Curt Casali

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 220lb (188cm, 99kg)

Team: Chicago Cubs (minors)

Born: November 9, 1988 in Walnut Creek, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN).

High School: New Canaan HS (New Canaan, CT)

School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: July 18, 2014 (Age 25-251d, 20,698th in major league history)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2024 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2024): 7.151 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Curtis Michael Casali

Nicknames: Cas

Pronunciation: \kuh-SAL-ee\

Twitter: @Curtcasali

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.6

1259

277

.220

145

RBI

154

OBP

.314

SLG

.380

OPS

.694

OPS+

Summary of 47 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 9 go ahead

4 Tms
TBR	19
CIN	18
SFG	9
SEA	1

Platoon
vs RHP	27
vs LHP	20

Home/Road
Home	24
Away	23

Outs
0	23
1	16
2	8

26 Opps
DET	6
CHC	5
WSN	4
COL	3
ARI	2
BAL	2
KCR	2
LAD	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
TOR	2
MIN	1
STL	1
OAK	1
TEX	1
SDP	1
LAA	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
PIT	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
BOS	1
MIA	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

44 Pitchers
David Price	3
Ty Blach	2
Zac Gallen	1
Jordan Zimmermann	1
Paolo Espino	1
Chris Sale	1
Scott Kazmir	1
Aníbal Sánchez	1
Brett Anderson	1
Matt Wisler	1
Mike Minor	1
Madison Bumgarner	1
Kevin Gausman	1
Nick Goody	1
Pedro Báez	1
Nick Tropeano	1
Gabe Speier	1
Ryan Tepera	1
Patrick Corbin	1
Erick Fedde	1
Nick Kingham	1
Neil Ramírez	1
Scott Feldman	1
Brandon Kintzler	1
Dustin Antolin	1
Drew Rasmussen	1
Nathan Eovaldi	1
Jake McGee	1
Eduardo Rodríguez	1
Ryan Kelly	1
Neal Cotts	1
Victor Caratini	1
T.J. McFarland	1
Andrew Bellatti	1
Bruce Rondón	1
Miguel González	1
Eric Lauer	1
Tyler Alexander	1
Alec Mills	1
Caleb Smith	1
Casey Sadler	1
Cam Bedrosian	1
Danny Duffy	1
Steve Cishek	1

20 Parks
TropicanaFld (STP)	11
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	8
Oracle Park (SFO)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Coors Fld (DEN)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	34
78	9
8	2
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	11
5	10
4	6
2	6
6	5
3	5
7+	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	7
-2-	5
12-	3
1-3	2
--3	1

70 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	29
1 on	13
2 on	5
Any on	18

Inning
1	1
2	4
3	6
4	5
5	8
6	3
7	9
8	9
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	11
4-6	16
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	2
+1	9
Tied	8
-1	8
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	8

Ahead	18
Tied	8
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	11
3-2	7
2-2	6
2-1	5
3-1	4
1-2	3
1-0	3
0-1	3
0-2	2
1-1	2
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	45
1B	2

