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George Caster
George Jasper Caster (Ug)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 4, 1907 in Colton, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1934
Final Game: September 16, 1946
Died: December 18, 1955 in Lakewood, CA
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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
1934 26 PHA AL 3 2 .600 3.41 5 3 2 2 0 0 37.0 32 16 14 3 14 15 3 1 1 155 128 1.243 7.8 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.07
1935 27 PHA AL 1 4 .200 6.25 25 1 11 0 0 1 63.1 86 59 44 8 37 24 2 0 2 312 73 1.942 12.2 1.1 5.3 3.4 0.65
1937 29 PHA AL 12 19 .387 4.43 34 33 1 19 3 0 231.2 227 141 114 23 107 100 2 0 2 1005 106 1.442 8.8 0.9 4.2 3.9 0.93
1938 30 PHA AL 16 20 .444 4.35 42 40 2 20 2 1 281.1 310 156 136 25 117 112 3 0 5 1250 111 1.518 9.9 0.8 3.7 3.6 0.96
1939 31 PHA AL 9 9 .500 4.90 28 17 8 7 1 0 136.0 144 82 74 16 45 59 3 1 1 583 96 1.390 9.5 1.1 3.0 3.9 1.31
1940 32 PHA AL 4 19 .174 6.56 36 24 8 11 0 2 178.1 234 160 130 18 69 75 3 1 3 835 67 1.699 11.8 0.9 3.5 3.8 1.09
1941 33 SLB AL 3 7 .300 5.00 32 9 12 3 0 3 104.1 105 66 58 12 37 36 2 0 0 451 86 1.361 9.1 1.0 3.2 3.1 0.97
1942 34 SLB AL 8 2 .800 2.81 39 0 24 0 0 5 80.0 62 30 25 3 39 34 3 1 1 336 131 1.263 7.0 0.3 4.4 3.8 0.87
1943 35 SLB AL 6 8 .429 2.12 35 0 32 0 0 8 76.1 69 22 18 4 41 43 1 1 0 331 157 1.441 8.1 0.5 4.8 5.1 1.05
1944 36 SLB AL 6 6 .500 2.44 42 0 34 0 0 12 81.0 91 37 22 5 33 46 0 0 0 358 147 1.531 10.1 0.6 3.7 5.1 1.39
1945 37 TOT AL 6 3 .667 4.57 32 0 16 0 0 3 67.0 67 38 34 3 34 32 2 0 0 295 77 1.507 9.0 0.4 4.6 4.3 0.94
1945 37 SLB AL 1 2 .333 6.89 10 0 6 0 0 1 15.2 20 13 12 0 7 9 0 0 0 73 51 1.723 11.5 0.0 4.0 5.2 1.29
1945 37 DET AL 5 1 .833 3.86 22 0 10 0 0 2 51.1 47 25 22 3 27 23 2 0 0 222 92 1.442 8.2 0.5 4.7 4.0 0.85
1946 38 DET AL 2 1 .667 5.66 26 0 19 0 0 4 41.1 42 26 26 1 24 19 1 0 0 185 64 1.597 9.1 0.2 5.2 4.1 0.79
12 Seasons 76 100 .432 4.54 376 127 169 62 6 39 1377.2 1469 833 695 121 597 595 25 5 15 6096 96 1.500 9.6 0.8 3.9 3.9 1.00
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .432 4.54 51 17 23 8 1 5 186 199 113 94 16 81 80 3 1 2 824 96 1.500 9.6 0.8 3.9 3.9 1.00
PHA (6 yrs) 45 73 .381 4.97 170 118 32 59 6 4 927.2 1033 614 512 93 389 385 16 3 14 4140 94 1.533 10.0 0.9 3.8 3.7 0.99
SLB (5 yrs) 24 25 .490 3.40 158 9 108 3 0 29 357.1 347 168 135 24 157 168 6 2 1 1549 111 1.410 8.7 0.6 4.0 4.2 1.07
DET (2 yrs) 7 2 .778 4.66 48 0 29 0 0 6 92.2 89 51 48 4 51 42 3 0 0 407 77 1.511 8.6 0.4 5.0 4.1 0.82

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1945 37 DET AL WS W CHC 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5

