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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 Pitching

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
1952	18	BOS-min	C	14	13	.519	4.13	31	29					209.0	168	120	96		185								1.689	7.2		8.0			SJO · CALL
1953	19	BOS-min	B,A	8	8	.500	5.50	24	10					113.0	110	93	69	5	96								1.823	8.8	0.4	7.6			GBO,ROA,ALB · CARL,PIED,EL
1954	20	BOS-min	A	14	8	.636	3.24	33	24					197.0	181	84	71	10	61								1.228	8.3	0.5	2.8			ALB · EL
1955	21	BOS-min	AAA	17	11	.607	2.96	34	26		17	3		213.0	171	80	70	13	96	5	186	3	0	1			1.254	7.2	0.5	4.1	7.9	1.94	LOU · AA
1956	22	BOS-min	Opn	19	11	.633	4.10	37	32		16	3		228.1	229	117	104	19	81		143	6	1	9			1.358	9.0	0.7	3.2	5.6	1.77	SFR · PCL
1957		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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	66	1.869	10.6	1.3	6.3	5.0	0.81
1961	27	DET-min	AAA	4	1	.800	5.66	12	10					62.0	76	44	39	7	23								1.597	11.0	1.0	3.3			DEN · AA
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	81	1.500	11.3	2.3	2.3	4.5	2.00
1962	28	DET-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.00	8	8		2	1		54.0	62	26	24	6	22	0	26	0	0	1			1.556	10.3	1.0	3.7	4.3	1.18	DEN · AA
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	89	1.391	8.1	1.2	4.4	3.9	0.89
1963	29	NYM-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.38	18	1					39.0	38	19	19	8	24		26						1.590	8.8	1.8	5.5	6.0	1.08	BFL · IL
5 Yrs				17	24	.415	5.08	96	49	13	10	3	1	370.1	376	228	209	51	204	9	207	7	1	22	1674	81	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	81	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	86	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

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1958	24	BOS	AL	3.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.09	0.02	0.00	114.0	4.63	2	0.2	.0	-0.1	0.1	2	.590	.501	$
1959	25	BOS	AL	179.2	31	26	89	4.46	4.32	0.13	0.00	106.1	4.45	1	0.2	.8	-0.1	1.4	16	.505	.501	$
1960	26	BOS	AL	96.0	29	14	78	7.31	4.56	-0.33	-0.02	102.9	5.01	-24	-2.4	.5	0.1	-1.5	-16	.419	.485	$
1961	27	LAA	AL	42.2	13	7	34	7.17	4.57	0.08	-0.00	112.6	5.06	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-6	.428	.494	$
1961	27	DET	AL	12.0	3	1	8	6.00	5.00	0.37	-0.09	104.0	4.73	-2	-0.2	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.447	.499	$
1962	28	DET	AL	36.2	18	1	19	4.66	4.54	-0.10	-0.16	103.3	4.63	0	0.0	1.5	-0.0	0.3	3	.502	.500	$
5 Seasons				370.0	96	49	228	5.55	4.46	-0.01	-0.02	105.7	4.70	-32	-3.1	.9	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.468	.497	$

BOS (3 yrs)				278.2	62	40	167	5.39	4.40	-0.03	-0.01	105.1	4.65	-21	-2.0	.5	-0.1	-0.0	1	.467	.496	$
DET (2 yrs)				48.2	21	2	27	4.99	4.66	0.01	-0.14	103.5	4.66	-1	-0.1	1.4	-0.0	0.2	3	.494	.500	$
LAA (1 yr)				42.2	13	7	34	7.17	4.57	0.08	-0.00	112.6	5.06	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-6	.428	.494	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	6
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	8
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	4
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	1
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	3
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	2
5 Yrs				96	1674	1435	228	376	73	11	51	19	6	204	207	.262	.354	.435	.789	.273	624	23	7	15	13	9	20
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	9
MLB Averages																.257	.326	.393	.719	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1958	24	BOS	AL	1.4	0.2	12	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.2	0.03	1.0	0	0	2
1959	25	BOS	AL	-1.7	-0.2	798	0.3	12.6	-12.3	.94	0.4	-0.1	4.0	0.4	0.94	1.3	0	3	2
1960	26	BOS	AL	-23.8	-2.3	485	-2.5	5.2	-7.7	.76	-2.2	-1.2	-28.1	-2.6	0.76	-23.6	0	4	9
1961	27	TOT	AL	-9.3	-0.9	271	-1.4	3.6	-5.0	.84	-1.4	-0.2	-12.9	-1.2	0.84	-15.3	2	1	5
1961	27	LAA	AL	-8.0	-0.8	216	-1.3	3.1	-4.4	.92	-1.1	-0.3	-11.2	-1.0	0.92	-12.6	2	1	3
1961	27	DET	AL	-1.3	-0.1	55	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.55	-0.3	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.55	-2.8	0	0	2
1962	28	DET	AL	-1.3	-0.1	167	-0.6	2.1	-2.7	.83	-0.1	-0.6	-2.9	-0.3	0.83	-2.7	6	2	8
5 Yrs				-34.7	-3.4	1733	-4.2	23.5	-27.7	.86	-3.3	-1.6	-38.4	-3.6	0.86	-39.4	8	10	26