OrderPos
9th	23
7th	11
8th	10
6th	3

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2015-06-17	TBR	@	WSN	Jordan Zimmermann	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	8	2	0.123	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2015-07-18	TBR	@	TOR	Ryan Tepera	tied 2-2	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.248	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2015-07-25	TBR		BAL	Miguel González	behind 0-5	b 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	9	2	0.013	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2015-07-27	TBR		DET	Aníbal Sánchez	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.122	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	2	2015-07-27	TBR		DET	Bruce Rondón	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	--3	3,(2-0) BBX	2	9	2	0.102	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Souza Scores
6	6	6	1	2015-07-28	TBR		DET	David Price	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	-2-	4,(2-1) SB*BX	2	7	2	0.121	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); A. Cabrera Scores
7	7	7	2	2015-07-28	TBR		DET	David Price	ahead 4-1	b 6	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	2	0.043	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	8	1	2015-08-12	TBR		ATL	Ryan Kelly	ahead 7-6	b 7	2	-2-	5,(2-2) .1B>C.TBX	2	9	2	0.152	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Kiermaier Scores/unER; C. Casali Scores/Team unER
9	9	9	1	2015-08-18	TBR	@	HOU	Scott Feldman	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	3,(0-2) SCX	1	9	2	0.149	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
10	10	10	1	2015-08-25	TBR		MIN	Neal Cotts	behind 6-10	b 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.055	13%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2016-04-21	TBR	@	BOS	David Price	behind 2-5	t 4	1	1--	5,(1-2) FBSF1X	2	9	2	0.157	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Kiermaier Scores
12	12	2	1	2016-05-03	TBR		LAD	Scott Kazmir	behind 1-3	b 4	2	1--	5,(3-1) *BBBC1X	2	9	2	0.245	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Beckham Scores
13	13	3	1	2016-05-04	TBR		LAD	Pedro Báez	ahead 5-2	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) ....FX	1	9	2	0.028	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	4	1	2016-05-08	TBR	@	LAA	Nick Tropeano	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.116	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	5	1	2016-05-16	TBR	@	TOR	Dustin Antolin	ahead 6-0	t 3	1	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	7	2	0.038	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Pearce Scores; S. Souza Scores
16	16	6	1	2016-06-01	TBR	@	KCR	Danny Duffy	behind 1-4	t 5	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	2	0.075	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	7	1	2016-07-30	TBR		NYY	Nathan Eovaldi	behind 1-2	b 3	0	1--	7,(2-2) B1BFTFF1X	2	9	2	0.198	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Beckham Scores
18	18	8	1	2016-09-27	TBR	@	CHW	Chris Sale	behind 2-8	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.028	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2017-10-01	TBR		BAL	Kevin Gausman	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	5,(3-1) SBBBX	1	7	2	0.143	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2018-06-02	CIN	@	SDP	Eric Lauer	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	6,(3-2) CFBBBX	1	7	2	0.114	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
21	21	2	1	2018-07-21	CIN		PIT	Nick Kingham	behind 0-5	b 7	1	1--	7,(3-2) CSBFBBX	2	7	2	0.058	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Winker Scores
22	22	3	1	2018-08-13	CIN		CLE	Neil Ramírez	behind 2-10	b 8	0	---	5,(2-2) .CBBCX	1	7	3	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	4	1	2018-08-25	CIN	@	CHC	Brandon Kintzler	behind 2-10	t 8	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	3	0.007	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Suárez Scores; P. Ervin Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2019-05-26	CIN	@	CHC	Victor Caratini	ahead 8-2	t 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Winker Scores
25	25	2	1	2019-05-31	CIN		WSN	Patrick Corbin	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	1-3	6,(3-2) *BBBCF1X	3	6	2	0.119	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); E. Suárez Scores; J. Iglesias Scores
26	26	3	1	2019-06-12	CIN	@	CLE	Nick Goody	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---	5,(2-2) CCBBX	1	8	2	0.051	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
27	27	4	1	2019-06-15	CIN		TEX	Mike Minor	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	7	2	0.144	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	5	1	2019-07-13	CIN	@	COL	Jake McGee	ahead 10-9	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	8	2	0.120	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	6	1	2019-07-15	CIN	@	CHC	Steve Cishek	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	2	0.189	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	7	1	2019-08-27	CIN	@	MIA	Caleb Smith	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	7,(3-2) BCCBFBX	1	7	2	0.124	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	8	1	2019-09-12	CIN	@	SEA	Matt Wisler	ahead 7-5	t 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	2	0.098	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Peraza Scores
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2020-07-25	CIN		DET	Tyler Alexander	behind 3-4	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.221	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
33	33	2	1	2020-07-28	CIN		CHC	Casey Sadler	behind 2-6	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	9	2	0.050	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	3	1	2020-08-19 (2)	CIN	@	KCR	Gabe Speier	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) FBBCX	1	8	2	0.020	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	4	1	2020-08-24	CIN	@	MIL	Brett Anderson	behind 0-4	t 6	0	---	6,(3-2) CBBCBX	1	8	2	0.057	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	5	1	2020-08-29 (2)	CIN		CHC	Alec Mills	tied 1-1	b 3	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	9	2	0.128	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	6	1	2020-09-21	CIN		MIL	Drew Rasmussen	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	9	2	0.075	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2021-06-17	SFG		ARI	Zac Gallen	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-	6,(3-2) SB*BCBX	2	6	2	0.164	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); W. Flores Scores
39	39	2	1	2021-06-25	SFG		OAK	Cam Bedrosian	ahead 1-0	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .BBFX	1	7	2	0.098	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
40	40	3	1	2021-07-09	SFG		WSN	Paolo Espino	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	8	2	0.136	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Solano Scores
41	41	4	1	2021-07-11	SFG		WSN	Erick Fedde	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1-3	2,(0-1) 1FX	3	8	2	0.192	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Crawford Scores; S. Duggar Scores
42	42	5	1	2021-08-03	SFG	@	ARI	Madison Bumgarner	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.079	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	2022-05-13	SFG	@	STL	T.J. McFarland	ahead 6-1	t 8	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.010	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Longoria Scores
44	44	2	1	2022-05-16	SFG	@	COL	Ty Blach	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	7,(1-2) .CBSFFFX	1	9	2	0.107	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
45	45	3	2	2022-05-16	SFG	@	COL	Ty Blach	tied 1-1	t 5	0	12-	5,(2-2) CFBBX	3	9	2	0.212	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Estrada Scores; D. Ruf Scores
46	46	4	1	2022-05-30	SFG	@	PHI	Andrew Bellatti	tied 3-3	t 10	1	-2-	4,(2-1) S*BBX	2	9	2	0.404	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Fairchild Scores/unER
47	47	5	1	2022-10-04 (1)	SEA		DET	Eduardo Rodríguez	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	9	2	0.133	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)