Jerry Casale

Gennaro Joseph Casale

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 27, 1933 in Brooklyn, NY
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1958
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Angels 1958-1962

Final Game: July 22, 1962
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1952	18	BOS-min	C	49	96	96		28	4	2	2						.292	.292	.438	.729		42							SJO · CALL
1953	19	BOS-min	B,A	34	46	46		13	3	0	2						.283	.283	.478	.761		22							ROA,GBO,ALB · PIED,CARL,EL
1954	20	BOS-min	A	34	63	63		11	1	0	2						.175	.175	.286	.460		18							ALB · EL
1955	21	BOS-min	AAA	35	90	79	8	22	3	0	4	13	0		4	20	.278	.310	.468	.778		37	2	0	6	1			LOU · AA
1956	22	BOS-min	Opn	37	93	85	11	21	5	1	3	12	1		6	20	.247	.304	.435	.740		37	3	1	1	0			SFR · PCL
1957		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958	24	BOS	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	25	BOS	AL	31	68	59	7	10	2	0	3	9	0	0	5	21	.169	.234	.356	.590	57	21	0	0	4	0	0	1
1960	26	BOS	AL	29	36	33	4	9	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	9	.273	.333	.364	.697	87	12	1	0	0	0	0	1
1961	27	DET-min	AAA	14	30	28	2	7	1	1	1	7	0		2	6	.250	.300	.464	.764		13							DEN · AA
1961	27	TOT	AL	16	17	16	2	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.375	.412	.688	1.099	179	11	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	27	LAA	AL	13	14	13	2	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	.462	.500	.846	1.346	240	11	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	27	DET	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	28	DET-min	AAA	8	23	18	5	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	6	.167	.250	.333	.583		6		0	3	0			DEN · AA
1962	28	DET	AL	18	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	29	NYM-min	AAA	18	12	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.222	.417	.222	.639		2							BFL · IL
5 Yrs				96	130	116	13	25	7	0	4	15	0	0	10	41	.216	.278	.379	.657	74	44	1	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	219	196	22	42	12	0	7	25	0	0	17	69	.216	.278	.379	.657	74	74	2	0	7	0	0

BOS (3 yrs)				62	104	92	11	19	5	0	3	13	0	0	8	30	.207	.270	.359	.629	68	33	1	0	4	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				21	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76	0	0	0	0	0	0
LAA (1 yr)				13	14	13	2	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	.462	.500	.846	1.346	240	11	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1958	24	BOS	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1959	25	BOS	AL	31	68	-4	-1	0	0	8	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.511	.502	0.3	-0.0	5	$	1
1960	26	BOS	AL	29	36	-0	-0	-0	0	4	4	0.4	1	4	0.4	.513	.502	0.4	-0.0	4	$	1
1961	27	LAA	AL	13	14	2	-0	0	0	2	4	0.4	0	4	0.4	.530	.502	0.4	-0.0	4	$	1
1961	27	DET	AL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.479	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1962	28	DET	AL	18	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
5 Seasons				96	130	-5	-1	1	0	15	9	0.9	4	13	0.9	.510	.501	0.9	-0.1	13	$

BOS (3 yrs)				62	104	-5	-1	0	0	12	7	0.7	3	10	0.7	.511	.501	0.7	-0.0	9	$
DET (2 yrs)				21	12	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.2	.494	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
LAA (1 yr)				13	14	2	-0	0	0	2	4	0.4	0	4	0.4	.530	.502	0.4	-0.0	4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1959	25	BOS	AL	68	53	5	2.5	102	.200	.169	.265	.234	.337	.356	.405	.590	.742	57	.267	-3.9	-0.4	.531	.271	.186	.0
1960	26	BOS	AL	36	25	4	4.3	104	.375	.273	.267	.333	.341	.364	.408	.697	.749	87	.481	-0.5	-0.1	.600	.182	.091
1961	27	TOT	AL	17	10	6	16.0	111	.625	.375	.274	.412	.350	.688	.426	1.099	.776	179	.906	1.8	0.2	1.200	.375	.313	.0
1961	27	LAA	AL	14	7	6	22.9	112	.625	.462	.275	.500	.352	.846	.428	1.346	.780	240	.949	2.7	0.3	1.714	.462	.385	.0
1961	27	DET	AL	3	3	0	0.0	106		.000	.267	.000	.343	.000	.416	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1962	28	DET	AL	9	8	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.268	.111	.341	.000	.417	.111	.758	-67	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.125	.125	.000
5 Yrs				130	96	15	4.2	104	.296	.216	.267	.278	.340	.379	.410	.657	.750	74	.472	-4.6	-0.5	.587	.250	.164	.0
162 Game Avg.				219	162	25	4.2	104	.296	.216	.267	.278	.340	.379	.410	.657	.750	74	.472	-4.6	-0.5	.587	.250	.164