Starting Pitching*

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
1959	25	BOS	AL	31	26	12	8	6	2	1	17	9	.654	1	4	9	3	12	46%	50.8	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%	39.3	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	1	2	0	0	1	13%	37.7	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	1	1	0	0	1	14%	38.1	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%	35.0	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%	42.0	42	42	5	1	0	0	4.0	0.0	4.0
4 Yrs				94	49	15	22	12	3	2	23	26	.469	3	8	10	3	16	33%	45	83	18	77	35	9	22	4.6	4.6	5.4
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	115	-14					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1958	24	BOS	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.027	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	5	3	60%	6	.944	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	13	8	62%	5	.756	0	4	9	1	0	14	7	8	12	2	12	2	7.2
1961	27	TOT	AL	16	8	1	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	5	1	20%		.843	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	100%	1	0	4	1	25%	2	.919	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	1	0	0%	3	.545	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		1	1	18	6	33%	4	.827	6	2	8	1	4	12	8	9	10	3	13	4	5.8
5 Yrs				96	47	13	2	2	1	1	100%	2	1	41	18	44%		.859	8	10	26	3	5	39	21	26	31	8	34	8	6.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1958	24	BOS	AL	11	91%	0.0%	27.3%	18.2%	9.1%	100%	1.00	55%	2	1	50%
1959	25	BOS	AL	779	67%	2.6%	11.9%	11.4%	7.3%	35%	0.56	73%	139	13	9%
1960	26	BOS	AL	470	70%	3.0%	11.5%	14.3%	8.7%	36%	0.63	69%	106	4	4%
1961	27	TOT	AL	252	62%	4.8%	16.3%	11.1%	8.3%	31%	0.63	67%	52	4	8%
1961	27	LAA	AL	201	63%	4.5%	17.4%	12.4%	9.0%	35%	0.66	65%	43	2	5%
1961	27	DET	AL	51	59%	5.9%	11.8%	5.9%	5.9%	20%	0.53	76%	9	2	22%
1962	28	DET	AL	162	62%	3.1%	9.9%	11.1%	9.3%	46%	0.64	74%	32	1	3%
5 Yrs				1674	67%	3.1%	12.4%	12.2%	8.1%	36%	0.60	71%	331	23	7%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	13.6%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.03	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	1	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	0	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	2	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	2	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	0	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	0	0	4	0
5 Yrs				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	3	0	41	0
MLB Averages																		52%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

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	80	1.585	9.3	1.2	5.0	5.2	1.03	80
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	81	1.566	9.1	1.2	5.0	5.0	1.01	81

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	4.33	183.0	168	98	88	21	92	95	5	1.421	8.3	4.5	4.7	1.03	1.0	31
1960	26	3	8	.273	5.91	102.0	117	74	67	14	69	57	1	1.824	10.3	6.1	5.0	0.83	1.2	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	4.62	37.0	33	21	19	5	18	16	0	1.378	8.0	4.4	3.9	0.89	1.2	18
5 Yrs		16	24	.400	4.94	379.0	382	231	208	51	208	211	7	1.557	9.1		5.0	1.01	1.2	96

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

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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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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