Cass Michaels
[edit] Biography
Cass Michaels (Casimir Eugene Michaels) was born on March 4, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on August 19, 1943 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1945, his rookie year, he hit .245 with 2 home runs and 54 RBI. Michaels played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Cass Michaels's best season was 1949, when he hit for a .308 average and knocked in 83 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| 27
| 68
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 5
| .176
| .200
| .265
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| 129
| 445
| 47
| 109
| 2
| 54
| .245
| .307
| .299
| 8
| 5
| 37
| 28
| 3
| 14
| 8
| 0
| 13
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| 91
| 291
| 37
| 75
| 1
| 22
| .258
| .333
| .296
| 8
| 0
| 29
| 36
| 4
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 5
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| 110
| 355
| 31
| 97
| 3
| 34
| .273
| .350
| .363
| 15
| 4
| 39
| 28
| 3
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 14
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| 145
| 484
| 47
| 120
| 5
| 56
| .248
| .344
| .329
| 12
| 6
| 69
| 42
| 2
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 11
|
| 1949
| CHI
| A
| 154
| 561
| 73
| 173
| 6
| 83
| .308
| .417
| .421
| 27
| 9
| 101
| 50
| 3
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 20
|
| 1950
| WAS
| A
| 106
| 388
| 48
| 97
| 4
| 47
| .250
| .345
| .322
| 8
| 4
| 55
| 39
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 11
|
| 1950
| CHI
| A
| 36
| 138
| 21
| 43
| 4
| 19
| .312
| .375
| .486
| 6
| 3
| 13
| 8
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| 142
| 526
| 69
| 140
| 8
| 66
| .266
| .352
| .365
| 14
| 7
| 68
| 47
| 2
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 16
|
| 1951
| WAS
| A
| 138
| 485
| 59
| 125
| 4
| 45
| .258
| .342
| .340
| 20
| 4
| 61
| 41
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 15
|
| 1952
| WAS
| A
| 22
| 86
| 10
| 20
| 1
| 7
| .233
| .290
| .337
| 4
| 1
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 55
| 166
| 21
| 44
| 3
| 25
| .265
| .354
| .392
| 8
| 2
| 23
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 55
| 200
| 22
| 50
| 1
| 18
| .250
| .330
| .335
| 4
| 5
| 23
| 11
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 5
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| 132
| 452
| 53
| 114
| 5
| 50
| .252
| .332
| .356
| 16
| 8
| 53
| 42
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 13
|
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| 117
| 411
| 53
| 103
| 12
| 42
| .251
| .335
| .363
| 10
| 0
| 51
| 56
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 6
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 101
| 282
| 35
| 74
| 7
| 44
| .262
| .392
| .397
| 13
| 2
| 56
| 31
| 4
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 1288
| 4367
| 508
| 1142
| 53
| 501
| .262
| .349
| .353
| 147
| 46
| 566
| 406
| 24
| 63
| 64
| 0
| 116
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 70
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 126
| 0
| 0
| 259
| 426
| 47
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 16
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 185
| 195
| 17
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 24
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 160
| 175
| 6
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 89
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 164
| 285
| 20
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 148
| 171
| 8
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1949
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 392
| 484
| 22
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1950
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 104
| 0
| 0
| 298
| 323
| 16
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1950
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 111
| 78
| 7
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 409
| 401
| 23
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1951
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 258
| 391
| 24
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1952
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 75
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 88
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 133
| 2
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 215
| 220
| 5
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 304
| 302
| 19
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 95
| 180
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 800
| 0
| 0
| 2073
| 2343
| 124
| 633
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 240
| 0
| 0
| 475
| 800
| 77
| 159
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 195
| 0
| 0
| 202
| 383
| 36
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1943).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bob Kuzava and Johnny Ostrowski to Washington Senators in exchange for Eddie Robinson, Al Kozar and Ray Scarborough (May 31, 1950).
- Traded by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Lou Sleater and Fred Marsh (May 12, 1952).
- Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Athletics from St. Louis Browns (August 5, 1952).
- Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Chicago White Sox (December 8, 1953).
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