George Caster

Full Name: George Jasper Caster	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/180	First Game: September 10, 1934
Birthdate: August 4, 1907	Final Game: September 16, 1946
Birthplace: Colton, California	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: December 18, 1955
Deathplace: Lakewood, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 4, 1907 in Colton, California, George Caster (George Jasper Caster) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 12 year career. Caster broke into the bigs on September 10, 1934 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 6.25 ERA in 63.1 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was George Caster's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1938, when he posted a 4.35 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 112 batters. However, others believe that it was 1944, when he posted a 2.44 ERA and notched 12 saves.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1934	PHI	A	5	3	3	2	3.41	15	16	14	2	0	0	37	32	3	14	1	3
1935	PHI	A	25	1	1	4	6.25	24	59	44	0	0	1	63.1	86	8	37	2	2
1937	PHI	A	34	33	12	19	4.43	100	141	114	19	3	0	231.2	227	23	107	2	2
1938	PHI	A	42	40	16	20	4.35	112	156	136	20	2	1	281.1	310	25	117	5	3
1939	PHI	A	28	17	9	9	4.90	59	82	74	7	1	0	136	144	16	45	1	3
1940	PHI	A	36	24	4	19	6.56	75	160	130	11	0	2	178.1	234	18	69	3	3
1941	STL	A	32	9	3	7	5.00	36	66	58	3	0	3	104.1	105	12	37	0	2
1942	STL	A	39	0	8	2	2.81	34	30	25	0	0	5	80	62	3	39	1	3
1943	STL	A	35	0	6	8	2.12	43	22	18	0	0	8	76.1	69	4	41	0	1
1944	STL	A	42	0	6	6	2.44	46	37	22	0	0	12	81	91	5	33	0	0
1945	STL	A	10	0	1	2	6.89	9	13	12	0	0	1	15.2	20	0	7	0	0
1945	DET	A	22	0	5	1	3.86	23	25	22	0	0	2	51.1	47	3	27	0	2
1945	TOT	A	32	0	6	3	4.57	32	38	34	0	0	3	67	67	3	34	0	2
1946	DET	A	26	0	2	1	5.66	19	26	26	0	0	4	41.1	42	1	24	0	1
Total			376	127	76	100	4.54	595	833	695	62	6	39	1377.2	1469	121	597	15	25

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1934	PHI	A	P	5	5	9	1	1	.933
1935	PHI	A	P	25	4	19	1	1	.958
1937	PHI	A	P	34	8	44	4	2	.929
1938	PHI	A	P	42	12	44	4	1	.933
1939	PHI	A	P	28	9	21	1	4	.968
1940	PHI	A	P	36	10	27	2	2	.949
1941	STL	A	P	32	11	20	1	3	.969
1942	STL	A	P	39	8	17	1	1	.962
1943	STL	A	P	35	2	17	0	1	1.000
1944	STL	A	P	42	2	13	0	0	1.000
1945	STL	A	P	10	1	2	0	0	1.000
1945	DET	A	P	22	3	9	0	0	1.000
1945	TOT	A	P	32	4	11	0	0	1.000
1946	DET	A	P	26	0	11	1	1	.917
Total			P	376	75	253	16	17	.953

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1934	PHI	A	5	15	1	4	4	.267	.267	.267	0	0	2	0	0	0
1935	PHI	A	26	22	2	5	0	.227	.261	.273	1	1	10	0	0	0
1937	PHI	A	37	90	6	19	11	.211	.228	.256	4	2	24	0	1	0
1938	PHI	A	42	101	9	20	10	.198	.264	.248	5	8	28	1	2	0
1939	PHI	A	28	43	2	9	3	.209	.209	.209	0	0	8	0	2	0
1940	PHI	A	36	62	3	8	4	.129	.169	.145	1	3	24	0	2	2
1941	STL	A	32	29	0	3	1	.103	.103	.103	0	0	9	0	1	0
1942	STL	A	39	15	1	1	0	.067	.125	.067	0	1	5	0	0	0
1943	STL	A	35	22	0	3	1	.136	.174	.182	1	1	9	0	0	1
1944	STL	A	42	20	1	5	2	.250	.250	.300	1	0	7	0	0	0
1945	STL	A	10	3	0	1	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	2	0	0	0
1945	DET	A	22	11	0	2	1	.182	.308	.182	0	2	3	0	2	0
1945	TOT	A	32	14	0	3	1	.214	.313	.214	0	2	5	0	2	0
1946	DET	A	26	7	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	2	0	1	0
Total			380	440	25	81	37	.184	.218	.214	13	18	133	1	11	3

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Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Philadelphia Athletics (November 16, 1940).
Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from St. Louis Browns (August 8, 1945).
Released by Detroit Tigers (December 12, 1946).

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