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George Case

George Washington Case

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: November 11, 1915 in Trenton, NJ
High School: The Peddie School (Hightstown, NJ) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1937
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians 1937-1947

Final Game: August 3, 1947
Died: January 23, 1989 in Trenton, NJ
Buried: First Presbyterian Church Of Ewing, Trenton, NJ
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All-Star

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
1937 21 WSH AL 22 93 90 14 26 6 2 0 11 2 1 3 5 .289 .312 .400 .712 82 36 0 0 O9/78
1938 22 WSH AL 107 479 433 69 132 27 3 2 40 11 6 39 28 .305 .362 .395 .757 95 171 0 7 O98
1939 23 WSH AL 128 593 530 103 160 20 7 2 35 51 17 56 36 .302 .369 .377 .746 98 200 6 0 7 *O89/7 AS,MVP-31
1940 24 WSH AL 154 720 656 109 192 29 5 5 56 35 10 52 39 .293 .349 .375 .724 93 246 5 5 7 *O89/7
1941 25 WSH AL 153 708 649 95 176 32 8 2 53 33 9 51 37 .271 .325 .354 .680 83 230 5 1 7 *O79
1942 26 WSH AL 125 563 513 101 164 26 2 5 43 44 6 44 30 .320 .377 .407 .784 121 209 8 3 3 *O79 MVP-13
1943 27 WSH AL 141 660 613 102 180 36 5 1 52 61 14 41 27 .294 .341 .374 .715 113 229 3 3 3 *O97 AS,MVP-12
1944 28 WSH AL 119 521 464 63 116 14 2 2 32 49 18 49 22 .250 .326 .302 .627 84 140 8 3 5 *O79/8 AS
1945 29 WSH AL 123 561 504 72 148 19 5 1 31 30 16 49 27 .294 .360 .357 .717 117 180 7 3 5 *O798 MVP-9
1946 30 CLE AL 118 528 484 46 109 23 4 1 22 28 11 34 38 .225 .280 .295 .576 66 143 6 3 7 *7O
1947 31 WSH AL 36 89 80 11 12 1 0 0 2 5 1 8 8 .150 .227 .163 .390 11 13 0 0 1 O7/98
11 Seasons 1226 5515 5016 785 1415 233 43 21 377 349 109 426 297 .282 .341 .358 .699 95 1797 48 21 52
162 Game Avg. 162 729 663 104 187 31 6 3 50 46 14 56 39 .282 .341 .358 .699 95 237 3 7
WSH (10 yrs) 1108 4987 4532 739 1306 210 39 20 355 321 98 392 259 .288 .347 .365 .712 98 1654 42 18 45
CLE (1 yr) 118 528 484 46 109 23 4 1 22 28 11 34 38 .225 .280 .295 .576 66 143 6 3 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1937 21 WSH AL 93 -3 1 0 0 0 -1 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ O9/78
1938 22 WSH AL 479 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 14 6 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ O98
1939 23 WSH AL 593 -4 7 0 0 5 -3 17 22 2.2 17 1.6 0.6 $ *O89/7 AS,MVP-31
1940 24 WSH AL 720 -8 6 0 0 -2 -2 17 11 1.1 13 1.3 -0.2 $ *O89/7
1941 25 WSH AL 708 -13 6 0 0 4 -7 17 7 0.7 3 0.3 0.4 $ *O79
1942 26 WSH AL 563 15 11 0 0 -4 -5 11 28 3.0 32 3.4 -0.4 $ *O79 MVP-13
1943 27 WSH AL 660 13 12 0 0 4 -6 13 36 4.0 32 3.6 0.4 $ *O97 AS,MVP-12
1944 28 WSH AL 521 -8 4 0 0 4 -5 11 6 0.5 2 0.2 0.3 $ *O79/8 AS
1945 29 WSH AL 561 12 2 0 0 10 -5 11 30 3.2 20 2.2 1.0 $ *O798 MVP-9
1946 30 CLE AL 528 -25 2 0 0 0 -5 13 -15 -1.8 -15 -1.7 -0.1 $ *7O
1947 31 WSH AL 89 -9 1 0 0 0 -1 2 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.8 0.1 $ O7/98
11 Seasons 5515 -34 52 0 0 21 -44 129 124 12.9 103 10.7 2.2 $
WSH (10 yrs) 4987 -9 50 0 0 21 -39 116 139 14.7 118 12.4 2.3 $
CLE (1 yr) 528 -25 2 0 0 0 -5 13 -15 -1.8 -15 -1.7 -0.1 $