Standard Batting

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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
1934 26 PHA AL 5 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .267 .267 .267 .533 40 4 0 0 /1
1935 27 PHA AL 26 23 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .227 .261 .273 .534 39 6 0 0 1
1937 29 PHA AL 37 93 90 6 19 4 0 0 11 0 0 2 24 .211 .228 .256 .484 23 23 0 1 1
1938 30 PHA AL 42 112 101 9 20 5 0 0 10 0 0 8 28 .198 .264 .248 .511 30 25 1 2 1
1939 31 PHA AL 28 45 43 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .209 .209 .209 .419 8 9 0 0 2 1
1940 32 PHA AL 36 67 62 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 24 .129 .169 .145 .314 -17 9 2 0 2 1
1941 33 SLB AL 32 30 29 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .103 .103 .103 .207 -46 3 0 0 1 1
1942 34 SLB AL 39 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 0 1
1943 35 SLB AL 35 23 22 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .136 .174 .182 .356 3 4 1 0 0 1
1944 36 SLB AL 42 20 20 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .300 .550 53 6 0 0 0 1
1945 37 TOT AL 32 18 14 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .214 .313 .214 .527 50 3 0 0 2 1
1945 37 SLB AL 10 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 90 1 0 0 0 1
1945 37 DET AL 22 15 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .182 .308 .182 .490 40 2 0 0 2 1
1946 38 DET AL 26 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 1 0 0 1 1
12 Seasons 380 470 440 25 81 13 0 0 37 0 0 18 133 .184 .218 .214 .432 13 94 3 1 11
162 Game Avg. 162 200 188 11 35 6 0 0 16 0 0 8 57 .184 .218 .214 .432 13 40 0 5
PHA (6 yrs) 174 355 333 23 65 11 0 0 32 0 0 14 96 .195 .230 .228 .458 18 76 2 1 7
SLB (5 yrs) 158 92 89 2 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 32 .146 .165 .169 .333 -8 15 1 0 1
DET (2 yrs) 48 23 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .167 .250 .167 .417 17 3 0 0 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 37 DET AL WS CHC W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 PHA AL 26 P 5 15 5 9 1 1 .933 2.80 .960 1.12
1935 PHA AL 27 P 25 24 4 19 1 1 .958 0.92 .950 1.12
1937 PHA AL 29 P 34 56 8 44 4 2 .929 1.53 .955 1.09
1938 PHA AL 30 P 42 60 12 44 4 1 .933 1.33 .953 1.12
1939 PHA AL 31 P 28 31 9 21 1 4 .968 1.07 .952 0.98
1940 PHA AL 32 P 36 39 10 27 2 2 .949 1.03 .956 1.05
1941 SLB AL 33 P 32 32 11 20 1 3 .969 0.97 .959 1.16
1942 SLB AL 34 P 39 26 8 17 1 1 .962 0.64 .958 1.30
1943 SLB AL 35 P 35 19 2 17 0 1 1.000 0.54 .963 1.27
1944 SLB AL 36 P 42 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 0.36 .960 1.14
1945 TOT AL 37 P 32 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 0.47 .953 1.28
1945 SLB AL 37 P 10 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.30 .967 1.28
1945 DET AL 37 P 22 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 0.55 .950 1.28
1946 DET AL 38 P 26 12 0 11 1 1 .917 0.42 .950 1.01
12 Seasons P 376 344 75 253 16 17 .953 0.87 .956 1.14
12 Seasons TOT 376 344 75 253 16 17 .953 0.87 .909 1.14

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1938 AL--16--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL--8.819--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL--3.885--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1938 AL--42--6th
1942 AL--39--2nd
1944 AL--42--8th

Saves s c a p y
1941 AL--3--8th
1942 AL--5--4th
1943 AL--8--4th
1944 AL--12--1st
1945 AL--3--8th
1946 AL--4--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1937 AL--231.7--10th
1938 AL--281.3--2nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1937 AL--100--10th
1938 AL--112--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1937 AL--33--5th
1938 AL--40--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1937 AL--19--6th
1938 AL--20--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1937 AL--3--6th
1938 AL--2--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1937 AL--23--3rd
1938 AL--25--3rd
1939 AL--16--9th
1940 AL--18--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1937 AL--107--7th
1938 AL--117--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1938 AL--310--2nd
1940 AL--234--10th

Losses s c a p y
1937 AL--19--2nd
1938 AL--20--1st
1940 AL--19--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1937 AL--114--10th
1938 AL--136--2nd
1940 AL--130--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1938 AL--5--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 AL--3--10th
1939 AL--3--10th
1940 AL--3--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1938 AL--1250--2nd

Games Finished s c a p y
1942 AL--24--3rd
1943 AL--32--3rd
1944 AL--34--4th
1945 AL--16--7th
1946 AL--19--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 49 (520), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

November 16, 1940: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.

August 8, 1945: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the St. Louis Browns.

December 12, 1946: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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Name and misspellings: George gearge George goerge Jasper Ug Caster

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