Jerry Casale
Jerry Joseph Casale
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
Final Game: July 22, 1962
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1958 24 BOS AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 11 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1959 25 BOS AL 13 8 .619 4.31 31 26 1 9 3 0 179.2 162 89 86 20 89 3 93 5 0 7 779 93 1.397 8.1 1.0 4.5 4.7 1.04
1960 26 BOS AL 2 9 .182 6.17 29 14 5 1 0 0 96.1 113 78 66 14 67 5 54 1 0 5 469 65 1.869 10.6 1.3 6.3 5.0 0.81
1961 27 TOT AL 1 5 .167 6.26 16 8 1 0 0 1 54.2 67 42 38 12 28 0 41 1 0 8 253 71 1.738 11.0 2.0 4.6 6.8 1.46
1961 27 LAA AL 1 5 .167 6.54 13 7 1 0 0 1 42.2 52 34 31 9 25 0 35 1 0 6 202 69 1.805 11.0 1.9 5.3 7.4 1.40
1961 27 DET AL 0 0 5.25 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.0 15 8 7 3 3 0 6 0 0 2 51 78 1.500 11.3 2.3 2.3 4.5 2.00
1962 28 DET AL 1 2 .333 4.66 18 1 4 0 0 0 36.2 33 19 19 5 18 1 16 0 0 2 162 87 1.391 8.1 1.2 4.4 3.9 0.89
5 Seasons 17 24 .415 5.08 96 49 13 10 3 1 370.1 376 228 209 51 204 9 207 7 1 22 1674 80 1.566 9.1 1.2 5.0 5.0 1.01
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .415 5.08 45 23 6 5 1 0 174 176 107 98 24 96 4 97 3 0 10 785 80 1.566 9.1 1.2 5.0 5.0 1.01
BOS (3 yrs) 15 17 .469 4.90 62 40 8 10 3 0 279.0 276 167 152 34 158 8 150 6 1 12 1259 82 1.556 8.9 1.1 5.1 4.8 0.95
DET (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 4.81 21 2 4 0 0 0 48.2 48 27 26 8 21 1 22 0 0 4 213 84 1.418 8.9 1.5 3.9 4.1 1.05
LAA (1 yr) 1 5 .167 6.54 13 7 1 0 0 1 42.2 52 34 31 9 25 0 35 1 0 6 202 69 1.805 11.0 1.9 5.3 7.4 1.40