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
1937 21 WSH AL 93 65 11 4.5 112 .306 .289 .283 .312 .358 .400 .422 .712 .780 82 .427 -2.8 -0.3 .615 .156 .111 .0
1938 22 WSH AL 479 314 62 5.2 112 .323 .305 .281 .362 .359 .395 .419 .757 .778 95 .493 -1.6 -0.2 .700 .192 .090 3.4
1939 23 WSH AL 593 400 77 5.1 107 .321 .302 .276 .369 .350 .377 .408 .746 .758 98 .504 0.4 0.0 .738 .245 .075 3.8
1940 24 WSH AL 720 486 88 4.8 105 .306 .293 .271 .349 .342 .375 .410 .724 .753 93 .486 -4.6 -0.4 .685 .200 .082 8.8
1941 25 WSH AL 708 494 77 4.2 102 .285 .271 .270 .325 .345 .354 .397 .680 .742 83 .443 -15.3 -1.5 .628 .199 .083 3.8
1942 26 WSH AL 563 366 85 6.2 94 .333 .320 .264 .377 .339 .407 .370 .784 .709 121 .681 15.0 1.6 .810 .248 .088 9.0
1943 27 WSH AL 660 453 83 5.0 84 .306 .294 .252 .341 .325 .374 .347 .715 .672 113 .623 8.9 1.0 .711 .223 .080 2.0
1944 28 WSH AL 521 379 48 3.4 87 .259 .250 .262 .326 .328 .302 .358 .627 .686 84 .426 -8.3 -0.9 .596 .224 .052 3.8
1945 29 WSH AL 561 384 64 4.5 81 .309 .294 .251 .360 .321 .357 .341 .717 .662 117 .566 11.8 1.3 .649 .188 .063 1.9
1946 30 CLE AL 528 399 40 2.7 90 .243 .225 .255 .280 .328 .295 .367 .576 .696 66 .309 -21.8 -2.3 .503 .176 .070 1.9
1947 31 WSH AL 89 70 3 1.1 94 .167 .150 .259 .227 .338 .163 .373 .390 .711 11 .085 -9.6 -1.0 .362 .163 .013 .0
11 Seasons 5515 3810 638 4.5 96 .297 .282 .265 .341 .338 .358 .381 .699 .719 95 .502 -28.0 -2.7 .661 .209 .076 39.6
162 Game Avg. 729 503 84 4.5 96 .297 .282 .265 .341 .338 .358 .381 .699 .719 95 .502 -28.0 -2.7 .661 .209 .076 5
WSH (10 yrs) 4987 3411 598 4.7 97 .302 .288 .266 .347 .339 .365 .382 .712 .721 98 .520 -6.2 -0.4 .679 .212 .077 37.7
CLE (1 yr) 528 399 40 2.7 90 .243 .225 .255 .280 .328 .295 .367 .576 .696 66 .309 -21.8 -2.3 .503 .176 .070 1.9

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 WSH AL 23 DNP
1943 WSH AL 27 as RF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 1 1 0 0 0
1944 WSH AL 28 DNP
1945 WSH AL 29 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1937 21 WSH AL 93 0.0% 5.4% 3.2% 8.6% 31% 1.67 18.0 8.2 91%
1938 22 WSH AL 479 0.4% 5.9% 8.1% 6.7% 24% 0.72 15.5 216.5 10.8 84%
1939 23 WSH AL 593 0.3% 6.1% 9.4% 4.9% 18% 0.64 14.7 265.0 15.1 83%
1940 24 WSH AL 720 0.7% 5.4% 7.2% 5.4% 20% 0.75 16.8 131.2 11.7 85%
1941 25 WSH AL 708 0.3% 5.2% 7.2% 5.9% 24% 0.73 17.5 324.5 12.2 86%
1942 26 WSH AL 563 0.9% 5.3% 7.8% 5.9% 20% 0.68 17.1 102.6 11.9 85%
1943 27 WSH AL 660 0.2% 4.1% 6.2% 6.4% 23% 0.66 22.7 613.0 11.8 89%
1944 28 WSH AL 521 0.4% 4.2% 9.4% 3.5% 16% 0.45 21.1 232.0 14.5 84%
1945 29 WSH AL 561 0.2% 4.8% 8.7% 4.5% 17% 0.55 18.7 504.0 16.3 85%
1946 30 CLE AL 528 0.2% 7.2% 6.4% 5.3% 26% 1.12 12.7 484.0 22.0 84%
1947 31 WSH AL 89 0.0% 9.0% 9.0% 1.1% 8% 1.00 10.0 40.0 81%
11 Seasons 5515 0.4% 5.4% 7.7% 5.4% 21% 0.70 16.9 238.9 13.3 85%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.2% 26% 1.02 9.8 66.6 8.4 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 21 22 93 90 14 26 6 2 0 11 2 1 3 5 .289 .312 .400 .712 82 36 0 0
1938 22 129 572 523 83 158 33 5 2 51 13 7 42 33 .302 .354 .396 .750 93 207 0 7
1939 23 257 1165 1053 186 318 53 12 4 86 64 24 98 69 .302 .361 .387 .748 95 407 6 0 14
1940 24 411 1885 1709 295 510 82 17 9 142 99 34 150 108 .298 .357 .382 .739 95 653 11 5 21
1941 25 564 2593 2358 390 686 114 25 11 195 132 43 201 145 .291 .348 .374 .723 92 883 16 6 28
1942 26 689 3156 2871 491 850 140 27 16 238 176 49 245 175 .296 .353 .380 .734 97 1092 24 9 31
1943 27 830 3816 3484 593 1030 176 32 17 290 237 63 286 202 .296 .351 .379 .730 99 1321 27 12 34
1944 28 949 4337 3948 656 1146 190 34 19 322 286 81 335 224 .290 .348 .370 .718 97 1461 35 15 39
1945 29 1072 4898 4452 728 1294 209 39 20 353 316 97 384 251 .291 .349 .369 .718 99 1641 42 18 44
1946 30 1190 5426 4936 774 1403 232 43 21 375 344 108 418 289 .284 .343 .361 .704 96 1784 48 21 51
1947 31 1226 5515 5016 785 1415 233 43 21 377 349 109 426 297 .282 .341 .358 .699 95 1797 48 21 52

