6.2  -0.7   0%
 1945 19 CHW AL  499  370   40   2.9    86| .245  .258| .307  .330| .299  .351| .606  .680|  78  .371 -12.8  -1.4  53%
 1946 20 CHW AL  330  230   29   3.4    92| .258  .259| .333  .332| .296  .372| .629  .705|  80  .405  -6.8  -0.7  75%
 1947 21 CHW AL  404  284   45   4.2    93| .273  .258| .350  .337| .363  .371| .713  .708| 102  .505   1.6   0.2  66%
 1948 22 CHW AL  558  380   55   3.8   103| .248  .269| .344  .354| .329  .389| .673  .743|  82  .418 -11.8  -1.2  80%
 1949 23 CHW AL  672  422   96   6.0   104| .308  .267| .417  .358| .421  .388| .838  .746| 125  .625  24.4   2.4  41%
 1950 24 TOT AL  606  415   67   4.3   109| .266  .273| .352  .359| .365  .409| .717  .768|  87  .433  -9.4  -0.9  40%
         CHW AL  158  106   25   6.2   111| .312  .275| .375  .361| .486  .412| .861  .773| 122  .604   3.9   0.4   0%
         WSH AL  448  309   42   3.6   109| .250  .272| .345  .358| .322  .408| .667  .766|  75  .357 -13.3  -1.3  40%
 1951 25 WSH AL  549  378   56   4.0   100| .258  .265| .342  .346| .340  .389| .682  .735|  86  .443  -8.2  -0.8  50%
 1952 26 TOT AL  511  356   53   4.0    99| .252  .264| .332  .344| .356  .385| .688  .729|  89  .485  -7.2  -0.8 100%
         WSH AL   93   71    8   3.0    94| .233  .257| .290  .336| .337  .375| .627  .710|  76  .361  -3.0  -0.3   0%
         SLB AL  190  126   23   4.9    99| .265  .264| .354  .344| .392  .385| .746  .729| 105  .578   1.4   0.1 100%
         PHA AL  228  159   22   3.7   101| .250  .267| .330  .348| .335  .390| .665  .737|  81  .453  -5.7  -0.6 100%
 1953 27 PHA AL  469  320   51   4.3   106| .251  .274| .335  .351| .363  .404| .698  .755|  85  .481  -8.9  -0.9 100%
 1954 28 CHW AL  344  216   44   5.5   101| .262  .269| .392  .345| .397  .393| .789  .738| 115  .612   8.2   0.8  71%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5020 3436  540   4.2   100| .262  .266| .349  .347| .353  .386| .702  .732|  92  .479 -39.0  -4.2  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 17 CHW AL 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 3.05 1944 18 CHW AL SS 21 36 70 8 12 .930 .947 5.05 5.05 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 3.23 1945 19 CHW AL SS 126 259 426 47 74 .936 .951 5.44 4.94 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.40 1946 20 CHW AL 2B 66 185 195 17 51 .957 .970 5.76 5.23 3B 13 14 24 3 3 .927 .948 2.92 2.89 SS 6 14 16 2 8 .938 .955 5.00 4.65 1947 21 CHW AL 2B 60 160 175 6 52 .982 .978 5.58 5.19 3B 44 48 89 9 9 .938 .959 3.11 2.91 SS 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.95 1948 22 CHW AL SS 85 164 285 20 65 .957 .964 5.28 4.85 2B 55 148 171 8 50 .976 .976 5.80 5.39 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 0 1 0 1949 23 CHW AL 2B 154 392 484 22 135 .976 .974 5.69 5.13 AS 1950 24 TOT AL 2B 139 409 401 23 127 .972 .976 5.83 5.39 AS CHW AL 2B 35 111 78 7 36 .964 .976 5.40 5.39 WSH AL 2B 104 298 323 16 91 .975 .976 5.97 5.39 1951 25 WSH AL 2B 128 258 391 24 86 .964 .978 5.07 5.35 1952 26 TOT AL 2B 85 215 220 5 50 .989 .978 5.12 5.13 WSH AL 2B 22 50 75 3 16 .977 .978 5.68 5.13 SLB AL 3B 42 43 88 12 12 .916 .953 3.12 2.98 2B 8 14 12 0 4 1.000 .977 3.25 5.12 PHA AL 2B 55 151 133 2 30 .993 .978 5.16 5.13 1953 27 PHA AL 2B 110 304 302 19 81 .970 .979 5.51 5.13 1954 28 CHW AL 3B 91 95 180 12 10 .958 .959 3.02 3.07 2B 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.85
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 19 CHW AL 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.40 1946 20 CHW AL 2B 66 185 195 17 51 .957 .970 5.76 5.23 1947 21 CHW AL 2B 60 160 175 6 52 .982 .978 5.58 5.19 1948 22 CHW AL 2B 55 148 171 8 50 .976 .976 5.80 5.39 1949 23 CHW AL 2B 154 392 484 22 135 .976 .974 5.69 5.13 1950 24 TOT AL 2B 139 409 401 23 127 .972 .976 5.83 5.39 CHW AL 2B 35 111 78 7 36 .964 .976 5.40 5.39 WSH AL 2B 104 298 323 16 91 .975 .976 5.97 5.39 1951 25 WSH AL 2B 128 258 391 24 86 .964 .978 5.07 5.35 1952 26 TOT AL 2B 85 215 220 5 50 .989 .978 5.12 5.13 WSH AL 2B 22 50 75 3 16 .977 .978 5.68 5.13 SLB AL 2B 8 14 12 0 4 1.000 .977 3.25 5.12 PHA AL 2B 55 151 133 2 30 .993 .978 5.16 5.13 1953 27 PHA AL 2B 110 304 302 19 81 .970 .979 5.51 5.13 1954 28 CHW AL 2B 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.85 1943 17 CHW AL 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 3.05 1944 18 CHW AL 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 3.23 1946 20 CHW AL 3B 13 14 24 3 3 .927 .948 2.92 2.89 1947 21 CHW AL 3B 44 48 89 9 9 .938 .959 3.11 2.91 1952 26 SLB AL 3B 42 43 88 12 12 .916 .953 3.12 2.98 1954 28 CHW AL 3B 91 95 180 12 10 .958 .959 3.02 3.07 1948 22 CHW AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 0 1 0 1944 18 CHW AL SS 21 36 70 8 12 .930 .947 5.05 5.05 1945 19 CHW AL SS 126 259 426 47 74 .936 .951 5.44 4.94 1946 20 CHW AL SS 6 14 16 2 8 .938 .955 5.00 4.65 1947 21 CHW AL SS 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.95 1948 22 CHW AL SS 85 164 285 20 65 .957 .964 5.28 4.85
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 800 2073 2343 124 633 .973 .976 5.52 5.24 SS 240 475 800 77 159 .943 .955 5.31 4.91 3B 195 202 383 36 34 .942 .957 3.00 3.01 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1236 2751 3526 237 826 .964 .970 5.08 4.82
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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1949   CHW AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1950   WSH AL       1   1   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   3   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .500  .667 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1949 (2B)
1950 *

