Cass Michaels
Casimir Eugene Michaels
Played In 1943 Under Real Name Of Casimir Eugene Kwietniewski
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 4, 1926 in Detroit, MI
High School: Hamtramck (Hamtramck, MI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1943
Final Game: August 27, 1954
Died: November 12, 1982 in Grosse Pointe, MI
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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
1943 17 CHW AL 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /5
1944 18 CHW AL 27 70 68 4 12 4 1 0 5 0 0 2 5 .176 .200 .265 .465 33 18 1 0 0 6/5
1945 19 CHW AL 129 499 445 47 109 8 5 2 54 8 7 37 28 .245 .307 .299 .606 78 133 13 3 14 *6/4
1946 20 CHW AL 91 330 291 37 75 8 0 1 22 9 3 29 36 .258 .333 .296 .629 80 86 5 4 6 45/6
1947 21 CHW AL 110 404 355 31 97 15 4 3 34 10 5 39 28 .273 .350 .363 .714 102 129 14 3 7 45/6
1948 22 CHW AL 145 558 484 47 120 12 6 5 56 8 2 69 42 .248 .344 .329 .673 82 159 11 2 3 64/O
1949 23 CHW AL 154 672 561 73 173 27 9 6 83 5 7 101 50 .308 .417 .421 .837 125 236 20 3 7 *4 AS
1950 24 TOT AL 142 606 526 69 140 14 7 8 66 2 3 68 47 .266 .352 .365 .717 87 192 16 2 10 *4 AS
1950 24 CHW AL 36 158 138 21 43 6 3 4 19 0 0 13 8 .312 .375 .486 .861 122 67 5 1 6 4
1950 24 WSH AL 106 448 388 48 97 8 4 4 47 2 3 55 39 .250 .345 .322 .667 75 125 11 1 4 *4
1951 25 WSH AL 138 549 485 59 125 20 4 4 45 1 1 61 41 .258 .342 .340 .682 86 165 15 1 2 *4
1952 26 TOT AL 132 511 452 53 114 16 8 5 50 4 0 53 42 .252 .332 .356 .688 89 161 13 1 5 45
1952 26 WSH AL 22 93 86 10 20 4 1 1 7 0 0 7 15 .233 .290 .337 .628 76 29 5 0 0 4
1952 26 SLB AL 55 190 166 21 44 8 2 3 25 1 0 23 16 .265 .354 .392 .746 105 65 3 0 1 5/4
1952 26 PHA AL 55 228 200 22 50 4 5 1 18 3 0 23 11 .250 .330 .335 .665 81 67 5 1 4 4
1953 27 PHA AL 117 469 411 53 103 10 0 12 42 7 0 51 56 .251 .335 .363 .697 86 149 6 1 6 *4
1954 28 CHW AL 101 344 282 35 74 13 2 7 44 10 4 56 31 .262 .392 .397 .789 115 112 2 4 2 0 5/4
12 Seasons 1288 5020 4367 508 1142 147 46 53 501 64 32 566 406 .262 .349 .353 .702 92 1540 116 24 63 0
162 Game Avg. 162 631 549 64 144 18 6 7 63 8 4 71 51 .262 .349 .353 .702 92 194 15 3 8
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
CHW (9 yrs) 795 3043 2631 295 703 93 30 28 317 50 28 346 228 .267 .357 .357 .714 98 940 71 20 46 0
WSH (3 yrs) 266 1090 959 117 242 32 9 9 99 3 4 123 95 .252 .339 .333 .671 81 319 31 2 6
PHA (2 yrs) 172 697 611 75 153 14 5 13 60 10 0 74 67 .250 .333 .354 .687 84 216 11 2 10
SLB (1 yr) 55 190 166 21 44 8 2 3 25 1 0 23 16 .265 .354 .392 .746 105 65 3 0 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1943 17 CHW AL 8 8 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .256 .000 .330 .000 .353 .000 .684 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1944 18 CHW AL 70 57 4 1.9 91 .190 .176 .267 .200 .334 .265 .364 .465 .698 33 .201 -6.2 -0.7 .351 .118 .088
1945 19 CHW AL 499 370 40 2.9 86 .258 .245 .258 .307 .330 .299 .351 .606 .680 78 .371 -12.8 -1.4 .489 .139 .054 3.2