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1937 21 23 94 91 13 25 6 2 0 10 2 3 5 .275 .298 .385 .682 10 22
1938 22 113 487 449 65 130 27 3 2 38 11 38 30 .290 .345 .376 .721 58 107
1939 23 135 605 549 100 160 20 7 2 34 51 56 38 .291 .357 .364 .721 72 128
1940 24 161 738 680 109 195 29 5 5 56 36 53 41 .287 .343 .366 .709 85 154
1941 25 159 724 671 97 180 33 8 2 54 34 52 38 .268 .322 .350 .672 76 153
1942 26 132 600 549 112 179 28 2 5 48 48 48 32 .326 .383 .412 .795 87 125
1943 27 148 717 665 128 210 42 6 1 65 71 48 28 .316 .365 .402 .767 97 141
1944 28 124 553 495 75 131 16 2 2 38 55 55 23 .265 .342 .317 .659 53 119
1945 29 130 621 557 95 180 23 6 1 41 36 60 29 .323 .393 .391 .784 85 123
1946 30 123 559 517 56 125 26 5 1 27 32 39 40 .242 .299 .317 .616 48 118
1947 31 37 93 84 12 13 1 0 0 2 5 9 8 .155 .237 .167 .403 3 36
11 Seasons 1285 5791 5307 862 1528 251 46 21 413 381 461 312 .288 .347 .364 .712 674 1226
162 Game Avg. 162 730 669 109 193 32 6 3 52 48 58 39 .288 .347 .364 .712 85 1226

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 1.0%)

All-Star Games
1939
1943 (RF)
1944
1945--not played

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 AL (31, 1%)
1942 AL (13, 5%)
1943 AL (12, 11%)
1945 AL (9, 18%)
0.35 Career Shares (556th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1943 AL  4.0 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1943 AL  3.6 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1943 AL  0.4 (10th)
1945 AL  1.0 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1942 AL  .320 (5th)
1943 AL  .294 (5th)
1945 AL  .294 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL  154 (6th)
1941 AL  153 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1940 AL  656 (2nd)
1941 AL  649 (2nd)
1943 AL  613 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1940 AL  720 (1st)
1941 AL  708 (1st)
1943 AL  660 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1940 AL  109 (6th)
1942 AL  101 (7th)
1943 AL  102 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1940 AL  192 (8th)
1941 AL  176 (8th)
1943 AL  180 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1943 AL  229 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1943 AL  36 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1939 AL  51 (1st)
1940 AL  35 (1st)
1941 AL  33 (1st)
1942 AL  44 (1st)
1943 AL  61 (1st)
1944 AL  49 (2nd)
1945 AL  30 (2nd)
1946 AL  28 (1st)
Career  349 (110th)

Singles s c a p y
1939 AL  131 (7th)
1940 AL  153 (3rd)
1941 AL  134 (4th)
1942 AL  131 (5th)
1943 AL  138 (4th)
1945 AL  123 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1943 AL  83 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1942 AL  .681 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL  5 (2nd)
1945 AL  3 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1939 AL  17 (1st)
1940 AL  10 (1st)
1941 AL  9 (3rd)
1943 AL  14 (3rd)
1944 AL  18 (1st)
1945 AL  16 (2nd)
1946 AL  11 (1st)
Career  109 (83rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1942 AL  9.0 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 AL  22.7 (5th)
1945 AL  18.7 (8th)
Career  16.9 (204th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1940 AL  486 (2nd)
1941 AL  494 (2nd)
1943 AL  453 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (151), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 53 (481), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 48 (409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1203), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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