BOS (3 yrs)				104	78	9	3.1	103	.271	.207	.266	.270	.338	.359	.406	.629	.745	68	.343	-4.4	-0.5	.554	.239	.152	.0
DET (2 yrs)				12	11	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.268	.083	.341	.000	.417	.083	.758	-76	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.091	.091	.000
LAA (1 yr)				14	7	6	22.9	112	.625	.462	.275	.500	.352	.846	.428	1.346	.780	240	.949	2.7	0.3	1.714	.462	.385	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	25	BOS	AL	68	4.4%	30.9%	7.4%	7.4%	50%	4.20	2.8	19.7	6.6	1.31	51%
1960	26	BOS	AL	36	0.0%	25.0%	8.3%	8.3%	33%	3.00	3.7		8.3	1.14	67%
1961	27	TOT	AL	17	5.9%	41.2%	5.9%	17.7%	50%	7.00	2.3	16.0	8.0	0.00	47%
1961	27	LAA	AL	14	7.1%	28.6%	7.1%	21.4%	50%	4.00	3.3	13.0	6.5	0.00	57%
1961	27	DET	AL	3	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1962	28	DET	AL	9	0.0%	44.4%	11.1%	0.0%		4.00	2.0			1.00	44%
5 Yrs				130	3.1%	31.5%	7.7%	8.5%	44%	4.10	2.8	29.0	7.7	1.08	55%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.6%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.54	6.6	37.2	8.3	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1958	24	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1959	25	BOS	AL	-3.9	-0.4	68	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.82	-0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.97	-2.4		0
1960	26	BOS	AL	-0.5	-0.1	36	0.0	0.6	-0.6	.95	-0.0	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.02	-0.6		0
1961	27	TOT	AL	1.8	0.2	17	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.75	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.68	1.5	2.10	1
1961	27	LAA	AL	2.7	0.3	14	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.83	0.2	-0.0	1.4	0.1	0.70	2.3	2.10	1
1961	27	DET	AL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.39	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.54	-0.8		0
1962	28	DET	AL	-2.0	-0.2	9	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.53	-0.2	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.98	-2.1		0
5 Yrs				-4.6	-0.5	130	-0.2	1.8	-2.0	.90	-0.3	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.95	-3.5	2.10	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1959	25	BOS	AL	0	33%	22	1	0	0%	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
1960	26	BOS	AL	1	33%	18	1	2	67%	2	0	2	0	0	1	0
1961	27	TOT	AL	0	17%	8	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
1961	27	LAA	AL	0	17%	8	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
1961	27	DET	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	28	DET	AL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	29%	51	2	2	20%	7	5	2	1	1	2	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1959	25	BOS	AL	68	18%	10			0	0	0	0		3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	4	4	100%	14	0	0%	12	5	42%	45	7	16%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
1960	26	BOS	AL	36	17%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	6	0	0%	29	4	14%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
1961	27	TOT	AL	17	47%	6			1	0	0	0	2.10	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	27	LAA	AL	14	36%	6			1	0	0	0	2.10	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	27	DET	AL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1962	28	DET	AL	9	11%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				130	21%	25			1	0	0	0	2.10	4	0	3	4	0	3	1	0	4	4	100%	26	1	4%	20	5	25%	84	12	14%	6	4	67%	4	3	75%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1959	25	33	68	59	7	10	2	3	9	5	21	.169	.234	.356	.590	57	21	0	4
1960	26	62	104	92	11	19	5	3	13	8	30	.207	.270	.359	.629	68	33	1	4
1961	27	78	121	108	13	25	7	4	15	9	37	.231	.291	.407	.698	85	44	1	4
1962	28	96	130	116	13	25	7	4	15	10	41	.216	.278	.379	.657	74	44	1	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	25	32	72	62	7	11	2	3	10	6	22	.177	.250	.355	.605	5	31
1960	26	31	37	34	4	9	3	0	4	3	9	.265	.324	.353	.677	4	29
1961	27	16	17	16	2	6	2	1	2	1	7	.375	.412	.688	1.099	5	16
1962	28	18	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	18
4 Yrs		97	135	120	13	26	7	4	16	11	42	.217	.282	.375	.657	14	94
162 Game Avg.		162	225	200	22	43	12	7	27	18	70	.217	.282	.375	.657	23	94

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