1946 20 CHW AL 330 230 29 3.4 92 .291 .258 .259 .333 .332 .296 .372 .629 .705 80 .405 -6.8 -0.7 .558 .158 .038 1.8
1947 21 CHW AL 404 284 45 4.2 93 .290 .273 .258 .350 .337 .363 .371 .714 .708 102 .505 1.6 0.2 .635 .214 .090 4.6
1948 22 CHW AL 558 380 55 3.8 103 .263 .248 .269 .344 .354 .329 .389 .673 .743 82 .418 -11.8 -1.2 .626 .236 .081 6.2
1949 23 CHW AL 672 422 96 6.0 104 .331 .308 .267 .417 .358 .421 .388 .837 .746 125 .625 24.4 2.4 .814 .289 .112 5.5
1950 24 TOT AL 606 415 67 4.3 109 .280 .266 .273 .352 .359 .365 .409 .717 .768 87 .433 -9.4 -0.9 .644 .226 .099 3.2
1950 24 CHW AL 158 106 25 6.2 111 .310 .312 .275 .375 .361 .486 .412 .861 .773 122 .604 3.9 0.4 .810 .268 .174 .0
1950 24 WSH AL 448 309 42 3.6 109 .270 .250 .272 .345 .358 .322 .408 .667 .766 75 .357 -13.3 -1.3 .590 .211 .072 2.7
1951 25 WSH AL 549 378 56 4.0 100 .275 .258 .265 .342 .346 .340 .389 .682 .735 86 .443 -8.2 -0.8 .604 .208 .082 1.6
1952 26 TOT AL 511 356 53 4.0 99 .269 .252 .264 .332 .344 .356 .385 .688 .729 89 .485 -7.2 -0.8 .624 .230 .104 4.4
1952 26 WSH AL 93 71 8 3.0 94 .271 .233 .257 .290 .336 .337 .375 .628 .710 76 .361 -3.0 -0.3 .507 .186 .105 .0
1952 26 SLB AL 190 126 23 4.9 99 .279 .265 .264 .354 .344 .392 .385 .746 .729 105 .578 1.4 0.1 .712 .271 .127 1.5
1952 26 PHA AL 228 159 22 3.7 101 .261 .250 .267 .330 .348 .335 .390 .665 .737 81 .453 -5.7 -0.6 .606 .215 .085 1.5
1953 27 PHA AL 469 320 51 4.3 105 .265 .251 .273 .335 .350 .363 .402 .697 .752 86 .481 -8.4 -0.8 .662 .253 .112 8.8
1954 28 CHW AL 344 216 44 5.5 101 .275 .262 .269 .392 .345 .397 .393 .789 .738 115 .612 8.2 0.8 .832 .355 .135 8.2
12 Seasons 5020 3436 540 4.2 100 .279 .262 .266 .349 .347 .353 .385 .702 .732 92 .479 -38.5 -4.1 .641 .228 .091 58.0
162 Game Avg. 631 432 68 4.2 100 .279 .262 .266 .349 .347 .353 .385 .702 .732 92 .479 -38.5 -4.1 .641 .228 .091 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHW (9 yrs) 3043 2073 338 4.4 98 .284 .267 .264 .357 .345 .357 .379 .714 .724 98 .502 -1.3 -0.4 .655 .230 .090 35.9
WSH (3 yrs) 1090 758 106 3.7 103 .273 .252 .267 .339 .350 .333 .395 .671 .745 81 .400 -24.5 -2.4 .589 .208 .080 4.5
PHA (2 yrs) 697 479 73 4.1 104 .264 .250 .271 .333 .349 .354 .398 .687 .747 84 .472 -14.1 -1.4 .644 .241 .103 11.3
SLB (1 yr) 190 126 23 4.9 99 .279 .265 .264 .354 .344 .392 .385 .746 .729 105 .578 1.4 0.1 .712 .271 .127 1.5

All-Star Batting

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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
1949 CHW AL 23 as 2B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 WSH AL 24 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1943 17 CHW AL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 88%
1944 18 CHW AL 70 0.0% 7.1% 2.9% 7.1% 42% 2.50 13.6 13.6 90%
1945 19 CHW AL 499 0.4% 5.6% 7.4% 3.0% 14% 0.76 15.9 222.5 8.2 83%
1946 20 CHW AL 330 0.3% 10.9% 8.8% 2.7% 12% 1.24 8.1 291.0 13.2 77%