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 24 BOS AL 2 11 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .111 .273 .222 .495 .167 2 1 0 0 0 0
1959 25 BOS AL 31 779 680 89 162 32 5 20 8 1 89 93 .238 .329 .388 .718 .249 264 13 5 2 3 3
1960 26 BOS AL 29 470 384 78 113 24 3 14 5 1 67 54 .294 .393 .482 .875 .306 185 4 1 10 8 5
1961 27 TOT AL 16 252 222 42 67 8 1 12 5 3 28 41 .302 .381 .509 .890 .324 113 4 1 0 1 0
1961 27 DET AL 3 51 48 8 15 0 0 3 1 1 3 6 .313 .353 .500 .853 .308 24 2 0 0 0 0
1961 27 LAA AL 13 201 174 34 52 8 1 9 4 2 25 35 .299 .388 .511 .900 .328 89 2 1 0 1 0
1962 28 DET AL 18 162 140 19 33 8 2 5 1 1 18 16 .236 .321 .429 .749 .233 60 1 0 3 1 1
5 Seasons 96 1674 1435 228 376 73 11 51 19 6 204 207 .262 .354 .435 .789 .273 624 23 7 15 13 9
162 Game Avg. 45 785 673 107 176 34 5 24 9 3 96 97 .262 .354 .435 .789 .273 293 11 3 7 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1959 25 BOS AL 31 26 12 8 6 2 1 17 9 .654 1 4 9 3 12 46% 51 83 21 30 13 4 10 5.3 5.1 6.4
1960 26 BOS AL 29 14 2 9 3 1 1 4 10 .286 1 1 1 0 3 21% 39 78 18 32 18 3 7 4.0 4.4 4.3
1961 27 TOT AL 16 8 1 5 2 0 0 2 6 .250 0 2 0 0 1 13% 38 52 27 10 3 2 5 3.2 2.7 4.4
1961 27 LAA AL 13 7 1 5 1 0 0 2 5 .286 0 1 0 0 1 14% 38 52 27 9 3 2 4 2.9 2.8 4.3
1961 27 DET AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 1 0 0 1 5.0 2.3 5.0
1962 28 DET AL 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 5 1 0 0 4.0 0.0 4.0
4 Seasons 94 49 15 22 12 3 2 23 26 .469 2 8 10 3 16 33% 45 83 18 77 35 9 22 4.6 4.6 5.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1958 24 BOS AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.026 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 4.5
1959 25 BOS AL 31 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 0.954 0 3 2 0 0 5 3 2 3 2 3 0 7.8
1960 26 BOS AL 29 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 62% 5 0.768 0 7 7 1 0 14 7 8 12 2 12 2 7.2
1961 27 TOT AL 16 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 1 20% 0.849 2 1 5 1 1 6 3 5 5 1 5 1 7.4
1961 27 LAA AL 13 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 2 0.926 2 1 3 1 1 4 2 4 3 1 3 1 6.3
1961 27 DET AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0.547 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 10.5
1962 28 DET AL 18 17 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 18 6 33% 4 0.848 6 3 8 1 4 12 8 9 10 3 13 4 5.8
5 Seasons 96 47 13 2 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 41 18 44% 0.870 8 14 24 3 5 39 21 26 31 8 34 8 6.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1958 24 BOS AL 11 9% 0.0% 27.3% 18.2% 9.1% 100% 1.00 55% 2 1 50%
1959 25 BOS AL 779 33% 2.6% 11.9% 11.4% 7.3% 35% 0.56 73% 139 13 9%
1960 26 BOS AL 470 30% 3.0% 11.5% 14.3% 8.7% 36% 0.63 69% 106 4 4%
1961 27 TOT AL 252 38% 4.8% 16.3% 11.1% 8.3% 31% 0.63 67% 52 4 8%
1961 27 LAA AL 201 37% 4.5% 17.4% 12.4% 9.0% 35% 0.66 65% 43 2 5%
1961 27 DET AL 51 41% 5.9% 11.8% 5.9% 5.9% 20% 0.53 76% 9 2 22%
1962 28 DET AL 162 38% 3.1% 9.9% 11.1% 9.3% 46% 0.64 74% 32 1 3%
5 Seasons 1674 33% 3.1% 12.4% 12.2% 8.1% 36% 0.60 71% 331 23 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1958 24 BOS AL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 25 BOS AL 779 162 20 1 18 14 6 10 10 29 17 3 59% 6 7 1 281 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1960 26 BOS AL 470 113 14 0 18 10 4 9 5 37 19 2 51% 8 5 1 194 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1961 27 TOT AL 252 67 12 0 7 6 6 8 4 9 4 1 44% 4 8 1 101 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 9 0
1961 27 LAA AL 201 52 9 0 6 6 3 5 4 8 3 1 38% 3 6 1 82 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
1961 27 DET AL 51 15 3 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 100% 1 2 0 19 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1962 28 DET AL 162 33 5 2 13 4 1 1 4 9 5 1 56% 2 2 0 60 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
5 Seasons 1674 376 51 3 56 34 17 28 23 84 45 7 54% 20 22 3 642 19 6 76% 17 6 2 0 0 0 8 0 41 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1958 24 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 11 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1959 25 13 8 .619 4.24 33 26 3 9 3 0 182.2 163 89 86 20 91 3 96 5 1 7 790 95 1.391 8.0 1.0 4.5 4.7 1.05 95
1960 26 15 17 .469 4.90 62 40 8 10 3 0 279.0 276 167 152 34 158 8 150 6 1 12 1259 82 1.556 8.9 1.1 5.1 4.8 0.95 82
1961 27 16 22 .421 5.12 78 48 9 10 3 1 333.2 343 209 190 46 186 8 191 7 1 20 1512 79 1.585 9.3 1.2 5.0 5.2 1.03 79
1962 28 17 24 .415 5.08 96 49 13 10 3 1 370.1 376 228 209 51 204 9 207 7 1 22 1674 80 1.566 9.1 1.2 5.0 5.0 1.01 80

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1958 24 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.667 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50 0.0 2
1959 25 9 11 .450 4.35 182.0 169 98 88 21 93 94 5 1.440 8.4 4.6 4.6 1.01 1.0 31
1960 26 3 8 .273 6.12 100.0 120 76 68 15 71 56 1 1.910 10.8 6.4 5.0 0.79 1.4 29
1961 27 2 3 .400 5.67 54.0 64 38 34 11 27 40 1 1.685 10.7 4.5 6.7 1.48 1.8 16
1962 28 2 2 .500 4.75 36.0 34 21 19 5 19 16 0 1.472 8.5 4.8 4.0 0.84 1.3 18
5 Seasons 16 24 .400 5.02 375.0 387 233 209 52 212 209 7 1.597 9.3 5.0 0.99 1.2 96

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 AL--.619--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1959 AL--3--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 AL--89--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1959 AL--7--6th
1961 AL--8--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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