Batting Average
1949 AL-.308-6

On-base %
1949 AL-.417-5

Games
1949 AL-154-4

Hits
1949 AL-173-9

Doubles
1949 AL-27-9

Triples
1949 AL-9-4
1952 AL-8-9

Bases on Balls
1949 AL-101-6

Stolen Bases
1946 AL-9-9
1947 AL-10-9
1953 AL-7-10
1954 AL-10-7

Singles
1949 AL-131-9

Adjusted OPS+
1949 AL-125-9

Runs Created
1949 AL-96-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1949 AL-24-8

Batting Wins
1949 AL-2.4-8

Times on Base
1949 AL-277-6

Offensive Win%
1949 AL-.625-10

Hit By Pitch
1945 AL-3-10
1946 AL-4-4
1947 AL-3-10

Sac. Hits
1945 AL-14-8
1950 AL-10-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1945 AL-13-8
1949 AL-20-5

Caught Stealing
1945 AL-7-9
1949 AL-7-6

Power/Speed Number
1953 AL-8.8-8
1954 AL-8.2-10

Youngest Player
1943 AL-17-2
1944 AL-18-3
1945 AL-19-5
1946 AL-20-4

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (926) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.9 (839) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (1173) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

May 31, 1950: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bob Kuzava and Johnny Ostrowski to the Washington Senators for Eddie Robinson, Al Kozar, and Ray Scarborough.

May 12, 1952: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Lou Sleater and Fred Marsh.

August 5, 1952: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Athletics from the St. Louis Browns.

December 8, 1953: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.


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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