1947 21 CHW AL 404 0.7% 6.9% 9.7% 5.5% 23% 0.72 12.7 118.3 10.4 80%
1948 22 CHW AL 558 0.9% 7.5% 12.4% 4.1% 19% 0.61 11.5 96.8 8.6 78%
1949 23 CHW AL 672 0.9% 7.4% 15.0% 6.3% 24% 0.50 11.2 93.5 6.8 75%
1950 24 TOT AL 606 1.3% 7.8% 11.2% 4.8% 21% 0.69 11.2 65.8 8.0 78%
1950 24 CHW AL 158 2.5% 5.1% 8.2% 8.2% 30% 0.62 17.3 34.5 7.3 80%
1950 24 WSH AL 448 0.9% 8.7% 12.3% 3.6% 17% 0.71 9.9 97.0 8.3 77%
1951 25 WSH AL 549 0.7% 7.5% 11.1% 5.1% 22% 0.67 11.8 121.3 10.8 80%
1952 26 TOT AL 511 1.0% 8.2% 10.4% 5.7% 25% 0.79 10.8 90.4 9.0 79%
1952 26 WSH AL 93 1.1% 16.1% 7.5% 6.5% 30% 2.14 5.7 86.0 12.3 75%
1952 26 SLB AL 190 1.6% 8.4% 12.1% 6.8% 30% 0.70 10.4 55.3 6.6 77%
1952 26 PHA AL 228 0.4% 4.8% 10.1% 4.4% 20% 0.48 18.2 200.0 11.1 82%
1953 27 PHA AL 469 2.6% 11.9% 10.9% 4.7% 21% 1.10 7.3 34.3 9.8 73%
1954 28 CHW AL 344 2.0% 9.0% 16.3% 6.4% 30% 0.55 9.1 40.3 6.4 0.80 71%
12 Seasons 5020 1.1% 8.1% 11.3% 4.9% 22% 0.72 10.8 82.4 8.7 0.80 78%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 28 CHW AL 3 0 22% 114 10 4 71% 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 54% 23 14 8 3 0 3 9 1 8
12 Seasons 3 0 27% 114 64 32 67% 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 54% 23 14 8 3 0 3 9 1 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 28 CHW AL 345 35% 74 8 0 0 1 2.50 7 1 18 3 4 2 5 0 2 2 100% 74 2 3% 25 6 24% 248 39 16% 23 10 43% 13 2 15% 0
12 Seasons 345 35% 1142 8 0 0 1 2.50 53 1 18 3 4 2 5 0 2 63 3150% 74 116 157% 25 6 24% 248 39 16% 23 10 43% 13 2 15% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1943 17 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1944 18 29 78 75 4 12 4 1 0 5 0 0 2 5 .160 .182 .240 .422 21 18 1 0 1
1945 19 158 577 520 51 121 12 6 2 59 8 7 39 33 .233 .290 .290 .580 70 151 14 3 15
1946 20 249 907 811 88 196 20 6 3 81 17 10 68 69 .242 .306 .292 .598 74 237 19 7 21
1947 21 359 1311 1166 119 293 35 10 6 115 27 15 107 97 .251 .320 .314 .633 82 366 33 10 28
1948 22 504 1869 1650 166 413 47 16 11 171 35 17 176 139 .250 .327 .318 .645 82 525 44 12 31
1949 23 658 2541 2211 239 586 74 25 17 254 40 24 277 189 .265 .351 .344 .695 94 761 64 15 38
1950 24 800 3147 2737 308 726 88 32 25 320 42 27 345 236 .265 .351 .348 .699 92 953 80 17 48
1951 25 938 3696 3222 367 851 108 36 29 365 43 28 406 277 .264 .350 .347 .697 91 1118 95 18 50
1952 26 1070 4207 3674 420 965 124 44 34 415 47 28 459 319 .263 .348 .348 .696 91 1279 108 19 55
1953 27 1187 4676 4085 473 1068 134 44 46 457 54 28 510 375 .261 .346 .350 .696 91 1428 114 20 61
1954 28 1288 5020 4367 508 1142 147 46 53 501 64 32 566 406 .262 .349 .353 .702 92 1540 116 24 63 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1943 17 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1944 18 28 74 72 5 13 4 1 0 6 0 2 5 .181 .203 .264 .467 4 27
1945 19 137 526 481 58 125 9 6 2 66 9 42 30 .260 .323 .316 .639 49 129
1946 20 95 352 313 44 87 9 0 1 26 10 34 38 .278 .358 .316 .674 34 91
1947 21 114 422 376 36 108 17 4 3 39 11 43 29 .287 .365 .378 .743 52 110
1948 22 152 577 504 47 124 12 6 5 56 8 71 44 .246 .341 .323 .665 55 145
1949 23 161 688 582 74 176 27 9 6 85 5 103 52 .302 .410 .411 .821 98 154
1950 24 148 612 542 66 139 14 7 8 64 2 68 49 .256 .342 .352 .694 65 142
1951 25 145 573 509 61 130 21 4 4 46 1 63 43 .255 .339 .336 .675 58 138
1952 26 138 531 474 56 121 17 8 5 53 4 56 44 .255 .335 .357 .692 57 132
1953 27 122 483 429 53 107 10 0 12 42 7 53 59 .249 .333 .357 .690 51 117
1954 28 106 360 296 38 79 14 2 7 47 11 60 32 .267 .397 .399 .796 47 101
12 Seasons 1348 5205 4585 538 1209 154 47 53 530 68 595 425 .264 .351 .352 .704 570 1288
162 Game Avg. 162 626 551 65 145 19 6 6 64 8 72 51 .264 .351 .352 .704 69 1288

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 (2B)
1950 *

Batting Average s c a p y
1949 AL  .308 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1949 AL  .417 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  154 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  173 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1949 AL  27 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1949 AL  9 (4th)
1952 AL  8 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  101 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 AL  9 (9th)
1947 AL  10 (9th)
1953 AL  7 (10th)
1954 AL  10 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1949 AL  131 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1949 AL  125 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1949 AL  96 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  24 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  2.4 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1949 AL  277 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 AL  .625 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1945 AL  3 (10th)
1946 AL  4 (4th)
1947 AL  3 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1945 AL  14 (8th)
1950 AL  10 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1945 AL  13 (8th)
1949 AL  20 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1945 AL  7 (9th)
1949 AL  7 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1953 AL  8.8 (8th)
1954 AL  8.2 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1943 AL  born 1926-03-04 (2nd)
1944 AL  born 1926-03-04 (3rd)
1945 AL  born 1926-03-04 (5th)
1946 AL  born 1926-03-04 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (935), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (892), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Lou Bierbauer (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Mazeroski (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lou Bierbauer (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frankie Gustine (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frankie Gustine (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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